Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (sponsored by Kopparbergs brewery) is an association football club from Gothenburg, Sweden. The club was established in 1970 under the name Landvetters IF. In 2004 the team moved from Landvetter, a Gothenburg suburb, into Gothenburg city and changed its name accordingly. The team has played nine seasons in the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan), but has not yet won a championship gold medal.[1]

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Full nameKopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Nickname(s)Göteborg FC
KGFC
Founded1970
GroundValhalla IP,
Gothenburg
Capacity4,000
ChairmanPeter Bronsman
ManagerMarcus Lantz
LeagueDamallsvenskan
20192nd (Runners-up)

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC play their home games at Valhalla IP stadium in Gothenburg. The team colours are blue, white and black.

Veteran Bo Falk was the coach of the team from 1999 until 2004. From 2005 until 2007, the coach was Martin Pringle.[2] He was replaced by Torbjörn Nilsson for the 2008 season.

Among the club's recent stars are Sweden internationals Jessica Landström, twins Kristin and Marie Hammarström, Jane Törnqvist, Johanna Almgren, and U.S. international Yael Averbuch. Other notable players who have represented the club in the past include Americans Hope Solo and Christen Press and Sweden's Lotta Schelin and Kristin Bengtsson.

In the 2010 Damallsvenskan season, the team finished as runners-up and qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. In 2011 they won the Swedish Cup on a penalty shootout over Tyresö and they retained the trophy in 2012, beating Tyresö in the final again.[3]

In February 2017 American Savannah Levin signed with the team, for whom she played as a midfielder in 2017.[4][5][6][7]

Current squad
As of 28 June 2020[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NED Loes Geurts
2 DF  SWE Catrine Johansson
3 DF  SWE Beata Kollmats (captain)
4 DF  SWE Emma Kullberg
5 DF  FIN Emma Koivisto
6 MF  SWE Julia Roddar
7 FW  SWE Stina Blackstenius
8 MF  NOR Vilde Bøe Risa
9 MF  SWE Filippa Curmark
10 MF  SWE Elin Rubensson
11 FW  SWE Pauline Hammarlund
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  SWE Jennifer Falk
14 MF  FIN Natalia Kuikka
15 FW  SWE Julia Zigiotti Olme
16 MF  SWE Filippa Angeldal
17 MF  HUN Anna Csiki
18 MF  SWE Hanna Andersson
19 DF  SWE Emma Berglund
20 DF  SWE Hannah Wijk
21 FW  SWE Rebecka Blomqvist
22 FW  SWE Evelyn Ijeh
23 MF  USA Bri Folds
30 GK  SWE Lisa Hall

Honours
Winning the Supercupen in April 2013

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League
  • Further information: Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in European football.

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Kopparbergs/Göteborg's goal tally first.

Competition Round Club Away Home Aggregate
2011–2012 Round of 32 Osijek4–0 a7–011–0
Round of 16 Fortuna Hjørring1–0 a3–24–2
Quarter-final Arsenal1–3 a1–02–3
2012–2013 Round of 32 Spartak Subotica1–0 a3–04–0
Round of 16 Fortuna Hjørring1–1 a3–24–3
Quarter-final Juvisy0–1 a1–31–4
2019–2020 Round of 32 Bayern Munich1–01–2a2–2

a First leg.

References
  1. "Kopparbergs Göteborg FC". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. "Lottas förre tränare om hennes framsteg". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. Garin, Erik (27 June 2013). "Sweden – List of Women Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. "Välkommen till KGFC, Savannah Levin!". Kopparbergs Göteborg FC (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Savannah Levin - Soccer player profile & career statistics". globalsportsarchive.com.
  6. "USA - S. Levin - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
  7. "For Christen Press, it's matter over mind". ESPN. 28 August 2018.
  8. "Player squad 2019". www.goteborgfc.se. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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