Borstahusens BK 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 Borstahusen

Borstahusen

Borstahusen is a fishing village just north of Landskrona in southernmost Sweden. It was founded in 1776 by the brothers Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, after whom the area is named for....

, Landskrona

Landskrona

Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...

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Background

The club was founded on the 20th January 1922 at a meeting at Borstahusen

Borstahusen

Borstahusen is a fishing village just north of Landskrona in southernmost Sweden. It was founded in 1776 by the brothers Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, after whom the area is named for....

. By the 1930s the club used the name Borstahusens BK and Borstahusens IF but in the 1960s the title IK Atleten was used. In 1969 the club played at its highest level in Division 2 Södra Götaland, which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. Following relegation at the end of the 1969 season the club changed their name back to Borstahusens BK.

Borstahusens BK currently plays in Division 4

Swedish football Division 4

Division 4 is the sixth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 39 sections with 8 to 12 football teams in each.- The competition :There are 39 groups of 8 to 12 teams each representing a local geographical area...

 Skåne Nordvästra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football

Swedish football league system

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. They play their home matches at the Ulkavallen IP in Landskrona.

The club is affiliated to 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

IK Atleten competed in the following divisions in the 1960s:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1962	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Mellersta	1st	Promoted
1963	Tier 3	Division 3	Södra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1964	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Mellersta	2nd
1965	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Mellersta	2nd
1966	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Mellersta	1st	Promoted
1967	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	5th
1968	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	1st	Promoted
1969 Division 2 1969 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1969.- Norrland :- Svealand :- Norra Götaland :- Södra Götaland :- Allsvenskan promotion playoffs :*Sandåkerns SK - Hammarby IF 1-2*Hälsingborgs IF - Örgryte IS 0-4...	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra Götaland	10th	Relegated

In the next two decades Borstahusens BK competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1970	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	7th
1971	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	8th
1972	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	8th
1973	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	7th
1974	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	1st	Promotion Playoffs
1975	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	2nd
1976	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	11th	Relegated
1977	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra	2nd
1978	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra	8th
1979	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra	2nd
1980	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	1st	Promoted
1981	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	6th
1982	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	6th
1983	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	9th
1984	Tier 3	Division 3	Skåne	12th	Relegated
1985	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th
1986	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	9th

In recent seasons Borstahusens BK have competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
2006*	Tier 7	Division 5	Skåne Västra	1st	Promoted
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	11th	Relegated
2008	Tier 7	Division 5	Skåne Västra	10th	Relegation Playoffs
2009	Tier 7	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	4th
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	4th

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

External links

• Borstahusens BK - Official Website
• Borstahusens BK Facebook