Founded | 1985 |
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Arena | Sparbankshallen |
Manager | Jan Ericsson |
Coach | Isac Carlsson |
Captain | Jimmy Persson |
Championships | SSL 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008 |
Warberg Innebandyclub (often referred to as Warberg IC or WIC) is a Swedish floorball team, and one of the most successful teams in Swedish floorball history. Warberg has won four Swedish Championships, the last won in April 2008.
This section needs to be updated.(September 2019) |
As of May 24, 2008
Goalkeepers | |||||
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Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
1 | Peter Sjögren | L | 2004 | Sweden | |
41 | Martin Rudeström | L | 2004 | Sweden |
Defensemen | ||||||
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Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
10 | Mathias Larsson | L | 2006 | Forshaga, Sweden | ||
11 | Mattias Hasselström | 2007 | Sweden | |||
16 | Joakim Hansson | 2005 | Sweden | |||
22 | Staffan Simonsson | 1999 | Sweden | |||
33 | Kimmo Eskelinen | L | 2002 | Sweden | ||
81 | Jimmy Persson - C | 1998 | Sweden | |||
88 | Christoffer Lindroos | 1994 | Varberg, Sweden |
Forwards | ||||||
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Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
5 | Mikael Holmer | W | 2007 | Sweden | ||
8 | Martin Svensson (floorball) | W | 2005 | Sweden | ||
9 | Jim Canerstam | 2001 | Sweden | |||
13 | Karl-Johan Karlsson | 2003 | Sweden | |||
14 | Kristoffer Elisson | L | 1997 | Mora, Sweden | ||
13 | Joakim Friberg | L | W | 2007 | Sweden | |
18 | Joakim Andersson | L | C | 2003 | Sweden | |
20 | Magnus Svensson | L | RW | 2000 | Sweden | |
29 | Joel Ljungberg | 2007 | Mora, Sweden | |||
29 | Anders Östling | 2006 | Mora, Sweden | |||
34 | Martin Emanuelsson | 2003 | Sweden | |||
37 | Tony Eriksson | 2002 | Sweden | |||
57 | Magnus Danielsson | 2005 | Malung, Sweden | |||
89 | Mikael Hage | 1999 | Malung, Sweden |
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