Hammarby IF Bandy

Hammarby IF
City Stockholm, Sweden
League Elitserien
Founded 1897 (1897)
Home arena Zinkensdamms IP
Head coach Misha Pashkin
Website hammarbybandy.se
Home colours
Away colours
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.

History

Hammarby IF Bandy is one of the oldest bandy clubs in Sweden, founded in 1905 as a department of sports club Hammarby IF. At this time, there were several other Stockholm teams who also played bandy – AIK, IFK Stockholm, Djurgårdens IF, IF Swithiod and Djursholm. The different teams played friendly matches and local tournaments.[1]

In 1906, the Swedish Football Association took over the organization of bandy in Sweden. The Swedish championship premiered in 1907 but Hammarby IF failed to qualify for the play-offs until 1916. One year before, Hammarby had merged with Klara SK that provided a big supplement of talented players to the team. Another merge took place in 1918, when Johanneshovs IF joined Hammarby. At this time, Hammarby often played their home games at Hammarby IP in Södermalm, an area the club considers its heartland.[1]

By the end of the 1920s, Hammarby IF had established themselves among the top bandy clubs in Sweden. In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Hammarby entered in Division 1 Norra together with AIK, IF Vesta, IFK Rättvik, IK Sirius, Skutskärs IF, SK Tirfing, and Västerås SK and finished 8th.[2]

Since then, as of 2017, Hammarby has not dropped below either the highest or second highest division in Sweden.[1]

In 1957, Hammarby reached their first Swedish championship final, but lost 1–2 to Örebro SK at Stockholms stadion.[3]

Hammarby got relegated to the second division in 1979 and went on a hard struggle for several decades to come. There where even talks that the club would cease its operations. In 1995 Hammarby, however, won their promotion and returned to the top tier.[4]

During the 2000s, Hammarby has achieved much success in both domestic and international competitions. Hammarby has 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, a knockout cup competition, for the first time in 2007, beating Sandviken in the final. They also won the cup back-to-back in 2013 and 2014.

Hammarby IF won their first national championship title in 2009–10 after beating Bollnäs GoIF in the final match at Studenternas IP. They also won the gold medal in 2013, beating Sandviken, as the final for the first time was played indoors at Friends Arena.[5] They have been runners-up in the seasons of 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06 and 2006–07.[4]

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 have strong links with fellow Stockholm-based club GT-76, with many players moving between the clubs.

Hammarby took part in an event in January 2018, where Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge learned more about bandy during a visit to Stockholm.[6]

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.[7]

Squad

As of 23 December 2017[8]
No. Position Player
3 Sweden DF Fredrik Rubin
7 Sweden MF Jesper Jonsson
11 Sweden MF David Pizzoni Elfving
13 Sweden GK Patrik Hedberg
15 Russia MF Alan Dzhusoev
16 Sweden DF Felix Nyman
17 Sweden MF Robin Sundin
20 Sweden MF David Brodén
24 Sweden FW Kalle Spjuth
25 Sweden MF Edvin Englund
No. Position Player
26 Sweden GK Mikael Svensson
33 Sweden DF Carl-Johan Rutqvist
39 Russia MF Ivan Lebedev
40 Sweden MF Adam Gilljam
45 Sweden FW Christoffer Fagerström
55 Sweden DF Robert Rimgård
63 Sweden DF Tom Nyström
71 Sweden MF Kasper Milerud
91 Russia MF Ilja Grachev

Honours

Domestic

  • Swedish Champions:[9]
    • Winners (2): 2010, 2013
    • Runners-up (7): 1957, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Cups

  • Svenska Cupen:
    • Winners (3): 2007, 2013, 2014
    • Runners-up (3): 2009, 2011, 2012

International

  • World Cup:
    • Winners (3): 1999, 2001, 2009
    • Runners-up (1): 2010

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Om föreningen: historia". Hammarby Bandy (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Statistik". www.jimbobandy.nu.
  3. ↑ "År: 1957". Hif Historia (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Åttonde gången gillt för hammarby". Svenska Bandyförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Picture before the final 2013 Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Britain's Prince William, Kate try bandy hockey in Sweden
  7. ↑ "Bandy. Hammarby – Sandviken i Tele 2 Arena. 2014". Romus Ramström's Youtube channel. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Herrar – Hammarby Bandy". www.hammarbybandy.se.
  9. ↑ "SM-finaler genom åren". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
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