- Falu BS
Bandy club infobox
hometown =Falun ,Sweden
founded = 1935
champions = 2 (1971, 1974)
wcchampions = 1 (1998)
ground = Lugnets Isstadion
coach = Sören PerssonFalu BS, is a
bandy club fromFalun inSweden .Falu BS was founded on
10 december 1935 , by mergingFalu BK ,Holmens IF ,Falu SK andIFK Falun . All these clubs were playing bandy.In 1936 the new club Falu BS started in Swedish division II. The jersey was like the one Falu BK had used, copper brown with the text "FALUN" on the chest. The home games were played at
Främbyviken orKvarnbergsplan (later to be called Kopparvallen).In 1939/1940 the team reached
Bandyallsvenskan , the highest league in Sweden. Falu BS was second overall, onlySandvikens AIK were better. From this season on the "classic" colours of the team were used, blue jerseys with yellow collars. The team did not last more than one season in the Bandyallsvenska this time, but got back later.The most successful time were the early 1970s, when the club became Swedish champions in 1971 and 1974. Falu BS also were the runners-up in1979 and 1999.
The team also became world champions for clubs by winning the
Bandy World Cup in 1998.They play at the Lugnet sports complex.
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