FC Nacka Iliria

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FC Nacka Iliria
FC-Nacka-Iliria-logo-2021.png
Full nameFC Nacka Iliria
Founded27 November 2014
GroundVårbergs IP

Sweden
ChairmanSalih Shala
Head Coach
LeagueDivision 3 Södra Svealand

FC Nacka Iliria is a Swedish football club located in the Stockholm suburb of .[1] The club was founded under the name FC Iliria Stockholm by Swedish-Albanians and held the name until 2019 when the club merged with Nacka FC and became FC Nacka Iliria.[2]

Background[]

Since their foundation in 2014, FC Nacka Iliria has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club was formed under the name FC Iliria Stockholm and has achieved a very fast-paced climbing in the Swedish Football ranks achieving promotion four times within five years. In November 2019 the club decided to merge with Nacka FC, a youth club outside of Stockholm thus changing its name to FC Nacka Iliria and changing the emblem to a black and white one consisting of the letters NFC standing for Nacka FC and the helmet of Skenderbeg, the Albanian medieval hero. The team managed to get promoted from division 5 as newcomers in 2019 despite being named as a potential jumbo by betting companies. During the first year in division 4, the club managed once again to get promoted at once after having secured promotion by winning the playoff group in 2020.

FC Nacka Iliria will play in the third division of Sweden, Division 3 Södra Svealand in 2021 and will continue to be coached by the Swedish Manager Roger Palmgren who has managed four national teams previously. Except for their record paced climbing in the Swedish divisions the club is also known as one of the most popular clubs in the lower leagues of Stockholm with an attendance reaching over 550 persons and thus being more viewed than many clubs in Division 1. The club's official fan group is known as Shqiponjat (The Eagles) which is also the nicknames the club goes under unofficially. [3]

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 6 January 2021[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Albania ALB
2 DF Sweden SWE Marcus Törnstrand
4 DF Albania ALB
5 DF Kosovo KVX
6 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Armin Tankovic
7 MF Sweden SWE
8 FW Somalia SOM
9 FW Sweden SWE
10 MF Sweden SWE
11 FW Poland POL
12 GK Sweden SWE
14 MF Sweden SWE Kristijan Miljevic
17 DF Albania ALB
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Chile CHI
21 DF Sweden SWE
22 MF Montenegro MNE Darko Boskovic
23 FW Sweden SWE
24 FW Albania ALB
27 DF Albania ALB
77 DF Tunisia TUN
97 FW Iraq IRQ
99 DF Sweden SWE

Season to Season[]

Season Division Section Position Movements
2015 Division 7 Stockholm 3rd
2016 Division 7 7 J 1st Promoted
2017 Division 6 6 F 3rd
2018 Division 6 6 F 2nd Promoted
2019 Division 5 Södra 1st Promoted
2020 Division 4 Södra 2nd Promoted
2021 Division 3 Södra Svealand

External links[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ "FC Iliria Stockholm". Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. ^ "FC Nacka Iliria". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  3. ^ "Nacka FC - Herr / Nacka FC Iliria - Svenskalag.se".
  4. ^ "Laget" (in Swedish). FC Nacka Iliria. Retrieved 6 Jan 2021.


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