BK Olympic is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club located in Lindängen

Lindängen

Lindängen is a residential area in Malmö, Sweden, with 5,958 inhabitants ....

 which is a residential area of Malmö

Malmö

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Background

The club was founded in 1920 as IF Olympia. The following year the club was expanded and it was decided to make an application for provisional membership of the Skånes Fotbollförbund

Skånes Fotbollförbund

The Skånes Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.- Background :...

 (Skåne Football Association). The club changed its name to BK Olympia and it was decided that the club colours should be green and white.

The club was forced to make a further change in 1924 as there was already a club called Olympia in Stockholm. In order to be granted entry into the Swedish Football Association

Swedish Football Association

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 and Swedish Sports Confederation

Swedish Sports Confederation

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 the club became known as Bollklubben Olympic.

Since their foundation BK Olympic has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

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. Their best season was in 1988 when they finished seventh in Division 2, which was then the Swedish second tier. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Lindängens IP in Malmö. The pitch measures 110 metres by 67 metres.

BK Olympic are affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund

Skånes Fotbollförbund

The Skånes Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	8th
1994	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	6th
1995	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	9th	Relegation Playoffs
1996	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	1st	Promoted
1997 Division 2 1997 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1997.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	9th
1998 Division 2 1998 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1998.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	11th	Relegated
1999	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	12th	Relegated
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	2nd	Promoted
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	5th
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	11th	Relegated
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	8th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	10th	Relegation Playoffs
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Södra	4th
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Södra	3rd
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Västra	8th
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Västra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Götaland	4th

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

Attendances

In recent seasons BK Olympic have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2009	Not available	Div 4 Skåne Västra	Tier 6
2010	72	Div 3 Södra Götaland	Tier 5

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

The attendance record was set in 1984 when 1,480 people attended the match with Malmo FF

Malmö FF

Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

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External links

• BK Olympic - Official Website
• BK Olympic Facebook