"Creating History" A AFC Eskilstuna Story

[mellosa96]

AFC Eskilstuna

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May 2018

Can we keep our amazing form and keep threatening the teams above us?

Djurgården IF - AFC Eskilstuna

2 - 1

Ferid Ali (Da Cruz)
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a good game yet again but DIF had two very easy shots that went in. But we should have scored more as we had more opportunities

IFK Norrköping - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 3

Bruno Da Cruz (Raskaj)
Máni Hilmarsson (Omeje)
Ferid Ali (Meade)
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Against IFK we really hit it off and played very well and ran out deserved 3-1 winners.

AFC Eskilstuna - IFK Göteborg

1 - 0

Chidi Omeje (Meade)
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Another IFK team and another great performance from the team and Chidi scored once again.

AFC Eskilstuna - Örebro SK

2 - 0

Chidi Omeje X2 (Ali, Samaras)
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Chidi, Chidi Bang bang. His has been amazing and i really want to keep him and i hope that another European team takes him from us.

AFC Eskilstuna - Kalmar FF

0 - 0
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A bit of a boring game but Suárez has now had his third consecutive clean sheet.

GIF Sundsvall - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 3

Haris Cirak
Chidi Omeje (Samaras)
Giorgos Samaras (Omeje)
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A great game from the team as several players performed well.

Allsvenskan League Table
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Who could have guessed we would be in second after almost half the season? Hopefully we can keep pushing on Malmö and go past them.

Player Of The Month
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Omeje is the gift that keeps on giving, he has scored eight in the league so far.

Only one game in June and maybe some transfer if the bigger European teams try to steal something from us


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[mellosa96]

AFC Eskilstuna

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June and July 2018

A bad start to the league after the summer break, but we are still in it.

Falkenberg FF - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 0
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Falkenberg only needed one oppurtunity to score and so they did. We dominated the game but sadly were inneficient in front of goal today.

AFC Eskilstuna - Hammarby IF

0 - 2
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Hammarby is the reigning champions and they did play really well against us and won deservedly won with 2 goals to nil.

AFC Eskilstuna - Örgryte IS

1 - 0

Bruno Da Cruz (Omeje)
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We weren't going to loose three games in a row and i told the players this and Bruno managed to score a goal which led us to a easy 1-0 win.

AFC Eskilstuna - Halmstad BK

4 - 1

Chidi Omeje X2 (César X2)
Thomas Ulimwengu (Omeje)
Anel Raskaj (Palencia)
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There's dominating and then there's dominating and today we plat such a beatiful team that did everything right and managed to win big.

Jönköpings Södra IF - AFC Eskilstuna

0 - 1

Chidi Omeje (César)
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And we finish of the month with another clean sheet as we out maneuvered Jönköpings quick and energetic defense.

Transfers


--- IN ---

We had Jordi César join us on a free and he had a good month with three assists in his first four games.
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Allsvenskan League Table
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Despite losing two games we are still very much in it to win it.


Player Of The Month
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He had a very good month despite only producing the one goal, A typical passing midfielder. Making a lot of Hockey assists (Passing the Assister)

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[mellosa96]

been away for a while with a lot going on at work, hopefully i can get back to posting reguarly

 

[mellosa96]

AFC Eskilstuna
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August 2018

a *** for tat month.

Elfsborg IF - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 2

Chidi Omeje (Ulimwengu)
Bruno Da Cruz (Meade)
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A really exciting 20 minutes and after that there wasn't much happening.

AFC Eskilstuna - AIK

1 - 1

Chidi Omeje (Frimpong)
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AIK mounted a late comeback and we should have had these three point on lock down but sadly our defense let us down.

BK Häcken - AFC Eskilstuna

2 - 4
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Emmanuel Frimpong (Meade)
Anel Raskaj (Frimpong)
Máni Hilmarsson (Meade)
Bruno Da Cruz (Omeje)

A brilliant performance from the team.

AFC Eskilstuna - Djurgården IF

0 - 1
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Not good enough, DIF is a team we should beat if we wanna qualify for European football.

AFC Eskilstuna - IFK Norrköping

1 - 1

Thomas Ulimwengu (Hilmarsson)
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Last years top scorer gives us the lead but once again the team is to weak to hold the defense locked down.

Swedish Cup

AFC Eskilstuna - Nybro IF

5 - 1

Chidi Omeje X2 (Dias de Oliveira, Hilmarsson)
Sergi Palencia (Meade)
Máni Hilmarsson X2 (Dias de Oliveira, Palencia)
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Strong performance from the team, despite the weak opponents


Allsvenskan League Table
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We are still in it for the plausible third place and the European glory it can bring.

Player Of The Month
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Omeje has been in some form this year and is currently chasing Rosenberg for top scorer in Allsvenskan.


