IK Sirius Bandy

IK Sirius is a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottsplats.[1]

This article is about IK Sirius' bandy section. For other sections of the club, see IK Sirius.
IK Sirius
CityUppsala, Sweden
LeagueElitserien
Founded1907 (1907)
Home arenaStudenternas IP
Head coachOskar Robertsson
Websitesiriusbandy.se
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History

The sports club that became IK Sirius was founded on 9 August 1907, and got its current name on 5 April 1908 after having been discussing Svartbäckens IK and IK Spurt.[2] At the time, several sports club existed in the city of Uppsala: IFK Uppsala, IF Thor, IF Heimdal, and Upsala IF.[2] The sports club was founded for athletics, and took up bandy in 1908.[3]

IK Sirius' first success was becoming Swedish runners-up in 1918, they followed this up by becoming Swedish champions twice in 1921 and 1922, but they then didn't have any more success in the league until 1926 where they were runners-up and they were also runners-up in 1928.

In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Sirius entered in Division 1 Norra together with AIK, Hammarby IF, IF Vesta, IFK Rättvik, Skutskärs IF, SK Tirfing, and Västerås SK and finished 5th.[4]

In the 1960s the club came back as one of the strongest in the league, finishing second behind Västerås SK in 1960. They won the title the following year beating Edsbyns IF, but the clubs swapped positions in 1962 with Edsbyns IF taking the crown. In 1966 IK Sirius BK won the league for a fourth time but lost the title to Örebro SK the following year. They regained the title for the 5th and currently last time in 1968 beating Örebro SK in the final match.

In 1992 they gained their only World Cup victory beating Sandvikens AIK 7–0 in the final.

In 2008–09 Sirius had their best season in two decades, finishing 3rd in Elitserien and lost to Edsbyns IF in the semi-final off the play-offs.

Current squad
As of 5 January 2022[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIB nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Sweden SWE Anton Andersson
16 GK Sweden SWE Ludvig Jonasson
12 DF Sweden SWE Oscar Qvist
15 DF Sweden SWE Jerker Ortman
40 DF Sweden SWE Sune Gustafsson
66 DF Sweden SWE Stefan Kröller
6 MF Sweden SWE David Thorén
23 MF Sweden SWE William Liw
61 MF Sweden SWE Ted Haraldsson
9 MF Sweden SWE Matteus Liw
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Sweden SWE Nils Bergström
39 MF Sweden SWE Arvid Tapper
62 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Bäck-Nirs
10 FW Sweden SWE Ted Bergström Heramb
11 FW Sweden SWE Albin Thomsen
20 FW Sweden SWE Kalle Mårtensson

Honours

Domestic
  • Swedish Champions:[6]
    • Winners (5): 1921, 1922, 1961, 1966, 1968
    • Runners-up (5): 1918, 1926, 1928, 1960, 1962

International

References
  1. "IK SIRIUS - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  2. "1907: Så började det".
  3. "IK Sirius". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 6 S–Övrevoll (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. 1946. p. 252.
  4. "Statistik". www.jimbobandy.nu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. "IK Sirius Bandy | Herrlaget".
  6. "Herrar - Svenska Bandyförbundet". www.svenskbandy.se. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17.
  7. "Om klubben". www.siriusbandy.se. Archived from the original on 2010-06-04.
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