Sandvikens AIK
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Sandvikens AIK, SAIK, is a sports club from Sandviken
in Sweden. It is most noted for its successes in bandy
but has also played football
. Sandvikens are in their 64th season in the top division
. Sandvikens play in black shirts. Sandviken is a club that has produced a lot of great players, one if the greatest players was Gustav "Kundvagnen" Björkman
who almost won the gold medal 2003 on his own.
Sandviken
Sandviken may refer to:* Sandviken, a Swedish town and the seat of Sandviken municipality* Sandviken Municipality, a Swedish municipality around the town of Sandviken* Sandviken, Norway, a neighbourhood in Bergen, Norway...
in Sweden. It is most noted for its successes in 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,...
but has also played football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. Sandvikens are in their 64th season in the top division
Elitserien (bandy)
The Elitserien is since the 2007–08 season the highest bandy league in Sweden. It consist of 14 teams. The season ends with a final on Studenternas IP in Uppsala. From 2013 the final will be played in Swedbank Arena, Solna....
. Sandvikens play in black shirts. Sandviken is a club that has produced a lot of great players, one if the greatest players was Gustav "Kundvagnen" Björkman
Gustav Björkman
Gustav "Gurkan" Björkman is a retired Swedish bandy player who played his last year for Hammarby IF Bandy as a forward. He is also known as "Kundvagnen", "the shopping trolley", because he always plays with a characteristic grill on his helmet...
who almost won the gold medal 2003 on his own.
Honours
- AllsvenskanAllsvenskan (bandy)Allsvenskan is since the 2007–08 the second highest level of bandy in Sweden and comprises 30 teams in three groups. Allsvenskan succeeded Allsvenskan and Elitserien.-Season structure:...
- winners: 6 (1945, 1946, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003)
- runners up: 10 (1940, 1941, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2005)
- World CupBandy World CupThe Bandy World Cup is held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden. 2009 and 2010 it will be played indoors in Sandviken until Ljusdal get their indoor arena...
- winners: 2 (1974, 2002)
- runners up: 8 (1975, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2004)