Akropolis IF

Akropolis IF is a Swedish football club formed by Greek immigrants in 1968 in Spånga.[1]

Akropolis IF
Full nameAkropolis Idrottsförening
Founded1968
GroundGrimsta IP
Spånga, Stockholm
Capacity300
ChairmanLambros Mitsis
ManagerGiannis Christopoulos
LeagueSuperettan
20205th
WebsiteClub website

The club is named after the Acropolis of Athens, and the Parthenon is depicted on its badge.

Background

Akropolis IF is a sports club which was founded in Stockholm in the spring of 1968. Basketball started in the autumn 1968 followed by football in the spring of 1969. Youth activities commenced in 1975.

The club formerly had close affiliations, since terminated, with other Stockholm football clubs such as AIK and BP .

In 1987, Akropolis advanced for the first time to Division 3. In 2006 the club made it to the second division, where they have stayed since. 2012 Akropolis was relegated to Division 2, where they stayed until 2013 when they were once again promoted. In 2014 Akropolis was promoted from Division 2 to Division 1 again. As newcomers in Division 1 Akropolis secured qualifiers to Superettan in their second last game against IFK Luleå.[2]

Season to season
Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 9th
1994 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 9th
1995 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
1998 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
1999 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 1st Promoted
2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 9th Relegation Playoff – Relegated
2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 1st Promoted
2005 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 9th
2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoff – Promoted
2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 5th
2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 5th
2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 3rd
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 1st Promoted
2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 11th
2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 13th Relegated
2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd
2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 1st Promoted
2015 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd Qualifiers
2016 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 3rd
2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd Qualifiers
2018 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 4th
2019 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 1st Promoted

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[3] [4] [5]

Attendances

In recent seasons Akropolis IF have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 108 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 4
2006 117 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5
2007 213 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2008 277 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2009 355 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2010 277 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2011 373 Div 1 Norra Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[6]

Current squad
As of 3 August 2020

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  SWE Samuel Brolin
2 DF  SWE Viktor Strand
4 DF  SWE Marcus Haglind-Sangré
5 DF  SWE Oscar Pehrsson
6 MF  SWE Mauricio Albornoz
7 MF  SWE Jens Jacobsson
8 MF  SWE Pontus Asbrink
10 MF  SWE Linus Mattsson
11 FW  SWE Victor Söderström
12 MF  SWE Nicklas Lindqvist
13 MF  SWE Christian Rubio Sivodedov
14 DF  SWE Oscar Cederling
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  SWE Alexander Snäcke
16 MF  SWE Marcus Burman
17 DF  SWE Mattias Ozgun
18 MF  SWE Nicklas Maripuu
19 MF  SWE Cesar Weilid
20 DF  SWE Sotirios Nikopoulos
21 MF  SWE Adhavan Rajamohan
22 GK  SWE Simon Lundgren
23 MF  SWE Lamine Nekrouf
24 FW  USA Andrew Stadler
26 DF  SWE Martin Falkeborn
27 MF  SWE Mattias Bouvin
30 GK  SWE Daniel Ek

Staff
Name Role
Giannis Christopoulos Head coach
Georgios Gogas Director of football
Kyriakos Stamatopoulos Goalkeeping coach
Jamie Steel Fitness coach
Petter Isaksson Physiotherapist
Doston Tojiboev Equipment manager

Footnotes
  1. "Akropolis IF – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  2. "Akropolis IF – Föreningens historia". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. "GAIS – Lagfacta -Akropolis IF". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  4. "Södra Svealand - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  5. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  6. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
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