Halmstads Bollklubb , also known simply as Halmstad ( [ˈhǎlmsta, -stɑːd] )) or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben , is a Swedish professional football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland . The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved membership in the Swedish Sports Confederation on 6 March the same year. The club competes in the highest tier of Swedish football, Allsvenskan , and has won four national championship titles and one national cup title. HBK is a member-controlled club.
143-721: The club gained some European recognition in October 1995, when they defeated the successful Italian club Parma A.C. 3–0 at Gamla Ullevi (in Gothenburg ) in the first of two matches in the Cup Winners' Cup . However, their second encounter, in Parma in November of the same year, ended with a crushing 0–4 defeat, eliminating them from the tournament. In 1913 a group of youngsters, who called themselves Viking , wishing to create
286-467: A credit card fraud ring, imperilling the already precarious situation as the club was plunged further into debt. On 19 March 2015, the club was declared bankrupt with a total liabilities of €218 million (including unpaid wages of €63 million). On 22 April 2015, the intermediate holding company of Parma, Eventi Sportivi SpA, was also declared bankruptcy by the Tribunal of Parma. The club
429-402: A 2–0 win over Alessandria in the promotion play-off final. On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved a third promotion in three seasons, becoming the first Italian football club to achieve this, having finished the 2017–18 Serie B season second behind champions Empoli and level on points with Frosinone , but achieving automatic promotion due to a better head-to-head record, thus making a comeback to
572-417: A 5th place and Stig Nilsson became the new chairman. A series of injuries on keyplayers saw the club end up second to last and was relegated from Allsvenskan for the first time in 14 years in 1987. Stuart Baxter became new manager in 1988 and ever after losing several keyplayers and trailing after Mjällby AIF with 7 point, the club was able to claim the top spot on better goal difference. The club ended up in
715-536: A 5th place in their return to Allsvenskan in 1989. The 1990s decade started far from promising for the club; in 1990 season the club ended in 9th place and a new play-off was started in 1991, Halmstads BK just missed the play-off on goal difference to IFK Norrköping , ending up in 7th place and was forced to play relegation play-off against team 8–10 in Allsvenskan and the Division 1 champions, it went poorly and
858-465: A bit better as the club managed to qualify for the new group stage in the UEFA Cup after winning on away goal against last year runners-up Sporting Clube de Portugal, however the club failed to take a single point in the group and only scored 1 goal. 2006 was much like the year before and the club didn't score until the 7th match of the season when defender Per "Texas" Johansson scored the only goal of
1001-638: A black cross. Parma began playing league football during the 1919–20 season after the end of World War I . Construction of a stadium, the Stadio Ennio Tardini , began two years later. Parma became a founder member of Serie B after finishing as runners-up in the Prima Divisione in the 1928–29 season . The club would remain in Serie B for three years before being relegated and changing its name to Associazione Sportiva Parma in 1930. In
1144-413: A deal with newspaper competitor Expressen . Halmstads BK rejected the offer and chose to print their own match program, making them the only club in the top league with their own match programme at the time. The club also print a minor newspaper known as Tidningen HBK (eng: Newspaper HBK), which contains interviews with players, fans and other people connected to the club. It comes out as a supplement to
1287-517: A game played in foggy conditions in 1984 that ended in the Parma fans congratulating those of Empoli on its win when the full-time whistle was blown without the Azzurri fans' knowledge. Perhaps a more current bond is felt towards the fans of Sampdoria . In 1991, the club was bought by multinational Italian dairy and food corporation Parmalat . This was the platform for success on the pitch but
1430-608: A holding company owning 100% of the club's shares of €20 million nominal value. Eventi Sportivi Srl (later S.p.A.), at first had a share capital of just €3 million, with Banca Monte Parma , owned 10% of the shares as minority. By 21 January 2009, Ghirardi's ownership of Eventi Sportivi was 75% with Banca Monte Parma holding 10% and Marco Ferrari, former vice-president Diego Penocchio and Penocchio's company Brixia Incipit each owning 5%. In July 2011, Ghirardi sold to both Alberto Rossi and Alberto Volpi 5% each of Eventi Sportivi. On 29 February 2014, Energy T.I. Group bought 10% of
1573-422: A large series of injuries made the club use 32 different players in total. In 1928 the club took part in the newly formed Division 2 Söder ; the club also employed amateur coach Henning Helgesson, Örjans Vall was only selected as the second-best arena in the series duo to the lack of warm showers. In 1929 Halmstads BK celebrated 15 years with a match against SpVgg Sülz from Cologne , Germany ; 1600 people watched
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#17328013058631716-438: A match (52,194 at an Örgryte win over IFK Göteborg at Ullevi ), second highest average home attendance for a club (25,490 for Örgryte's 11 home matches), and the highest ever average attendance for Allsvenskan as a whole (13,369). In the past, AIK had the league's highest attendance for the season more often than any other club, followed by IFK Göteborg and Örgryte. However, for the past two decades, Hammarby has dominated
1859-481: A more serious organization, met at Hotel Lugnet and decided to create an organization. They gave their new organization the name Halmstads Bollklubb and chose Axel Winberg as the club's first chairman. They also applied for membership in the Swedish Sports Confederation (Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet ). Except for soccer, the club also played bandy during the early years. On 6 March 1914,
2002-443: A part of the club's organization. Halmstads BK won Division 2 in 1964, but in the new qualify for Allsvenskan, a group of the four different Division 2 winners, the club played poorly and ended up dead last. 1965 was the darkest year for the club so far as it was relegated to Division 3 for the first time ever in club history, it took the club 2 years to return Division 2 again after ending up in 2nd place both 1966 and 1967, then in 1968
2145-463: A return to the classical format, again with 14 teams. IFK Göteborg won five Allsvenskan league titles in the 1990s. In the early 2000s, Djurgårdens IF won three titles ( 2002 , 2003 and 2005 ). In 2004, Örebro SK lost its place in the league due to financial problems, and Assyriska FF got their place. Since 2008, the league consists of 16 teams. The champions are considered Swedish champions and gold medal winners. The runners-up are awarded
2288-445: A spell of 11 games undefeated saw the club get saved from relegation. During the 2003 season Halmstad had a chance for a medal until the end of the season where the club lost 7 of the 8 last games and ended up in 9th place, Jonas Thern decided to leave the club during the autumn and assistant manager Janne Andersson became new manager. Halmstads BK was 36 minutes from winning their fifth Allsvenskan title after leading Allsvenskan most of
2431-579: A subsidiary of being liquidated Parma AC SpA) and the 2004–05 season saw Parma plummet to its lowest finish in Serie A ;– despite a second consecutive 23-goal haul from Gilardino, who was then sold for €25 million – as managers came and went. Parma ended the following season , its first without European competition since 1991, in tenth, but returned in 2006 after the Calciopoli scandal . On 24 January 2007, Tommaso Ghirardi bought
