Billingsfors IK
Swedish club that played one Allsvenskan season.
Billingsfors IK is a Swedish football club based in Billingsfors, close to Bengtsfors in Västra Götaland County. The club played one season in the Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish league, in 1946–47. That season they finished bottom of the table with just three draws and were relegated. While they sit last in the all-time Allsvenskan table, reaching that level is a great achievement for a club from a small town. Since 2012, Billingsfors IK has had no senior team of its own. Between 2014 and 2020 they played as a combined team with Ärtemarks IF, until Ärtemarks ended the collaboration to focus on developing its own team. Now the club only has a youth section. They play their home matches at Lövåsvallen in Billingsfors and are affiliated to the Dalslands Fotbollförbund.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Billingsfors Idrottsklubb
- Nickname
- BIK
- Founded
- 26 May 1906
- Ground
- Lövåsvallen
- Billingsfors
- Sweden
- Chairman
- Göran Hansson
- Manager
- Pontus Nordwall, Alassane Ouarma
Facts from the source article.
Background
Billingsfors Idrottsklubb was founded on 26 May 1906. The club played one season in the Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish league, in 1946–47. BIK were relegated at the end of the season, finishing bottom of the table with just three draws. While the club is positioned last in the all-time Allsvenskan table, it is a great achievement for BIK to have played at this level.
In their early years Billingsfors IK participated mainly in the upper divisions of the Swedish football league system but then their fortunes plummeted and in recent decades they have been entrenched in the lower divisions. Since 2012 the club has had no senior team of its own. They played as a combined team with Ärtemarks IF between 2014 and 2020, when Ärtemarks ended the collaboration to focus on developing its own team. Now they only have a youth section.
They play their home matches at the Lövåsvallen stadium in Billingsfors. Billingsfors IK are affiliated to the Dalslands Fotbollförbund. On 30 May 2006 a strengthened Billingsfors IK played GAIS in a jubilee match to celebrate BIK's 100-year anniversary in 2006. The match was a great spectacle with almost 850 paying spectators at the Lövåsvallen.
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