Västerås SK Bandy

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Västerås SK
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CityVästerås, Sweden
LeagueElitserien
Founded29 January 1904; 117 years ago (29 January 1904)
Home arenaABB Arena
Head coachMichael Carlsson
Websitewww.vskbandy.se
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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
7 Sweden MF
8 Sweden FW Tobias Holmberg
9 Sweden FW Jonas Nilsson
10 Sweden FW
13 Sweden GK Andreas Bergwall
14 Sweden DF
No. Position Player
15 Sweden DF
16 Sweden DF
23 Sweden DF
27 Sweden MF
30 Sweden GK
43 Sweden DF
81 Sweden FW
83 Sweden FW
90 Sweden MF

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[]

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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