BK Kenty is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club located in Linköping

Linköping

Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...

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Background

Bollklubben Kenty was formed on the 10th April 1932 by John Schön, Gösta Dahlqvist, Enar Johansson and Folke Dättermark - all teenagers.The Kenty name has its origins in kid's interest at that time in reading Cowboy and Indian books. A few letters in the name Kentucky were changed and hence the name Kenty was born. Initially the club operated as a youth club before men's and boys' football became the club's main activity. In 1968 BK Kenty women's football was added. Other sports that the club ran included ice-hockey, bandy, tennis, bowling and handball before these sections were transferred to other clubs.

BK Kenty has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

. The club currently plays in Division 2 Östra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Fredriksbergs IP in Linköping.

BK Kenty are affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund

Östergötlands Fotbollförbund

The Östergötlands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Östergötland County.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	4th
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	4th
1995	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	6th
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	3rd
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
1999	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	4th
2000	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	8th
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	12th	Relegated
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	5th
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	5th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	8th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Västra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2007 Division 2 2007 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2007.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	7th
2008 Division 2 2008 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2008.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	5th
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	9th
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	2nd
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	12th	Relegated

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

External links

• BK Kenty - Official Website