Gårda 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

Football (soccer)

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 located in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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. The club, formed 1 November 1919, is currently playing in a local league. The club has played eight seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

. Gårda BK are affiliated to the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund

Göteborgs Fotbollförbund

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

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Season to season

In their early history Gårda BK competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1931-32	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska	10th
1932-33	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska	1st	Promoted
1933-34	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra	3rd
1934-35	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra	1st	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
1935-36	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		6th
1936-37	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		10th
1937-38	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		5th
1938-39	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		5th
1939-40	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		9th
1940-41	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		9th
1941-42	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		8th
1942-43	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		11th	Relegated
1943-44	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra	5th
1944-45	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra	6th
1945-46	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra	10th	Relegated
1946-47	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Södra	9th	Relegated

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

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1994	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	4th
1995	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	2nd
1996	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	2nd
1997	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	4th
1998	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	3rd
1999	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	10th
2000	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	6th
2001	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	9th
2002	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg B	1st	Promoted
2003	Tier 6	Division 5	Göteborg B	12th	Relegated
2004	Tier 7	Division 6	Göteborg C	1st	Promoted
2005	Tier 6	Division 5	Göteborg A	4th
2006*	Tier 7	Division 5	Göteborg A	10th
2007	Tier 7	Division 5	Göteborg A	9th
2008	Tier 7	Division 5	Göteborg A	12th	Relegated
2009	Tier 8	Division 6	Göteborg A	5th
2010	Tier 8	Division 6	Göteborg A	4th
2011	Tier 8	Division 6	Göteborg A

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

Notable players

Henock Abrahamsson

Henock Abrahamsson

Henock Abrahamsson was a Swedish football goalkeeper who played for Gårda BK in the 1930s. He was capped in all of Sweden's three matches in the 1938 World Cup.-References:...

 Gunnar Gren

Gunnar Gren

Gunnar Gren was a Swedish football player and coach. He is best known for playing for IFK Gothenburg and AC Milan. He was part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team...

 Filip Johansson

Filip Johansson

Filip Johansson was a famous Swedish football striker born in Surte north of Gothenburg. He was nicknamed Svarte-Filip, meaning Black-Filip. The name itself referring to the pitch black colour of his hair...

 Kennet Andersson

Kennet Andersson

Bernt Kennet Andersson is a Swedish former football player and a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup....

 Thomas Ravelli

Thomas Ravelli

Thomas Ravelli is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.His 21-year professional career was almost exclusively associated with Öster and Göteborg, for whom he amassed Allsvenskan totals of 430 games....

Mikael Martinsson

External links

• Gårda BK - official site