Edsbyns IF, is a

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Edsbyn Edsbyn () is a locality and the seat of Ovanåker Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 3,985 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the historical province of Hälsingland. Edsbyn is most famous for its former ski and nowadays office furn ...

Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåker Municipality (''Ovanåkers kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn. The subdivision reform of 1952 saw the amalgamation of "old" Ovanåker with ''Voxna'' (both for ...

in Sweden founded on 6 June 1909. The

section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 was formally made a club of its own on 28 June 2000. Edsbyns IF has played in the highest bandy league in Sweden from 1945–1969 and then again since 1971.

History

Edsbyns IF was founded in 1909. In September 2003, Edsbyn moved to Edsbyn Arena, the first indoor arena for bandy in Sweden, and won the Swedish Championship final in the end of the season. In June 2009, the club decided to dissolve the women's bandy team for the 2009–2010 season, while keeping the girls' bandy activity and attempting to re-start the women's team as soon as possible. On 4 October 2009, the women's bandy team Team Hälsingland was established instead, as a cooperation between

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, Edsbyns IF and Ljusdals BK. On 26 March 2004, Edsbyns IF played a men's bandy exhibition game at the Streatham Ice Arena in

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against

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, which ended with a 10-10 draw. The club's bandy section was awarded the

Hälsingland Golden Award Hälsingland (), sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or ''landskap'' in central Sweden. It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland. Ad ...

in 2004. The award has also been given to various individual sportspeople competing for the club.

Players

Current squad

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish Champions: ** Winners (12): 1952, 1953, 1962, 1978, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 ** Runners-up (8): 1949, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1982, 1984, 2009

Cup

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

: ** Winners (3): 2005, 2008, 2019

International

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

: ** Winners (3): 1979, 1991, 2008 ** Runners-up (3): 1980, 2005, 2007 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

: ** Winners (2): 2005, 2007 ** Runners-up (4): 1978, 2004, 2006, 2008

References

External links

Official website
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