Mariehem SK

Mariehem SK (Mariehem sportklubb, MSK) is a Swedish football team from Mariehem in Umeå currently playing in Division 2 Norrland after finishing 8th in 2009.

Mariehem SK

Full name	Mariehem Sportklubb
Nickname(s)	MSK
Founded	1974
Ground	MSK Arena Umeå Sweden
Capacity	2,500
Coach	Hamdija Comic Peter Hägglöv
League	Division 2 Norrland
2012	Division 2 Norrland, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Background

Mariehem SK was formed in 1974 and currently has 28 teams including junior teams (13 women's and girl's teams and 15 men's and boys teams). The club has its own artificial turf pitch called MSK Arena. The club succeeded in 2007 to win their leagues with three of the Senior teams. Mariehem SK's women's team won the Division 3 Västerbotten, Mariehem FF (farm team to the women's team) won the Division 4 Västerbotten and Mariehem SK's men, despite being newcomers, won Division 3 Southern Norrland and moved up to Division 2, where they have played since. The club is affiliated to the Västerbottens Fotbollförbund.^[1]

MSK is, and has long been, Umeå football's main nursery. A number of local players have Mariehem SK as the parent club, for example Anton Holmberg (UCD), Mikael Dahlberg (Umeå FC and GIF Sundsvall) and Hanna Ljungberg (Umeå IK).

The club also arranges Umeå Football Festival, which is Sweden's fourth largest football cup competition for children and youth players.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 6th 1998 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 4th 1999 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 7th 2000 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 3rd 2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 3rd 2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 8th 2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 3rd 2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 5th 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 7th 2006* Tier 6 Division 4 Västerbotten Södra 1st Promoted 2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 1st Promoted 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 8th 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 8th 2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 10th Relegation Playoffs 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 3rd 2012 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 4th 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 8th 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2] [3] [4]

Attendances

In recent seasons Mariehem SK have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2006 Not available Div 4 Västerbotten Södra Tier 6 2007 106 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5 2008 140 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2009 174 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2010 193 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [5]

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 GK  SWE Simon Öttenius 24 GK  SWE Achmed Al-Fadhi 2 DF  SWE Magnus Dahlin 3 DF  FIN Jesse Kalliokoski 4 DF  SWE Gustav Thoms 6 DF  SWE Abdi Hassan 7 MF  SWE David Norrman 8 MF  SWE Zakaria Chennoufi 9 MF  SWE Sirac Guliyev 10 MF  SWE Eric Ntekizimana 11 DF  SWE Mohammed Al-Harbi

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  SWE Emil Sjöberg 13 FW  SWE Kim Lundmark 14 MF  SWE Tobias Hedendahl Filipsson 15 MF  SWE Simon Söderlind 16 MF  SWE Robin Åberg 17 DF  SWE Ibrahime Bah 18 MF  SWE Olle Abrahamsson 19 FW  SWE Robin Arestav 22 MF  FIN Markus Kåla 35 MF  SWE Hadi Hussein

Staff members 2014

• Hamdija Comic – Coach
• Peter Hägglöv – Coach
• Christer Öttenius – Equipment Manager