Derby/Linköping BK explained

Team:Derby/Linköping BK
League:Division 1
Division:Mellersta
City:Linköping, Sweden

Derby/Linköping Bandyklubb, Derby/Linköping BK, colloquially Derby, is a bandy club in Linköping, Sweden.[1] It has its roots in BK Derby but was formally founded on 1 October 1981, when the bandy department of BK Derby was merged with Stångebro/Cupol BK and formed Derby/Stångebro BK. In 1983 the name was changed to Stångebro BK.[2] In 2003, the club returned to the name Derby, forming an alliance with the football club of that name, and returned to the green-black jerseys and the BK Derby logo.

Stångebro BK was the runner-up to the Swedish championship for women's bandy teams in 1986 and 1987.[3]

The men's team used to play bandy in Allsvenskan, the second-tier of Swedish bandy, but chose to withdraw after the 2007/2008 season.[4] In 2014, it is playing in the third-tier Division 1 Södra (South).

References

  1. Web site: Derby/Linköping Bandyklubb. allabolag.se. 19 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Historik. Derby/Linköping BK. 19 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Svenska mästare: Damer. Swedish Bandy Association. 19 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110095359/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandyfinalen/Arkiv1/Historik1/Svenskamastare/Damer1/. 10 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Jimmy Andersson . Allsvenskt kval 2007/08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420020355/http://www.jimbobandy.nu/2000/08_kvalallsv.html . 2014-04-20 . 19 April 2014 . Jimbobandy . Swedish.