Villa Lidköping BK

Villa Lidköping BK is a bandy club in Lidköping i Sweden. The club was formed on January 18, 1934 as Villa BK on Lockörn outside Lidköping, where the old club cottage still is. The club's name comes from the nearby country estate Villa Giacomina.

Villa Lidköping BK
CityLidköping, Sweden
LeagueElitserien
Founded18 January 1934 (1934-01-18)
Home arenaSparbanken Lidköping Arena
Head coachJohan Sixtensson
Websitevlbk.se
Home colours
Away colours

Villa has played Swedish championship finals five times, losing in 1975, 1983, 2012 and 2016 before finally winning in 2019.[1] The home games are played at Sparbanken Lidköping Arena.

In October 2018, the club won its first World Cup title.[2][3]

Squad
As of 17 March 2015[4]
No. Position Player
2 MF Mattias Johansson
5 MF Linus Rönnqvist
6 MF Martin Karlsson
7 MF Lars Fall
8 MF Christian Älvegran
9 DF Erik Rosengren
10 FW David Karlsson
12 FW Tim Person
15 GK David Borvall
21 FW Jesper Bryngelson
22 DF Martin Andreasson
No. Position Player
24 DF Martin Johansson
25 MF Tobias Nyberg
28 DF Daniel Lehnbom
34 GK Jakob Säleby
64 MF Johan Karlsson
71 DF Johan Malmquist
75 MF Jesper Eriksson
79 GK Jon Karlsson
83 MF Daniel Andersson
92 MF Petter Björling

Honours

Domestic

International

References
  1. "SM-finaler genom åren" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. "Villa vann World Cup för första gången" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. "Villa vann World Cup för första gången" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. http://www.vlbk.se/a-laget/presentation.aspx
  5. http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/BANDYFINALEN/HISTORIK/Svenskamastare/Herrar/
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