Ground Capacity 7,800 Manager Pelle Olsson | Chairman Alex Ryssholm Founded 2007 | |
 | ||
Full name Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna 2016 Superettan, 2nd (promoted) | ||
Highlights eskilstuna city fk afc united
Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known simply as AFC Eskilstuna, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and their identity again in 2012 to AFC United. During the 2016 season it was once again decided that they would switch their name, identity, as well as locality. Choosing to move the city of Eskilstuna, about 110 kilometers west of Stockholm. They currently compete in Allsvenskan, the first tier of Swedish football, and play their home matches at Tunavallen.
Contents
- Highlights eskilstuna city fk afc united
- FC Caf Opera
- Vsby United
- AFC United
- First team squad
- Current youth players with first team experience
- Attendances
- League
- References
FC Café Opera
FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restauranteer Alessandro Catenacci who named the club after Café Opera which he owned. They started out in division 8 of the Swedish football league system but only nine years later they had made it to the second tier Superettan.
Väsby United
Football Club Väsby United was formed in 2005 when the two Stockholm clubs FC Café Opera United and Väsby IK merged. The new club replaced FC Café Opera United in the Superettan making it the youngest club competing at this level. Väsby United was a feeder club to AIK who participated in the second and third divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club played in Division 1 Norra which is the third tier of Swedish football when they became AFC United.
AFC United
AFC United was founded when FC Väsby United increased their cooperation Division 3 club Athletic FC in late 2012. They played their home matches at Skytteholms IP in Solna until the 2017. During the 2016 season the club management decided to uproot and leave Solna and move to Eskilstuna and Tunavallen before the 2017 season. They also changed their name to AFC Eskilstuna AFC Eskilstuna are affiliated to Södermanlands Fotbollförbund.
First-team squad
As of 13 January 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Current youth players with first-team experience
As of 13 January 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Attendances
Väsby United had the following average attendances:
In recent seasons AFC United have had the following average attendances:
The highest attendance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with AIK on 15 August 2005.