2574-502: A year in Serie B, finishing third from bottom and succumbing to relegation as a consequence. Arrigo Sacchi did, however, manage to return the club to Serie B in 1986 after a single season in the third tier. The side enjoyed good success that season in missing out on promotion to Italy's top tier by just three points and eliminating A.C. Milan from the Coppa Italia , a result that convinced owner Silvio Berlusconi to hire Sacchi as
2717-615: Is Cetilar by Pharmanutra . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 6 – The club announced
2860-487: Is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Allsvenskan since its inception in 1924–25 . It uses three points for a win even though this system was not introduced until the 1990 season . The matches played in the championship play-offs between 1982 and 1990 or the matches played in Mästerskapsserien in 1991 and 1992 are not included. The table that follows
3003-481: Is a list of Parma managers since the end of the First World War until the present day. Allsvenskan Allsvenskan ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈâlːˌsvɛnːskan] ; lit. ' All-Swedish ' , also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan [ˈfûːtbɔlsˌalːsvɛnskan] , lit. ' Football All-Swedish ' ) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It
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#17328013058633146-456: Is a list of managers who have won one or more titles at the club. Official sites: Supporter sites: Parma Calcio 1913 Parma Calcio 1913 ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈparma] ) is an Italian professional football club based in Parma , Emilia-Romagna , which competes in the Serie A , the top tier of Italian league system , following promotion from Serie B in
3289-403: Is accurate as of the end of the 2023 season . Malmö FF are the current leaders, having had the lead since the end of the 2012 season when they overtook the lead from IFK Göteborg . IFK Göteborg are the club to have spent most seasons in the top spot with 48 seasons as leaders with a record of the most consecutive seasons as leaders with 35 seasons between 1938 and 1972. Six clubs have been in
3432-516: Is an old stadium, built in 1922, it doesn't meet the present European demands for stadiums, forcing Halmstads BK to play their European games on Olympia , Helsingborg , or at Ullevi , Gothenburg . Örjans Vall was the site of 2 games during the 1958 FIFA World Cup , Northern Ireland–Czechoslovakia and Argentina–Northern Ireland. In 2006 all Swedish clubs in Allsvenskan was given an offer from Aftonbladet to print their match programmes, aside from AIK , Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF , who signed
3575-449: Is considered a great rival of Parma largely due to their recent duels, which include Parma's 1995 UEFA Cup victory , its first and third Coppa Italia triumphs, Supercoppa Italiana defeats in 1995 and 2002 , and its 1995 domestic cup final defeat to The Old Lady . These six matches comprise nearly half of the fourteen major finals Parma has participated in. Ironically, Parma's colours have their origins in those Juventus wears, and
3718-489: Is sometimes placed above the club badge to indicate the club having won 10 league titles. In Sweden the star instead symbolizes 10 Swedish championship titles for the majority of the clubs as the league winner has not always been awarded the title of Swedish champions. Stars for Allsvenskan clubs was not common practise until 2006, although AIK had already introduced a star to their kit in 2000. IFK Göteborg , Malmö FF , IFK Norrköping , Örgryte IS and Djurgårdens IF were
3861-639: The Derby dell'Emilia with Bologna . Bologna and Parma are Emilia-Romagna 's two most decorated clubs, winning the region's only domestic titles: 7 Serie A titles and 5 Coppe Italia . Two other local derbies are the Derby dei Ducati , which is contested with neighbours Modena , and the Derby del Ducato , which is played against Piacenza . Despite their relative obscurity, Lombardian side Cremonese and Tuscan outfit Carrarese , to Parma's north and south, respectively, are both seen as rivals too. Juventus
4004-726: The 1935–36 season , Parma became a founding member of Serie C , where the club stayed until winning promotion back to Serie B in 1943 . Italian football was then brought to a halt as the Second World War intensified, although the team did make an appearance in the Campianto Alta Italia in 1944. Following the restart of organised football, Parma spent three years in Serie B, then split into two regional divisions, before again being relegated in 1948–49 to Serie C. The side would spend another five seasons in Serie C before an eleven-year spell in Serie B that included
4147-424: The 1952 Summer Olympics with a bronze medal. 1953 saw a change in the league system and Halmstads BK was lucky as the club was able to stay only because of better goal difference as 6 teams was relegated. Things changed in 1954 as Halmstads BK dominated the new league and won promotion with 12 points ahead of IK Sleipner in second place, then made yet again a trip south, this time to North Africa and Spain , bowling
4290-537: The 1979 European Cup Final , which they lost to Nottingham Forest . From the 1982 season, the league introduced a play-off to determine the Swedish football champions . In the late 1980s, Malmö FF were dominant, winning the league five times in a row, but only two Swedish championships. The 1990 season saw the introduction of three points per win. The play-off season years were followed by two years of continuation league, named Mästerskapsserien . The 1993 season saw
4433-488: The 1996–97 season . The club has won three Coppa Italia , one Supercoppa Italiana , two UEFA Cups , one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and refounded in
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4576-458: The 2023 season. No club has been a member of the league for every season since its inception. AIK is the club that has participated in the most seasons, with a record of 96 out of 100 seasons in total. Malmö FF has the record for most consecutive seasons: 63 between 1936–37 and 1999. IFK Göteborg is currently the club with the longest running streak, starting their 48th season in 2024. The following 16 clubs are competing in Allsvenskan during
4719-487: The 2023–24 season. Parma Football Club was originally founded in December 1913, while the current society dates back to 2015. The team has been playing its home matches at the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini , often referred to as simply Il Tardini , since 1923. Financed by Calisto Tanzi , the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish as runners-up in
4862-603: The 2024 season: The current managers in Allsvenskan are: Sven Andersson and Andreas Johansson shares the record for most appearances in Allsvenskan with 431 appearances for Örgryte IS and Helsingborgs IF for Andersson and Halmstads BK and IFK Norrköping for Johansson. Sven Jonasson has the record for most matches in a row with 332 matches for IF Elfsborg between 11 September 1927 and 1 November 1942. Until 1974, foreign players were banned from playing in Allsvenskan, however not on all levels of football in Sweden. In
5005-563: The Coppa delle Alpi , but relegation to Serie C followed in 1964–65 season . Parma spent just one season in Serie C before a second successive relegation, this time to Serie D , in 1966. The club was in turmoil and was ordered into liquidation by the Court of Parma in 1968, changing its name to Parma Football Club that year. In 1969, another local team, Associazione Calcio Parmense, won promotion to Serie D . On 1 January 1970, A.C. Parmense adopted
5148-474: The European Super Cup , overcoming Milan 2–1 on aggregate, but lost the Cup Winners' Cup final 1–0 to Arsenal . Scala's final success with Parma was in another two-legged final against Juventus: Dino Baggio scored twice to give Parma a 2–1 aggregate win , but Juventus exacted revenge in the Coppa Italia final. Replaced by Carlo Ancelotti , Scala departed in 1996 and was a popular coach for
