Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall, Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its home games at NP3 Arena with a capacity of roughly 8 000 spectators. Formed on 25 August 1903, the club has played 19 seasons in Sweden's highest football league Allsvenskan, the club's first season in the league was in 1965.
IS Halmia is a football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden.
IFK Luleå is a Swedish professional football club formed in 1900, located in Luleå. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989.
The Soviet Union national bandy team represented the Soviet Union in bandy. It was controlled by the Federation of bandy and field hockey USSR. Even if bandy was a popular sport domestically in the 1920s and 1930s, the Soviet Union did not compete in any internationals back then. Agreements were made to play friendlies against Sweden in the late 1940s, but the plans did not come to realization. However, after having seen Finland, Norway and Sweden playing bandy at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future.
The Russia national bandy team represents Russia in international bandy. There is a national team for men's competitions and a Russia women's national bandy team. This article deals chiefly with the men's national bandy team.
IS Lyckans Soldater are a now defunct Swedish sports club located in Gothenburg, mostly remembered for its contribution for introducing association football to Sweden. The club was founded in 1883 but did not play football until 1888, and at that time the code played was Swedish football, not association football.
Bandy was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. A men's program was included but not a women's program.
FC Rosengård is a Swedish professional football club located in the area Rosengård of Malmö. The club was founded on 4 September 1917 as Malmö Boll & Idrottsförening but has since been merged once and renamed twice. The club has been the starting ground for some Swedish football players including Zlatan Ibrahimović, Yksel Osmanovski and Labinot Harbuzi.
Älgarna-Härnösand IF is a Swedish football team from Härnösand currently playing in Division 2 Norrland. The club is affiliated to the Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund. The club was originally called IF Älgarna before changing name during the annual meeting on 29 March 2020.
Härnösands FF was a Swedish football team from Härnösand in Härnösand Municipality. After the 2019 season, the team merged with Älgarna-Härnösand IF, resulting in the latter's assumption of the team's place in the 5th tier Division 3 Mellersta Norrland for the 2020 season.
Höörs IS is a Swedish sports club located in Höör in Skåne County, with activities in football and athletics. The club was founded in 1928.
Varbergs GIF FK is a Swedish football club located in Varberg.
Onsala BK is a Swedish football club located in Onsala. Onsala BK is the biggest football club in Halland with over a thousand active players both boys and girls.
Hyltebruks IF is a Swedish football club located in Hyltebruk.
Vänersborgs IF is a Swedish football club located in Vänersborg. The club was founded in 1906. The current men's football team head coach is Andy Kilner.
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad, or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish professional handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-sport club. The handball team made its debut in 1925 and has been the only section of the club since 2000. The club plays its home matches at Kristianstad Arena.
Trollhättans IF or TIF, is a football club in Trollhättan, Sweden, which was founded in 1906. The association's first team were merged in 2001 with Trollhättan KC to FC Trollhättan. Trollhättan IF's first team played then in division 6 through the 2009 season, when the club won its series and moved up to Division 5, where they are currently playing.
Majornas IK is a Swedish sport club from Gothenburg founded in 1916. The club is most famous for its handball team, who have been Swedish champions seven times. Until 1964 they had played all seasons excluding one in the top flight, but have not played there since. They currently play in Division 4, the 6th level.
Upsala Studenters IF is a Swedish sport club from Uppsala founded in 1908. They club has had sections in basketball, table tennis, athletics, fencing, handball, volleyball, bandy and tennis The handball team was promoted to Allsvenskan in 1937. They won the Swedish championship, decided by a straight knockout tournament, in 1939. After that season, they withdrew from Allsvenskan and never returned. They did, however, play in the last edition of the Swedish championship tournament in 1952. In 2012, the handball team merged with HK71 and formed Uppsala HK.
IFK Halmstad, Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Halmstad, is a sports club in Halmstad, Sweden. The club was founded in 1895 and is now mainly active in athletics. In the first half of the 20th century, the club also had active departments in the sports of bandy and association football.
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