Hammarby IF Bandy
Hometown	Stockholm, Sweden
Founded	1897
Swedish champions	0
World Cup champions	2 (1999, 2001)
Homeground	Zinkensdamms IP
Coach	Stefan Jonsson

Hammarby IF Bandy is a Swedish Bandy club from Södermalm, Stockholm, a section of the sports club Hammarby IF (disambiguation). "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Bandy is a Winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick It shares a common ancestry with Ice hockey, in that it likely developed from the informal "ball and Södermalm (often shortened to " Söder " South) is a district in central Stockholm. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Hammarby IF currently play in the eliteserien. They are in their 39th season in the Eliteserien. Hammarby have strong links with fellow Stockholm based club GT-76 with many players moving between the clubs. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the GT-76 is a Swedish Bandy club from Stockholm who were founded in 1976 when two sport clubs Gubbängens BK and Tallen merged and created GT-76

The club was before the 2007/2008 season in big economic problems and a campaign called "Rädda Hammarby Bandy" (save Hammarby Bandy) was set up. In the autumn of 2007 they becamed a joint-stock company and sold over 400 shares and they got over 2 million sek.

Hammarby IF have been crowned World Champions twice beating Ljusdals BK 7-0 in 1999 and Sandvikens AIK 2-1 in 2001. The Bandy World Cup is held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden. This is not played by national teams but is for Bandy clubs from around the world and should Ljusdals BK are a Swedish Bandy club who will play in Division 1 in the 2007/08 season having finished bottom of the Allsvenskan. Sandvikens AIK, SAIK, is a sports club from Sandviken in Sweden Hammarby IF have never been Swedish champions but have been runners-up 7 times in the seasons 1956/1957, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. They won the Swedish Cup 2007 , there first win, beating Sandviken in the final. In 2008 they lost to Sandvikens AIK in the Semi-finals with 3-1 in games. Sandvikens AIK, SAIK, is a sports club from Sandviken in Sweden

Squad

As of 18 April 2008: Squad for 2008/2009 (only players under contract)

No. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Position Player 1 GK Patrik Nordgaard 11 DF David Elfving 18 DF Robert Rimgård 21 FW David Karlsson

No. Patrik Nordgaard (born March 18, 1980) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy as a goalkeeper David "Orpon" Pizzoni Elfving (born November 26, 1985) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy David Karlsson (born April 24, 1981) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF as a striker Position Player 23 MF Rickard Koch 36 GK Jonas Svensson 41 FW Gustav Björkman -- DF Lars Johansson -- MF Johan Östblom -- FW Andreas Hammarbäck -- FW Philip Green

Notes

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External links

• [www. Rickard Koch (born February 24, 1976) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy as a midfielder Jonas Svensson (born June 27 1983 is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy as a goalkeeper Gustav "Gebbe" Björkman (born February 24 1976 is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy as a midfielder Lars Johansson (born June 1, 1976) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy as a defender Johan Östblom (born April 21, 1981) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Hammarby IF Bandy as a half back Sir Philip Green (born 15 March 1952) is a British billionaire businessman who owns some of the United Kingdom 's largest retailers hammarbybandy. se] official website