Hammarby IF Bandy

This article is about Hammarby IF's bandy department. For other departments of the club, see Hammarby IF (disambiguation).

Hammarby IF Bandy

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Founded	1889
Division	Elitserien
Based in	Stockholm, Sweden
Arena	Tele2 Arena
Stadium	Zinkensdamms IP
Head coach	Magnus Brodén
National championships	2 (2010, 2013)
World Cup champions	3 (1999, 2001, 2009)

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. They are in their 39th season in Elitserien. Hammarby have strong links with fellow Stockholm-based club GT-76 with many players moving between the clubs.

History

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 IF have 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 2007, their first win, beating Sandviken in the final. In 2008 they lost to Sandvikens AIK in the Semi-finals with 3-1 in games.

Hammarby IF won their first national title in 2009–10 after beating Bollnäs GoIF in the final match and also won the title in 2013, the first time the final was played indoors in Friends Arena. They have been runners-up in the seasons 1956–57, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06 and 2006–07.

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.

Squad

As of 12 March 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIB nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF SWE Fredrik Johansson 4 DF SWE Robert Rimgård 7 MF SWE Jesper Jonsson 8 MF SWE Per Einarsson 9 MF SWE Ulf Einarsson 10 MF SWE Stefan Erixon 11 MF SWE David Pizzoni Elfving 13 GK SWE Patrik Hedberg 14 DF SWE Anders Persson 17 MF SWE Robin Sundin

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF SWE David Brodén 24 FW SWE Kalle Spjuth 25 GK SWE Filip Berglönn 27 MF SWE Martin Deacon 28 FW SWE Jonas Enander 33 DF SWE Carl-Johan Rutqvist 40 MF SWE Adam Gilljam 55 DF SWE Samuel Helmersson 71 MF SWE Kasper Milerud 88 FW FIN Markus Kumpuoja

External links

• Official Website