bk häcken starts the 1990s with winning division 1 söder and faces gif sundsvall in the promotion play-offs, and despite an impressive 5–2 victory at home for häcken, sundsvall is able to come back in and win the match in sundsvall and gets promoted to allsvenskan. the club was also successful plying in svenska cupen and reaches the final, but are defeated again, this time 3–0 by djurgårdens if.