Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a

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club based in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

. The club competes in

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, the sixth tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was originally founded by members of the

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diaspora in

Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...

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. Dalkurd FF holds the record for the lowest average attendances in the history of both

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and

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, the two highest Swedish leagues. Dalkurd FF is affiliated with

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History

The club was formed in Borlänge in 2004 by a group of Kurds. It started as a social project to contribute to the youth of Borlänge by offering activities for them.

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helped financing the project. In the first season the squad consisted of an average age of 17 years. Besides contributing to the youngsters, the chairman, Ramazan Kizil, had high expectations of the football players and an ultimate goal: he wanted to take Dalkurd to the professional levels of the Swedish league. Dalkurd won every division they participated in from their very first season in 2005 to 2009. Owing to this uncommon success they got a lot of media attention, both in Sweden and abroad. The club narrowly avoided catastrophe when travelling home from Spain in March 2015. The club had initially intended to fly from

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, but changed its booking at the last minute when they decided the layover in Germany would be too long. Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the

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on 24 March, killing everyone on board. In October 2017, Dalkurd was promoted to the

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On 24 November 2017, Dalkurd chose to move their senior team operations to

, some 140 kilometers southeast of Borlänge, to play at the new ground Nya Studenternas IP following its opening in 2020. In the 2018 season, however, Dalkurd played their home games at

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, some 110 kilometers north of Uppsala (and roughly 110 kilometers east of Borlänge). The Dalkurd DK Elit was declared bankrupt in August 2024, which made the team being demoted one level at the end of the season; having already been relegated from Division 2 the team ended up in

for the 2025 season.

Season to season

Supporters

In 2010, the official supporter club from

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for Dalkurd FF with the name "Roj Fans" was founded. They are an independent non-profit organisation. In 2018, they set the record for the lowest average attendance ever – 1,058 – in the history of the highest Swedish league,

. The record was previously held by

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, who had an average attendance of 1,125 in the inaugural season 1924–25. The game against

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with an attendance of 202 people also became the second lowest attendance in the history of the league. In 2019, they set the record for the lowest average attendance in the history of

– 168 people.

Affiliated clubs

Uppsala Kurd FK Uppsala Kurd FK was a Swedish football club located in Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, ...

In 2019, Dalkurd FF announced a cooperation with Uppsala Kurd FK as part of strengthening the presence of Dalkurd FF in the Uppsala region. One of the aims of the cooperation was to make a natural way for talents in Uppsala to become a part of Dalkurd.

Crest

The crest consist of a round circle with the

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as well as two

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s. "Dal" and "Kurd FF" is spelled out in white letters on the top and bottom of the crest, as well as the year 2004.

Kit

The traditional home colors of Dalkurd are all green. The Away kit is traditionally white but have previously been black, yellow and pink in the 2019 season. The club's kit manufacturer is

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Players

Current squad

Notable former players

* David Abidor (born 1992)

Academy

* Deven Rashed * Edvard Ståhlberg

Personnel

List of the managers

* Elvan Cicen (2006) * Tomas Blomberg (2007–08) * Bernhard Brcic (2009) * Lasse Ericsson (2010) * Anders Sjöö (2010–11) * Johan Sandahl (2011) * Jonas Björkgren (2012) * Robert Mambo Mumba (2013) * Andreas Brännström (2014–15) *

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(2016–2017) * Andreas Brännström (2017) * Azrudin Valentić (2018) * Johan Sandahl (2018) * Paul Olausson (2019–2020) * Mesut Meral (2021) * Yasin Aras (2021) * Dalibor Savic (2022) *

Amir Azrafshan Amir Azrafshan (born 17 August 1987) is a Swedish football manager who is currently managing Dalkurd FF. Early life Azrafshan emigrated to Falun at the age of 10. Managerial career Östersund Azrafshan was appointed as manager of Swedish Allsven ...

(2022–2024)

Honours

Attendances

In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances: ''* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.''

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.dalkurd.se/
Roj Fans
Official website
Dalkurd FF – Laget.se
2004 establishments in Sweden Association football clubs established in 2004 Football clubs in Uppsala County Sports clubs and teams in Uppsala Diaspora football clubs in Sweden Kurdish diaspora in Europe Allsvenskan clubs Sport in Borlänge 21st-century establishments in Dalarna County