Hammarby IF Bandyförening is a Swedish bandy club from Södermalm, Stockholm, a section of the sports club Hammarby IF.

Hammarby IF
CityStockholm, Sweden
LeagueElitserien
Founded1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Home arenaZinkensdamms IP
Head coachJonas Claesson
Websitehammarbybandy.se
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First national title
Zinkensdamms IP
Tele2 Arena

Hammarby IF was founded under its present name in 1897 and has been playing bandy since 1905. The club currently play in Elitserien, which is the highest division in Sweden, and has won it twice.

History

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Hammarby IF Bandy is one of the oldest bandy clubs in Sweden, founded in 1905 as a department of sports club Hammarby IF. At this time, there were several other Stockholm teams who also played bandy – AIK, IFK Stockholm, Djurgårdens IF, IF Swithiod and Djursholm. The different teams played friendly matches and local tournaments.[1]

In 1906, the Swedish Football Association took over the organization of bandy in Sweden. The Swedish championship premiered in 1907 but Hammarby IF failed to qualify for the play-offs until 1916. One year before, Hammarby had merged with Klara SK that provided a big supplement of talented players to the team. Another merge took place in 1918, when Johanneshovs IF joined Hammarby. At this time, Hammarby often played their home games at Hammarby IP in Södermalm, an area the club considers its heartland.[1]

By the end of the 1920s, Hammarby IF had established themselves among the top bandy clubs in Sweden. In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Hammarby entered in Division 1 Norra together with AIK, IF Vesta, IFK Rättvik, IK Sirius, Skutskärs IF, SK Tirfing, and Västerås SK and finished 8th.[2]

Since then, as of 2017, Hammarby has not dropped below either the highest or second highest division in Sweden.[1]

In 1957, Hammarby reached their first Swedish championship final, but lost 1–2 to Örebro SK at Stockholms stadion.[3]

Hammarby got relegated to the second division in 1979 and went on a hard struggle for several decades to come. There were even talks that the club would cease its operations. In 1995 Hammarby, however, won their promotion and returned to the top tier.[4]

During the 2000s, Hammarby has achieved much success in both domestic and international competitions. Hammarby has been crowned World Champions three times: beating Ljusdals BK 7–0 in 1999, Sandvikens AIK 2–1 in 2001 and Zorky Krasnogorsk 6–2 in 2009.

They won the Swedish Cup, a knockout cup competition, for the first time in 2007, beating Sandviken in the final. They also won the cup back-to-back in 2013 and 2014.

Hammarby IF won their first national championship title in 2009–10 after beating Bollnäs GoIF in the final match at Studenternas IP. They also won the gold medal in 2013, beating Sandviken, as the final for the first time was played indoors at Friends Arena, that drew a record crowd of 38,474.[5] The club ended as runners-up in the seasons of 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06 and 2006–07.[4]

The club was before the 2007–08 season in big economic problems and a campaign called "Rädda Hammarby Bandy" (save Hammarby Bandy) was set up. In the autumn of 2007 they became a joint-stock company and sold over 400 shares and they got over 2 million sek. Hammarby have strong links with fellow Stockholm-based club GT-76, with many players moving between the clubs.

Hammarby took part in an event in January 2018, where Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge learned more about bandy during a visit to Stockholm.[6]

Home ice

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Hammarby play most of their home games at the outdoor rink Zinkensdamms IP, but some major home games are played at the new Tele2 Arena since 2014, for instance the home games in the Elitserien play-off 2014.[7]

Squad

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As of 12 October 2022[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIB nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF   SWE Kasper Milerud
8 FW   SWE Melker Broberg
9 FW   SWE David Jansson
11 DF   SWE David Pizzoni Elfving (captain)
16 DF   SWE Felix Nyman
17 MF   SWE Robin Sundin (vice captain)
19 FW   SWE Isac Karlsson
20 MF   SWE David Brodén
23 DF   SWE Olle Öijer
26 GK   SWE Matteo Tuveson
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF   SWE Niklas Gifting
30 GK   SWE Filip Mörkdal
34 DF   SWE Arvid Kihlström
39 MF   RUS Ivan Lebedev
40 MF   SWE Adam Gilljam
51 FW   SWE Pontus Nordenfors
55 DF   SWE Robert Rimgård
61 GK   SWE Viktor Birgersson
63 DF   SWE Tom Nyström
75 MF   SWE Lucas Dalin

Notable players

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List criteria:

Name Nationality Position Hammarby IF Bandy
career
Club titles Individual honours Hall of Fame
Sigfrid Öberg   Sweden Forward 1925–1939 Stora Grabbars Märke
Åke Andersson   Sweden Midfielder 1934–1958 Stora Grabbars Märke Hammarby IF's Hall of Fame
Leif Fredblad   Sweden Forward 1955–1973 Stora Grabbars Märke Swedish Bandy Hall of Fame
Hammarby IF's Hall of Fame
Jonas Claesson   Sweden Forward 1996–2002 Stora Grabbars Märke
Swedish bandy player of the year in 1999 and 2000
Swedish Bandy Hall of Fame
Hammarby IF's Hall of Fame
Göran Rosendahl   Sweden Defender 1997–2006 Stora Grabbars Märke Hammarby IF's Hall of Fame
Stefan Jonsson   Sweden Defender 2001–2008 Stora Grabbars Märke Swedish Bandy Hall of Fame
Stefan Erixon   Sweden Midfielder 2002–2007
2008–2015
2 Swedish Championships Stora Grabbars Märke Hammarby IF's Hall of Fame

Honours

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Domestic

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Cups

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International

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  • World Cup:
    • Winners (3): 1999, 2001, 2009
    • Runners-up (1): 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Om föreningen: historia". Hammarby Bandy (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Statistik". www.jimbobandy.nu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. ^ "År: 1957". Hif Historia (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Åttonde gången gillt för hammarby". Svenska Bandyförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ Picture before the final 2013 Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Britain's Prince William, Kate try bandy hockey in Sweden
  7. ^ "Bandy. Hammarby – Sandviken i Tele 2 Arena. 2014". Romus Ramström's Youtube channel. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Spelartrupp Herr". www.hammarbybandy.se.
  9. ^ "SM-finaler genom åren" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Årets Spelare (herr)" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Stora Grabbar" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Stora grabbar" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Hall of Fame" (in Swedish). Hammarby IF Bandy. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Invalda i Svensk Bandy Hall of Fame" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  15. ^ "SM-finaler genom åren". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  16. ^ "Svenska Cupen 2005-2018". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
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