5291-579: The Large Silver medal, the third positioned team are awarded the Small Silver medal and the team positioned in fourth place are awarded the Bronze medal. There have been seasons with exceptions when the winners of Allsvenskan wasn't considered Swedish champions as well. Allsvenskan winners between 1924 and 1930 were crowned league champions and awarded gold medals, the title of Swedish champions
5434-519: The Serie D , but secured a record three straight promotions to return to the top flight in 2018. The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Foot Ball Club in honour of the centenary of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi , who was born in the province of Parma . It adopted yellow and blue as its colours. In December of the same year, Parma Foot Ball Club was formed from many of the original club's players and began wearing white shirts emblazoned with
5577-727: The Via Emilia , the Eridania refinery and the Ferraguti factory, but it was sold, so the club returned to the Piazza d'Armi before transferring to the Tre Pioppi , the first fenced-off pitch in the city. Parma moved into the Stadio Ennio Tardini in 1923 and remains there today, although the stadium saw drastic change from the vision of Ennio Tardini , under whose auspices the stadium was to be built, but who died before completion of
5720-621: The away goals rule and the UEFA Cup against Marseille at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a 3–0 victory before 1999 Supercoppa Italiana victory over league champions Milan followed in August 1999. In 2000, Hernán Crespo was sold to Lazio for a world record transfer fee and Malesani departed. Under replacement Renzo Ulivieri , the club lost the Coppa Italia final to Fiorentina. Under Pietro Carmignani in 2002, Parma won
5863-508: The bandy district championships in Halland in the 1930s. Due to the ongoing Second World War Sweden focused more on military readiness in case of an invasion than on sport. This led to Halmstads BK being forced to use 29 different players during the season and the result came thereafter as the club ended up in 3rd place behind Malmö BI and winners IS Halmia. Halmstads BK was the superior team in 1941 Division 2 but failed to defeat GAIS in
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6006-413: The 1950s with blue shirts and blue and yellow striped shirts. The cross shirts were restored and worn until bankruptcy in 1968, when white shirts with off-centre blue and yellow vertical bands were worn, but the cross returned from 1970 until 1983 when a yellow and blue-sleeved white shirt was introduced and used for 8 years. After decades in the lower divisions, Parma was promoted to Serie A in 1990, where
6149-404: The 1999 Supercoppa Italiana. The re-founded club, S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 , was formed in July 2015, taking its name from the year of foundation of the predecessor club and securing a place in the 2015–16 Serie D under article 52 of N.O.I.F. as the representative of Parma. Ex-head coach Nevio Scala was appointed as president and former player Luigi Apolloni was chosen as head coach. In
6292-437: The 2018–2023 period: UEFA 5-year Club Ranking as of 19 May 2022: The record for highest average home attendance for a club was set by Hammarby in 2022 (26,372 over 15 home matches). Most other attendance records for Allsvenskan were set in the 1959 season , coinciding with the first season that the league switched from an autumn–spring format to a spring–autumn format. 1959 saw records for highest attendance at
6435-500: The 5-point deduction expunged. In the club's first season back in Serie A , they managed to achieve a 14th placed finish on the table, three points above the relegation zone. For the 2019–20 Serie A season, Parma finished in 11th place with 49 points. Dejan Kulusevski , playing for Parma on loan from Atalanta, won the Best Young Player in Serie A award. Ahead of the 2020–21 Serie A season, manager Roberto D'Aversa
6578-472: The Allsvenskan did not experience an interruption in play during World War II due to Swedish neutrality. Allsvenskan started in the 1924–25 Allsvenskan season and the first winner was GAIS . The one-league twelve team Allsvenskan replaced the Svenska Serien , consisting of a southern and northern group that was held before. In 1931, the league started to decide the Swedish football champions . In
6721-454: The Allsvenskan winners before 1931 compared to the period between 1982 and 1992. As winning Allsvenskan in its earlier seasons was the optimal aim for the clubs, while as during the era of play-offs and Mästerskapsserien, the optimal goal wasn't to win Allsvenskan, but the play-offs or Mästerskapsserien. Since 2008 there are 16 clubs in Allsvenskan. During the course of a season (starting in late March and ending in early November) each club plays
6864-549: The Europa League for the first time since 2007 was barred due to the late payment of income tax on salaries, not qualifying for a UEFA license, for which the club would also be docked points during the 2014–15 Serie A season. Financial troubles precipitated a succession of ownership changes and the club's eventual bankruptcy in March 2015 with total liabilities of €218 million, including €63m unpaid salaries. The club
7007-666: The Swedish champions is the Lennart Johanssons Pokal . Created in 2001, the trophy is named after former UEFA chairman, Lennart Johansson . A different trophy that was named after Clarence von Rosen , the first chairman of the Swedish Football Association, had previously been used between 1903 and 2000, but was replaced after journalists reported that von Rosen had personal connections to the later infamous Nazi leader Hermann Göring during
7150-463: The TV rights for Allsvenskan since 2006. Through licence agreements with the media company TV4 Group matches are aired through C More Entertainment who broadcasts them on their C More Sport and C More Live channels, until 2019. Matches can also be bought through the online pay-per-view service C SPORTS. On 24 March 2017, Discovery -owned channel Eurosport and OTT streaming service dPlay will be
7293-508: The achievement of ninth position in 1954–55 , a club record at that time. This was an era in which the club's players generally held down other jobs or were still in education and when the town's amateur rugby union and volleyball sides, Rugby Parma F.C. 1931 and Ferrovieri Parma , proved more popular among the more privileged. Parma made its debut in European competition during the 1960–61 season, defeating Swiss side AC Bellinzona in
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#17328013058637436-544: The attendance figures helped by a move to the larger Tele2 Arena from the much smaller Söderstadion . Other teams that have for at least one season had the best attendance in the league include Helsingborg , Malmö FF , Djurgården , GAIS , Örebro SK and Öster . As of the 2014 season Allsvenskan has 12 referees that are categorized as Allsvenskan referees, seven of which are fully certified international FIFA referees. Apart from these, female FIFA referee Tess Olofsson also occasionally officiates games in Allsvenskan as
7579-417: The beginning of the decade the end was far from good, the club ended up in 8th place both in 1957 and 1958, during 1958 Sweden hosted FIFA World Cup and 2 matches, Northern Ireland against Czechoslovakia (1–0) and Argentina against Northern Ireland (3–1) were played at Örjans Vall, and in 1959 the club was relegated back to Division 2 after ending up second to last. The 1960s wasn't Halmstads BK's decade,
