IF Karlstad Fotboll

IF Karlstad Fotboll
Full nameIdrottsföreningen Karlstad Fotboll
Nickname(s)KF
Founded4 November 2019
GroundTingvalla IP
Capacity10,000[1]
ChairmanPatrik Hjelte
CoachKjell Jonevret
LeagueEttan Norra
2024Ettan Norra, 6th of 16
Websitehttps://www.karlstadfotboll.com

IF Karlstad Football is a Swedish football team in Karlstad, Värmland

The club was founded in 2019 from a meger of football clubs Carlstad United and Karlstad BK.[2]

The club currently competes in Ettan Norra. They ended last season at 4th in the league. In August 2020, former Akropolis manager Konstantinos Panagopoulos joined the club as head coach.[3]

In February 2022, former England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson joined the club as an advisor for the club.[4]

Panagopoulos got sacked in July 2022.[5]

  1. ^ Soccerway
  2. ^ Brenning, Patrik (4 November 2019). "Dramatiska beslutet: Klubbarna slås ihop". Aftonbladet.
  3. ^ "Försvann efter stora succén – ska rädda hårdsatsande klubben". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 29 August 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  4. ^ "Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson förstärker klubbens organisation". Karlstad Fotboll (in Swedish). 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ Ahlin, Johan (2022-07-13). "Lagkaptenen efter beskedet: "Jag trivdes jättebra med Kostas"". NWT (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-14.