FC Rosengård

With passion for the game and compassion off the pitch.

FC Rosengård is one of Sweden’s most successful football clubs and an active social actor. We work to create positive societal change using football as our tool. Our vision is to create a gender-equal Malmö that is inclusive of all of the city’s districts and people, a Malmö in which all children and families dare to believe in their dreams and to set goals for the future, whether that be on or off the pitch.

Our club rests on the twin pillars of sport and the community and we allocate as many of our resources to social initiatives as we do to our sporting activities.

A health and community movement in Rosengård

During spring 2023, FC Rosengård launched the social programme Move by FCR, which organises activities to promote improved physical, mental and social health, especially for children and young people.

Fewer and fewer children are physically active. Lifestyle diseases are increasing at an alarming rate in all age groups. The Malmö district of Rosengård from which the club takes its name is one particularly badly affected area. Only one in ten teenage girls of foreign origin reach the recommended level of physical activity. We also need to increase knowledge of the significance of physical activity and a healthy diet to health, and how deficiencies can lead to lifestyle diseases that can affect the whole family.

Through Move by FCR, we hope to create a movement, both in the form of greater physical activity among the target groups and by promoting a holistic approach to physical, mental and social health. The intention is to disseminate knowledge about the decisive role physical activity and an active lifestyle play in preventing lifestyle diseases.

By focusing on children, youths and their mothers, we hope to use preventive measures and knowledge to create change in vulnerable target groups. We will achieve this through our own activities as well as those of our partners, such as schools and other social actors in the district.

We will also arrange spontaneous activities in order to reach more children and families who are not currently active in the club.

The year in brief

Our youth teams ensured that over 700 children enjoyed active leisure time, including some emerging stars of the future. This year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand was proof of the quality of the club’s activities, with 21 current or former FC Rosengård players representing their countries.

Our social initiatives have continued to produce good results and sustainable development over time. Over 50 per cent of participants in the initiative Boost by FCR, which works with young unemployed residents of Malmö, are now self-sufficient. Graduates of the FCR Coach for Life leadership course help the club to implement reading-aloud activities for 230 children every week, as well as spontaneous activities for children in schools and leisure centres.

In South Africa, Football for Life by FCR is celebrating its 16th anniversary and we can confirm that there are now over 1,000 girls playing football in the district.

In Skåne, 350 girls in local clubs have received training from FC Rosengård first-team players as part of the programme Hattrick by FCR, which aims to keep girls involved in football for longer.

Contact

Jenny Damgaard, Club Manager

Website

fcrosengard.se

FC Rosengård

FC Rosengård is one of Sweden’s most successful football clubs and an active social actor. We work to create positive societal change using football as our tool. Our vision is to create a gender-equal Malmö that is inclusive of all of the city’s districts and people, a Malmö in which all children and families dare to believe in their dreams and to set goals for the future, whether that be on or off the pitch.

Our club rests on the twin pillars of sport and the community and we allocate as many of our resources to social initiatives as we do to our sporting activities.

Yearbook 2023 /Involvement /FC Rosengård

Yearbook 2023 /Involvement /FC Rosengård