Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. On 26 September 2004, the club was founded by members of the Kurdish diaspora in Borlänge, Dalarna.
In March 2025, Dalkurd paused all operations, due to a severe financial crisis.
Dalkurd FF holds the record for the lowest average attendances in the history of both Allsvenskan and Superettan, the two highest Swedish leagues. Dalkurd FF is affiliated with Upplands Fotbollförbund.
History The club was formed in Borlänge in 2004 by a group of Kurds. It started as a social project to contribute to the youth of Borlänge by offering activities for them. IK Brage helped financing the project. In the first season the squad consisted of an average age of 17 years. Besides contributing to the youngsters, the chairman, Ramazan Kizil, had high expectations of the football players and an ultimate goal: he wanted to take Dalkurd to the professional levels of the Swedish league. Dalkurd won every division they participated in from their very first season in 2005 to 2009. Owing to this uncommon success they got a lot of media attention, both in Sweden and abroad.
The club narrowly avoided catastrophe when travelling home from Spain in March 2015. The club had initially intended to fly from Barcelona to Düsseldorf on Germanwings Flight 9525, but changed its booking at the last minute when they decided the layover in Germany would be too long. Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the French Alps on 24 March, killing everyone on board.
In October 2017, Dalkurd was promoted to the 2018 Allsvenskan On 24 November 2017, Dalkurd chose to move their senior team operations to Uppsala, some 140 kilometers southeast of Borlänge, to play at the new ground Nya Studenternas IP following its opening in 2020. In the 2018 season, however, Dalkurd played their home games at Gavlevallen in Gävle, some 110 kilometers north of Uppsala (and roughly 110 kilometers east of Borlänge).
The Dalkurd DK Elit was declared bankrupt in August 2024, which made the team being demoted one level at the end of the season; having already been relegated from Division 2 the team ended up in Division 4 for the 2025 season. Upplands Fotbollförbund later decided to exclude Dalkurd from Division 4. The club then decided to pause all of its activity in 2025.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements2005Tier 7 Division 6 Dalarna Mellersta1stPromoted2006 Division 5 Dalarna Södra2007Tier 6 Division 4 Dalarna1stPromoted2008Tier 5 Division 3Södra Norrland1stPromoted2009Tier 4 Division 2Norra Svealand1stPromoted2010Tier 3Division 1Norra6th20114th20128th20132ndPromotion Playoffs20143rd20151stPromoted2016Tier 2Superettan—4th20172ndPromoted2018Tier 1Allsvenskan—15thRelegated2019Tier 2Superettan— 8th2020 14thRelegation Playoffs – Relegated2021Tier 3Division 1Norra2ndPromotion Playoffs2022Tier 2Superettan— 16thRelegated2023Tier 3Division 1Norra3rdRelegated2024Tier 4 Division 2Norra Svealand14thRelegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new tier being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Supporters
In 2010, the official supporter club from Västerås for Dalkurd FF with the name "Roj Fans" was founded. They are an independent non-profit organisation.
In 2018, they set the record for the lowest average attendance ever – 1,058 – in the history of the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The record was previously held by Västerås IK, who had an average attendance of 1,125 in the inaugural season 1924–25. The game against BK Häcken with an attendance of 202 people also became the second lowest attendance in the history of the league.
In 2019, they set the record for the lowest average attendance in the history of Superettan – 168 people.
Affiliated clubs In 2019, Dalkurd FF announced a cooperation with Uppsala Kurd FK as part of strengthening the presence of Dalkurd FF in the Uppsala region. One of the aims of the cooperation was to make a natural way for talents in Uppsala to become a part of Dalkurd.
Crest The crest consist of a round circle with the flag of Kurdistan as well as two Dalecarlian horses. "Dal" and "Kurd FF" is spelled out in white letters on the top and bottom of the crest, as well as the year 2004.
Kit The traditional home colors of Dalkurd are all green. The Away kit is traditionally white but have previously been black, yellow and pink in the 2019 season. The club's kit manufacturer is Adidas.
Players
Current squad
Notable former players David Abidor (born 1992)
Academy Deven Rashed Edvard Ståhlberg
Personnel
Current technical staffPositionNameHead coach Amir AzrafshanAssistant coach Peshraw AziziPhysiotherapist Daniel KarlssonGoalkeeping coach Jonas BylundKit-man Ove EkstrandAnalyst – Fittness Deven RashedBoard membersNamePosition Sarkat JunadPresident Chairman DalkurdBawer AlacabekChairman Dalkurd FF
List of the managers Elvan Cicen (2006) Tomas Blomberg (2007–08) Bernhard Brcic (2009) Lasse Ericsson (2010) Anders Sjöö (2010–11) Johan Sandahl (2011) Jonas Björkgren (2012) Robert Mambo Mumba (2013) Andreas Brännström (2014–15) Poya Asbaghi (2016–2017) Andreas Brännström (2017) Azrudin Valentić (2018) Johan Sandahl (2018) Paul Olausson (2019–2020) Mesut Meral (2021) Yasin Aras (2021) Dalibor Savic (2022) Amir Azrafshan (2022–2024)
Honours +Dalkurd FF honoursTypeCompetitionTitlesSeasons/YearsDomesticDivision 1 Norra12015Division 2 Norra Svealand2009Division 3 Södra Norrland2008Division 4 Dalarna2007Division 5 Dalarna Södra2006Division 6 Dalarna Mellersta2005
Attendances
In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances: SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2007Not available Div 4 Dalarna Tier 62008179 Div 3 Södra Norrland Tier 52009456 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 42010298 Div 1 Norra Tier 32011315 Div 1 Norra Tier 32012365 Div 1 Norra Tier 32013282 Div 1 Norra Tier 32014466 Div 1 Norra Tier 32015475 Div 1 Norra Tier 320161,119 Superettan Tier 2 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
References
External links
Roj Fans Official website Dalkurd FF – Laget.se