Vodnik (russian: Водник) is a
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 from
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies o ...
in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925. During the existence of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
the club was a part of the
Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR
Voluntary Sports Societies (VSS) of the USSR (russian: Добровольные спортивные общества (ДСО) СССР, Dobrobolvolnye Sportivye Obshestva SSSR (DSO SSSR)) were the main structural parts of the universal sports and ...
Vodnik.
Vodnik became Russian champions in 1996 to begin a run of nine national championships in ten seasons, missing out only in the 2000–01 season when
Yenisey
The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...
scored the winning goal against them in the last minute. In the 2002
Bandy World Cup
The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season.
The World Cup is not playe ...
, Vodnik were the runner-ups after the Swedish club
Sandvikens AIK
Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) a sports club in Sandviken, Sweden. The bandy section plays its home games in the Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit.
History
Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901. Originally ...
, but won the tournament in 2003 and 2004. The team also won the
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
For the 2005–06 season almost all players left for
Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
, when that club had qualified for the highest division again after a few seasons in the second tier.
In the last game of the regular
2016–17 Russian Bandy Super League season Vodnik played against
Baykal-Energiya
Baykal-Energiya (russian: Байкал-Энергия) is a bandy club from Irkutsk, Russia. The team plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the highest level of Russian bandy.
It was founded in 1923 changing its name several times before becom ...
. The loss apparently would make Vodnik face a weaker team in the playoffs, therefore the team started to score own goals. Baykal-Energiya joined, apparently for fun. Vodnik won 11-9, with all goals scored in the game being own goals. The two teams are facing sanctions from the
Russian Bandy Federation
The Russian Bandy Federation (Russian: Федерация хоккея с мячом России, ФХМР (FKhMR)), formerly ''All-Russian Bandy Federation'' (Всероссийская федерация хоккея с мячом) is the gove ...
. The Federation banned coach Igor Gapanovich of Vodnik Arkhangelsk and coach Evgeny Erakhtin of Baykal-Energiya each for 30 months in March 2017, and fined each club 300,000 rubles (£4,100/$5,100/€4,800) for the teams scoring an aggregate of 20 goals in their own nets rather than their opponent’s to ensure they played against a convenient team in upcoming play-offs.
Honours
Domestic
*
Russian Champions:
** Winners (9): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Cup
*
Russian Bandy Cup
Russian Cup (Кубок России) is a cup competition for Russian bandy teams, held almost every year since 1937. Originally, it was called the Soviet Cup. The cup is now administered by the Russian Bandy Federation. To be eligible to play i ...
:
** Winners (6): 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005
International
*
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
:
** Winners (2): 2003, 2004
** Runners-up (1): 2002
*
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
:
** Winners (3): 2002, 2003, 2004
*
Champions Cup:
** Winners (1): 2004
Vodnik-2
Vodnik's second team Vodnik-2 plays in the
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 ...
, the second tier of Russian bandy.
References
External links
ГАУ АО «Водник» - ГлавнаяOfficial team website
Водник АрхангельскSite of Vodnik fans
{{Russian Bandy Super League
Bandy clubs in Russia
Sport in Arkhangelsk
Bandy clubs established in 1925
1925 establishments in Russia