The Umeå FC Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Felix Rhodin scores twice — 8.37
Two goals and a mark of 8.37 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Umeå FC
Daniel Persson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Umeå FC and Östersund in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Umeå FC against Östersund
2‑4 to Östersund, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sam Forsman signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sam Forsman commits to Umeå FC for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Umeå FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Theodor Johansson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Umeå FC rebuffed over Filip Wassberg
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hillerød have kept their man, and Umeå FC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Umeå FC supporters have found a favourite in Felix Rhodin
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Felix Rhodin has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market10 Aug 2026
Linus Guidetti steps up from the Umeå FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Linus Guidetti has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Adam Guidetti joins the Umeå FC first team
- Market Jakob Larsson steps up from the Umeå FC academy
- Market One of our own: Robin Olsen joins the Umeå FC first team