FBK Balkan
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| Full name | FBK Balkan |
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| Founded | October 22, 1962 |
| Ground | Rosengårds Södra IP, Malmö |
| Manager | Nebojsa Boban |
| League | Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra |
| 2011 | Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra, 10th |
FBK Balkan is a Swedish football club located in the district Rosengård of Malmö. The club was founded in 1962. They currently play in Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra. The club comes from a Malmö neighbourhood known for its very large immigrant community. Balkan is most famous for being the club where Zlatan Ibrahimović started playing football. Other notable former players for the team include Goran Slavkovski and Valentino Lai.
FBK Balkan was founded in 1962 in Malmö by Yugoslav immigrants and is named after the Balkans. The club spent many seasons in Swedish Division 6 but later finding their way up the tiers to Division 3 in present day. The club is one of the oldest immigrants association in Europe. Players of many nationalities have played here, from former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia), Romania, Albania, Bulgaria and Turkey.
The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
In recent seasons, FBK Balkan have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
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