Redbergslids IK explained

Clubname:Redbergslids IK
Fullname:Redbergslids Idrottsklubb
Nickname:De vita eleganterna
(The White Elegant Ones)
Short Name:RIK
Ground:Prioritet Serneke Arena, Göteborg
Capacity:550
League:Handbollsligan
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Website:https://www.redbergslid.se/

Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a professional handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena.[1]

Redbergslid is the only Scandinavian club to win the EHF Champions League (1959). They also reached the final of the EHF Cup Winner's Cup in 2003.

Noted players of the club include Peter Gentzel, Stefan Lövgren, Ljubomir Vranjes, Magnus Wislander and Andreas Palicka.

In the 2022/2023 season Redbergslid were relegated from the top Swedish league, after spending 40 years straight (82 in total) in the top league.[2] [3]

Sports Hall information

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021-22 season

Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
Line players
Left Backs
Central Backs
Right Backs

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining
  • Leaving
  • Accomplishments

    20

    1933, 1934, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003

    1

    1959

    2003

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: RIK får ett nytt hem: "En oerhörd lättnad" . 26 March 2022 . Expressen . sv.
    2. Web site: Redbergslid åker ur – efter 40 år . 31 March 2023 . Aftonbladet.
    3. News: Redbergslid åkte ut efter 40 år i högsta serien. SVT Sport. SVT Sport. Swedish. 31 March 2023. 2 April 2023.