FC Linköping City

FC Linköping City
Full nameFootball Club Linköping City
Nickname(s)City, LC
Founded2013
Dissolved2022
GroundLinköping Arena,
Linköping, Sweden
Capacity8,500

FC Linköping City was a Swedish professional football club based in Linköping, affiliated with the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.[1]

The club was founded around New Years Day of 2013, replacing FK Linköping in the Swedish football league system for the 2013 season.[2]

The club was dissolved in 2022.

History

The club was founded in a merger between FK Linköping and FC Syrianska, with the goal to get football in Linköping to a higher level.[3] When FC Linköping City was created, it took the place of FK Linköping in the Swedish football league system. The club started playing in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland, which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.[4] They started playing their home matches at Folkungavallen in Linköping, before moving to the new Linköping Arena in autumn 2013.[5] FC Linköping City were affiliated with the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.[1]

Rivalries

Several clubs play in Linköping, however, the biggest rivalry to FC Linköping City is AFK Linköping, a club that was founded in the winter between the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The difference in team make-up is that FC Linköping City built their team with players from higher leagues while AFK Linköping used more local talent.[6] The first game played between these rivals was played away on 19 June 2013; a game where FC Linköping City won 2–0.[7] The return game in the league was played at home on 4 August 2013 in the new arena Linköping Arena and FC Linköping City won 2–0.[8]

Seasons

2013

In 2013, FC Linköping City immediately put up the goal to win Division 3 and get promoted to Division 2. The start of the season started out promising, and the club had seven consecutive wins before drawing 3–3 away against Linghems SK.[9][10] This seven game winning streak is even more remarkable because only two out of seven games were at home. When Division 3 reached its summer break, the club had a five-point lead with a 9 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss record, and nine games left at home and only two games left away.[10] The second part of the season was even more impressing when they won all remaining eleven matches and saw the lead grow to the final 22 points ahead of second placed team, IF Haga.[4] This meant promotion to Division 2 (tier 4 of Swedish football) and a good start for the newly built club.

2014

Before the season started, FC Linköping City announced a change of head coach. The new coach, Andreas Thomsson, comes from Öster IF in Allsvenskan (tier 1 in Swedish football), and has merits from football on the highest level in Sweden.[11][12]

Season summary

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
2013[4] Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted
2014[13] Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 9th
2015[14] Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 2nd
2016[15] Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 2nd
2017[16] Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 1st Promoted
2018[17] Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 9th

Current squad

As of 30 December 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Sweden SWE Ali Riyadh Majeed Saedi
3 DF Sweden SWE Melsik Hassan
4 DF Sweden SWE Hampus Myske
5 MF Sweden SWE Laith Etawi
6 MF Nigeria NGA Sabir Isah Musa
8 MF Ghana GHA Mohammed Sadat Abubakari
9 FW Nigeria NGA Womene Miekam
10 MF Croatia CRO Dejan Polić
11 FW Nigeria NGA Uba Charles
13 MF Nigeria NGA Victor Okeji
16 MF Sweden SWE Junior Kivumbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Sweden SWE Dieu Le Veut Ntumbudi
18 MF England ENG Michael Lawrence Taavon
20 MF Sweden SWE Tiger Cornell
21 MF Sweden SWE Youssef Khaled
23 DF Sweden SWE Jonathan Larsson
24 MF Sweden SWE Balen Nouri
25 GK Sweden SWE Bilel Ben Salah
31 GK Sweden SWE Albin Gustafsson
77 DF Sweden SWE Isak Arvidsson Najhi
80 MF Sweden SWE Theo Forsman
99 MF Sweden SWE Mohamad Suleiman

References

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  3. ^ "Linköpingsposten.se – Linköping City mot Toppen". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
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  5. ^ "linköping.se – Lokaler". Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  6. ^ "corren.se—AFK: "Vi Satsar på Linköpingsungdomar"". Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  7. ^ "svenskfotboll.se — Matchinformation: AFK Linköping – FC Linköping City". Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  8. ^ "svenskfotboll.se — Matchinformation: FC Linköping City – AFK Linköping". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  9. ^ "corren.se – Sjunde raka för Linköping City". Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  10. ^ a b "svenskalag.se – Matcher". Retrieved 2013-08-03.
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  12. ^ "Linköping City Fortsätter Satsa". Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  13. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Div 2 Södra Svealand, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Div 2 Södra Svealand, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Div 2 Södra Svealand, herrar – Soccer24.com". Retrieved 26 Jan 2017.
  16. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Div 2 Södra Svealand, herrar – Soccer24.com". Retrieved 18 Feb 2018.
  17. ^ "Tabell och resultat - Div 1 Norra, herrar". SvFF. Retrieved 26 Nov 2018.