Vodnik () is a

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club from

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over along the ...

in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925. During the existence of the

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the club was a part of the

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Vodnik. Vodnik became Russian champions in 1996 to begin a run of nine national championships in ten seasons, missing out only in the 2000–01 season when

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scored the winning goal against them in the last minute. In the 2002

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, Vodnik were the runner-ups after the Swedish club

Sandvikens AIK Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) a sports club in Sandviken, Sweden. The bandy section plays its home games in the Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit. History Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901. Originall ...

, but won the tournament in 2003 and 2004. The team also won the

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in 2002, 2003 and 2004. For the 2005–06 season almost all players left for

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

, when that club had qualified for the highest division again after a few seasons in the second tier. In the last game of the regular 2016–17 Russian Bandy Super League season Vodnik played against

Baykal-Energiya Baykal-Energiya () is a bandy club from Irkutsk, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends ...

. The loss apparently would make Vodnik face a weaker team in the playoffs, therefore the team started to score own goals. Baykal-Energiya joined, apparently for fun. Vodnik won 11-9, with all goals scored in the game being own goals. The two teams are facing sanctions from the

Russian Bandy Federation The Russian Bandy Federation (Russian: Федерация хоккея с мячом России, ФХМР (FKhMR)), formerly ''All-Russian Bandy Federation'' (Всероссийская федерация хоккея с мячом) is the gov ...

. The Federation banned coach Igor Gapanovich of Vodnik Arkhangelsk and coach Evgeny Erakhtin of Baykal-Energiya each for 30 months in March 2017, and fined each club 300,000 rubles (£4,100/$5,100/€4,800) for the teams scoring an aggregate of 20 goals in their own nets rather than their opponent’s to ensure they played against a convenient team in upcoming play-offs.

Honours

Domestic

* Russian Champions: ** Winners (9): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Cup

Russian Bandy Cup Russian Cup (Кубок России) is a cup competition for Russian bandy teams, held almost every year since 1937. The cup is now administered by the Russian Bandy Federation. The cup is contested by the current teams of the Russian Bandy Sup ...

: ** Winners (6): 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005

International

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: ** Winners (2): 2003, 2004 ** Runners-up (1): 2002 *

: ** Winners (3): 2002, 2003, 2004 * Champions Cup: ** Winners (1): 2004

Vodnik-2

Vodnik's second team Vodnik-2 plays in the

Russian Bandy Supreme League Russian Bandy Supreme League or the Vysshaya Liga () is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three groups. In the 2022/23 season, 22 teams competed in four groups. Th ...

, the second tier of Russian bandy.

References

External links

Official team websiteВодник Архангельск
Site of Vodnik fans {{Russian Bandy Super League Bandy clubs in Russia Sport in Arkhangelsk Bandy clubs established in 1925 1925 establishments in Russia