Landskrona BoIS

In 1893 they built a simple kind of cycle track which included a grass field in the middle, which eventually would become the first home ground of Landskrona BoIS.

[4] A year later football was introduced to a wider audience in Landskrona, at an event hosted by GF Idrott, at the pitch which the grass at Banan formed.

An exception to the otherwise mediocre performance came in the 1949 Svenska Cupen, the eighth edition of the tournament, in which Landskrona made their way to the final, defeating Mjölby, Helsingborgs IF, Råå IF and BK Kenty on the way.

That situation would last only one year, however, as BoIS were promoted back to the second tier in 1953. Notable players from this period include Sigvard Pettersson who scored 297 goals[7] and Knut Hansson who had previously been in the squads that had gained two Allsvenskan medals.

After his return from the capital, Sonny did instead sign for Landskrona BoIS, and he would become true to his new club for his entire career over 17 seasons.

To reach the promotion qualifiers, they had to win at home against Helsingborgs IF, and so they did, with a single goal scored by the Danish player Leif Carlsen in front of more than 15,000 attenders.

In the home game of the qualification for Allsvenskan, more than 15,000 attenders came to Landskrona IP again, and BoIS after goals by Tommy Gustafsson and Sonny Johansson, won 2–0 against Sandvikens IF.

In the final game, at neutral Nya Ullevi in Gothenburg, BoIS had to play Skövde AIK and at least another draw was required for the promotion.

It began bad, as Skövde scored twice, but by goals from Sonny Johansson and Leif Carlsen, Landskrona BoIS finally managed to be promoted back to Allsvenskan, after an absence for 21 seasons.

BoIS stayed in Allsvenskan for ten seasons, which included two bronze medals 1975 and 1976 and a Swedish Cup victory in 1972.

Landskrona BoIS chairman of the time Claes Munck af Rosenschöld, who also was a solicitor, represented the club successfully during a trial that attracted some national attention.

Just before kick-off the BoIS players unfurled a banderole which got the large crowd to applaud the away team in a very rare manner.

An all-time low home attendance was noted on a rainy day in June 1985, as fewer than 400 people watched the club be defeated by Hittarp with a score of 1–2.

Major financial troubles became evident during the later part of the season[28] A temporary board, led by Allan Karlsson, now got the task from the club members, to take over after the former chairman.

In the premiere in Allsvenskan 2002, Landskrona BoIS defeated local rivals Helsingborgs IF with 6–2 at home, after a hattrick scored by striker Danijel Milovanović.

Notable players during the latest period in the highest division were amongst others Danijel Milovanovic, Hasan Cetinkaya, Daniel Nannskog,[33] Håkan Söderstjerna,[34] Alexander Farnerud,[35] and Jonas Olsson.

This began rather well and included a memorable 1–1 tie vs local rivals Helsingborg IF in front 8.192 spectators, the highest home attendance since Allsvenskan in 2005.

[45][46] In the autumn of 2013, the Landskrona BoIS board suggested that the stadium should switch from natural grass to artificial turf.

[48] After the reconstructions at Landskrona IP in 1990 and 1991, the attendance capacity at the venue was reduced to between 10,000 and 12,000 (depending on several changes at the western end).

The police also removed advertising behind the western goal, in order for more attendees who had paid their ground fee to be able to watch the game.

(The temporary western stands from the Helsingborgs IF match had been removed, which explains how 11.902 was not equally overcrowded just three months earlier).

[63] ** The game versus AIK was played at Olympia, Helsingborg due to a strike[64] During its first 65 years of existence, the club had a very stable chairmanship.

[65] As this idea was rejected also by his closer associates, the focal point returned to changes of the club's current venue, Landskrona IP instead.

As Håkansson didn't listen to the club's supporters during several home matches, a public appeal in the local newspaper initiated protests of an unanticipated magnitude.

Håkansson's service for the club will nevertheless be remembered together with the names of the other long term serving chairmen – Bror Nilsson, Harry Wibratt and Claes Munck af Rosenschöld.

His successor Gabriel Munck has with modest means done well, and Landskrona BoIS managed to win their regional third-tier league in 2017, and will from 2018 again play in Superettan.

As Gabriel Munck, after the promotion to Superettan, declared his wish to resign as chairman due to private reasons, an intern struggle for the chairmanship arose.

A few days later, at 5 March in Folkets Hus (The People's House), the annual meeting could be held, and Urban Jansson was elected as the new chairman.

In the 2012 and 2013 season the club changed to a pink top with white shorts, initially supporting breast cancer awareness.

In 2021 the club honored its classic nickname Scania's Uruguayans by playing in a light blue away shirt with black shorts similar to the Uruguay national team.

Season by season chart. Landskrona BoIS positions within the Swedish league system
IFK Landskrona, one of the teams that would merge to form BoIS, on the road to an away match during the earlier part of the 1910s.
Harry Dahl is the best goalscorer ever in Landskrona BoIS, with 334 goals.
Hasse Persson scored 257 goals in 327 matches between 1955 and 1965.
Landskrona BoIS playing a qualification game to Allsvenskan in 1962 at home against AIK . Attendance 16.010. [ 15 ]
Photo of the north terraces stand. Late 1950s or early 1960s
"Banan" was initially intended for cycling, but football was eventually also played there.
Landskrona BoIS players at the home derby against Helsingborgs IF in 2003.
Jan Jönsson , who coached Landskrona BoIS back into Allsvenskan in 2001.