Rögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish

Sweden

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden

Sweden

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. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 between 1992–93

1992–93 Elitserien season

- First round :- Final round :-Playoffs:...

 and 1995–96

1995–96 Elitserien season

- First round :- Final round :-Playoffs:...

 and between 2008–09

2008–09 Elitserien season

The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the championship...

 and 2009–10

2009–10 Elitserien season

The 2009–10 Elitserien season was the 35th season of Elitserien. It started on September 21, 2009 and ended on March 13, 2010. The playoffs started on March 18, 2010 and ended on April 24, 2010. HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK 4–1 in the semi...

.

History

Rögle BK was founded in 1932 as a 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,...

 team, which is why the club has "BK" in it ("BK" stands for Bandyklubb). The ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team played in the top Swedish league, at that time Allsvenskan, between 1966 and 1968–69; and again, in the now-called Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

, between 1992–93 and 1995–96. After another twelve years in the second-tier division HockeyAllsvenskan, the team was promoted back to Elitserien after finishing second in the 2008 Kvalserien. Rögle BK began the 2008–09 Elitserien season

2008–09 Elitserien season

The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the championship...

 surprisingly well, and after the first 18 rounds the team practically led Elitserien, with 33 points (theoretically Rögle BK was second because Linköpings HC

Linköpings HC

Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....

 had better goal difference

Goal difference

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). However, Rögle BK finished eleventh in the 2008–09 Elitserien season and therefore had to play in the 2009 Kvalserien

2009 Kvalserien

The 2009 Kvalserien was the 35th Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien, played between March 13 and April 9, 2009.The 2009 Kvalserien included six teams. In this year's Kvalserien, Södertälje and Rögle, who both came from Elitserien, qualified for the 2009–10 Elitserien season...

 to stay in Elitserien, which they achieved after finishing second in the 2009 Kvalserien for the second time in a row.

The brothers Jörgen Jönsson

Jörgen Jönsson

Ulf Peter Jörgen Jönsson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who last played for Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien. He has represented the Team Sweden 285 times, making him the record holder for most games played in the national team...

 and Kenny Jönsson

Kenny Jönsson

Per Anders Kenny Jönsson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player.- Playing career :Jönsson was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round as the 12th overall selection in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft...

 started their careers in Rögle BK. After several seasons in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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, Kenny played for the team again between 2004 and 2008–09.

Retired numbers

• 1 Kenth "Swiss" Svensson, G, 1970–1987
• 9 Lennart Åkesson, F, 1950-51—1963-64,
• 13 Roger Elvenes, C, 1984–2000
• 19 Kenny Jönsson
  Kenny Jönsson
  Per Anders Kenny Jönsson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player.- Playing career :Jönsson was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round as the 12th overall selection in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft...
  
  , D, 1991–1995, 2004–2009
• 25 Stefan Elvenes, F, 1985–1995, 1997–2000

External links

• Official website (Swedish)
• Angel Island Army supporter's club