Derby/Linköping Bandyklubb, ''Derby/Linköping BK'', colloquially ''Derby'', is a bandy club in

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

, Sweden. It has its roots in

BK Derby BK Derby is a Swedish sports club located in Linköping, Sweden. It now only active in football club but was previously involved in bandy and other sports. The club was formed on 15 April 1912. The bandy department has formed a club of its own, ...

but was formally founded on 1 October 1981, when the bandy department of BK Derby was merged with Stångebro/Cupol BK and formed Derby/Stångebro BK. In 1983 the name was changed to Stångebro BK. In 2003, the club returned to the name Derby, forming an alliance with the football club of that name, and returned to the green-black jerseys and the BK Derby logo. Stångebro BK was the runner-up to the Swedish championship for women's bandy teams in 1986 and 1987. The men's team used to play bandy in Allsvenskan, the second-tier of Swedish bandy, but chose to withdraw after the 2007/2008 season. In 2014, it is playing in the third-tier Division 1 Södra (South).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Derby Linkoping BK Bandy clubs in Sweden Bandy clubs established in 1981