Västerås SK Bandy

Västerås SK
City Västerås, Sweden
League Elitserien
Founded 1904 (1904)
Home arena ABB Arena
Head coach Michael Carlsson
Website www.vskbandy.se
Home colours
Away colours
ABB Arena Syd in Västerås, Sweden. Home ground for Västerås SK Bandy.
Champions again in 2015

Västerås SK Bandy is the men's bandy side of the Swedish sports club Västerås SK, located in Västerås. The senior side currently plays in the Swedish Elitserien, the top division of Swedish bandy.

Västerås SK plays at the ABB Arena South and have won the World Cup seven times. The women's side is Västerås SK BK Dam.

The current coach of the senior side is Michael Carlsson, a former player for VSK Bandy and the national team.

History

The club was founded on 29 January 1904.

In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Västerås entered in Division 1 Norra together with AIK, Hammarby IF, IF Vesta, IFK Rättvik, IK Sirius, Skutskärs IF, and SK Tirfing and finished 2nd.[1]

On 19 March 2016, the club won its 20th Swedish national championship title by defeating Villa Lidköping BK, 5–2, in the final game.[2]

Squad

As of 20 September 2016[3]
No. Position Player
2 Sweden DF Stefan Edberg
4 Sweden DF Anders Bruun
5 Sweden MF Magnus Joneby (captain)
6 Sweden FW Simon Jansson
7 Sweden MF Jakob Bucht
8 Sweden FW Tobias Holmberg
9 Sweden FW Jonas Nilsson
10 Sweden FW Ted Bergström
13 Sweden GK Andreas Bergwall
14 Sweden DF Patrik Sjöström
No. Position Player
15 Sweden DF Oscar Gröhn
16 Sweden DF Rasmus Sjöström
23 Sweden DF Jesper Norrman
27 Sweden MF Mikael Olsson
30 Sweden GK Filip Mörkdal
43 Sweden DF Simon Folkesson
81 Sweden FW Max Mårtensson
83 Sweden FW Emil Juhlén
90 Sweden MF Janne Rintala


Honours

Domestic

  • Swedish National Champions:[4]
    • Winners (20): 1923, 1924, 1926, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1973, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2015, 2016
    • Runners-up (16): 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1959, 1978, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2014

International

  • World Cup:
    • Winners (7): 1987, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2014, 2016
    • Runners-up (3): 1980, 2005, 2007
  • European Cup:[5]
    • Winners (6): 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistik". www.jimbobandy.nu.
  2. ↑ Lisa Edwinsson (19 March 2016). "Västerås svenska mästare i bandy" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "A-laget" (in Swedish). VSK Bandy. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.svenskbandy.se/BANDYFINALEN/HISTORIK/Svenskamastare/Herrar/
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131010074058/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Tavlingochresultat/Cuper/Europacupen/
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