Landskrona BoIS
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| Full name | Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap |
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| Nickname(s) |
Di randige (The Striped Ones) Skånes uruguayare (Scania's Uruguayans) |
| Short name | BoIS |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Ground |
Landskrona IP, Landskrona |
| Capacity | 10,500 |
| Chairman | Gabriel Munck af Rosenschöld |
| Manager | Agim Sopi |
| League | Division 1 Södra |
| 2016 | Division 1 Södra, 3rd |
Landskrona BoIS (short for Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap, English: Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Division 1 Södra, the third tier of football in Sweden. The club was formed on 7 February 1915 through the merger of two older Landskrona clubs, IFK Landskrona and Diana.
Landskrona BoIS was one of the twelve teams in the inaugural Allsvenskan season in 1924–25. Since then, they have played 34 seasons in Allsvenskan and 51 seasons in the second highest division. Landskrona BoIS has won four medals in Allsvenskan, little silver in 1937–38 and bronze in 1938–39, 1975 and 1976, as well as one national cup title, in 1971–72. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and plays its matches at Landskrona IP. The club is of open foundational type, not owned by any individuals.
One of the earliest sports clubs in Landskrona was GF Idrott and the oldest one as of today, which was founded in 1882. Landskrona Velocipedklubb built in 1893 a simple kind of cycle track which included a grass field in the middle, which eventually would become the first home ground of Landskrona BoIS. A year later football was introduced to a wider audience in Landskrona at an event hosted by GF Idrott at the pitch that the grass at Banan formed. The exhibition game between players of the football section of Malmö Velocipedklubb was attended by 700 spectators.
As a ban on totalizators was adopted in 1896, the interest of the cycling sport at tracks decreased and Landskrona Velocipedklubb whose economy already was poor, was a few years later forced to transfer their sports ground to Landskrona Town. GF Idrott formed sections of several sports: Gymnatics (1882), Athletics (1894), Football (1902), Swimming (1906). GF Idrott soon become a leading football club in Scania.
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