HALMSTADS BK

'Halmstads BK', 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 out the Swedes.
In 2005 they successfully qualified to the UEFA cup by beating 2004 runners up Sporting Clube de Portugal on away goals, totaly 4-4.[1]

Contents

Current squad

Squad Changes for 2007/08 season

Noted players

Noted managers

Achievements

External links

Current squad

''As of 31 august 2007.'' Players in 'bold' have international caps.
(''On loan to Trelleborg FF'')

Squad Changes for 2007/08 season

'In:'
'Out:'

Noted players

★ Niclas Alexandersson

★ Rutger Backe

★ Dusan Djuric

★ Tommy Jönsson

★ Mats Lilienberg

★ Fredrik Ljungberg

★ Mikael Nilsson

★ Markus Rosenberg

★ Stefan Selakovic

★ Petter Hansson

★ Michael Svensson

★ Artim Sakiri

★ Robert Andersson

★ Tomas Žvirgždauskas

★ Sharbel Touma

★ David Loria

★ Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson

★ Joel Borgstrand

★ Torbjörn Arvidsson

Noted managers

★ 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'')

Achievements

★ 'Swedish Champions:'

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★ 'Winners (4):' 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000

★ 'Allsvenskan:'

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★ 'Winners (4):' 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000

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★ 'Runners-up (2):' 1954–55, 2004

★ 'Svenska Cupen:'

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★ 'Winners (1):' 1994–95

External links

★ Halmstads BK - official site

★ Kvastarna - official supporter club site

★ Himlen är blå - supporter site