Västerås SK Bandy

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
CityVästerås, Sweden
LeagueElitserien
Founded1904 (1904)
Home arenaABB Arena
Head coachMichael Carlsson
Websitewww.vskbandy.se
Home colours
Away colours
ABB Arena Syd in Västerås, Sweden. Home ground for Västerås SK Bandy.
Champions again in 2015

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 DF Stefan Edberg
4 DF Anders Bruun
5 MF Magnus Joneby (captain)
6 FW Simon Jansson
7 MF Jakob Bucht
8 FW Tobias Holmberg
9 FW Jonas Nilsson
10 FW Ted Bergström
13 GK Andreas Bergwall
14 DF Patrik Sjöström
No. Position Player
15 DF Oscar Gröhn
16 DF Rasmus Sjöström
23 DF Jesper Norrman
27 MF Mikael Olsson
30 GK Filip Mörkdal
43 DF Simon Folkesson
81 FW Max Mårtensson
83 FW Emil Juhlén
90 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
  • Swedish Cup Champions:
    • Winners (2): 2015, 2018

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

See also
  • Västerås SK (disambiguation)

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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