FC Gothia

FC Gothia was a planned new Swedish football club. It would have been created by merging three teams, Örgryte IS, GAIS and BK Häcken, all from Gothenburg.^[1][2] The clubs held a press conference on September 14, 2007 at which they presented their plans and announced that would start an inquiry. However, outside the press conference hundreds of angry supporters of the three teams had gathered showing their deep anger toward the plans.^[3][4] Later the same day the clubs decided not merge because of the strongly negative reactions of the fans.^[5][6] The club maintains in Brazzaville the youth football academy CF Gothia Brazzaville, which was founded 2003 by the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund.^[7]

The club is affiliated to the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund.^[8]

References

1. "Vi skulle få bästa förutsättningar..." (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
2. "Förbundet gör tummen upp" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
3. "Fansen: "Fotbollsmördare"" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
4. "Fansens reaktion: Nej! nej! nej!" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
5. "Protester stoppade nytt Göteborgslag" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
6. "Klubbarna viker sig för trycket från fansen" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
7. "CF Gothia Brazzaville 10 år". Retrieved 2013-07-17.
8. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Göteborgs Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-10.