FBK Balkan explained
Clubname: | FBK Balkan |
Fullname: | FBK Balkan |
Founded: | 22 November 1962 |
Ground: | Rosengårds Södra IP, Malmö |
Manager: | Nebojša Boban[1] |
League: | Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra |
Season: | 2016 |
Position: | Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra, 6th |
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FBK Balkan is a Swedish football club located in the district Rosengård of Malmö. The club was founded on 22 November 1962. They currently play in Division 2 Södra Götaland. The club comes from a Malmö neighbourhood known for its very large immigrant community. Balkan is most famous for being the club where Zlatan Ibrahimović started playing football. Other notable former players for the team include Goran Slavkovski and Valentino Lai.
History
FBK Balkan was founded on 22 November 1962 in Malmö by Yugoslav immigrants[2] and is named after the Balkans. The club spent many seasons in Swedish Division 6 but later found their way as high as Division 2. The club is one of the oldest immigrants association in Europe. Players of many nationalities have played at the club, from former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo), Romania, Albania, Bulgaria and Turkey.
The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.[3]
Season to season
Season | Level | Division | Section | Position | Movements |
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1990 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 1st | Promoted | 1991 | Tier 3 | Division 2 | Södra Götaland | 7th | Vårserier (Spring Series) | | Tier 3 | Division 2 | Södra Götaland – Hösttvåan | 7th | Höstserier (Autumn Series) – Relegated | 1992 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland B | 4th | Vårserier (Spring Series) | | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 5th | Höstserier (Autumn Series) | 1993 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 9th | | 1994 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 10th | Relegated | 1995 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 4th | | 1996 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 4th | | 1997 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 2nd | Promoted | 1998 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 6th | | 1999 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 11th | Relegated | 2000 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Södra | 3rd | Promotion Playoffs | 2001 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Södra | 1st | Promoted | 2002 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 6th | | 2003 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 9th | Relegation Playoffs – Relegated | 2004 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Södra | 5th | | 2005 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Södra | 3rd | Promotion Playoffs – Promoted | 2006* | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 7th | | 2007 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 12th | Relegated | 2008 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Västra | 1st | Promoted | 2009 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 7th | | 2010 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 11th | Relegated | 2011 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 10th | Relegation Playoffs | 2012 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 9th | Relegation Playoffs | 2013 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 9th | Relegation Playoffs | 2014 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 10th | Relegation Playoffs | 2015 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 5th | | 2016 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 6th | | 2017 | Tier 5 | Division 4 | Skåne Sydvästra | 2nd | Promoted | 2018 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Skåne Sydvästra | 7th | | 2019 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Skåne Sydvästra | 4th | | 2020 | Tier 4 | Division 3 | Södra Götaland | 1st | Promoted | |
- League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[4] [5] [6]
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Attendances
In recent seasons, FBK Balkan have had the following average attendances:
Season | Average Attendance | Division / Section | Level |
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2005 | Not available | Div 4 Skåne Södra | Tier 6 | 2006 | 103 | Div 3 Södra Götaland | Tier 5 | 2007 | 89 | Div 3 Södra Götaland | Tier 5 | 2008 | Not available | Div 4 Skåne Södra | Tier 6 | 2009 | 106 | Div 3 Södra Götaland | Tier 5 | 2010 | 91 | Div 3 Södra Götaland | Tier 5 | |
- Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[7]
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: MALMÖLAGEN I DIVISION 4 SYDVÄSTRA . https://archive.today/20130418130026/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/lokalsport/rdquoviktigast-att-vi-finns-just-harrdquo/ . dead . 2013-04-18 . 2012-03-08 .
- Web site: Föreningen. FBK Balkan. Swedish. 1 April 2018. 5 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210205090723/http://www.fbkbalkan.se/index.php/foereningen. dead.
- Web site: Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Skånes Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se . 2011-01-12.
- Web site: GAIS – Lagfacta – FBK Balkan . 2010-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927094848/http://www.gais.se/fotboll/GAIS.nsf/StatisticsByTeam?ReadForm&Lag=FBK%20Balkan . 2012-09-27 .
- Web site: FBK Balkan — everysport.com . 2010-12-16.
- Web site: Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning . 2010-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100731010524/http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm . 2010-07-31 .
- Web site: Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se . 2010-12-09.