Bodens BK is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club

Football (soccer)

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 located in Boden

Boden, Sweden

Boden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,680 inhabitants in 2005.- History :The town of Boden started as a railway junction where the Northern Line met with the Ore Line from the rich iron ore fields in northern Sweden.The town experienced...

 in Norrbotten

Norrbotten

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. The club, formed 1916, is currently playing in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1. During the three seasons 2003-2005, Boden played in the second highest division, Superettan

Superettan

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, which made them the northernmost team in Swedish professional football by a margin of 400 km or more, depending on season.

After successfully staying up with some margin in 2003, the ensuing season saw Boden barely scrape through to avoid relegation on the last day of the season. The 2005 Superettan campaign appeared to be the most successful thus far, and included memorable victories against teams such as the previous year's top-flight residents Örebro SK

Örebro SK

Örebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...

 (1-0) and AIK

AIK Fotboll

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 (5-1). With 24 games played and stunning form Boden seemed safe at mid-table, but failure to win or even draw any of their last six games, together with the Phoenix-like resurrection of near-discarded Mjällby AIF

Mjällby AIF

Mjällby AIF is a Swedish football club located in Mjällby. The club, formed in 1939, won the title of Sweden's second-level of football Superettan in the 2009 season and thus gained promotion to the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan...

, saw the latter team secure a new contract while relegating Boden to Division 1.

For the 2006 season, the club which had managed to keep hold of several key players, entertained an outspoken ambition of instantly returning to Superettan. However, injuries to important staff such as the two main new signings, New Zealand striker Brent Fisher and American midfielder Ryan Caugherty, as well as poor results away from home, meant the team finished at a mediocre 8th place.

Note that the s in the first part of the club name (Bodens) is the Swedish possessive s, meaning that it is not correct to call the club just Bodens. Correct forms are Bodens Bandyklubb (the complete name, very formal), Bodens BK (abbreviated formal), BBK (abbreviated informal), or just Boden (since there are no other football clubs with the town name Boden in their name).

The club is affiliated to the Norrbottens Fotbollförbund

Norrbottens Fotbollförbund

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Achievements

• Division 2/Division 1/Superettan
  Superettan
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  • Best placement (3rd): 1955-56

• Norrländska Mästerskapet
  Norrländska Mästerskapet
  Norrländska Mästerskapet was a Swedish football cup held to decide the Champions of Norrland. As teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the Swedish league system until the 1952–53 season, the best team from the...
  
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  • Winners (8): 1926, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1944
  • Runners-up (3): 1925, 1939, 1949

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1994	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	2nd	Promoted
1995	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	5th
1996	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	5th
1997	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	10th	Relegated
1998	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	1st	Promoted
1999	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	8th
2000	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	2nd
2001	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	2nd
2002	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	1st	Promoted
2003	Tier 2	Superettan		11th
2004	Tier 2	Superettan		13th
2005	Tier 2	Superettan		14th	Relegated
2006*	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	8th
2007	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	7th
2008	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	14th	Relegated
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Norrland	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	10th
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra

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

Attendances

In recent seasons Bodens BK FF have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	2,537	Superettan	Tier 2
2006	1,043	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2007	1,043	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2008	1,038	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2009	1,352	Div 2 Norrland	Tier 4
2010	809	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Current squad

External links

• Bodens BK - official site
• garnisonen.net - unofficial supporter site