BK Derby is a Swedish sports club located in Linköping, Sweden. It now only active in football club but was previously involved in bandy and other sports. The club was formed on 15 April 1912. The bandy department has formed a club of its own, Derby/Linköping BK, but the two clubs have an alliance and share the same logo and colours.
Background
The club has played one season in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, in 1977. The club then merged with IF Saab and formed Linköpings FF in 1981. The club was recreated as BK Derby again in 1984 and in 2003 merged with BK Wolfram. The club then played two seasons under the name BK Derby/Wolfram, but soon changed back to the original name.
BK Derby currently plays in Division 4 Östergötland västra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They currently play their home matches at Karlbergsplan in Linköping.
The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season
In their most successful period BK Derby competed in the following divisions:
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1951–52Tier 3Division 3Östra1stPromoted1952–53Tier 2Division 2Nordöstra 5th1953–54Tier 2Division 2Götaland 6th1954–55Tier 2Division 2Götaland 6th1955–56Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 4th1956–57Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 3rd1957–58Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 4th1959Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 4th1960Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 4th1961Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 5th1962Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 5th1963Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 4th1964Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 10thRelegated1965Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland3rd1966Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted1967Tier 2Division 2Norra Götaland 7th1968Tier 2Division 2Norra Götaland 12thRelegated1969Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland3rd1970Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland2nd1971Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stPromotion Playoffs – Promoted1972Tier 2Division 2Mellersta 10thRelegated1973Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland4th1974Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted1975Tier 2Division 2Norra 10th1976Tier 2Division 2Norra 1stPromoted1977Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14thRelegated1978Tier 2Division 2Norra 5th1979Tier 2Division 2Södra 13thRelegated1980Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland2nd1981Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland4th1982Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stDerby/Saab FF – Promotion Playoffs
In recent seasons BK Derby have competed in the following divisions:
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1999Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra11thRelegated2000Tier 6 Division 5 Östergötland Mellersta8th2001Tier 6 Division 5 Östergötland Mellersta12thRelegated2002Tier 7 Division 6 Östergötland Södra1stPromoted2003Tier 6 Division 5 Östergötland Mellersta5thAmalgamated with BK Wolfram2004Tier 4 Division 3Västra Svealand6thBK Derby/Wolfram2005Tier 4 Division 3Nordöstra Götaland7th BK Derby/Wolfram2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland10thRelegated2007Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Östra1stPromoted2008Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland12thRelegated2009Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra5th2010Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra10th2011Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra5th2012Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra1stPromoted2013Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland7th 2014Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland7th 2015Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland7th 2016Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated2017Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Not Promoted2018Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Östra4th2019Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Östra3rd2020Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Östra11thRelegated2021Tier 7 Division 6 Mellersta Östergötland * 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 Derby have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2013118 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52014122 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5201545 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5201654 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5201755 Div 4 Östergötland Västra Tier 62018? Div 4 Östergötland Östra Tier 62019 Div 4 Östergötland Östra Tier 62020 Div 4 Östergötland Östra Tier 6
Achievements Allsvenskan: Best placement (14th): 1977 Svenska Mästerskapet: Runners-up: 1925
Footnotes
External links BK Derby – official website