7722-598: The city's traditional colours, which date back to 1545 when the Duchy of Parma was established, but white shirts with a black cross on the chest were introduced after the First World War , drawing inspiration from Juventus ' colours, following a name change. White continued to be worn as the main colour of the home kits for much of the remainder of the century, although often complemented with yellow, blue or both, rather than black. The club did, however, experiment in
7865-410: The club again achieve promotion, this time under the leadership of Sven Agne Larsson, who led the club through 20 games in a row without a defeat. The club spent the next two years in Allsvenskan fighting off relegation, finishing in 11th place in 1974 and, in 1975, only surviving by beating GAIS on goal difference. In 1976 Halmstads BK hired Roy Hodgson as new manager and success came immediately, as
8008-469: The club dominated Division 3 and had a goal difference of 87–23, a record in the Swedish league system, the ice hockey left the organization and started their own. The club made a strong return in Division 2 and ended up in 4th position, Lennart Alexandersson , Ingvar Andersson, Roland Fransson and Lars Nordin became the first contracted players in the club. With only 3 point in total in all away games saw Halmstads BK end up in 6th place in 1970. The year 1971
8151-552: The club end up in 8th place and the UEFA Champions League adventured ended quickly after defeat with 3–2 in total against Litex Lovech , from Bulgaria, in the first qualifying round, own product Freddie Ljungberg was sold to Arsenal F.C. for 40 million SEK . A poor start of the 1999 season didn't prevent Halmstads BK from fighting for the league title until the second last match, the club had to be satisfied with 3rd place and Lilla Silvret . Halmstads BK started
8294-400: The club ended 7th place, R.S.C. Anderlecht was too strong in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and then Sporting Clube de Portugal in the second round of the UEFA Cup , Tom Prahl left the club for Allsvenskan rival Malmö FF and was replaced by former Swedish international player Jonas Thern . 2002 started extremely bad for the club as after 15 rounds it lay dead last, but
8437-428: The club ended up in 4th place in 1960 even after Kjell "Lill-Goggo" Karlsson and Sylve Bengtsson had scored 34 goals together, in 1961 the club ended up in 7th position after poor play, in 1962 the club went through a rejuvenation and only won 9 matches out of 22, making the club end in 6th place, then in 1963 two victories against Norrby IF and IK Oddevold helped the club to 9th place, this year saw ice hockey become
8580-403: The club ended up second from last after a poor season, however the club's youth squad won the unofficial youth championship, first defeating IFK Göteborg and then playing 4–4 against AIK in the final, winning on drawing the winning lot, in the youth squad there were players like Sylve Bengtsson , Gunnar Johansson, Olle Ericsson, Östen Ståhl and Åke Hallström, who all later became noted players in
8723-423: The club eventually succumbed to administration in 2004 due to Parmalat's massive bankruptcy with debts of $ 20 billion and fraudulent activity at Parmalat worth over €10 billion and a €167 million net loss by the club in 2003. On 24 January 2007, engineering entrepreneur Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club after three years of administration for $ 39 million and incorporated Eventi Sportivi as
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#17328013058638866-464: The club in 2015 retained 30% of the club, while the remaining 10% remained in the hands of fans through Parma Partecipazione Calcistiche. At the end of October 2018 the local Nuovo Inizio group regained control of the club reacquiring 60% of the shares, with the Chinese partners forced to downsize to 30% in light of alleged lack of diligence in meeting their obligations, while 10% remained unchanged in
9009-468: The club out of administration and became the owner and president of the club. Manager Claudio Ranieri helped the team avoid relegation to Serie B on the final day of the 2006–07 season following his February appointment. However, under a succession of managers, Parma's battle with relegation the following year was not successful, consigning the club to Serie B after 18 years in the top flight. Francesco Guidolin won promotion back to Serie A at
9152-412: The club sold more season tickets in 2015 when playing in Serie D than the previous year in Serie A following bankruptcy. In Northeast Italy , the team is the fifth best supported, behind Inter Milan , Juventus , Milan and Bologna , the first three of which are not based in that region. They are represented by three main groups: il Centro di Coordinamento dei Parma Club (which represents most of
9295-484: The club was allowed entrance to Riksidrottsförbundet ; the following year they played in their first competition, Pokalserien , a local tournament in which they faced IS Halmia and Halmstads Kamraterna ; the club ended up last with 2 points and 5–16 in goal difference, in 1916 the same result was seen again, but this time the club only managed to score 1 goal totally. In 1917 the club was able to defeat Halmstads Kamraterna twice and end up in second place behind IS Halmia;
9438-451: The club was relegated. 1992 saw two league victories for Halmstads BK, first Division 1 Södra and then in the promotion/relegation play-off for Allsvenskan. Henrik Bertilsson became Allsvenskan's top goalscorer in 1993 with 18 goals, sharing the top spot with Trelleborgs FF 's Mats Lilienberg , this helped the club to a 5th place. The club ended up in 7th place in 1994 and Henrik Bertillson left for French FC Martigues , it went better for
9581-400: The club went on to win Allsvenskan for the first time ever. The title was won in the second last game against IFK Norrköping . The last match against Östers IF was seen by 16000 people cheering for the team. Halmstads BK ended up in 8th place in 1977 season and Dynamo Dresden proved too strong in the first round of European Cup . Yet again the club ended in 8th place in 1978. Mats Jingblad
9724-544: The club yet again ended up in 2nd place, the club also went on a trip, first to Germany, where they played a series of matches, and then to the French Riviera , where the club played a game and enjoyed the weather and beach, they then returned home and played a game against Brazilian team Corinthians with a mixed team of Halmstads BK and IS Halmia players, the Brazilians won with 10–1, Sylve Bengtsson returned from
9867-476: The club's first season, it sold over 9,000 season tickets, more than doubling the Serie D record. Parma achieved promotion from Serie D into professional football league Lega Pro with three games to spare following a 2–1 win against Delta Rovigo , ending the season in first place with 94 points from 38 games, and an unbeaten run of 28 victories and 10 draws. Parma ended the 2016–17 Lega Pro season in second place of Group B, but were promoted to Serie B after
10010-542: The club's history. Halmstads BK returned to Division 1 after only 1 season in Division 2, the club crushed Örgryte IS with 6–1 in the 1947 qualify, the team also played their first match outside Sweden this year, they defeated Helsingør IF with 8–2 and the youth squad won the youth championship again after defeating Djurgårdens IF with 2–1. Just like the year before Halmstads BK time in Division 1 only became 1 year as they ended up dead last in 1948. In 1949 Kalmar FF proved too strong and Halmstads BK ended up in 3rd place in
10153-401: The club, he was replaced by Stefan Lundin , the club reached 8th place and IFK Göteborg proved too strong in the play-off again. Halmstads BK topt the table during the spring of 1985 but a poor ending of the season saw the club end in 7th place. During the middle of the 1986 season Stefan Lundin left the club for Portugies C.S. Marítimo and was replaced by Kenneth Rosén , the season ended with
