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Halmstads BK
Full name	Halmstads Bollklubb
Founded	1914
Ground	Örjans vall, Halmstad (Capacity 16,000)
Chairman	Arne Ekstrand
Manager	Janne Andersson
League	Allsvenskan
2007	Allsvenskan, 7th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Halmstads BK, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad. The club, formed 6 March 1914, is playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title. They are known to be successful despite limited resources, being located in a relatively small town. Their coach, Janne Andersson, has been in the club's organization for many seasons and has been head coach since 2004.

The club gained some European recognition in 1995, when they defeated the successful Italian club Parma A.C. with 3-0 on Gamla Ullevi in the first of two matches in their encounter in the Cup Winners' Cup. However, their second encounter, in Parma, ended with a crushing 0-4 defeat, sending them out.

In 2005 they reached the group stage of the UEFA cup by beating 2004 runners up Sporting Clube de Portugal on away goals, totaly 4-4.[1]

The 2000 season was the latest time the club became Swedish champions; in 2004 they came close to winning Allsvenskan again, but lost it to Malmö FF in the last game of the season.

Contents 1 Current squad 1.1 Squad changes for the 2008 season 2 Noted players 3 Noted managers 4 Halmstads BK in Europe 5 Achievements 6 External links

As of 13 December 2007.

No. Position Player 1 GK Conny Johansson 2 DF Per Johansson 3 DF Jesper Westerberg 4 DF Tommy Jönsson (Captain) 6 DF Mikael Rosén 7 MF Martin Fribrock 8 FW Ajsel Kujovic 9 MF Sebastian Johansson 10 FW Magnus Arvidsson (Vice-Captain) 12 DF Tomas Žvirgždauskas 13 MF Andreas Johansson 14 MF Dušan Đurić

No. Position Player 15 DF Peter Larsson 16 MF Tim Sparv 17 MF Hjalmar Öhagen 20 GK Magnus Bahne 23 DF Emil Jensen TBA GK Marcus Sahlman TBA DF Markus Gustafsson TBA FW Emir Kujovic TBA MF Anel Raskaj TBA DF Daniel Johansson TBA MF Marcus Olsson TBA MF Alexander Prent

In:

No. Position Player - DF Markus Gustafsson (Signed from BK Forward) - FW Emir Kujovic (Return from loan at Falkenbergs FF) - GK Marcus Sahlman (Return from loan at Trelleborg FF) - MF Marcus Olsson (Signed from Högaborgs BK) - MF Alexander Prent (Signed from Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie) - MF Anel Raskaj (Youth team) - DF Daniel Johansson (Youth team)

Out:

No. Position Player MF Björn Anklev (to Örgryte IS as a free agent) MF Hans Mattisson (to Dalby) MF Kristoffer Fagercrantz (to Falkenbergs FF) DF Tibor Joza (to Falkenbergs FF) GK David Loria (free agent)

Sweden Niclas Alexandersson (1988-1995) Rutger Backe (1972-1981) Dušan Đurić (2002-present) Tommy Jönsson (1998-present) Mats Lilienberg (1997-1998) Fredrik Ljungberg (1994-1998) Mikael Nilsson (2000-2004) Markus Rosenberg (2004) Stefan Selakovic (1996-2001) Petter Hansson (1998-2002) Joel Borgstrand (1991-2006) Torbjörn Arvidsson (1989-2005) Magnus Svensson (1994-1997, 2002-2006) Michael Svensson (1998-2001) Sharbel Touma (2002-2004) Robert Andersson (1993-1997, 1999-2003) Håkan Svensson (1990-2002) Mats Jingblad (1976-1987) Emra Tahirović (2006-2007)

England Ken Allen (1983) Eddie Blackburn (1987) Shaun Close (1986) Gary Locke (1986) Steve Whitton (1990) Finland Magnus Bahne (2007-present) Ghana Yaw Preko (2004-2006) Holland Frank Schinkels (1981-1983) Iceland Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson (2004-2006) Eggert Gudmundsson (1982-1986) Kazakhstan David Loria (2007) Lithuania Tomas Žvirgždauskas (2002-present) Macedonia Artim Sakiri (1997-1998) Poland Igor Sypniewski (2003)

• Roy Hodgson (1976-1980)
• Stuart Baxter (1988-1991)
• Tom Prahl (1996-2001)
• Jonas Thern (2001-2003)
• Janne Andersson (2004-present) (ass. manager 1990-1992 & 1999-2003)

• Q = Qualifying Round
• 1R = First Round
• 2R = Second Round
• G = Group Stage

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
1980-81	European Cup	1R	Germany	SG Dynamo Dresden	0-2, 2-1
1977-78	European Cup	1R	Denmark	Esbjerg fB	0-0, 2-3
1995-96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Bulgaria	Lokomotiv Sofia	1-3, 2-0
		2R	Italy	Parma F.C.	3-0, 0-4
1996-97	UEFA Cup 1996-97	Q	Republic of Macedonia	FK Vardar	0-0, 1-0
		1R	England	Newcastle United F.C.	0-4, 2-1
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	G	Serba	FK Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula	1-0
		G	Norway	Kongsvinger I.L.	1-0
		G	Belgium	K.F.C. Lommel S.K.	2-1
		G	Finland	Turun Palloseura	6-1
		2R	Russia	FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	0-0, 1-0
		3R	France	SC Bastia	0-1, 1-1
1998-1999	UEFA Champions League	Q	Bulgaria	PFC Litex Lovech	0-2, 2-1
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Bulgaria	PFC Spartak Varna	0-0, 2-2
2000-2001	UEFA Cup	Q	Wales	Bangor City F.C.	7-0, 4-0
		1R	Portugal	SL Benfica	2-1, 2-2
		2R	Germany	TSV 1860 München	3-2, 1-3
2001-02	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Ireland	Bohemian F.C.	2-1, 2-0
		3Q	Belgium	R.S.C. Anderlecht	2-3, 1-1
2001-02	UEFA Cup	1R	Turkey	Gençlerbirliği	1-1, 1-0
		2R	Portugal	Sporting Clube de Portugal	0-1, 1-6
2005-06	UEFA Cup	2Q	Northern Ireland	Linfield F.C.	1-1, 4-2
		1R	Portugal	Sporting Clube de Portugal	1-2, 3-2(aet)
		G	Germany	Hertha BSC Berlin	0-1
		G	France	RC Lens	0-5
		G	Italy	U.C. Sampdoria	1-3
		G	Romania	Steaua Bucureşti	0-3

Royal League

• G = Group Stage
• (A) = Away
• (H) = Home

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
2004-05	Royal League	G	Norway	SK Brann	0-1(A), 0-0(H)
		G	Sweden	Malmö FF	3-1(H), 0-1(A)
		G	Denmark	Odense BK	2-2(A), 2-1(H)

• Swedish Champions:
  • Winners (4): 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (4): 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000
  • Runners-up (2): 1954–55, 2004

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (1): 1994–95

• Halmstads BK - official site (Swedish)
• Kvastarna - official supporter club site (Swedish)
• Himlen är blå - supporter site (Swedish)

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