Bollklubben Häcken Fotbollsförening () is a

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club based in

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, Sweden. Founded in 1970 as Landvetters IF () and known as Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC () between 2004 and 2020, the club became the women's section of the men's club

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

in 2021, although as a separate club which is a subsidiary of BK Häcken for legal reasons. BK Häcken FF play their home games at

Bravida Arena Nya Rambergsvallen, currently known as Bravida Arena for sponsorship reasons, and as Hisingen Arena for UEFA competitions, is an association football stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The project was initiated by Allsvenskan side BK Häcken and Goth ...

in Gothenburg. The team colors are yellow and black. The club won their first

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

title in

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History

BK Häcken was established in 1970 as Landvetters IF in

Landvetter Landvetter is a locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,152 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international airport Göteborg Lan ...

, a town near

. In 2004, the club moved into

city and changed its name to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC accordingly. Veteran Bo Falk was the club's head coach from 1999 until 2004. From 2005 until 2007, the coach was Martin Pringle. He was replaced by

Torbjörn Nilsson Torbjörn Anders Nilsson (born 9 July 1954) is a Swedish footballer and manager who played as a striker. Considered one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, he is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg with which he won two Sw ...

for the 2008 season. In the 2010 Damallsvenskan season, Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC finished as runners-up and qualified for the

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League was the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012. As in the past two Champions League season ...

for the first time. In 2011, they won the Swedish Cup on a penalty shootout over Tyresö, before retaining the trophy in 2012 by beating Tyresö in the final again. Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC won their first league title in 2020. On 29 December 2020, the club board announced that its intention to cease operating the first team in the

. Two days later, it reversed the decision to continue in

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

. However, on 28 January the club became the women's department of

, a men's football club also based in Gothenburg and playing in top tier.

Current squad

Former players

Honours

(1):

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

(3): 2011, 2012, 2019 *

Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

(1): 2013

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

''All results (away, home and aggregate) list Kopparbergs/Göteborg's goal tally first.'' ^f First leg.

References

External links

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Former website
– Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC {{DEFAULTSORT:BK Häcken women Women's football clubs in Sweden Football clubs in Gothenburg 1970 establishments in Sweden Damallsvenskan clubs Association football clubs established in 1970 1970s establishments in Gothenburg and Bohus County