FBK Balkan
Swedish football club in Malmö
FBK Balkan is a Swedish football club located in the district Rosengård of Malmö. The club was founded on 22 November 1962. They currently play in Division 3 Södra Götaland. 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.
History
FBK Balkan was founded on 22 November 1962 in Malmö by Yugoslav immigrants and is named after the Balkans. The club spent many seasons in Swedish Division 6 but later found their way as high as Division 2. The club is one of the oldest immigrants association in Europe. Players of many nationalities have played at the club, from former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo), Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Italy.
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