Djurgårdens IF Bandy
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Djurgårdens IF Bandy is the bandy
department of Swedish
sports club
Djurgårdens IF
, located in Stockholm
. The club has been in the championship finals seven times, and won two of them, in 1908 and 1912. The 1912 champions title was shared with IFK Uppsala
since the weather was too warm for a rematch.
Djurgården will play their home games at Spånga IP during the 2009/10-season. After the 2006/07-season, Djurgården advanced to Allsvenskan, the second highest league in Swedish bandy.
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
department of Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
sports club
Sports club
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Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, more commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Stockholm.-History:...
, located in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The club has been in the championship finals seven times, and won two of them, in 1908 and 1912. The 1912 champions title was shared with IFK Uppsala
IFK Uppsala
IFK Uppsala is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala, with several departments:* IFK Uppsala Fotboll, football department* IFK Uppsala Bandy, bandy department...
since the weather was too warm for a rematch.
Djurgården will play their home games at Spånga IP during the 2009/10-season. After the 2006/07-season, Djurgården advanced to Allsvenskan, the second highest league in Swedish bandy.
Honours
- Swedish bandy championsSwedish bandy championsSwedish bandy champions is a title held by the winners of the final of the highest Swedish bandy league played each year, Elitserien. The final is played in March. From the 2007-2008 season, Saturday replaced Sunday as the final date, but was changed back in 2010...
hip:Position Times Season Champions 2 1907/08, 1911/12 Runners-up 5 1908/09, 1910/11, 1913/14, 1915/16, 1929/30