10296-423: The core philosophy of Italian club ownership and formed Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche SrL to act as a vehicle for fan ownership, so issued a further €89,286 of shares to that company. Fans therefore own approximately 25% of the club at a cost of €500 per share . In June 2017, Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang 's Desports group acquired a 60% majority stake in the club. The seven local businessman who launched
10439-486: The district championship was lost to Varberg this year. The local rivalry with Halmia was also seen in bandy . The first-ever bandy game between two organised teams in Halland, is thought to have been played between these rival clubs in 1922. By winning Hallandsserien the club was able to reach Sydsvenskan in 1923, which led to third place in 1924 after Varbergs GIF and Malmö FF , an international exchange of matches
10582-423: The division. A return to Serie B did not materialise until the end of the 1970s and the club again lasted only one season in the second division of Italian football. Under the management of Cesare Maldini , Parma once again returned to Serie B after winning its division in 1984 with victory on the final day over Sanremo ; Juventus -bound Stefano Pioli scored the only goal of the game. The Ducali again only spent
10725-564: The early years, Norrland and Gotland teams were not allowed to play on higher levels in the league system, which was gradually changed to include the Norrland and Gotland teams on higher levels. For the 1959 Allsvenskan, the season start was changed from autumn to spring to be played in one calendar year. In 1973, it was expanded to contain 14 teams. In the 1970s, Malmö FF , under the lead of Spanish Antonio Durán and later English Bob Houghton , won five Allsvenskan and managed to proceed to
10868-591: The fanbase), l'Associazione Petitot and the club's ultras , Boys Parma , which was established on 3 August 1977 by young fans wanting to split from the Centro di Coordinamento and to encourage meetings with opposition fans. The Boys Parma occupy the northern end of the home stadium, La Curva Nord , directly opposite to where the away fans sit in the south stand. In 2008, the Curva Nord was renamed in honour of Boys Parma 1977 member Matteo Bagnaresi, who died when he
11011-593: The final and boxing was introduced by the club. In 1921 the club yet again won the championship, this time by defeating IS Halmia, the club also won Hallandspostens pokal after defeating Halmstads IF 5–0. The same year, a women's section was added to the athletics part of the club. Halmstads BK won the Bernhard Aronssons vandringspris after defeating IS Halmia in 1922; the club also won a series of tournaments in Jönköping , Malmö and Ängelholm , however
11154-543: The first attempt with a second-place finish and led the side to eighth on its return to Serie A in 2009–10 , narrowly missing out on qualification for the UEFA Europa League before leaving for Udinese . In May 2010, Guidolin swapped jobs with Pasquale Marino , who was sacked by Ghirardi in April 2011 when Parma was caught in another relegation dogfight. Under Marino's replacement, Franco Colomba , Parma escaped
11297-402: The first non Swedish player in the club, but with a poor start saw the club end up in 9th place. In 1982 the club ended up in 8th and earned a spot in the play-off, but IFK Göteborg proved too strong with 2–4 totally. In 1983 the club climbed two positions much due to British goalkeeper Ken Allen . 1984 started with a fight between the board and manager Jan Mak and it ended it with Jan Mak leaving
11440-410: The first non-Swedish manager for the club. 1938 was a middle year for Halmstads BK as they ended up in 6th position at the end of the season, English club Sheffield United played a friendly against the club and won with 5–2. In 1939 the club celebrated its 25th year and won Division 2, however IFK Göteborg proved too strong in the qualify and won with 1–5 over the club. Halmstads BK also took part in
11583-643: The first season of allowance, on 13 April 1974, English Ronald Powell in Brynäs IF became the first foreign player in Allsvenskan In 1977, Tunisian Melke Amri became the first non-European player. In 1978, Icelandic Teitur Þórðarson in Östers IF became the first foreign player to win the Allsvenskan Sven Jonasson has scored the most goals in Allsvenskan history, with 254 goals in 410 appearances. Gunnar Nordahl has become
11726-482: The first teams after AIK to introduce their stars. No new club has introduced a star since 2006, the clubs closest to their first are IF Elfsborg with 6 Swedish championship titles and Helsingborgs IF with 7 Allsvenskan titles depending on what the star symbolizes. The following table is ordered after number of stars followed by number of Swedish championship titles and then the number of Allsvenskan titles. The all-time Allsvenskan table, "maratontabellen" in Swedish ,
11869-480: The following round. Halmstad lost the game 1–0 and thus were relegated to Superettan for the 2012 season , after 19 consecutive seasons in Allsvenskan. HBK was now back in the second division, a division they had been away for 19 years. But as previously 4 times, they quickly bounced back through a play-off win against GIF Sundsvall . The next year, 2013, ended with a 14th place and once again GIF Sundsvall
12012-556: The game in heavy rain, SpVgg Sülz won 5–2, the club also failed to win Division 2 Söder after a hard race with Stattena IF and Redbergslids IK , ending up in third place. Halmstads BK started the next decade by ending up in 4th place in the league. A visit by CD Europa pulled a large audience, as the Spanish team won 6–5. After a late league start in 1931, due to heavy snowing, the club ended up in 4th place yet again. IS Halmia won
12155-485: The gold medal while the runners-up receive the "big silver" medal. The third place team gets the "small silver" medal instead of the more commonly used bronze medal which is instead awarded to the fourth-place finisher. This tradition of awarding four medals and not three is thought to have to do with the fact that the losers of the Semi-finals of Svenska Mästerskapet were both given bronze medals since no bronze match
12298-518: The last five years. Allsvenskan is currently ranked third highest of the leagues in Scandinavia after Norway and Denmark . The current champions are Malmö FF , who won the title in the 2024 season . The three teams with most Swedish championships are Malmö FF (24), IFK Göteborg (18) and IFK Norrköping (13). Including the 2024 season, Allsvenskan has been running for an unbroken streak of 100 seasons . Unlike other European football leagues,
12441-520: The last game, away against Helsingborgs IF, the club lost with 0–9, the second biggest defeat in the club history; Halmstads BK ended up in 7th place. Halmstad began the 2008 Allsvenskan season well enough, with four wins and three ties after the first ten rounds. The team continued on in this fashion, ending at a respectable 8th place with 41 points. But the following season did not end nearly as good. The team began very impressively, with consecutive wins and very few losses. But, following several losses,
12584-432: The lead, the lead having changed among them ten times since 1925. The former leader with the lowest current ranking in the table is GAIS , currently placing 12th and 2120 points short of Malmö FF. A total of 67 clubs have played at least one season at Allsvenskan up to and including 2023 season. The following data indicates Swedish coefficient rankings between European football leagues. UEFA League Ranking for
12727-408: The league in 1932 and in a campaign in the local newspapers tried to get the better Halmstads BK players to join the team. This failed, however, and after Halmstads BK defeated IS Halmia in a charity match for the city's unemployed, the swimmers also left the club and founded SK Laxen . Under the leadership of playing manager Gunnar Olsson Halmstads BK was able to reach Division 1 , the top league at
