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Västra Frölunda IF Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening (English: Västra Frölunda Sports Association) is a Swedish football club located in Gothenburg. It was formed on 2 January 1930 and has played ten seasons in the Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish league. In t ...

's handball section, founded in

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, the same year the main association was formed. The men's handball section has been successful, with 18 seasons in Elitserien.

History

Västra Frölunda were promoted to the top division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, in 1954, but were immediately relegated. They were promoted again in 1970. In 1970–71 they finished third in the league and qualified for the playoffs. They won against

IF Saab Idrottsföreningen Saab was a Swedish sports club from Linköping, Östergötland County founded in 1941 by people working at Saab and most known for its association football and handball teams.http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/grundades.p ...

in the semifinals, but were defeated by

SoIK Hellas SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar by Katarina Parish confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in 1912, also on the initiative of Ernst Klefbeck. Nowa ...

in the finals. They finished second in the league in 1973–74, but lost against IF Saab in the semifinals. Västra Frölunda won the regular season in 1974–75. However, they were eliminated by

HK Drott HK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the Swedish Championship eleven times, last in 2013. Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball between 1984 and 2003. This club h ...

in the semifinals. Västra Frölunda were relegated in 1977 but were promoted again two years later. In 1981–82 they returned to the playoffs by finishing fourth in the league, but they were again eliminated by HK Drott in the semifinals. In the following season they finished fourth again, and reached their second final by winning against

Ystads IF Ystads IF is a handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992 and 2022. History Ystads IF was founded in 1908 and took up handball on the programme in 1929. In 1933–34, the clu ...

in the semifinals. In the finals they were defeated by cross-town rivals

IK Heim IK Heim were a Swedish handball club from Gothenburg, founded in 1923. They have been Swedish champions 7 times. They won the title in 1950 (by defeating Örebro in the final), 1955, 1959, 1960 and 1962 (by winning the league). They were releg ...

. Västra Frölunda improved to second in the league in 1983–84, but lost the semifinals against HK Drott. In 1987–88 they finished 10th in the league and were relegated. They returned to the top division in 1994, but were immediately relegated. Västra Frölunda currently play in Division 3, the fifth level.

Notable players

* Per Öberg * Lars Karlsson

References

Handball clubs in Sweden Sports clubs and teams in Gothenburg Handball clubs established in 1930 1930 establishments in Sweden {{Handball-club-stub