IK Uppsala Fotboll is a

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club from

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 ...

, in

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. The club was established in 2016 when

IK Sirius Fotboll Idrottsklubben Sirius, more commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish professional association football, football club located in Uppsala. The club is affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund. History Founding The sports clu ...

's women's department decided to reform as an independent club. It was promoted into the women's Premier Division (

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

) for the first time in 2020. The club play their home games at

Studenternas IP Studenternas IP is a multi-use stadium in Uppsala, Sweden and the home arena for the football club IK Sirius Fotboll on the men's side and IK Uppsala Fotboll on the women's and in bandy for IK Sirius in Elitserien and several other bandy teams ...

in Uppsala. The team colours are dark red and white. The club is affiliated to the

Upplands Fotbollförbund The Upplands Fotbollförbund (Uppland Football Association) is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Uppland. Background Upplands Fotbollförb ...

. On 5 December 2022, the

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announced that

Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna United DFF is a Association football, football club from Eskilstuna, in Södermanland County, Sweden. The club was established in 2002 and was promoted into the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for the first time in 2014. The ...

club was denied for failing to fulfill economic requirements, and weren't allowed to play the

2023 Damallsvenskan The 2023 Damallsvenskan was the 36th season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. The league began on 24 March 2023, and ended on 11 November 2023. The league had an eight-week break between rounds 17 and 18 ( ...

and instead were relegated to Elitettan. Eskilstuna United DFF appealed, but on 2 January 2023, the Swedish Football Association announced that instead, IK Uppsala would be promoted.

Personnel

''Updated as of 3 August 2022.''

Current technical staff

Current squad

Former players

''For details of current and former players, see :IK Uppsala Fotboll players.''

References

External links

IK Uppsala Fotboll
– Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Uppsala Fotboll, IK Women's football clubs in Sweden 2016 establishments in Sweden Damallsvenskan clubs Association football clubs established in 2016 Football clubs in Uppsala County Sports clubs and teams in Uppsala 21st-century establishments in Uppsala County