Swedish Super League is the highest league in the league system of Swedish floorball

Floorball

Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

 and comprises the top 14 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....

 floorball teams. The first season began in 1995-96. The season ends with a play-off and a final.

History

The Swedish Super League was founded in 1995 under the name Elitserien. It then replaced the Division 1 league as the high level floorball league of Sweden. Between the seasons 1995-96 and 1998-99 the league was divided into a northern and a southern group. Since the 1999-2000 season, it is a national league.

In March 2007, it was decided that the Elitserien will comprise 14 teams from the 2008-09 season.

In May 2007, the name of league was changed from Elitserien to the Swedish Super League.

Mika Kohonen

Mika Kohonen

Mika Kohonen is a Finnish floorball player. He currently plays for Storvreta IBK, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has his own line of floorball sticks, called MK29, which were released by floorball company Karhu....

 holds the record for points in one season (107 p in 29 games) and also the all time record for points in the Swedish Super League.

Season structure

The season starts with a regular season with 26 matches per team, one home and one away against all teams. In the spring a play-off starts with the eight best teams from the regular season. The quarter finals as well as the semi finals is played in best of five matches, the final is settled in just one. The final was played in Stockholm Globe Arena

Stockholm Globe Arena

The Ericsson Globe is the national indoor arena of Sweden, located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm . The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build...

 until 2010. The 2011 final game was played in Malmö Arena. The women's Elitserien

Elitserien (ladies floorball)

Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of Swedish ladies floorball and comprises the top 14 Swedish floorball teams. The first season began in 1997-98. The season ends with a play-off and a final.-History:...

 final is played earlier on the same day, in the same arena.

Current clubs

• AIK IBF
  AIK Innebandy
  AIK Innebandy is a Swedish floorball club and a department of AIK. The club is currently playing in the highest Swedish floorball league, the Svenska Superligan . AIK won their first championship in 2006 when they defeated Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL final...
  
  
• Balrog B/S IK
  Balrog Botkyrka/Södertälje IK
  Balrog B/S IK is a Swedish floorball team from Botkyrka, a suburb of Stockholm. Balrog B/S is currently playing in the highest Swedish floorball league, Swedish Super League. They debuted in SSL in the 1990/91 season and this is their 9th season in the super league...
  
  
• Caperio/Täby FC
  Caperio/Täby FC
  Caperio/Täby FC is a Swedish floorball team from Täby, Stockholm. The club have played in the top Swedish floorball league, SSL since the 2003/04 season. The 08/09 season will be their 5th in the super league...
  
  
• FC Helsingborg
• Sirius IBK
• IBF Falun
• IBK Dalen
  IBK Dalen
  Innebandyklubb Dalen, also known as IBK Dalen, are a floorball club in the Swedish Super League and are based in the city of Umeå. They travel about 300 miles to their nearest away match....
  
  
• Järfälla IBK
  Järfälla IBK
  Järfälla IBK, also known as the Järfälla Spiders, are a Swedish floorball club competing in the Svenska Superligan. They are one of Sweden's largest floorball clubs, with over 500 registered players....
  
  
• Tyresö Trollbäcken
• Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam Innebandyklubb, also known as Redfox or Pixbo IBK, is one of the most successful floorball clubs in the world. It is based in Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland and is widely recognized as the best floorball club in Sweden, more specifically, in the Swedish Super League...
  
  
• Storvreta IBK
  Storvreta IBK
  The Storvreta Innebandyklubb or Storvreta IBK, is a floorball club based in Storvreta, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's highest floorball league, the Svenska Superligan. They are the current Superliga champions, having won the 2010 finals against Caperio/Täby FC and the 2011 finals against...
  
  
• Umeå City IBK
• Västerås IBF
• Warberg IC
  Warberg IC
  Warberg Innebandyclub is a Swedish floorball team, and one of the most successful teams in Swedish floorball history...
  
  

Previous winners

• 1996 - Balrog IK
• 1997 - Fornudden IB
• 1998 - Warberg IC 85
• 1999 - Haninge IBK
• 2000 - Haninge IBK
• 2001 - Haninge IBK
• 2002 - Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam Innebandyklubb, also known as Redfox or Pixbo IBK, is one of the most successful floorball clubs in the world. It is based in Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland and is widely recognized as the best floorball club in Sweden, more specifically, in the Swedish Super League...
  
  
• 2003 - Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam Innebandyklubb, also known as Redfox or Pixbo IBK, is one of the most successful floorball clubs in the world. It is based in Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland and is widely recognized as the best floorball club in Sweden, more specifically, in the Swedish Super League...
  
  
• 2004 - Balrog IK
• 2005 - Warberg IC 85
• 2006 - AIK
• 2007 - Warberg IC
  Warberg IC
  Warberg Innebandyclub is a Swedish floorball team, and one of the most successful teams in Swedish floorball history...
  
  
• 2008 - Warberg IC
  Warberg IC
  Warberg Innebandyclub is a Swedish floorball team, and one of the most successful teams in Swedish floorball history...
  
  
• 2009 - AIK
• 2010 - Storvreta IBK
  Storvreta IBK
  The Storvreta Innebandyklubb or Storvreta IBK, is a floorball club based in Storvreta, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's highest floorball league, the Svenska Superligan. They are the current Superliga champions, having won the 2010 finals against Caperio/Täby FC and the 2011 finals against...
  
  
• 2011 - Storvreta IBK
  Storvreta IBK
  The Storvreta Innebandyklubb or Storvreta IBK, is a floorball club based in Storvreta, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's highest floorball league, the Svenska Superligan. They are the current Superliga champions, having won the 2010 finals against Caperio/Täby FC and the 2011 finals against...