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[mellosa96]

AFC Eskilstuna
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September, October & November 2018

The final games of the season and hopefully we can qualify for the Europa League.

Allsvenskan

IFK Göteborg - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 0
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Not good enough, IFK is a team at the bottom of the league and we really can't afford to loose these games.

Örebro SK - AFC Eskilstuna

0 - 1

Máni Hilmarsson (Raskaj)
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Good performance from the lads despite the weak scoreline, could and should have been higher but ÖSK goalie had one **** of a game.

AFC Eskilstuna - GIF Sundsvall

2 - 2

Bruno Da Cruz (Hilmarsson)
Máni Hilmarsson (Raskaj)
Ferid Ali (RC)
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Feeling good as Da Cruz made his comeback since the injury but the happiness was cut short as we lost a two nil lead thanks to a red card from Ferid Ali who really disappointed me in this game.

AFC Eskilstuna - Falkenberg FF

3 - 2

Sasa Matic (Omeje)
Bruno Da Cruz (Omeje)
Emil Fritzell (Omeje)
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Our best scoring striker may have a little drought but instead he is making assists left right and centre!

Kalmar FF - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 0
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**** game, weak performance as this game was for our very small shot of winning the league.

Malmö FF - AFC Eskilstuna

4 - 2

Anel Raskaj (Meade)
Bruno Da Cruz
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And once again we loose a two nil lead and we had the lead after 17 seconds and after nine minutes it was 2-0 but Malmö showed great character and ended up getting the win.

Hammarby IF - AFC Eskilstuna

1 - 2

Bruno Da Cruz (Omeje)
Sasa Matic (Omeje)
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The last game of the season and we played against the Champions who won the league for the second season in a row.

Allsvenskan League Table
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So overall it was a very strong season, but i was hoping we could have qualified for the Europa League qualification, but maybe next season.

Player Of The Month
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I will be very surprised if we get to keep him next season.


End of season review to come later today!



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[mellosa96]

AFC Eskilstuna
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Awards

Golden Boot

We had one player in the top of the scoring charts and hopefully he can keep it up next year.
But more about him soon because now we are presenting the top ten goalscorers in Allsvenskan 2018!

Number 1 is unsurprisingly the most experienced striker in Allsvenskan fielding playing time in the Eredevise, Premier League, La Liga and even the Bundesliga! it's of course Marcus Rosenberg who scored 18 goals in 27 games for Malmö FF and no one was really close to him.
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Second after him is a experienced striker from IFK Norrköping who is a Swedish journeyman and that man is Sebastian Andersson who managed to score 13!
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Third player and the best player in the league this season by far, Most MOTM, split winner of assists league and split second in the golden boot and best average in the league. It's Chidi Omeje!
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The first three strikers are more experienced strikers but number four and five are youngsters on loan from bigger clubs. And most succesful of them two was Vincenzo Melissano!
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After him was Juan Hernández
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Making the top ten after these five were.

6.Sulejman Krpic (GIF Sundsvall) 11 Goals
6.Alexander Ruud Tveter (Halmstad BK) 11 Goals
8.Jo Inge Berget (Malmö FF) 10 Goals
9.Henok Goitom (AIK) 10 Goals
10.Joel Asoro (Hammarby) 9 Goals
10.Alhassan Kamara (Elfsborg) 9 Goals
10.Bruno Da Cruz (Eskilstuna) 9 Goals
10.Fredrik Olsson (Halmstad) 9 Goals
10.Mikael Boman (Göteborg) 9 Goals



Passing Boot

The passing league was a bit closer than the golden boot but once again Chidi fails to win it.
Because the winner is Daniel Sjölund who payed a game less.
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And in second with one more game is Chidi Omeje!
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In third and a little suprising is the Norwegian striker Alexander Ruud Tveter who seems to have had a good season.
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GIF Sundsvall's Icelandic winger stole the fourth spot despite not playing the best of football.
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To finish of the top five is a player who only played half the season before joining FC Köpenhamn for 2.5 Million and his name is Gilbert Koomson
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The rest of the top ten is made up by the following.

5.Sören Rieks (Göteborg) 7 Assists
5.Tommy Thelin (Jönköping) 7 Assists
5.Mikael Boman (Göteborg) 7 Assists
9.Dzenis Kozica (Jönköping) 6 Assists
9.Jernade Meade (Eskilstuna) 6 Assists
9.Marcus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) 6 Assists
9.Jiloan Hamad (Hammarby) 6 Assists
9.Kervens Belfort (Djurgården) 6 Assists


Best Performer

The two best performers in the league belongs to us and that is a really good sign.

