Bandy Club Stroitel (} is a Russian
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 in the
Russian Bandy Super League
The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.
There is no definite rule which ...
. They play in
Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar (, rus, Сыктывка́р, p=sɨktɨfˈkar; kv, Сыктывкар) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the capital of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as U ...
,
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the ...
at the
Respublikansky Stadion
Respublikansky Stadion is a sports arena in Syktyvkar, Russia, which is used as the home ground for bandy club Stroitel, which plays in the Super League, first-tier of Russian professional bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played ...
. The club was founded in 1947.
At the final tournament of the 2016–17
Russian Bandy Supreme League
Russian Bandy Supreme League (russian: Первенство России среди команд Высшей лиги) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three gro ...
season, with two
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
tickets held in Syktyvkar, Stroitel won and was thus eligible for
promotion
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. After discussions as to whether or not to accept, the team opted to return to the Russian Bandy Super League in the 2017–18 season after several years in the second-tier Supreme League.
In the 2016–17 season, the club adopted a new logo, replacing an old one which featured a polar bear playing bandy.
References
External links
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Images of the old (pre-2016) and new (2016–present) logosat rusbandy.ru
Bandysidan
Bandy clubs in Russia
Bandy clubs in the Soviet Union
Sport in the Komi Republic
Bandy clubs established in 1947
1947 establishments in Russia
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