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{{short description, Swedish sports club UoIF Matteuspojkarna is a sports club in
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History

The club was founded on May 15, 1915. The ice hockey club took part in the
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 ...
, then the top level Swedish league, from 1932-1935. They then played in its successor league, the
Svenska Serien Svenska Serien (literally, "The Swedish Series", also Svenska Fotbollserien, "The Swedish Football Series") was the highest league in Swedish football, and was played 1910–1917, 1920–1921, and 1922–1924. It was then replaced by t ...
in the 1936-37 and 1942-43 seasons. From 1946-1950, and in 1951-52 and 1956-57, Matteuspojkarna played in the top-level Swedish Division I. From 1929-1950, the club regularly competed in the single-elimination Swedish Championship. They finished as runner-up in
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, losing to
IK Göta IK Göta is a Sweden, Swedish sports club, which was very successful in several sports such as track and field, handball, bowling, field hockey, ice hockey, soccer (women only) and bandy during the 20th century. Their most famous and successful sp ...
3-2 in overtime. The handball department competed in the Swedish men's team handball top division during the 1968-69 season. It currently plays in Division 3.


External links


Official website


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