BK Kenty is a Swedish sports club located in Linköping.
Background Bollklubben Kenty was formed on 10 April 1932 by John Schön, Gösta Dahlqvist, Enar Johansson and Folke Dättermark – all teenagers. The Kenty name has its origins in kid's interest at that time in reading Cowboy and Indian books. A few letters in the name Kentucky were changed and hence the name Kenty was born.
Initially the club operated as a youth club before men's and boys' football became the club's main activity. In 1968 BK Kenty women's football was added. Other sports that the club ran included ice hockey, bandy, tennis, bowling and handball before these sections were transferred to other clubs.
BK Kenty has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Östra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Fredriksbergs IP in Linköping.
BK Kenty are affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra4th1994Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra4th1995Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra6th1996Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra3rd1997Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra2ndPromotion Playoffs1998Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted1999Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland4th2000Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland8th2001Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland12th Relegated2002Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra5th2003Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra5th2004Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra8th2005Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Västra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2007Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland7th2008Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland5th2009Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland9th2010Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland2nd2011Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand12th Relegated2012Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland8th2018Tier 8 Division 6 Östergötland Mellersta3rd * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Footnotes
External links BK Kenty – Official website