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| Full name | Halmstads Bollklubb | |||
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| Nickname(s) | HBK | |||
| Founded | 7 February 1914 | |||
| Ground | Örjans Vall, Halmstad | |||
| Capacity | 10,873 | |||
| Chairman | Pelle Nilsson | |||
| Manager | Magnus Haglund | |||
| League | Allsvenskan | |||
| 2023 | Allsvenskan, 12th | |||
| Website | http://www.hbk.se/ | |||
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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.
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.