Edsbyns IF, is a

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

team from

Edsbyn Edsbyn () is a locality and the seat of Ovanåker Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 4321 inhabitants in 2020. It is located in the historical province of Hälsingland. Edsbyn is most famous for its former ski and nowadays office furni ...

Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåker Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn. The subdivision reform of 1952 saw the amalgamation of "old" Ovanåker with ''Voxna'' (both formed by the first local ...

in Sweden founded on 6 June 1909. The

section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 was formally made a club of its own on 28 June 2000. Edsbyns IF has played in the highest bandy league in Sweden from 1945 to 1969 and then again since 1971.

History

Edsbyns IF was founded in 1909. In September 2003, Edsbyn moved to

Edsbyn Arena Edsbyn Arena is a sports venue in Edsbyn, Sweden. It is the home of Edsbyns IF. Inaugurated on 22 September 2003 by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, it was the first indoor bandy rink in Sweden. Major work was completed following the 2002–2003 ...

, the first indoor arena for bandy in Sweden, and won the Swedish Championship final in the end of the season. On 26 March 2004, Edsbyns IF played a men's bandy exhibition game at the

Streatham Ice Arena Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre is an ice rink and leisure centre in Streatham, south London. It is the only Olympic-sized skating rink in the city, and is the home ice of the Streatham IHC and Streatham Storm ice hockey teams. It replaced the ...

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against

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team

Vodnik Vodnik () is a bandy club from Arkhangelsk in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925. During the existence of the Soviet Union the club was a part of the Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR Vodnik. Vodnik became Russian champions in 1996 to begi ...

, which ended with a 10-10 draw. The club's bandy section was awarded the

Hälsingland Golden Award Hälsingland (), sometimes referred to by the Latin name Helsingia, is a historical province or ''landskap'' in central Sweden. It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland. ...

in 2004. The award has also been given to various individual sportspeople competing for the club. In June 2009, the club decided to dissolve the women's bandy team for the 2009–2010 season, while keeping the girls' bandy activity and attempting to re-start the women's team as soon as possible. On 4 October 2009, the women's bandy team Team Hälsingland was established instead, as a cooperation between

Bollnäs GIF Bollnäs GoIF/BF (Bollnäs GIF), "Giffarna", is a bandy club founded in 1895 from Bollnäs in Sweden who play in SBB Arena. The club won the World Cup in 2005. and 2019. History Bollnäs GIF was founded in 1895. Bollnäs GIF have played seven S ...

Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy is a Swedish bandy club from Söderhamn who play in the Elitserien. Broberg/Söderhamn, also known as Brobergs IF, was founded on 19 April 1919. Broberg play their home matches at Hällåsen. Broberg have won the Bandy ...

, Edsbyns IF and

Ljusdals BK Ljusdals BK (LBK) is a Swedish bandy club currently playing in Elitserien (the top division in Swedish bandy). LBK was founded on 19 January 1943 and is playing at Gamla Idrottsparken ( IP) in Ljusdal, Hälsingland. In 1975, the club won the ...

. Team Hälsingland shut down in 2017. Three years later, 2020, Edsbyn IF launched a new women's bandy team. Which as of today (03 February 2024) is playing in Norra Allsvenskan, the Swedish second highest league in bandy.

Players

Current squad

Updated, 03 February 2024,

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish Champions: ** Winners (13): 1952, 1953, 1962, 1978, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 ** Runners-up (8): 1949, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1982, 1984, 2009

Cup

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

: ** Winners (3): 2005, 2008, 2019

International

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

: ** Winners (3): 1979, 1991, 2008 ** Runners-up (3): 1980, 2005, 2007 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a round robi ...

: ** Winners (2): 2005, 2007 ** Runners-up (4): 1978, 2004, 2006, 2008

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Sports clubs and teams in Gävleborg County Bandy clubs established in 1909 Bandy clubs in Sweden 1909 establishments in Sweden Sport in Edsbyn 20th-century establishments in Gävleborg County