Västerås SK Bandy

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Västerås SK Bandy

Hometown	Västerås, Sweden
Founded	1904
Swedish champions	17 (1923, 1924, 1926, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1973, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001)
World Cup champions	5 (1987, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000)
Homeground	Rocklunda Bandystadion
Coach	Andreas Westman

Västerås SK Bandy is a Swedish sports club located in Västerås that plays the winter sport of bandy. The senior side currently plays in the southern section of the Swedish Bandyallsvenskan, the top division of Swedish bandy. The club was founded on January 29, 1904 and holds its matches at the Rocklunda stadium.

The club has won 16 national league titles in its history as well as the World Cup a number of times, making it one of the most successful in the history of the sport.

The current coach of the senior side is Andreas Westman, a player for the club between 1992 and 1996. The current squad includes Sweden international players Anders Östling and Anders Bruun.

1 Squad
2 References
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] Squad

As of 10 January 2007^[1]:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kalle Samuelsson
3	MF	Ted Andersson (captain)
4	DF	Anders Bruun
5	MF	Magnus Joneby
7	DF	Joachim Persson
8	MF	Tobias Holmberg
10	FW	Patrik Anderbro
11	MF	Anders Östling

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Lars Johansson
14	MF	Johan Östblom
16	MF	Oskar Robertsson
17	MF	Johan Geibert
18	FW	Victor Engström
19	FW	Michael Carlsson
20	FW	Mattias Rydberg
30	GK	Daniel Kjörling

Midfielder Petter Andersson left Västerås to return to Västanfors IF in January 2007.^[2]^[3]

[edit] References

^ A-laget (Swedish). VSK Bandy. Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
^ Pasi Hiirikoski (2007-01-10). Mittfältare lämnar grönvitt (Swedish). Vestmanlands Läns Tidning. Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
^ Jörgen Hjärpe (2007-01-09). Petter kommer hem (Swedish). Västanfors IF official home page. Retrieved on January 10, 2007.