Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning The Bromma Boys) or simply BP, is a Swedish professional football club based in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is the largest football club in Europe in terms of the number of active youth teams. The men's team plays in the Allsvenskan. The club is famous for its youth academy, which has produced numerous top-quality Swedish players throughout the years. It is affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund.

History

The club was formed in 1942. It has earlier had many more sports on its programme, such as athletics, bandy and ice hockey.

They became affiliated with Manchester United after Bojan Djordjic was transferred to United in 1999. However, this deal has since expired as Brommapojkarna believed it would weaken talks with other Premier League clubs. The club now has a similar affiliation with local United rivals Manchester City, where former BP youth and Sweden International John Guidetti marked his trade, until his transfer to La Liga club Celta de Vigo in 2015.

The club was promoted to the Allsvenskan for the first time on 12 November 2006 after beating BK Häcken in the promotion-relegation play-offs. On 16 November 2008, the team reached Allsvenskan for the second time after a 1–1 draw against Ljungskile SK. It guaranteed remain in Allsvenskan for 2010 season despite losing 3–0 to home match against IFK Göteborg on 23 October 2009. In 2010, BP came in last and were relegated to Superettan, where they played in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 they finished 2nd in Superettan and were promoted to Allsvenskan for the third time.

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Notable players List criteria: player has been inducted into the official "Hall of Fame" of IF Brommapojkarna. NameNationalityPositionBrommapojkarnacareerTotalappearancesTotalgoalsYear of inductionBo Lundberg Sweden Forward 1971–1981 212 67 2014Sweden Forward 1979–1983 1985–1987 163 96 2014 Sweden Midfielder 1981–1986 2000–2002 96 23 2014 Sweden Forward 2002–2007 2009–2010 211 54 2014 Sweden Defender 1998–2004 2010–2014 245 8 2015 Sweden Midfielder 1973–1978 119 12 2015 Sweden Defender 2000–2009 237 10 2015Berndt Magnusson Sweden Goalkeeper 1985–1997 271 0 2016 Sweden Defender 1986–1997 34 1 2016Björn Jonasson Sweden Goalkeeper 1958–1972 208 11 2017Per Ferm Sweden Forward 1985–1990 1992–1996 234 70 2017Jan Seipel Sweden Forward 1965–1974 1979 178 62 2018Bengt-Erik Gårdefors Sweden Forward 1977–1985 177 76 2018 Sweden Defender 1991–1996 103 4 2018 Sweden Forward/Midfielder 2006–2016

European record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q VPS 2–0 1–2 3–2 2Q Crusaders 4–0 1–1 5–1 3Q Torino 0–3 0–4 0–7

Notes 1Q: First qualifying round 2Q: Second qualifying round 3Q: Third qualifying round

Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements2003Tier 2 Superettan 6th 2004Tier 2 Superettan 10th 2005Tier 2 Superettan 6th 2006Tier 2 Superettan 3rdPromotion Playoff – Promoted2007Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14th Relegated2008Tier 2 Superettan 3rdPromotion Playoff – Promoted2009Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th2010Tier 1 Allsvenskan 16th Relegated2011Tier 2 Superettan 6th 2012Tier 2 Superettan 2nd Promoted2013Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th 2014Tier 1 Allsvenskan 16th Relegated2015Tier 2 Superettan 16th Relegated2016Tier 3 Division 1Norra1st Promoted2017Tier 2 Superettan 1st Promoted2018Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14th Relegation Playoff – Relegated2019Tier 2 Superettan 15thRelegated2020Tier 3 Division 1Norra 2ndPromotion Playoff – Not promoted2021Tier 3 Division 1Norra 1stPromoted2022Tier 2 Superettan 1stPromoted2023Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14thRelegation Playoff – Not relegated2024Tier 1 Allsvenskan 10th2025Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Attendances

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

SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2003825 Superettan Tier 22004855 Superettan Tier 220051,242 Superettan Tier 220061,144 Superettan Tier 220074,571 Allsvenskan Tier 12008949 Superettan Tier 220092,860 Allsvenskan Tier 120102,262 Allsvenskan Tier 120111,065 Superettan Tier 220121,239 Superettan Tier 220131,532 Allsvenskan Tier 120141,327 Allsvenskan Tier 12015888 Superettan Tier 22016532 Division 1 Norra Tier 320171,159 Superettan Tier 220182,307 Allsvenskan Tier 12019561 Superettan Tier 2202027 Division 1 Norra Tier 32021216 Division 1 Norra Tier 3 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Honours Superettan: Winners (2): 2017, 2022 Runners-up (1): 2012 Division 1 Norra: Winners (1): 2016 Division 2 Östra Svealand: Winners (3): 1998, 2000, 2001

Managers Gösta Sandberg (1959–61) Henry Carlsson (1969–71) Gösta Sandberg (1972–78) Tommy Söderberg (1982–85) Thomas Lyth (1986–89) Erik Hamrén (1990–91) Dan Sundblad (1991–93) Bo Petersson (1994) Kjell Jonevret (1995) Thomas Lyth (1995–97) Jari Pyykölä (1998–99) Dan Sundblad (1999) Benny Persson (2000–03) Anders Grönhagen (1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004) Claes Eriksson (1 January 2005 – 31 December 2007) Kim Bergstrand (2008–10) Roberth Björknesjö (1 October 2010 – 30 November 2013) Stefan Billborn (2013–14) Magni Fannberg Magnússon (2014–15) Olof Mellberg (27 November 2015 – 21 November 2017) Luís Pimenta (13 December 2017 – 5 September 2018) Roberth Björknesjö (10 September 2010 – 31 August 2019) Kjell Jonevret (1 September 2019 – 30 November 2019) Shaun Constable (1 December 2019 – 31 December 2020) Christer Mattiasson (1 January 2021 – 31 December 2022) Olof Mellberg & Andreas Engelmark (1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024) Ulf Kristiansson & Fredrik Landen (1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025) Ulf Kristiansson (1 January 2026–)

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