Bollklubben Forward, commonly known as BK Forward, is a football team from Örebro, Sweden. They play in Div 2 Norra Götaland. The club plays in a small multipurpose stadium called Trängens IP.Stadium Website The base of the club is in the western end of downtown, whereas the city's historically main club Örebro SK play in the eastern end. The club is affiliated to the Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund.
The club is well known for its youth system, having created players like Jimmy Durmaz, Jiloan Hamad and Jacob Rinne.
The club has also had some success playing bandy, playing in the top Swedish series in 1973/74.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1996Tier 2Division 1Norra 13th Relegated1997Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand9th1998Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand3rd1999Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand2nd2000Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand1st2001Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand2nd2002Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand1stPromoted2003Tier 2 Superettan 15th Relegated2004Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand3rd2005Tier 3Division 2Norra Svealand3rdPromoted2006*Tier 3Division 1Norra9th2007Tier 3Division 1Norra5th2008Tier 3Division 1Norra7th2009Tier 3Division 1Norra9th2010Tier 3Division 1Norra11th2011Tier 3Division 1Norra5th2012Tier 3Division 1Norra2ndPromotion Playoffs2013Tier 3Division 1Norra4th 2014Tier 3Division 1Norra6th 2015Tier 3Division 1Norra4th 2016Tier 3Division 1Norra12th Relegated2017Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand1stPromoted2018Tier 3Division 1Norra8th2019Tier 3Division 1Norra16thRelegated2020Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand3rd2021Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs2022Tier 3 Division 1 Norra15thRelegated2023Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Götaland8th2024Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Götaland10th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons BK Forward have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2005275 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 32006286 Div 1 Norra Tier 32007351 Div 1 Norra Tier 32008332 Div 1 Norra Tier 32009340 Div 1 Norra Tier 32010268 Div 1 Norra Tier 32011329 Div 1 Norra Tier 32012530 Div 1 Norra Tier 32013313 Div 1 Norra Tier 32014158 Div 1 Norra Tier 32015202 Div 1 Norra Tier 32016194 Div 1 Norra Tier 32017231 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 42018254 Div 1 Norra Tier 32019226 Ettan Norra Tier 320200 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42021? Div 2 Norra Götaland Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Achievements
League Division 1 Norra: Runners-up (1): 2012
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