During the winter, coach Johan Lindholm attracted attention when he discussed the club's long-term ambitions at a training camp in Spain. Lindholm stated in an interview with Hallandsposten that Halmstads BK should be able to compete higher up in the table and even win the Allsvenskan in the long term. The club has had tough years in the lower part of the table recently but now wants to take the next step.
Historically, Halmstads BK has won four Swedish championships, with the last title in 2000. Since 2000, Halmstads BK has struggled to reach the top, with second place in 2004 as the best result. The club finished eleventh last year and is now entering its fourth consecutive season in the top league. Halmstads BK has established itself in the Allsvenskan in recent years after previously moving between leagues.
Surprisingly little (reactions), although there have been some. We have launched a strategy that we want to work with over time as a club, and it is clear that we must have dreams, goals, and visions to gradually become better.
Halmstads BK has launched a strategy to work with over time as a club. Johan Lindholm emphasizes that the focus is on development and building something sustainable over time. Lindholm believes there are many clubs in Scandinavia of similar size that show it is possible to succeed, and Halmstads BK should be inspired by them. Lindholm states that Halmstads BK should follow a path of clear strategy and continuity, not believe in miracles in the short term, but take many small steps in the right direction. Halmstads BK is investing in young players with the goal of selling them, strengthening the economy, and becoming a more competitive Allsvenskan club over time.
Johan Lindholm has previously said that the team will play more offensively this season. Joel Allansson is not dropped as captain of Halmstads BK. Rocco Ascone wears the captain's armband this year.
I think there are many clubs in Scandinavia that are in our size that show that it is possible. We should let ourselves be inspired by that. What they have in common is a clear strategy and continuity in their working methods that they have refined year by year. That is the path I see that we should take as well. We should not believe in miracles in the short term, but if you take many small steps in the right direction, you will go quite far.
Johan Lindholm has received surprisingly little reaction to his championship statement.
Halmstads BK started the Swedish Cup group stage with wins against Karlstad Fotboll and Varberg Bois, then lost 2-1 to Malmö FF away, preventing a quarterfinal, and later lost 4-0 in training matches against Kalmar FF and BK Häcken.
For me, the result in 2026 is important of course, but it is more the process and how we work with the game and the players and perhaps create even better conditions for 2027 and 2028 to really compete in the upper half.
And before 2030, I would like to see HBK have reached a fifth Swedish championship.
We have had tough years behind us and we want to leave that layer and the mood that usually occurs during the autumn around Örjans vall, when we have played in the Allsvenskan. We want to take the next step. We have a slightly different squad, slightly different player profiles, and perhaps a slightly different way of playing that I hope will benefit the results, the offensive football, and player sales, so we can build the club over time.
Absolutely not.