Halmstad BK
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| Full name | Halmstads Bollklubb |
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| Nickname(s) | HBK |
| Founded | 6 March 1914 |
| Ground | Örjans Vall, Halmstad |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Chairman | Tony Karlsson |
| Head coach | Jan Jönsson |
| League | Allsvenskan |
| 2016 |
Superettan, 3rd (promoted via play-offs) |
| Website | Club home page |
Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad or (especially locally) HBK, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved membership in Riksidrottsförundet on 6 March 1914, competes in the top tier of Swedish football, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title. HBK is a member controlled club and does not have a single owner.
The club gained some European recognition in 1995, when they defeated the successful Italian club Parma A.C. 3–0 at Gamla Ullevi (in Gothenburg) in the first of two matches in the Cup Winners' Cup. However, their second encounter, in Parma, ended with a crushing 0–4 defeat, eliminating them from the tournament.
In 1913 a group of youngsters, who called themselves Viking, wishing to create a more serious organization, met at Hotel Lugnet and decided to create an organization. They gave their new organization the name Halmstads Bollklubb and chose Axel Winberg as the club's first chairman. They also applied for membership in the Riksidrottsförbundet, or the Swedish Sports Confederation.
On 6 March 1914, the club was allowed entrance to Riksidrottsförbundet; the following year they played in their first competition, Pokalserien, a local tournament in which they faced IS Halmia and Halmstads Kamraterna; the club ended up last with 2 points and 5–16 in goal difference, in 1916 the same result was seen again, but this time the club only managed to score 1 goal totally. In 1917 the club was able to defeat Halmstads Kamraterna twice and end up in second place behind IS Halmia; the same year athletics was made a part of the club. The final in the district championship was reached in 1918, but yet again IS Halmia proved to strong. In 1919 the club was for the first time able to defeat IS Halmia and Gustav "Pytt" Söderholm became top goalscorer in the tournament, swimming was made a part of the club.
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