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]
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| City | Uppsala, Sweden | ||
| League | Elitserien | ||
| Founded | 1907 | ||
| Home arena | Studenternas IP | ||
| Head coach | Oskar Robertsson | ||
| Website | siriusbandy.se | ||
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History
editThe 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
edit- 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.
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Honours
editDomestic
edit- Swedish Champions:[6]
- Winners (5): 1921, 1922, 1961, 1966, 1968
- Runners-up (5): 1918, 1926, 1928, 1960, 1962
- Swedish Cup:
- Bronze medalists: 2024
International
editReferences
edit- ^ "IK SIRIUS - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ^ a b "1907: Så började det".
- ^ "IK Sirius". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 6 S–Övrevoll (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. 1946. p. 252.
- ^ "Statistik". www.jimbobandy.nu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "IK Sirius Bandy | Herrlaget".
- ^ "Herrar - Svenska Bandyförbundet". www.svenskbandy.se. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17.
- ^ "Om klubben". www.siriusbandy.se. Archived from the original on 2010-06-04.
External links
edit- Official website
- [1] ibdb bandysidan