Lira BK

The Lira Bollklubb is a Swedish football club from Luleå. The team that is often referred to because of their particular town named Lira Luleå BK, played several years in the second highest Swedish league.

History

Lira BK was founded in 1933. Many years the team played in the lower part of the Swedish league pyramid. At the end of the season 1979, she was promoted to the third division and played in the Division 3 Norra Norrland Season to stop a descent. After the club had each occupied the last non- relegation in the first two seasons, succeeded in the 1982 season only one victory this season, so he dismounted together with Kiruna FF and Vändträsks SK in the Viertklassigkeit.

1986 victims a league reform, descending through the Lira BK in the Fünftklassigkeit, the club returned to the playing time in 1993 in the low ranks back. After a fourth place in the first season, the team dominated the season following the season. With 14 wins from 22 games this season, the club reached twelve points ahead of Gallivare SK as the leader of the second division for the first time. There, the team was almost no chance and got a table last together with Assyriska Föreningen and Väsby IK directly again. As relegated the club again dominated his third league season and was a clear margin on Piteå IF and Ope IF again Season winner.

In the second division Lira BK took a relegation place. In the first round of the play-offs, the team won against Skellefteå AIK, but missed in the second round against IF Sylvia relegation. Before Östersund FK and Selånger FK she got right back on, but also missed the third attempt in the league and grew due to the introduction of the Superettan as nationally uniform second division together with Degerfors IF, IF Brommapojkarna, Nacka FF, IK Sirius and Spårvägens FF in the third league from.

Once in previous years in Luleå discussions about the creation of a powerful association of the various existing clubs had sprung up, in 2000 the Luleå FF founded. As a highly -placed team in the league system Lira BK handed his League place in the third division of the newly formed club and joined himself to niederklassig. 2006, the team reached the sixth league, but rose after two seasons again. For the 2010 season the club returned back to the sixth level of play.