FC Väsby United
Football club
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FC Väsby United was a Swedish football club located in Upplands Väsby in Stockholm County.
| Full name | Football Club Väsby United | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 | ||
| Dissolved | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Vilundavallen, Upplands Väsby | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
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Background
FC Café Opera
FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restaurateur Alessandro Catenacci who named the club after Café Opera which he owned. They started out in division 8 of the Swedish football league system but only nine years later they had made it to the second tier Superettan.[1]
Väsby United
Football Club Väsby United was formed in 2005 when the two Stockholm clubs FC Café Opera United and Väsby IK merged. The new club replaced FC Café Opera United in the Superettan making it the youngest club competing at this level. Väsby United was a feeder club to AIK who participated in the second and third divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club played in Division 1 Norra which is the third tier of Swedish football when they became AFC United.[2]
Season-to-season
Attendances
Väsby United had the following average attendances:
| Season | Average attendance | Division / Section | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1,124 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2006 | 487 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2007 | 446 | Div 1 Norra | Tier 3 |
| 2008 | 450 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2009 | 405 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2010 | 723 | Superettan | Tier 2 |
| 2011 | 290 | Div 1 Norra | Tier 3 |
| 2012 | 206 | Div 1 Norra | Tier 3 |
The highest attendance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with AIK on 15 August 2005.[5]
Achievements
League
- Division 1 Norra
- Runners-up (2): 2007, 2011
