BK Häcken
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| Full name | Bollklubben Häcken |
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| Nickname(s) | Getingarna (The Wasps) |
| Founded | 2 August 1940 |
| Ground | Bravida Arena, Gothenburg |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
| Chairman | Anders Billström |
| Head coach | Mikael Stahre |
| League | Allsvenskan |
| 2016 | Allsvenskan, 10th |
| Website | Club home page |
Bollklubben Häcken, also known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. The club is affiliated to Göteborgs Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Bravida Arena. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are yellow and black. Formed on 2 August 1940, the club has played eleven seasons in Sweden's highest football league Allsvenskan, the club's first season in the league was in 1983. The club is currently playing in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football.
The club was started by a group of 14- to 15-year-old youngsters, and they had a wish to not just play football for fun but to create an organisation and play in the national league system. The boys turned to Göteborgs Fotbollförbund, the local FA, the boys had been playing under the name BK Kvick earlier, however the name was already taken by another organisation, the name was then change to Bollklubben Häcken after the huge hedge (sv: häck) which grew around the field the boys used to practise on. The organisation Bollklubben Häcken came into existence on 2 August 1940.
Following the first years the club only played sporadic matches, youth championships and a few other matches, but eventually they started to play at the senior level. As of 1943 the club started to take in the league system and success came in an instant. Between 1944 and 1947 the club won their league and climbed from west seniorclass 4 to seniorclass 1.
The start of the 1950s went as well as the 1940s had. The club won Division 4 in 1950 and when they won Division 3 in 1951 they went from a local club to be known as a "comet team" in the national media. The club fought for a place in Allsvenskan in 1953 but saw themselves defeated by Kalmar FF, and in 1954 the club was relegated from Division 2. In 1955 the club set the record for the most spectators during a Division 3 game against IK Oddevold, when 18,229 people showed up for the game. BK Häcken eventually won the league but returned soon again and played in Division 3 for the rest of the decade.
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