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Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a
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professional
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club from
Ängelholm Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Sweden with 39,612 inhabitants in 2010. History The old settlement ''Rynestad'' was mentioned around the year 1600. The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King Chri ...
that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in
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, and briefly in
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History

Rögle BK was founded on 18 December 1932 as a Swedish
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 ...
club, which is why the team is named "Rögle Bandyklubb" (or "bandy club"). The club was actually
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n district champions in bandy in 1948. The club's
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 ...
team played in the top Swedish league, at that time Division I, from 1966 to 1969, and again, in
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 ...
as it was called at the time, between 1992–93 and 1995–96. After another twelve years in the second-tier division
HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system (after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL). Since the 2009–10 ...
, the team was promoted back to Elitserien after finishing second in the
2008 Kvalserien The 2008 Kvalserien was played between 19 March and 10 April 2008. The top two ranked teams, which were Brynäs and Rögle, qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season. This year's Kvalserien maybe was one of the closest ones ever; the excitem ...
. Rögle BK began the
2008–09 Elitserien season The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the c ...
surprisingly well, and after the first 18 rounds the team found itself at a top position, only goals behind leading
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. However, Rögle BK finished eleventh in the 2008–09 Elitserien season and therefore had to play in the
2009 Kvalserien The 2009 Kvalserien was the 35th Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien, played between 13 March and 9 April 2009. The 2009 Kvalserien included six teams. In this year's Kvalserien, Södertälje and Rögle, who both came from Elitserien, qualifie ...
to stay in Elitserien, which they achieved after finishing second in
Kvalserien Kvalserien, also known as ''Kvalserien till SHL'', was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for ...
for the second time in a row. In 2009–10 they ended last in the standings and had to play in the
2010 Kvalserien The 2010 Kvalserien was the 36th Kvalserien, played between 21 March and 11 April 2010. Södertälje and AIK, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2010–11 Elitserien season. Rögle were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. This ...
, where they subsequently failed to re-qualify for Elitserien and were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Rögle briefly returned 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 ...
after finishing second in the
2012 Kvalserien The 2012 Kvalserien was the 38th Kvalserien, which was played between 15 March 2012 and 6 April 2012. It determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2012–13 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2012â ...
, becoming the first team to claim an Elitserien spot after winning the HockeyAllsvenskan playoff round to earn the last spot in the Kvalserien. However, after finishing last in the
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, Rögle had to play in the
2013 Kvalserien The 2013 Kvalserien was the 39th Kvalserien, consisting of two Elitserien (SHL) teams and four HockeyAllsvenskan teams. It began on 14 March 2013 and ended on 5 April 2013. The 2013 Kvalserien determined which two teams of the participating ones wo ...
to stay in Elitserien, but the team failed to re-qualify and were relegated back to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan; Rögle's return to Elitserien lasted for only one season. The 2021–2022 season saw the club winning the
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by defeating
Tappara Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at ''Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...
from Finland, 2–1, in the final game in Ängelholm on 1 March 2022. On 14 December 2022, the club announced its plans of starting a women's team for the 2023–2024 season, beginning with playing in the WDHL.


Season-by-season record

''This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see
List of Rögle BK seasons This is a list of seasons of Ängelholm-based Swedish ice hockey club Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previ ...
.''


Players and personnel


Current roster


Team captains

* Per Wallin, 2000–01 * Roger Hansson, 2001–03 *
Pelle Svensson Per Oskar "Pelle" Svensson (6 February 1943 – 17 December 2020) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer. His achievements included a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight class and two gold medals at the Worl ...
, 2003–05 *
Kenny Jönsson Kenny Per Anders Jönsson (born October 6, 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. Playing career Jönsson was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round as the 12th overall selection in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Afte ...
, 2005–09 * Daniel Glimmenvall, 2009–10 *
Eric Beaudoin Eric P. Beaudoin (born May 3, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers. Playing career Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Beaudoin started his hockey career in the OHL. ...
, 2009–10 * Andrée Brendheden, 2010–11 *
Jakob Johansson Jakob Valdemar Olsson Johansson (born 21 June 1990) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Becoming the first player born in the 1990s to play in Allsvenskan while at IFK Göteborg, he went on to repre ...
, 2011–13 *
Andreas Lilja Andreas Johnny Lilja (born July 13, 1975) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks, and P ...
, 2013–15 * Christopher Liljewall, 2015–17 * Taylor Matson, 2018–19 *
Mattias Sjögren Mattias Sjögren (born November 27, 1987) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre who last played for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Undrafted, Sjögren played youth hockey in Sweden within Rögle BK. He m ...
, 2019–''present''


Honored members


References


External links


Official website

Angel Island Army
supporter's club {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogle Bk Swedish Hockey League teams Ice hockey teams in Sweden Sport in Ängelholm Bandy clubs established in 1932 1932 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey teams in Skåne County 20th-century establishments in Skåne County