IF Brommapojkarna explained

Clubname:IF Brommapojkarna
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Fullname:Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna
Short Name:BP
Ground:Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Capacity:6,820
Chairman:Fredrik Bergholm
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Olof Mellberg
League:Allsvenskan
Season:2023
Position:Allsvenskan 14th (relegation play-offs)
Website:http://ifbp.se/
Current:2024 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 located 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[1] [2]  – in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players. The women's team plays in Damallsvenskan, the first tier and the men's team plays in the Allsvenskan, 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.[3]

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 the Red Devils in 1999. However, this deal has since expired as BP believed it would weaken talks with other Premiership 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 Vigo in 2015.[4]

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.[5] It guaranteed remain in Allsvenskan for 2010 season despite losing 3–0 to home match against IFK Göteborg on October 23, 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

[6]

Notable players

List criteria:

NameNationalityPositionBrommapojkarna
career
Total
appearances
Total
goals
Year of induction
Bo LundbergSwedenForward1971–1981212672014
SwedenForward1979–1983
1985–1987
163962014
SwedenMidfielder1981–1986
2000–2002
96232014
SwedenForward2002–2007
2009–2010
211542014
SwedenDefender1998–2004
2010–2014
24582015
SwedenMidfielder1973–1978119122015
SwedenDefender2000–2009237102015
Berndt MagnussonSwedenGoalkeeper1985–199727102016
SwedenDefender1986–19973412016
Björn JonassonSwedenGoalkeeper1958–1972208112017
Per FermSwedenForward1985–1990
1992–1996
234702017
Jan SeipelSwedenForward1965–1974
1979
178622018
Bengt-Erik GårdeforsSwedenForward1977–1985177762018
SwedenDefender1991–199610342018
SwedenForward/Midfielder2006–2016

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2014–15UEFA Europa League1Q VPS2–01–23–2
2Q Crusaders4–01–15–1
3Q Torino0–30–40–7
Notes

Season to season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements
2003Tier 2 Superettan6th
2004Tier 2 Superettan10th
2005Tier 2 Superettan6th
2006Tier 2 Superettan3rdPromotion Playoff – Promoted
2007Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14thRelegated
2008Tier 2 Superettan3rdPromotion Playoff – Promoted
2009Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th
2010Tier 1 Allsvenskan 16thRelegated
2011Tier 2 Superettan6th
2012Tier 2 Superettan2ndPromoted
2013Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th
2014Tier 1 Allsvenskan 16thRelegated
2015Tier 2 Superettan16thRelegated
2016Tier 3 Division 1Norra1stPromoted
2017Tier 2 Superettan1stPromoted
2018Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14thRelegation Playoff - Relegated
2019Tier 2 Superettan15thRelegated
2020Tier 3 Division 1Norra2ndPromotion Playoff – Not promoted
2021Tier 3 Division 1Norra1stPromoted
2022Tier 2 Superettan1stPromoted
2023Tier 1 Allsvenskan14thRelegation Playoff - Not relegated
2024Tier 1 Allsvenskan
  • League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [8]

Attendances

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

SeasonAverage AttendanceDivision / SectionLevel
2003825SuperettanTier 2
2004855SuperettanTier 2
20051,242SuperettanTier 2
20061,144SuperettanTier 2
20074,571AllsvenskanTier 1
2008949SuperettanTier 2
20092,860AllsvenskanTier 1
20102,262AllsvenskanTier 1
20111,065SuperettanTier 2
20121,239SuperettanTier 2
20131,532AllsvenskanTier 1
20141,327AllsvenskanTier 1
2015888SuperettanTier 2
2016532Division 1 NorraTier 3
20171,159SuperettanTier 2
20182,307AllsvenskanTier 1
2019561SuperettanTier 2
202027Division 1 NorraTier 3
2021216Division 1 NorraTier 3
  • Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [9]

Honours

Managers

Notes and References

  1. News: 2013-03-29 . INTERVIEW-Soccer-Djordjic hails Bromma's Swedish academy . en . Reuters . 2023-10-24.
  2. Web site: 2018-01-16 . IF Brommapojkarna - Dana Cup . 2023-10-24 . en-US.
  3. Web site: Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se . 2011-01-13 . 2011-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111207230320/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=16 . live .
  4. Web site: Celta Vigo sign John Guidetti on free transfer. 2015-09-18. 2015-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150915102913/http://www.espnfc.us/story/2519394/celta-vigo-sign-john-guidetti-on-free-transfer. live.
  5. Web site: BP tillbaka i allsvenskan . 2008-11-16 . 2009-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090330003527/http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_2050039.svd . live .
  6. Web site: Herr. BP Fotboll. 4 September 2023.
  7. Web site: Hall of Fame. IF Brommapojkarna. sv. 2018-04-24. 2018-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180410021129/http://ifbp.se/hall-of-fame/. live.
  8. Web site: GAIS – Lagfacta – Västra Frölunda IF . 7 September 2010 .
  9. Web site: Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se . 2010-11-16 . 2009-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609222754/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/ . live .
  10. Web site: Luis Pimenta lämnar Brommapojkarna i allsvenskan. 2018-09-05. 2018-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175837/https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/5VgnoX/bekraftat-luis-pimenta-sparkad-av-bp. live.