FC Trollhättan is a Swedish

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

located in

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

currently playing in Division 1.

Background

The club was founded in 2001, when the old rivals Trollhättans IF and Trollhättans FK decided to merge. In their first ever league match against Ljungskile SK at Skarsjövallen on April 22, 2002, in Division II (Sweden's third league at that time), they won 1–0. The historic goal scorer was Michel Berndtsson when he scored the game winner in the 79th minute. In their first ever home game, April 28, 2002, against Askims IK, FCT won 1–0. A local newspaper ''Trollhättans tidning'' paid for all the spectators; the attendance was 3,083 people. On June 6, 2002, the supporter club FCT Black Support was founded. On September 26, 2002, FCT defeated Askims IK with a score of 3–1, that secured the league win, and qualification against

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awaited for a place in

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in a double-meeting. On October 12, 2002, the home game against Falkenberg resulted in a 3–2 win. A week later on October 19, FCT was promoted to Superettan when Henrik Bertilsson (former

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and professional player) headed in the 2–1 goal. At the beginning of the 2004 season, Jonas Olsson took over as coach and remained in that position until the 2006 season ended. His successor Lars-Olof Mattsson has coached the Swedish U21 team,

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and Ljungskile SK, when they won promotion to

for their first time in 1996.

Season to season

Current squad

Achievements

League

* Division 1 ** Winners (1): 2008 * Division 2 ** Winners (2): 2002, 2015

Footnotes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trollhattan FC Trollhättan Football clubs in Västra Götaland County Sport in Trollhättan Association football clubs established in 2001 2001 establishments in Sweden 21st-century establishments in Västra Götaland County