They played in the highest Swedish football league Allsvenskan in 2005 where their games were broadcast in over 80 countries.

Assyriska Föreningen in Södertälje was founded in 1971 by ethnic Assyrian refugees from Turkey who belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church.

[5] Assyriska's debut in Allsvenskan went well in the beginning and they had a couple of notable wins against big clubs as IFK Göteborg with 0–3 and against IF Elfsborg with 1–3.

Since then Assyriska had fallen into Division 1 North, but enjoyed a strong season in 2007 to finish champions and were promoted back into the Superettan.

At the close of the 2009 season Assyriska, having held off the challenge of rivals Syrianska FC to finish third in the Superettan table,[6] faced Djurgårdens IF in a play-off for a place in the Allsvenskan in 2010.

With the tech age, Assyriska has been able to spread its fan base outside of Södertälje and become known in over 80 countries.

Acting as their national team, Assyriska represents the entire population of Assyrians throughout the world.

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