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IF Brommapojkarna
Association football club in Sweden
Association football club in Sweden
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| clubname | Brommapojkarna | |
| image | IF Brommapojkarna logo.svg | |
| upright | 0.65 | |
| fullname | Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna | |
| short name | BP | |
| founded | ||
| ground | Grimsta IP, Stockholm | |
| capacity | 6,820 | |
| chairman | Fredrik Bergholm | |
| mgrtitle | Head coach | |
| manager | Ulf Kristiansson | |
| league | Allsvenskan | |
| season | 2025 | |
| position | Allsvenskan, 12th | |
| website | ||
| current | 2025 IF Brommapojkarna season | |
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Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning the Bromma boys) or simply BP, is a Swedish 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 of all ages – in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players. The men's team plays in the Allsvenskan, the first tier, and the women's team plays in the Damallsvenskan, the first tier.
The club is famous for its youth academy, which has produced numerous top-quality Swedish players throughout the years. The club 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.{{Cite web | access-date = 16 November 2008 | archive-date = 30 March 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090330003527/http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_2050039.svd | url-status = live
Players
First-team squad
Out on loan
Notable players
List criteria:
- player has been inducted into the official "Hall of Fame" of IF Brommapojkarna.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Brommapojkarna | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| career | Total | |||||||||||
| appearances | Total | |||||||||||
| goals | Year of induction | Bo Lundberg | Berndt Magnusson | Björn Jonasson | Per Ferm | Jan Seipel | Bengt-Erik Gårdefors | |||||
| Sweden | Forward | 1971–1981 | 212 | 67 | 2014 | |||||||
| Sweden | 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 | 2015 | |||||||
| Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1985–1997 | 271 | 0 | 2016 | |||||||
| Sweden | Defender | 1986–1997 | 34 | 1 | 2016 | |||||||
| Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1958–1972 | 208 | 11 | 2017 | |||||||
| Sweden | Forward | 1985–1990 | ||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | 234 | 70 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Sweden | Forward | 1965–1974 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 178 | 62 | 2018 | |||||||||
| 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 | Finland VPS | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 2Q | Northern Ireland Crusaders | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 3Q | Italy Torino | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–7 |
;Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
Season to season
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Position | Movements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 6th | ||
| 2004 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 10th | ||
| 2005 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 6th | ||
| 2006 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 3rd | Promotion Playoff – Promoted | |
| 2007 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 14th | Relegated | |
| 2008 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 3rd | Promotion Playoff – Promoted | |
| 2009 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 12th | ||
| 2010 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 16th | Relegated | |
| 2011 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 6th | ||
| 2012 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 2nd | Promoted | |
| 2013 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 13th | ||
| 2014 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 16th | Relegated | |
| 2015 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 16th | Relegated | |
| 2016 | Tier 3 | Division 1 | Norra | 1st | Promoted |
| 2017 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2018 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 14th | Relegation Playoff – Relegated | |
| 2019 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 15th | Relegated | |
| 2020 | Tier 3 | Division 1 | Norra | 2nd | Promotion Playoff – Not promoted |
| 2021 | Tier 3 | Division 1 | Norra | 1st | Promoted |
| 2022 | Tier 2 | Superettan | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2023 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 14th | Relegation Playoff – Not relegated | |
| 2024 | Tier 1 | Allsvenskan | 10th | ||
| 2025 | Tier 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:
| Season | Average attendance | Division / Section | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 825 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2004 | 855 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2005 | 1,242 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2006 | 1,144 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2007 | 4,571 | Allsvenskan | Tier 1 |
| 2008 | 949 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2009 | 2,860 | Allsvenskan | Tier 1 |
| 2010 | 2,262 | Allsvenskan | Tier 1 |
| 2011 | 1,065 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2012 | 1,239 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2013 | 1,532 | Allsvenskan | Tier 1 |
| 2014 | 1,327 | Allsvenskan | Tier 1 |
| 2015 | 888 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2016 | 532 | Division 1 Norra | Tier 3 |
| 2017 | 1,159 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2018 | 2,307 | Allsvenskan | Tier 1 |
| 2019 | 561 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2020 | 27 | Division 1 Norra | Tier 3 |
| 2021 | 216 | Division 1 Norra | Tier 3 |
** Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.* |}
Honours
Managers
- Sweden Gösta Sandberg (1959–61)
- Sweden Henry Carlsson (1969–71)
- Sweden Gösta Sandberg (1972–78)
- Sweden Tommy Söderberg (1982–85)
- Sweden Thomas Lyth (1986–89)
- Sweden Erik Hamrén (1990–91)
- Sweden Dan Sundblad (1991–93)
- Sweden Bo Petersson (1994)
- Sweden Kjell Jonevret (1995)
- Sweden Thomas Lyth (1995–97)
- Finland Jari Pyykölä (1998–99)
- Sweden Dan Sundblad (1999)
- Sweden Benny Persson (2000–03)
- Sweden Anders Grönhagen (1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004)
- Sweden Claes Eriksson (1 January 2005 – 31 December 2007)
- Sweden Kim Bergstrand (2008–10)
- Sweden Roberth Björknesjö (1 October 2010 – 30 November 2013)
- Sweden Stefan Billborn (2013–14)
- Sweden Magni Fannberg Magnússon (2014–15)
- Sweden Olof Mellberg (27 November 2015 – 21 November 2017)
- Portugal Luís Pimenta (13 December 2017 – 5 September 2018)
- Sweden Roberth Björknesjö (10 September 2010 – 31 August 2019)
- Sweden Kjell Jonevret (1 September 2019 – 30 November 2019)
- England Shaun Constable (1 December 2019 – 31 December 2020)
- Sweden Christer Mattiasson (1 January 2021 – 31 December 2022)
- Sweden Olof Mellberg & Sweden Andreas Engelmark (1 January 2023–present)
Footnotes
References
References
- (29 March 2013). "INTERVIEW-Soccer-Djordjic hails Bromma's Swedish academy". Reuters.
- (16 January 2018). "IF Brommapojkarna – Dana Cup".
- "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se".
- "Celta Vigo sign John Guidetti on free transfer".
- "Herr".
- "Hall of Fame". IF Brommapojkarna.
- (January 2020). "GAIS – Lagfacta – Västra Frölunda IF".
- "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se".
- (5 September 2018). "Luis Pimenta lämnar Brommapojkarna i allsvenskan".
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