Hammarby IF Handboll is the handball section of

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sports club Hammarby IF from Stockholm. Hammarby IF currently play in

Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structure ...

, Sweden's first tier. The club won three consecutive Swedish championships from 2006 to 2008.

History

The handboll section of Hammarby IF was founded on 31 October 1939. During the 1950s, the handboll section ceased its activities. The club made a comeback in the 1970s when another local team, Lundens BK, merged with the club. Hammarby were promoted to Elitserien, Sweden's top tier, for the first time in 2002. In 2003, Hammarby signed the Swedish international

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, who returned to his native country after a long career in Germany. In 2004–05 Hammarby reached the semifinals, eliminating

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in the quarterfinals before losing to IFK Skövde in the semifinals. The following season, Hammarby won their first Swedish championship, defeating

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by 34–31 in the final, breaking the dominance of clubs from southern and western

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that had won all domestic titles since 1978. Olsson retired from playing in 2006, instead taking over as manager of Hammarby (a position that he stayed in until 2011). In 2006–07, Hammarby defended the title, winning the final against IFK Skövde by 34–22. They won their third consecutive title in 2008, again defeating IK Sävehof in the final, this time by 35–29. In 2008–09, Hammarby reached the semifinals, but were eliminated by Alingsås HK. On November 14 2006, the match between Hammarby IF from Stockholm and LIF Lindesberg from Lindesberg was the highest scoring match ever in Elitserien. Hammarby won with the numbers 53–40. The total was 93 goals. Between 2009 and 2018, Hammarby finished between 6th and 13th in the league and did not reached past the quarterfinals in the play-offs. In 2019, Hammarby was relegated to the second tier Allsvenskan, but won a promotion back to Handbollsligan two seasons later.

Kits

Sports Hall information

*Name: – Eriksdalshallen *City: – Stockholm *Capacity: – 2600 *Address: – Ringvägen 70, 118 61 Stockholm, Sweden

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Linus Bergh * 16 Alexander Holmberg * 97 Hayder Al-Khafadji ;Left Wingers * 4 Simon Lindberg * 9 Nils Pettersson * 11 Martin Dolk * 17 Ludvig Lindeberg ;Right Wingers * 8 Topias Laine * 10 Oliver Wigmark * 15 Johan Nilsson * 20 Felix Wallberg ;Line players * 3 Kevin Johansson Eggan * 5 Alexander Morsten * 6 Jakob Magnusson ;Left Backs * 13 Max Gugolz * 21 Anders Wiik Rydberg * 25 Gustav Davidsson ;Centre Backs * 22 Viktor Ahlstrand * 30 Robin Sanderhem * 46 Mattias Windahl ;Right Backs * 7 Richard Lindström * 18 Edwin Aspenbäck

Technical staff

Notable players

* (2003-2008) *

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(2006-2014, 2015-) * Patrik Fahlgren (2017-2019, coach since 2018) *

Lukas Karlsson Lukas Karlsson (born 21 May 1982) is a Swedish handball player, currently playing for KIF Kolding. He joined the club in 2009 from Viborg HK. Until 2007 he played for the Swedish Elitserien club Hammarby IF. Karlsson has previously appeared for ...

(2000-2007) * Tobias Karlsson (2003-2008) * (2005-2009) *

(2003-2006, coach 2005-2011) *

Fredric Pettersson Fredric Pettersson (born 11 February 1989) is a Swedish handball player for Fenix Toulouse and the Swedish national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25t ...

(2008-2011) *

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(2005-2016)

Honours

Championships

* Swedish Champions ** Winners (3): 2006, 2007, 2008

League

* Handbollsligan/Elitserien ** Winners (2): 2007, 2008

References

External links

* * Swedish handball clubs Sport in Stockholm 1939 establishments in Sweden Handball clubs established in 1939 {{Sweden-sport-team-stub