 The club has not always been successful and in 1974 ceased operations completely as the result of a poor economic situation.When the organisation was re-launched it was as two separate sections for football and handball.BK-46 most successful period for football was in the late 1950s and the 1960s when they spent 4 seasons in the Suomensarjaa (Finland League), which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football, in 1957, 1961 and 1968–69.