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 2 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 [ edit ]

FBK Balkan was founded on 22 November 😊 1962 in Malmö by Yugoslav immigrants[2] 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 and Turkey.[citation needed]

The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.[3]

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