Carlstad United BK

Carlstad United BK was a Swedish football club located in Karlstad. The club, formed in 1998, last played in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1 Norra. The club was affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.^[1]

Carlstad United BK

Full name	Carlstad United Bollklubb
Founded	1998
Dissolved	2019
Ground	Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Capacity	10,000
League	Division 2 Norra Götaland
2019	Division 1 Norra, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Tingvalla IP

History

Carlstad United BK came together as a joint-senior team in 1998 for Hertzöga BK, Innerstadens BK, FBK Karlstad, IFK Kronoparken, Norrstrands IF, Råtorps IK, and Sommarro IF.^[2] Carlstad United debuted in the 2000 Division 3 Västra Svealand; then played in Division 1 from 2006 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2019.^[2]

They merged with Karlstad BK after the 2019 season to form IF Karlstad Fotboll.^[3]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 2nd 2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 4th 2002 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 3rd 2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 2nd Promoted 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 8th 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 4th Promoted 2006* Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 11th 2007 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 7th 2008 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 3rd 2009 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 7th 2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Götaland 5th 2012 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 2nd 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Götaland 2nd 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Götaland 1st Promoted * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[4]

Attendances

In recent seasons Carlstad United BK have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 273 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 3 2006 271 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2007 338 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2008 379 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2009 646 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2010 387 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2011 236 Div 2 Norra Götaland Tier 4 2012 204 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2013 402 Div 2 Norra Götaland Tier 4 2014 396 Div 2 Norra Götaland Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[5]

Notable former players

• Joel Rajalakso

Managers

• Björn-Magne Broen (2000–01)
• Börje Andersson (2002–06)
• Per-Johan Karlsson (2007–08)
• Lennart Andersson (2008)
• Milenko Vukcevic (2008–09)
• Håkan Werme & Roger Werner (2010)
• Lars-Olof Andersson (2010)
• Dave Mosson (2011–2013)^[6]
• Jonas Rehnberg (2014–2015)
• Amir Alagić (2016)
• David Ekelund (2016–)

External links

• Official website (Archived 9 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine)