Edsbyns IF

Edsbyns IF, is a bandy team from Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden founded on 6 June 1909.[1] The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 was formally made a club of its own on 28 June 2000.

This article is about Edsbyns IF's bandy section. For the football section, see Edsbyns IF Fotboll.
Edsbyns IF
CityEdsbyn, Sweden
LeagueElitserien
Founded6 June 1909 (1909-06-06)
Home arenaEdsbyn Arena
Head coachMagnus Kuben Olsson
Websitebandybyn.se
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Magnus "Kuben" Olsson of Edsbyn against Västerås SK

Edsbyns IF has played in the highest bandy league in Sweden from 1945–1969 and then again since 1971.

History

Edsbyns IF was founded in 1909.[2]

In September 2003, Edsbyn moved to Edsbyn Arena, the first indoor arena for bandy in Sweden, and won the Swedish Championship final in the end of the season.[3]

In June 2009, the club decided to dissolve the women's bandy team for the 2009–2010 season, while keeping the girls' bandy activity and attempting to re-start the women's team as soon as possible.[4][5] On 4 October 2009, the women's bandy team Team Hälsingland was established instead, as a cooperation between Bollnäs GIF, Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy, Edsbyns IF and Ljusdals BK.[6]

On 26 March 2004, Edsbyns IF played a men's bandy exhibition game at the Streatham Ice Arena in London against Russian Super League team Vodnik, which ended with a 10-10 draw.[7]

The club's bandy section was awarded the Hälsingland Golden Award in 2004. The award has also been given to various individual sportspeople competing for the club.[8]

Players

Current squad
As of 12 March 2018[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIB nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Erik Persson
6 FW Sweden SWE Oscar Wikblad
8 MF Sweden SWE Hans Andersson
10 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Liw
12 DF Sweden SWE Joakim Svensk
13 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Larsson
14 MF Sweden SWE Martin Frid
17 FW Sweden SWE Mattias Hammarström
18 FW Sweden SWE Jonas Edling
21 GK Sweden SWE Anders Svensson
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Sweden SWE Marcus Persson
26 MF Sweden SWE Matteus Liw
29 FW Sweden SWE Joel Wilhelmsson
50 GK Sweden SWE Henrik Karlström
61 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Burvall Jonsson
64 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Välitalo
66 DF Finland FIN Tommi Määttä
81 FW Sweden SWE Stefan Larsson
99 FW Finland FIN Tuomas Määttä

Honours

Domestic
  • Swedish Champions:[10]
    • Winners (13): 1952, 1953, 1962, 1978, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
    • Runners-up (8): 1949, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1982, 1984, 2009

Cup

International
  • World Cup:
    • Winners (3): 1979, 1991, 2008
    • Runners-up (3): 1980, 2005, 2007
  • European Cup:
    • Winners (2):[11] 2005, 2007
    • Runners-up (4): 1978, 2004, 2006, 2008

References
  1. Magnus Helander (25 December 2003). "Nu ska bandybyn bli bäst igen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. "BOLLNÄS GIF". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  3. "Bandyhallarnas effekt: segrar och sorgebarn - DN.SE". 28 October 2011.
  4. "Edsbyn lägger ner damlaget" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. "Edsbyn lägger ner dambandyn" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. Camilla Larsson (17 March 2014). "Dambandyn i Hälsinglands Idrottsförbund startar på 70-talet" (in Swedish). Archive Gävleborg. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. Christoffer Million (23 December 2014). "Edsbyn till England" (in Swedish). Bandypuls. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. "Hälsingeguldet" (in Swedish). Hälsingland Society of Sports History. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. "Spelare - Edsbyns IF Bandyförening - Bandy - IdrottOnline Klubb". Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  10. "SM-finaler genom åren". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  11. "Europacupen - Svenska Bandyförbundet". iof1.idrottonline.se. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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