Sandvikens AIK

Sandvikens AIK
Founded	1901
Division	Elitserien
Based in	Sandviken, Sweden
Home ground	Göransson Arena
Head coach	Stefan Söderholm
National championships	9 (1945, 1946, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014)
World Cup champions	2 (1974, 2002)

Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) is the bandy department of Sandvikens AIK and is based at Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit.^[1]

History

Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901.^[2] Originally named IK Stjärnan, they were the home for the white-collar workers, while IK Kronan (later Sandvikens IF) was the home for blue-collar workers.^[1]

Sandvikens AIK took up bandy in 1922 and took their first Swedish title in 1945.^[3]

Squad

Sandvikens AIK squad at the 2013 Swedish Championship Final.

As of 12 March 2015 ^[4]

No. Position Player 2 DF Joakim Bergman 4 DF Niklas Gälman 8 DF Erik Säfström (captain) 11 GK Abbe Bodin 12 MF Olle Berglund 15 DF Linus Pettersson 17 MF Daniel Mossberg 19 FW Patrik Nilsson

No. Position Player 20 DF Daniel Bäck 22 MF Dennis Henriksen 23 MF Ted Haraldsson 24 DF Mikael Nilsson 25 GK Martin Falk 31 MF Rasmus Forslund 39 MF Linus Forslund 95 FW Erik Pettersson

Honours

Domestic

• Swedish Champions:^[5]
  • Winners (9): 1945, 1946, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014
  • Runners-up (13): 1940, 1941, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015

Cup

• Svenska Cupen:^[5]
  • Winners (5): 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

International

• World Cup:
  • Winners (2):^[5] 1974, 2002
  • Runners-up (8): 1975, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2004
• Champions Cup:^[5]
  • Winners (1): 2005

Records

• Victory: 22–2 vs. Katrineholms SK (22 November 2009)^[5]
• Loss: 2–12 vs. Västerås SK (14 February 1988)^[5]
• Highest attendance: 5,880 vs. Vetlanda BK (15 March 1988)^[5]
• Most goals scored: 623, Magnus Muhrén (1993–2004, 2007–09)^[5]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.vastrasidan.se/web/sandvikens-aik/
2. ↑ http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/grundades.pdf
3. ↑ http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/0003/20/saik.html
4. ↑ "Spelartruppen - SAIK Bandy". saik.com. 
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Statistik". saik.com.