The first one is of course Chidi Omeje who has been in an outstanding form!
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And Second is our midfield general Anel Raskaj!
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Third was Malmö FF's new defender who joined for 1.1 million before the start of the season.
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After him was the old fin who seems to be playing his last big season, I'm talking about Daniel Sjölund
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And to finish the top five is Joseph Aidoo
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Finishing the top ten

6.Jo Inge Berget (Malmö FF) 7.22 AVG
7.Alexander Ruud Tveter (Halmstad) 7.20 AVG
8.Thomas Drage (Hammarby) 7.20 AVG
9.Caio Rangel (Malmö FF) 7.19 AVG
10.Michael Almebäck (Örebro SK) 7.16 AVG


Golden Gloves

once again we have a player quite high up in the list but no one could beat Oscar Jansson and Ögmundur Kristinsson record of 15 clean sheets out of 30 possible.
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And not far behind!
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In third is another Stockholms keeper in Mandé Sayouba!
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IFK Norrköping also had their goalkeeper in the top five.
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And Abrahamsson is the player to finish the top five.
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The last five is made up by

5.José Aurelio Suárez (Eskilstuna) 9 Clean Sheets (32 Conceded)
5.Hampus Nilsson (Falkenbergs FF) 9 Clean Sheets (41 Conceded)
8.Anton Cajtoft (Jönköping) 8 Clean Sheets (30 Conceded)
8.Sergiy Pogorilyi (Göteborg) 8 Clean Sheets (47 Conceded)
8.Tommy Naurin (GIF Sundsvall) 8 Clean Sheets (42 Conceded)


AFC Eskilstuna Season Awards and Stats

Awards
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Stats
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Season Review
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there will be a more in depth review tonight or tomorrow.​

 

[mellosa96]

well, was paying the offseason and my laptop crashed... last save was before the Hammarby game, will replay it and try to get the same result.

 

[mellosa96]

of course when i start again, Work is always right there to disturb me.

 

[mellosa96]

AFC Eskilstuna
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Season Squad Review 2018

Goalkeepers

José Aurelio Suárez
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Only one GK played this season and he has been great, we will look to hold on to him.

Defenders

Gustav Jarl
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Our reserve behind Sergi Palencia, but not far of from stealing the starting spot.

Sergi Palencia
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And next year Gustav will be the starting RWB as the Chairman sold Palencia to rivals Djurgården. despite him being sold, may i say that i feel Gustav will be a good replacement.

Jordi César
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one of three CB's who split the playing time last season and hopefully they can keep doing it as i don't want any of them to leave.

Anton Lans
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The main CB and he will be this for the coming season as well.

Thomas Piermayr
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our of the bench CB, started just 3 games and the rest were off the bench appearances.

Carl Starfelt
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the third CB who is fighting for the starting position, This year Alexander Michel will also be back from his season long injury and hopefully i can have 4 good CB's to choose from.


Midfielders

Haris Cirak
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The kid that is always close to a starting position but not quite there yet, maybe this upcoming season will be his breakthrough?

Ferid Ali
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A Decent depth player and has really delivered, will get to start more games this next season.

Emmanuel Frimpong
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Dench is playing really well, but I'm forced to sub him out every game as his condition only allows him to play 60 minutes or he is already on a yellow card by then. will probably play less this year and become a more lockdown kind of sub.

Anel Raskaj
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Our main creative midfielder is starting to get past his prime and i took the chance to cash in on him and sold him to Hammarby for his value with a one year loan deal so when he finally goes to Hammarby he will be 30 years old and hopefully have had his two best season at us instead.

Bruno Da Cruz
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Despite his poor match rating. Da Cruz has been really important for us coming up and helping Chidi and Máni in attack.

Sasa Matic
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Really good supersub to play in the last minutes of a game as he can create space.

Rinor Nushi
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Probably the worst player in our squad of the season, will not gain any playing time, will look to offload him.

Strikers

Chidi Omeje
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The best player in the league last season can hopefully keep it up this season and threaten with a few more goals and maybe even win the golden boot.

Máni Hilmarsson
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Our young attacking superstar. 19 years old and just getting better and better. will try to keep him for as long as possible.

Thomas Ulimwengu
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Ulimwengu had a season to forget and will probably not play much more this season.​

 

[KeldonM16]

Great thread

Hey man,

Awesome thread! I am currently playing with Jonkopings Sodra, I joined them in my 2nd year and have been here for 4 years now. I really like managing in Sweden and you are so right, European football is vital to improve the club. I have been pumping European money into the clubs youth and training facilities and bargaining for decent free agents. I also put reasonably high release clause fees for better players that I sign for free. I have made a few million like this with bigger clubs just swooping in and playing release fees. Most I got was 2.6 million euros. Keep up the awesome thread!