Swedish Super League ( sv, Svenska Superligan för herrar; formerly, ''Elitserien'') is the highest league in the league system of Swedish

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and comprises the top 14

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floorball teams. The first season began in 1995–96. The season ends with a play-off and a final. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup.

History

The Swedish Super League was founded in 1995 under the name Elitserien. It then replaced the Division 1 league as the high level floorball league of Sweden. Between the seasons 1995–96 and 1998–99 the league was divided into a northern and a southern group. Since the 1999–2000 season, it is a national league. In March 2007, it was decided that the Elitserien will comprise 14 teams from the 2008–09 season. In May 2007, the name of league was changed from Elitserien to the Swedish Super League.

Mika Kohonen Mika Kohonen (born May 10, 1977) is a Finnish floorball player. He currently plays for FC Helsingborg, a club in the Swedish Super League (men's floorball), Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in Swedish Super League (men's f ...

holds the record for points in one season (107 p in 29 games) and also the all-time record for points.

Season structure

The season starts with a regular season with 26 matches per team, one home and one away against all teams. In the spring a play-off starts with the eight best teams from the regular season. The quarter finals is played in best of seven matches, while the semi finals is played in best of five matches, the final is settled in just one. The final was played in

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until 2010, and as of 2011 the final game is played in

Malmö Arena Malmö Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Malmö, Sweden, and the venue for home games of SHL ice hockey club Malmö Redhawks. It is the largest arena in the SHL, and the second-largest indoor arena in Sweden. Apart from hosting Redh ...

. From 2015 the final is back to

. The women's Swedish Super League final is played earlier on the same day, in the same arena.

Current clubs

SSL clubs in season 2022–23: *

AIK Innebandy AIK Innebandy (often referred to as AIK IBF or simply AIK) is a Swedish floorball club and a department of AIK. The men's team played in Sweden's highest division, Swedish Super League (men's floorball), SSL, from the year 2000, but was relegat ...

FBC Kalmarsund FBC Kalmarsund, up to 2011 known as Färjestadens IBK, is a Swedish floorball team, from Färjestaden, Öland, that plays in the Swedish Division 1 South. In the 2007–08 season, they played in Swedish Super League, the highest league of Swedish ...

FC Helsingborg FC Helsingborg (''Floorball Club Helsingborg''), commonly FCH, is a Sweden, Swedish professional floorball team from Helsingborg. The current club was formed in 2003 by a merging between the floorball section of Högaborgs BK and Ramlösa IBK. ...

Gävle GIK Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swe ...

* Hagunda IF * IBF Falun * IBK Dalen *

Jönköpings IK Jönköpings IK is a floorball club in Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Sm� ...

* Linköping IBK * Mullsjö AIS *

Pixbo Wallenstam IBK Pixbo Wallenstam Innebandyklubb, also known as Redfox or Pixbo IBK, is a Swedish floorball club, based in Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland. It plays in the Swedish Super League. Pixbo IBK won the Swedish Championships in 2002 and 2003, the Euro ...

* Storvreta IBK *

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* Växjö IBK

Previous winners

List of winners from: *1983 – Kolarbyn *1984 – Tomasgården *1985 – Kolarbyn *1986 – Norrstrand *1987 – Lockerud *1988 – Lockerud *1989 – Kolarbyn/Fagersta *1990 – Lockerud *1991 – Lockerud *1992 – Lockerud *1993 – Balrog *1994 – Fornudden *1995 – Kista *1996 – Balrog IK *1997 – Fornudden IB *1998 – Warberg IC 85 *1999 – Haninge IBK *2000 – Haninge IBK *2001 – Haninge IBK *2002 –

*2003 – Pixbo Wallenstam IBK *2004 – Balrog IK *2005 – Warberg IC 85 *2006 –

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

*2007 –

Warberg IC Warberg Innebandyclub (often referred to as Warberg IC or WIC) is a Swedish floorball Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. M ...

*2008 – Warberg IC *2009 – AIK *2010 – Storvreta IBK *2011 – Storvreta IBK *2012 – Storvreta IBK *2013 – IBF Falun *2014 – IBF Falun *2015 – IBF Falun *2016 – Storvreta IBK *2017 – IBF Falun *2018 – Storvreta IBK *2019 – Storvreta IBK *2020 – IBF Falun *2021 – IBF Falun *2022 – IBF Falun

References

External links

Official website
{{Professional Floorball Leagues Floorball competitions in Sweden Sports leagues in Sweden Sports leagues established in 1995 1995 establishments in Sweden Professional sports leagues in Sweden