Falu Bandysällskap, ''Falu BS'', is a
bandy club from
Falun
Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitan ...
in
Sweden.
Falu BS was founded as ''Falu Bollsällskap'' on 10 December 1935, by merging
Falu BK,
Holmens IF,
Falu SK and
IFK Falun. All these clubs were playing bandy.
In 1936 the new club Falu BS started in Swedish division II. The jersey was like the one Falu BK had used, copper brown with the text "FALUN" on the chest. The home games were played at
Främbyviken or
Kvarnbergsplan (later to be called
Kopparvallen
Kopparvallen is a multi-use stadium in Åtvidaberg, Sweden. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Åtvidabergs FF. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1907. Famous football players who have played in the ...
).
In 1939/1940 the team reached
Bandyallsvenskan, the highest league in Sweden. Falu BS was second overall, only
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 ...
were better. From this season on the "classic" colours of the team were used, blue jerseys with yellow collars. The team did not last more than one season in the Bandyallsvenska this time, but got back later.
The most successful time were the early 1970s, when the club became Swedish champions in 1971 and 1974. Falu BS also were the runners-up in 1999. The team also became world champions for clubs by winning the
Bandy World Cup
The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season.
The World Cup is not playe ...
in 1998.
In 2013, Falu Bollsällskap filed for bankruptcy, but was then reconstructed as Falu Bandysällskap with the same logo and colours as before.
They play at the
Lugnet sports complex.
Honours
Domestic
*
Swedish Champions:
** Winners (2): 1970/71, 1973/74
** Runners-up (1): 1975/76
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 (1): 1998
** Runners-up (1): 1996
*
European Cup:
** Runners-up (1): 1974
References
Bandy clubs in Sweden
Sport in Falun
Bandy clubs established in 1935
Bandy clubs established in 2013
1935 establishments in Sweden
2013 establishments in Sweden
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