Hammarby IF Bandy

This article is about Hammarby IF's bandy department. For other departments of the club, see Hammarby IF (disambiguation).
Hammarby IF Bandy
Founded 1889
Division Elitserien
Based in Stockholm, Sweden
Arena Tele2 Arena[1]
Stadium Zinkensdamms IP
Head coach Magnus Brodén
National championships 2 (2010, 2013)[2]
World Cup champions 3 (1999, 2001, 2009)
First national title
Zinkensdamms IP
Tele2 Arena

Hammarby IF Bandy is a Swedish Bandy club from Södermalm, Stockholm, a section of the sports club Hammarby IF. Hammarby IF was founded under its present name in 1897 and has been playing bandy since 1905. The club currently play in Elitserien, which is the highest division in Sweden. They are in their 39th season in Elitserien. Hammarby have strong links with fellow Stockholm-based club GT-76 with many players moving between the clubs.

History

The club was before the 2007–08 season in big economic problems and a campaign called "Rädda Hammarby Bandy" (save Hammarby Bandy) was set up. In the autumn of 2007 they became a joint-stock company and sold over 400 shares and they got over 2 million sek.

Hammarby IF have been crowned World Champions three times beating Ljusdals BK 7-0 in 1999, Sandvikens AIK 2-1 in 2001 and Zorky Krasnogorsk 6-2 in 2009. They won the Swedish Cup 2007, their first win, beating Sandviken in the final. In 2008 they lost to Sandvikens AIK in the Semi-finals with 3-1 in games.

Hammarby IF won their first national title in 2009–10 after beating Bollnäs GoIF in the final match and also won the title in 2013, the first time the final was played indoors in Friends Arena.[3] They have been runners-up in the seasons 1956–57, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06 and 2006–07.

Home ice

Hammarby play most of their home games at the outdoor rink Zinkensdamms IP, but some major home games are played at the new Tele2 Arena since 2014, for instance the home games in the Elitserien play-off 2014.[4]

Squad

As of 12 March 2015 [5]
No. Position Player
3 Sweden DF Fredrik Johansson
4 Sweden DF Robert Rimgård
7 Sweden MF Jesper Jonsson
8 Sweden MF Per Einarsson
9 Sweden MF Ulf Einarsson
10 Sweden MF Stefan Erixon
11 Sweden MF David Pizzoni Elfving
13 Sweden GK Patrik Hedberg
14 Sweden DF Anders Persson
17 Sweden MF Robin Sundin
No. Position Player
20 Sweden MF David Brodén
24 Sweden FW Kalle Spjuth
25 Sweden GK Filip Berglönn
27 Sweden MF Martin Deacon
28 Sweden FW Jonas Enander
33 Sweden DF Carl-Johan Rutqvist
40 Sweden MF Adam Gilljam
55 Sweden DF Samuel Helmersson
71 Sweden MF Kasper Milerud
88 Finland FW Markus Kumpuoja

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hammarbybandy.se/bilder-fran-traningen-pa-tele2-arena/
  2. ↑ "SM-finaler genom åren" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Picture before the final 2013
  4. ↑ "Bandy. Hammarby - Sandviken i Tele 2 Arena. 2014.". Romus Ramström's Youtube channel. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.hammarbybandy.se/truppen/spelartrupp-2/herr/
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