Billingsfors IK is a

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club located in

Billingsfors Billingsfors () is a locality situated in Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,134 inhabitants in 2010. Billingsfors Church is in Billingsfors. Sports The following sports clubs are located in Billingsfors: * Billing ...

, close to

Bengtsfors Bengtsfors () is a locality and the seat of Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most popul ...

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Background

Billingsfors Idrottsklubb was founded on 26 May 1906 and played one season in the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

, 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

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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

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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 teams. Now they have youth section with a boys 10 team who plays in a serie. They play their home matches at the Lövåsvallen stadium in Billingsfors. Billingsfors IK are affiliated to the

Dalslands Fotbollförbund The Dalslands Fotbollförbund ''(Dalsland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Dalsland. Background Dalslands Fo ...

Season to season

In their early history Billingsfors IK competed in the following divisions: In recent seasons Billingsfors IK have competed in the following divisions:

Achievements

: **Best placement (12th): 1946–47

Attendances

In recent seasons Billingsfors IK have had the following average attendances: On 30 May 2006 a strengthened Billingsfors IK played

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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.

Players

* Ingvar Rydell – Played for Billingsfors IK when the team played in the

. He then went to

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

and was the Allsvenskan top-scorer in the 1949–50 season. He also played in the Swedish national team.

Footnotes

External links

Billingsfors IK
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