12870-408: The league, the club also refused to participate in the district championship as a protest to the "unsporting behavior" the district association had showed the club the previous year. The 1950s started poorly as the club reached 2nd place behind Råå IF ; several injuries to key players disturbed the season, and in 1951 the club board decided to rejuvenate the squad and which led to a 7th place. In 1952
13013-660: The local newspaper Hallandsposten . It is also available to download on the club's homepage. Swedish comedians Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson , also known as Hasse och Tage , made a skit about former HBK manager Roy Hodgson when Halmstads BK won Allsvenskan in 1976, known as Fotbollstränare Bob Lindeman (Eng: Football manager Bob Lindeman). Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. List criteria: This
13156-407: The match against Örgryte IS , the club ended in 11th place. 2007 started promising and the club was one of the teams fighting for the Allsvenskan title until the 18 round, in the game against IFK Göteborg, Finnish goalkeeper Magnus Bahne got injured and missed the rest of the season, Kazakh goalkeeper David Loriya was brought in, but in his seven games Halmstads BK failed to win a single one and in
13299-443: The name change from Parma A.C. to Parma F.C., but the logo otherwise remained the same, encompassing the city colours of yellow and blue and the club's traditional black cross set on a white background, and has not changed much in years, although it was dramatically overhauled to feature a prancing bull for one season in 2000–01 before it was criticised and discontinued in favour of the old badge. A new badge with broadly similar features
13442-498: The new domestic broadcaster for both SEF competitions (Allsvenskan and Superettan ) effectively from 2020 until 2025, as well as selected European countries (exc. Italy) for Allsvenskan. In May 2024 Discovery+ was rebranded as Max which is the service that currently broadcasts Allsvenskan. Beginning in 2018, Allsvenskan matches were previously broadcast in the UK on Premier Sports and FreeSports . In October 2018, ESPN picked up
13585-479: The new manager of the Rossoneri . Sacchi's replacement, Zdeněk Zeman , was fired after just seven matches and replaced by Giampieri Vitali, who secured two consecutive mid-table finishes. Nevio Scala was appointed as head coach in 1989. Scala's Parma secured a historic promotion in 1990 to Serie A with a 2–0 Derby dell'Enza win over Reggiana . Investment from parent company Parmalat helped to improve
13728-592: The new millennium with taking their fourth Allsvenskan title, they also reached second round in the UEFA Cup after defeating S.L. Benfica , but then TSV 1860 München proved too strong, Halmstad also became the last team to win the Von Rosen Trophy as it was revealed that Clarence von Rosen was a Nazi sympathiser, it was replaced in 2001 with the Lennart Johansson Trophy . Stefan Selakovic became league top goalscorer with 15 goals as
13871-437: The number was Gabriele Giroli for the 2002–03 season. Parma's club anthem is Il grido di battaglia , which means "The Battle Cry". Parma maintains rivalries with regional and national clubs; some of these are keenly fought local derbies . Derby dell'Enza opponents Reggiana are the club's bitterest rivals. The ill-feeling with Reggiana comes from a traditional city rivalry between Parma and Reggio Emilia . Parma contests
14014-484: The others twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games. The two lowest placed teams at the end of the season are relegated to Superettan and the top two teams from Superettan are promoted in their place. The third lowest team in Allsvenskan plays a relegation/promotion play-off against the third placed team in Superettan. The winners of Allsvenskan qualify for the UEFA Champions League , the runner-up together with
14157-413: The present (with the exception of the 2015–16 season in Serie D , where league rules required that the number be assigned to a substitute), Curva Nord of the Stadio Ennio Tardini , as a sign of recognition towards the fans who sit in the Curva Nord, considered the 12th man on the pitch. Owner Parma has had numerous chairmen over the course of its history; here is a complete list of them: Below
14300-511: The public company Partecipazioni Calcistiche. On 9 November Parma Calcio held a shareholders' Meeting to appoint a new board of directors, at the end of which Pietro Pizzarotti, at the time vice-president, was appointed the new president of the club. In 2020, Parma were purchased by the Krause Group, owners of American-based convenience store chain Kum & Go . Since 2013 the main sponsor
14443-416: The qualify for Division 1. Halmstads BK won Division 2 after hard competition with local rivals IS Halmia in 1942 and in the qualify the club was able to defeat Lundby IF with 3–2. The club ended up in 6th place in 1943, only 1 point from earning a medal. Halmstad was close to falling out of the top division in 1944 but a series of victories saved them in the end. 1945 saw the club end up in 8th place. In 1946
14586-478: The refounded Parma Calcio 1913 acquired the centre from the administrator of Eventi Sportivi S.p.A., the parent company of Parma F.C., and the former owner of the centre, for about €3 million. The supporters of Parma are seen as placid fans. Traditionally, they have been seen as fans who enjoy the spectacle of football and are less partisan, although they have been more characterised by impatience of late. The supporters were praised for their loyalty after
14729-476: The retirement of the shirt number worn by club's captain Alessandro Lucarelli after his retirement announcement. Lucarelli holds the record for league appearances for the club and stayed with the club from its 2015 relegation from Serie A to Serie D following bankruptcy and through its three straight promotions back to Serie A between 2015 and 2018. 12 – From the 2002–03 season until
14872-652: The returned ended with a major defeat, 4–0 to Parma. Tom Prahl took over as manager in 1996 and lead the team to a 7th place in Allsvenskan and in the first round of the UEFA Cup Newcastle United proved the stronger team. In 1997 Halmstads BK celebrated their third championship title after 3–0 in the last game against Ljungskile SK , Mats Lilienberg, now in Halmstads BK, became league top goalscorer with 14 goals, alongside Christer Mattiasson , IF Elfsborg , and Dan Sahlin , Örebro SK . 1998 saw
15015-739: The rights to broadcast one Allsvenskan match per week in the United States . Allsvenskan matches have also been broadcast in several countries, such as DAZN in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, Sport Klub in Balkan countries, Nova sports in Cyprus and Greece, TV2 in Norway and 4th Sports in Iraq A total of 67 clubs have played in Allsvenskan from its inception in 1924 up to and including
15158-525: The same year an athletics department was made part of the club. The final in the district championship was reached in 1918, but yet again IS Halmia proved too strong. In 1919 the club was for the first time able to defeat IS Halmia and Gustav "Pytt" Söderholm became top goalscorer in the tournament. In 1919, a swimming department was made a part of the club. In 1920 the club won its first district championship title by defeating Falkenbergs FF with 4–0 in
15301-493: The season, but only managed 1–1 against IFK Göteborg in the last game, while Malmö FF, on the same point prior to the last match, managed to win with 1–0 against IF Elfsborg, Markus Rosenberg , on loan from Malmö FF, became league top goalscorer with 14 goals. 2005 became a bad year for Halmstads BK as they struggled to a 10th place, Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson became league top goalscorer with 16 goals, however in Europe things went
15444-468: The shares in the club from Eventi Sportivi. On 19 December 2014 and as a result of a ruling which barred the club from a first European campaign under Tommaso Ghirardi , Ghirardi sold his 66.55% controlling stake in Eventi Sportivi to Dastraso Holding Ltd, a company based in Cyprus and controlled by Rezart Taçi for €1, at which point the club was $ 200 million in debt. The club became
