Edsbyns IF

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

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
Websitewww.bandybyn.se
Home colours
Away colours
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.[1]

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.[2]

In March 2004 Edsbyns IF played a rink bandy exhibition match in Streatham Ice Arena, London, versus the Russian Super League team Vodnik, which ended 10-10.

Players

Current squad
As of 12 March 2018[3]
No. Position Player
1 GK Erik Persson
6 FW Oscar Wikblad
8 MF Hans Andersson
10 MF Daniel Liw
12 DF Joakim Svensk
13 MF Mattias Larsson
14 MF Martin Frid
17 FW Mattias Hammarström
18 FW Jonas Edling
21 GK Anders Svensson
No. Position Player
24 MF Marcus Persson
26 MF Matteus Liw
29 FW Joel Wilhelmsson
50 GK Henrik Karlström
61 MF Daniel Burvall Jonsson
64 DF Daniel Välitalo
66 DF Tommi Määttä
81 FW Stefan Larsson
99 FW Tuomas Määttä

Honours

Domestic
  • Swedish Champions:[4]
    • Winners (12): 1952, 1953, 1962, 1978, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2020
    • 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):[5] 2005, 2007
    • Runners-up (4): 1978, 2004, 2006, 2008

References
  1. "BOLLNÄS GIF". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  2. "Bandyhallarnas effekt: segrar och sorgebarn - DN.SE". 28 October 2011.
  3. http://www.bandybyn.se/Varalag/A-Lag/Spelare/
  4. "SM-finaler genom åren". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20131010074058/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Tavlingochresultat/Cuper/Europacupen/
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