Eskilstuna Guif IF, commonly known as Eskilstuna Guif or Guif, is a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club based in

Eskilstuna Eskilstuna () is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 69,948 inhabitants in 2020, with a total population of 107,806 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality ...

, Sweden. It has reached the national championship finals on four occasions but never won and currently competes in

Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structur ...

, the top domestic handball league.

History

The club was founded on 26 May 1896 as ''Godtemplarnas Ungdoms- och Idrottsförening'' (). GUIF was one of the first sports clubs in Eskilstuna after Eskilstuna GAK. Handball was introduced in 1932. They have reached the Swedish Championship final four times (1997, 2001, 2009 and 2011), but lost on each occasion. They also finished first in the regular season in 2011–12 and 2013–14, but were eliminated in the semi-finals in both these seasons. They have played 54 seasons in the top division, second only to Redbergslid, and are fourth in the all-time table of the league. Eskilstuna Guif have also been active in

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

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 ...

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

, gymnastics,

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

, and

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

Venue

Eskilstuna Guif play their matches in 3700 capacity Stiga Sports Arena. The team play edin Sporthallen in central

until the end of the 2015–16 season, when they left Sporthallen to play in Skjulstahallen outside Eskilstuna for one year. In September 2017, the team could move in to the new Stiga Sports Arena.

Men's team

Kits

Former club members

Notable former players

Kristján Andrésson Kristján Andrésson (born 27 March 1981) is a Swedish-born Icelandic retired handball player and ex coach of the Swedish national team. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXV ...

(1999–2004) *

Erik Hajas Erik Hajas (born 16 September 1962) is a Swedish former handball player and handball coach. During the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the best wing players in the world. He won the 1990 World Championship and the 1994 European Championship, and ...

(1988–1990, 1992–2000) * Claes Hellgren (1974–1978) * Carl-Erik Stockenberg (1957–1967) * Mattias Zachrisson (2006–2013)

Former coaches

References

External links

Official website

EHF profile
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