15587-443: The side immediately became a major force in the battle for major trophies, on many notable occasions in direct opposition to Juventus, who would become fierce rivals of Parma's. This rivalry and the influence of Parmalat led to the demotion of the white shirts to the away kit, so the side wore yellow and blue hooped shirts at home for six seasons between 1998 and 2004, and navy blue shirts often worn as third choice in this period. This
15730-501: The sporting licence of the liquidated club which had been formed in 1913. This meant that it had the right to use the Crociata shirts, the badge and the city's name. This brought about a change of luck in both financial and sporting terms, as the side was crowned Serie D champions and spent three years in Serie C before promotion to Serie B ; however, it was a short stay. The team was relegated back to Serie C in its second season in
15873-514: The supporter category called “Ultras”. Halmstads BK used to have an average of 4000–6000 spectators when playing home, when playing teams like Djurgårdens IF, IFK Göteborg or Malmö FF then audience it could rise to 8000-10000 people, however much because of the away supporters. Today the attendance is more modest and rises to maximum of 5000–6000 on the "big" games. Halmstads BK plays it home matches on Örjans Vall , which they share together with local rivals IS Halmia . However, since Örjans Vall
16016-425: The switch from white and black to a yellow and blue home kit in the late 1990s took place in order to distance and distinguish Parma from Juventus. Parma maintain keenly fought rivalries with Vicenza and Genoa . In Italy, it is common for clubs to be twinned in an arrangement called gemellaggi . This is a practice uncommon elsewhere. Parma enjoy amicable relations with Empoli in an arrangement that dates back to
16159-449: The team eventually found themselves in the bottom region of the table. However, the team ended the season better and finished 13th with 32 points, just three points from having to play in a relegation playoff series. The 2011 season was not a good season for neither Halmstad nor its fans. With just 14 points after 26 rounds, and at least another 10 points needed to reach the relegation playoffs, Halmstad had to win against Syrianska FC in
16302-465: The team's fortunes and the club made its debut in UEFA competition in 1991. Scala led the club to its first four major honours. The first of these was the Coppa Italia in 1991–92 , beating Juventus 2–1 over two legs. The following year came the first international triumph in a 3–1 victory in the Cup Winners' Cup over Belgian side Antwerp at Wembley . The next season, the side was successful in
16445-524: The third Coppa Italia trophy against Juventus (but would slip to defeat in the 2002 Supercoppa Italiana ) and finished outside the top six for the first time since promotion in 1990. This success earned it a tag as one of the "Seven Sisters". In April 2004, the club was declared insolvent following the financial meltdown of Parmalat and the club remained in special administration for three years. The club re-formed as Parma Football Club SpA in June 2004 (as
16588-477: The third Serie A club to become foreign-owned as a result and Albanian Emir Kodra was installed as president. In February 2015, Taci sold his stake to Giampietro Manenti for the price he bought it, €1, less than two months after buying it, at which point salaries at the financially stricken club had not been paid since the previous summer. With Parma bottom of Serie A, Manenti was arrested in March 2015 on allegations of money laundering and his involvement in
16731-622: The third placed team in the table qualify for the UEFA Europa League as well as the team who wins the Svenska Cupen . In case the winner of the Cup has already qualified to Champions League or Europa League, the third Europa League spot is given to the team that finishes fourth in Allsvenskan. The decider at equal number of points was goal ratio until the 1940–41 season, thereafter goal difference . The current trophy awarded to
16874-402: The threat of relegation with two games to spare. In January 2012, Colomba was replaced by Roberto Donadoni following a winless run that culminated in a 5–0 loss to Inter Milan and the new coach led the team to eighth position in a Serie A club record seven-match winning run. In 2014, Donadoni guided Parma to sixth in Serie A and a third consecutive top ten finish, but a return to Europe in
17017-479: The time he lived in Sweden (soon after World War One). The former President of the Swedish Football Association, Lars-Åke Lagrell stated that the reason for the change of trophy was not a personal attack against Von Rosen but rather that the Football Association did not want to be linked to Nazism and constantly engage in discussions regarding this every time the trophy was awarded. In addition to
17160-477: The time, in 1933 for the first time in the club's history, this after defeating BK Drott and Helsingborgs IF for the league title and then defeating Krokslätts FF with 4–0 totally. Unexpectedly, the club won bronze in their first season in the top league as when they finished in 4th place, Emil Carlsson also became the club's first player in the Swedish national team . The club was unable to repeat last season's result and ended up in 9th place in 1935, handball
17303-461: The top flight for the next season in 2018–19 Serie A just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D. On 23 July 2018, Parma were handed a 5 point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaio "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia ( Filippo De Col and Claudio Terzi ) during the 2017–18 season, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion. On 9 August, Parma had
17446-431: The top scorer most times, with four wins. Note that this list does not necessarily equate to the Swedish champions, as a play-off format was used in the 1980s. For a comprehensive list of Swedish football champions, see: List of Swedish football champions Historically the players and coaching staff from the four best teams in Allsvenskan are awarded medals at the end of each season. The champions are awarded
17589-437: The trophies he won and because the team played attractive football in the tradition of the club. Ancelotti overhauled the team and guided it to a record second place in 1997 . Parma consequently made its debut in the UEFA Champions League the following year. Alberto Malesani was installed as coach in 1998 and the club completed a rare cup double in his first season, winning the Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina on
17732-598: The venue. Much of the renovation took place after the club's first promotion to Serie A at the start of the 1990s. Since 1996, the first team has trained and played friendly matches at the Centro Sportivo di Collecchio in Collecchio , which is located 15 kilometres to the south-west of the stadium. Parma's youth teams also play their home matches in the same complex. Until 2015, younger youth teams trained at Campi Stuard but now train at Collechio. In 2018,
17875-482: The winner's trophy and the individual winner's medals awarded to players, Allsvenskan also awards the most valuable player, goalkeeper of the year, defender of the year, midfielder of the year, forward of the year, newcomer of the year and manager of year at Allsvenskans stora pris together with C More and Magasinet Offside. Also, the Allsvenskan top scorer is awarded. The Swiss corporation Kentaro has owned
18018-539: The youth squad as they reached the final in the youth championship, but Djurgårdens IF proved too strong and won with 1–0. 1995 became a hard year for Halmstads BK supporters to forget as they for the first time ever won Svenska Cupen and the club ended up in 3rd place, winning Lilla Silvret , but it was the home match against Parma F.C. in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup that drew most attention as Halmstads BK won with 3–0 on Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg , however
