SSV Helsinki is a
floorball
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team based in
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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. The team was founded in 1986 and they currently play in
Salibandyliiga
The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja ( English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the ...
, the top
floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
league in
Finland
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.
History
SSV Helsinki was founded in 1986 and was originally named Salibandy Sulkapallo Vuosaari. They got their current name in 2000 after merging with another local team
Vuosaaren Viikingit. SSV played their first official game in the 1987–88 season of the I Divisioona (
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: ''Men's First Division''). They were promoted to
Salibandyliiga
The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja ( English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the ...
for the 1988–89 season and snatched their first title in the 1992–93 season.
SSV played in the very first
EuroFloorball Cup
The Champions Cup is floorball tournament organized by the International Floorball Federation for the best clubs from the top four countries according to IFF World Ranking. As of 2023, those are Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Switzerlan ...
in 1993 and made their way to the finals where they lost to
Balrog IK
Balrog Botkyrka IK is a Swedish floorball team from Botkyrka, a suburb of Stockholm. Balrog is currently playing in the third tier floorball league in Sweden. They have previously played in the highest tier league - the Swedish Super League. They ...
(9-2). The team finally grabbed their first
EuroFloorball Cup
The Champions Cup is floorball tournament organized by the International Floorball Federation for the best clubs from the top four countries according to IFF World Ranking. As of 2023, those are Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Switzerlan ...
in 2009 after having lost all their 4 previous appearances in the finals. In the final match SSV beat their
Finnish rivals
Tapanilan Erä 6–5 in
overtime
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.
Honours
Titles
*
Salibandyliiga
The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja ( English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the ...
champions: 11
** 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
*
Suomen Cup champions: 6
**1994–95, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
*
EuroFloorball Cup
The Champions Cup is floorball tournament organized by the International Floorball Federation for the best clubs from the top four countries according to IFF World Ranking. As of 2023, those are Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Switzerlan ...
champions: 1
** 2009
*
EuroFloorball Champions Cup champions: 1
** 2011
Retired numbers
References
External links
Official website
Finnish floorball teams
Sports clubs in Helsinki
1986 establishments in Finland
2017 disestablishments in Finland
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