IF Brommapojkarna

For the women's team, see IF Brommapojkarna (women).

IF Brommapojkarna

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna
Short name	BP
Founded	13 April 1942 (1942-04-13)
Ground	Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Capacity	6,820
Chairman	Fredrik Bergholm
Head coach	Olof Mellberg
League	Allsvenskan
2023	Allsvenskan 14th (relegation play-offs)
Website	http://ifbp.se/
Home colours Away colours

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 – 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 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.

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 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

As of 31 August 2024

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	SWE	Lucas Hägg-Johansson
2	DF	ISL	Hlynur Freyr Karlsson
3	DF	SWE	Alexander Abrahamsson
4	DF	SWE	Eric Björkander
5	MF	GAB	Serge-Junior Ngouali
6	MF	SWE	Gustav Sandberg Magnusson (captain)
7	DF	DEN	Frederik Christensen
8	FW	RSA	Liam Jordan
9	FW	SWE	Nikola Vasić
10	MF	SWE	Wilmer Odefalk
11	MF	SWE	Rasmus Örqvist
12	GK	POL	Fabian Mrozek (on loan from Liverpool)
13	MF	SWE	Ludvig Fritzson
14	DF	SWE	Theo Bergvall (on loan from Djurgården)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	SWE	Paya Pichkah
16	FW	DEN	Adam Jakobsen
17	DF	DEN	Alexander Jensen
18	MF	SWE	Alfons Lohake
19	MF	SYR	Daleho Irandust
20	MF	EST	Martin Vetkal
21	MF	SWE	Alex Timossi Andersson
22	FW	SWE	Liam Tahwildaran
23	DF	SWE	Tim Waker
24	MF	SWE	Kevin Ackermann
26	DF	ARM	André Calisir
27	DF	DEN	Kaare Barslund
28	MF	SWE	Mario Butros
29	FW	GHA	Evans Botchway
31	GK	SWE	Otega Ekperuoh

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NOR	Liiban Abadid (at AC Oulu until 31 December 2024)
—	DF	SWE	Sebastian Wändin (at Stockholm Internazionale until 30 November 2024)
14	FW	SWE	Alexander Johansson (at Varbergs BoIS until 30 November 2024)

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	Sweden	Forward	1971–1981	212	67	2014
Kjell Jonevret	Sweden	Forward	1979–1983 1985–1987	163	96	2014
Anders Limpar	Sweden	Midfielder	1981–1986 2000–2002	96	23	2014
Olof Guterstam	Sweden	Forward	2002–2007 2009–2010	211	54	2014
Pontus Segerström	Sweden	Defender	1998–2004 2010–2014	245	8	2015
Sten-Ove Ramberg	Sweden	Midfielder	1973–1978	119	12	2015
Jon Persson	Sweden	Defender	2000–2009	237	10	2015
Berndt Magnusson	Sweden	Goalkeeper	1985–1997	271	0	2016
Daniel Majstorović	Sweden	Defender	1986–1997	34	1	2016
Björn Jonasson	Sweden	Goalkeeper	1958–1972	208	11	2017
Per Ferm	Sweden	Forward	1985–1990 1992–1996	234	70	2017
Jan Seipel	Sweden	Forward	1965–1974 1979	178	62	2018
Bengt-Erik Gårdefors	Sweden	Forward	1977–1985	177	76	2018
Tomas Antonelius	Sweden	Defender	1991–1996	103	4	2018
Dejan Kulusevski	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

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 * 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

• 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 (Jan 1, 2004 – Dec 31, 2004)
• Claes Eriksson (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007)
• Kim Bergstrand (2008–10)
• Roberth Björknesjö (Oct 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2013)
• Stefan Billborn (2013–14)
• Magni Fannberg Magnússon (2014–15)
• Olof Mellberg (Nov 27, 2015 – Nov 21, 2017)
• Luís Pimenta (Dec 13, 2017–September 5, 2018)
• Roberth Björknesjö (Sep 10, 2010 – Aug 31, 2019)
• Kjell Jonevret (Sep 1, 2019 – Nov 30, 2019)
• Shaun Constable (Dec 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2020)
• Christer Mattiasson (Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2022)
• Olof Mellberg & Andreas Engelmark (Jan 1, 2023 – Present)

External links

• Official website (in Swedish)
• IF Brommapojkarna on Facebook