- Hammarby IF Bandy
Bandy club infobox
hometown =Stockholm ,Sweden
founded =1897
champions = 0
wcchampions = 2 (1999, 2001)
ground = Zinkensdamms IP
coach = Stefan JonssonHammarby IF Bandy is a Swedish
Bandy club fromSödermalm ,Stockholm , a section of the sports clubHammarby IF (disambiguation) . Hammarby IF currently play in the eliteserien. They are in their 39th season in the Eliteserien. Hammarby have strong links with fellowStockholm -based clubGT-76 with many players moving between the clubs.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 became 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 andSandvikens AIK 2-1 in 2001.Hammarby IF have never been Swedish champions but have been runners-up seven 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, their first win, beating Sandviken in the final.In 2008 they lost toSandvikens AIK in the Semi-finals with 3-1 in games.Squad
"As of
18 April 2008 : Squad for 2008/2009 (only players under contract)Notes
(both in Swedish)
Unreferenced|date=July 2008 External links
* [http://www.hammarbybandy.se official website]
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