AFC Eskilstuna 2009 Home Kit

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Superettan

2009

AFC Eskilstuna

Home Kit

Team	AFC Eskilstuna
Season	2009
Type	Home
Brand	adidas
League	Superettan
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FC Café Opera FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restaurateur Alessandro Catenacci who named the club aft... er Café Opera which he owned. They started out in division 8 of the Swedish football league system but only nine years later they had made it to the second tier Superettan.[2] Väsby United Football Club Väsby United was formed in 2005 when the two Stockholm clubs FC Café Opera United and Väsby IK FK merged. The new club replaced FC Café Opera United in the Superettan making it the youngest club competing at this level. Väsby United was a feeder club to AIK who participated in the second and third divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club played in Division 1 Norra which is the third tier of Swedish football when they became AFC United.[3] AFC United AFC United was founded when FC Väsby United increased their cooperation Division 3 club Athletic FC in late 2012.[4] They played their home matches at Skytteholms IP in Solna until the end of the 2016 season. Athletic FC was founded in 2007 and became part of AFC United in 2012. In 2012, Athletic FC played in Swedish football Division 3 Norra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.[5] Athletic FC was affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund.[6] AFC Eskilstuna During the 2016 season the club management decided to uproot and leave Solna and move to Eskilstuna and Tunavallen before the 2017 season. They also changed their name to AFC Eskilstuna.[citation needed] The team were winless, having only acquired 4 points from the opening 12 matches and were firmly rooted to the bottom of the league table.[7] Michael Jolley was announced as new manager on 13 June 2017.[8] Under Jolley's coaching they took 15 points from the next 16 games.[9] A 3–1 victory over Malmö FF on 19 August 2017 in particular provided the biggest shock of the season in Allsvenskan.[10] However, they were eventually relegated to Superettan on 23 October 2017 following a spirited fight when Jönköpings Södra IF defeated Kalmar FF 2–0, meaning AFC Eskilstuna could no longer reach the qualifying position.[11] Jolley departed ways with AFC Eskilstuna on 9 January 2018 by mutual consent, after being unable to agree on the future direction of the club.[12] On 15 January 2018, Nemanja Miljanović became the manager, after their relegation to the Superettan.[13]