IK Göta is a

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sports club, which was very successful in several sports such as

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(women only) and

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 ...

during the 20th century. Their most famous and successful sport was ice hockey. They won the

Swedish ice hockey championship The Swedish Ice Hockey Championship ( sv, Svenska mästerskapet i ishockey; capitalised ''Swedish Championship'') is a former ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey knockout tournament that was played every year between 1922 Swedish Ice Hockey C ...

nine times, including the inaugural championship in 1922. The club was also operating

teams, both women's and men's, winning the Swedish men's championship in bandy once, in 1927. In women's bandy they were far more successful, winning eight times, the last time in 1984. Today, the club only operates an ice hockey section under the name Göta Traneberg IK, following a merger with

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in 2007. The section operates both kids, junior and senior ice hockey teams. The club's representation team plays season 2019–20 in Hockeytvåan, the fourth tier of ice hockey in Sweden.

History

IK Göta was founded October 1, 1900, and was one of the pioneers in Swedish ice hockey. The team took the initiative to form the Swedish Ice Hockey Association in 1922 and won the first Swedish Championship against

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 ...

with a score of 6-0 the same year. In total, they won nine Swedish Championships, the last one in

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. The team played in the highest league, now the

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, an ...

, in Sweden for 34 seasons and won nine championships, last time in 1948. The ice hockey section merged with

in 2007, forming junior and senior teams under the name Göta Traneberg IK. The club was founded by

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

guest workers, in a part of Stockholm nicknamed Sibirien (between Östermalm and Vasastan), who moved to

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 ...

to escape unemployment. Therefore, the name "IK Göta". The team's logotype is a winged foot. The colors of the club's Track & Field team was grey and black, nicknamed The Steel Grey ("de stålgrå"). The first site the team competed/played at was the

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in Stockholm. A few years later the team's site were moved to nearby Östermalms IP. The Ice Hockey team relocated in the mid 1970s, due to less youths in central Stockholm, to the Bromma area, a Stockholm suburb within the city limits. The idea was to be able to grow the team with more junior teams. The sporting grounds in Bromma is named "Stora Mossen" after the old classic sporting ground in Gothenburg City with the same name.

Bandy

In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, IK Göta entered in

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 ...

together with

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

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 fo ...

IFK Strängnäs IFK Strängnäs is a sports club in Strängnäs, Sweden, established in 1899. The club runs track and field athletics, handball, disabled sports, orienteering, earlier even bandy. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1931 and ...

IFK Uppsala IFK Uppsala is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala in Sweden, with several departments: * IFK Uppsala Fotboll, association football department * IFK Uppsala Bandy, bandy department The club was established in 1895. On 30 January 1921, t ...

Linköpings AIK Linköpings AIK is a sports club in Linköping, Sweden, established on 22 October 1908. The club runs orienteering, earlier even bandy and soccer. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1931. and also reached three semifinals wh ...

Nässjö IF Nässjö IF, full name ''Nässjö Idrottsförening'', is a sports club in Nässjö, Sweden, mostly active with playing bandy. The club colours are blue and yellow, but the team uniforms are often in blue and white. The club was founded in 1899. Th ...

, and Örebro SK and finished 2nd.

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish Champions: ** Winners (1): 1927

References

External links

IK Göta homepage
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