18161-611: Was a time of great success for the club, thus the shirts became synonymous with Parma, often still called the Gialloblù (Yellow and Blues) today, despite a recent reversion to the traditional white shirts emblazoned with a cross caused by parent company Parmalat's collapse and the clubs subsequent re-foundation as Parma Football Club. Yellow and blue were Parma's traditional change colours, used in various combinations from 2004 to 2015, such as vertical stripes, hoops, crosses or as solid colour designs. Parma's logo changed in 2005 to reflect
18304-445: Was added to the club. Halmstads BK reached their best position so far in 1954–55 season as the club ended up in 2nd place, winning Stora Silvret (eng: The Big Silver), then during 1955–56 season, Halmstads BK biggest victory was recorded as they club crushed Västerås SK with 9–0, Östen Ståhl scored 6 goals in the match, Sylve Bengtsson also became the league's top goal scorer with 22 goals, Halmstads BK ended in 7th position. Just as in
18447-470: Was allowed to finish the season but finished bottom of the league in 20th place. Administrators Angelo Anedda and Alberto Guiotto were forced to put some trophies to sell in an auction in a desperate attempt to raise money to cover the debt. These included: three Coppa Italia won in 1992, 1999 and 2002, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup from 1993, the 1994 UEFA Super Cup, two UEFA Cup of 1995 and 1999 and
18590-413: Was also made a part of the club this year. Halmstads BK left the top league in 1936 after ending up second last, the club would have been able to stay if they had won over IK Sleipner in the last game, however, the team lost 2–4. The club was able to return to Division 1 in 1937, but a defeat against top competitor Helsingborgs IF saw them come in 2nd, former English professional player Harry Bruce became
18733-403: Was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet up until 1925 and then not at all until 1930. The years 1982 through 1990 are also exceptions, the title was instead decided through play-offs during these years. The same was true for the years 1991 and 1992 when the title was decided through a continuation league called Mästerskapsserien . Historically, however, there is a big difference between
18876-463: Was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football league system , operating on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan . Seasons run from late March or early April to the beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meeting each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide. Allsvenskan is ranked 23rd in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over
19019-432: Was introduced for the 2014–15 season following the use of a commemorative centenary badge for the 2013–14 campaign. The newly formed club in 2015 adopted a new logo before acquiring the rights to a number of legacy items for €250,000 a year later. Parma initially had no permanent home and used the Piazza d'Armi , where two wooden posts constituted the frame of each goal. In December 1914, the club began to use land between
19162-525: Was moved up from the club's youth system this year. Halmstads BK won their second title in 1979. Just like after last time winning Allsvenskan, Halmstad ended up in 8th place in 1980 and in the European Cup Danish Esbjerg fB proved too strong with 0–0 home and 2–3 away, Roy Hodgson also left during the autumn to take over Bristol City . To the 1981 season Halmstads BK hired Dutch manager Jan Mak and with him came Frank Schinkels ,
19305-597: Was owned by the company, as well as Centro Sportivo di Collecchio which was owned by its holding company Eventi Sportivi, were under auction after the bankruptcy. The phoenix club S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.L. was incorporated in 2015 under the ownership of Nuovo Inizio SrL with share capital of €250,000. Nuovo Inizio was owned by a number of backers including representatives of Parmalat and local businessmen Guido Barilla (co-owner of Barilla Group ), Paolo Pizzarotti (president of Impresa Pizzarotti ), Mauro Del Rio and Giampaolo Dallara . The new owners sought to overhaul
19448-428: Was played. The overall medal rank is displayed below after points in descending order. 5 points are awarded for a "gold" medal, 3 points for a "big silver" medal, 2 points for a "small silver" medal and 1 point for a bronze medal. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season . Clubs in European football are commonly honoured for winning multiple league titles and a representative golden star
19591-472: Was run over on the way to the Tardini by a coach which was carrying the opposition Juventus fans. In a not uncommon practice, the number 12 shirt has been reserved for the Parma fans, meaning no player is registered to play with that number on his kit for the club. The implication is that the supporters, particularly those of the famous Curva Nord, are the twelfth man . The last player to be registered with
19734-436: Was sacked on 23 August 2020 and replaced by Fabio Liverani . Liverani would only last until 7 January 2021, himself being replaced by his predecessor D'Aversa. Parma finished the season in bottom place, managing just three wins from 38 games and were relegated to Serie B. In September 2020, Parma was purchased by American Kyle Krause. Enzo Maresca was appointed as the new head coach for the 2021–22 Serie B season. Maresca
19877-422: Was sacked on 23 November 2021 and replaced by Giuseppe Iachini the same day. Parma finished the season in 12th place. Argentinian attacher Franco Vázquez was the joint second highest scorer in the league with 14 goals. Fabio Pecchia took over as coach for the 2022–23 Serie B season. Parma was promoted to Serie A in the following season. Originally, the club wore blue and blue chequered shirts in honour of
20020-467: Was started with FC Rudolfshügel from Austria and Danish B 03 . In 1925 the club won the district championship and came in second place in Sydsvenskan . Halmstads BK was able to win Sydsvenskan in 1926 and was to play qualifying matches against IF Elfsborg to reach Allsvenskan , however, Elfsborg proved to be too strong and won 2–1 after three matches. Halmstad only reached third place in 1927,
20163-564: Was the opponent in the play-offs. But as in 2012 HBK ended up as the winner and could celebrate their 100-year anniversary in the top division. Halmstads BK's official supporter group is Bollklubben Support , it was earlier known as Kvastarna (eng: The Brooms), and were created in 1995, they are located in the center of the terrace section of Örjans Vall during the home games. There is also 2 other supporter group´s known as “ Ultras Halmstad ” Est 2023 & “ Boys In Blue ”, which were formed in 2021. Ultras Halmstad & Boys In Blue belong´s to
20306-433: Was then declared legally bankrupt on 22 June 2015 after no new investors willing to refurbish €22.6 million debt in order to trigger Comma 3 of Article 52 of N.O.I.F. to allow the club to remain in Serie B. Other debts of the club were either waived by the footballers or settled by the administrator. New investor was not required to repay the subordinated debt and bank debt of the old company. The medals of Parma, which
20449-422: Was turbulent, as manager Janne Holmberg left in the middle of the season due to a dispute with the board. Former top player Sylve Bengtsson replaced him and the club subsequently defeated Perstorps SK in the league final, securing 2nd place and qualifying for promotion to Allsvenskan. The spell in the top league lasted only 1 year, however, as the club ended up dead last, scoring only 14 goals that year. 1973 saw
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