AIK Bandy is the
Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing 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 international governing body for bandy is ...
section of sports club
Allmänna Idrottsklubben
AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. T ...
, currently located in
Solna
Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of t ...
, which is just north of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
. Former
UEFA
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President and
FIFA
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Vice President
Lennart Johansson
Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his elec ...
started as a leader here.
Men's team
The men's team was started in 1905.
In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, AIK entered in
Division 1 Norra
Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden ...
together with
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
,
IF Vesta
IF Vesta is a sports club in Uppsala, Sweden, established on 8 June 1911. The club runs bandy and soccer, earlier even ice hockey and floorball.
History
In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Vesta entered in Division 1 No ...
,
IFK Rättvik
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Rättvik, commonly known as IFK Rättvik, is a sports club in Rättvik, Sweden. The club colours are white and blue, like for most Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, IFK clubs. The club was founded in 1906 and is playing ...
,
IK Sirius
IK Sirius is a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottsplats.
History
IK Sirius' first success was becoming Swedish runners-up in ...
,
Skutskärs IF
Skutskärs IF is a bandy club in Skutskär, Sweden. The formal name of the club is ''Skutskärs IF/Bandyklubb''. The team colours are green and yellow.
History
The club was formally founded in 1989, when the former Skutskärs IF of 1915 was spli ...
,
SK Tirfing
SK Tirfing is a sports club in Skutskär in northern Uppland in Sweden. Established on 20 January 1923, the club won the Swedish national men's bandy championship in 1930. Between 1931 and 1942, the club played seven seasons in the Swedish top div ...
, and
Västerås SK and finished 1st. AIK then won the Championship final against the winner of
Division 1 Södra
Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden ...
,
IF Göta
IF Göta is a sports club in Karlstad, Sweden, founded in 1904. The club used to have a successful team in bandy, becoming Swedish champions six times, but now is only concentrated on athletics. The bandy department was merged with IF Boltic to ...
, with 4–3 and became Swedish Champions.
AIK previously played at Spånga Idrottspark. Starting with the 2007 season they play at Bergshamra IP. AIK are not as successful in the bandy section as they are in ice hockey and football in recent years but they are still in the third level of the Swedish bandy league system, the league they play in is Division 2 Norra Svealand. The clubs also has a second team who are called Gnaget BK and play one level down the Swedish bandy league system. The club was successful in the early years of the
Swedish championship.
The team has gotten promoted to
Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
2019-20.
Honours
Domestic
*
Swedish Champions:
[ ]
** Winners (3): 1909, 1914, 1931
** Runners-up (3): 1913, 1915, 1917
International
*
Nordic Games
The Nordic Games were the first international multi-sport event that focused primarily on winter sports, and were held at varying intervals between 1901 and 1926. It was organized by Sweden's Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of ...
:
** Winners (1):
1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
Women's team
The women's team is very successful having won the women's championship eleven times.
Honours
Women's Swedish masters
References
External links
Official websiteSupporterclub website
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Bandy clubs in Sweden
Sport in Stockholm
Bandy clubs established in 1891
1891 establishments in Sweden