Elitserien (bandy)

This article is about the Swedish bandy league since the 2007–08 season. For the Elitserien and Allsvenskan leagues until the 2007-08 season, see Allsvenskan and Elitserien (bandy).

Elitserien

Current season, competition or edition: 2022–23 Elitserien (bandy)
Sport	Bandy
Founded	2007 (2007)
Administrator	Svenska Bandyförbundet
No. of teams	14
Country	Sweden
Most recent champion(s)	Västerås SK (21st title) (2022–23)
Most titles	Västerås SK (21 since 1907)
TV partner(s)	Bandyplay Bandypuls
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Relegation to	Allsvenskan (bandy)
Domestic cup(s)	Svenska Cupen
International cup(s)	Bandy World Cup
Official website	Elitserien.se

The Elitserien (literally, the "Elite League") (Swedish: Elitserien i bandy) is since the 2007–08 season the highest bandy league in Sweden. It consists of 14 teams. The season ends with one final game in March. The final was held at Studenternas IP in Uppsala from 1991 until 2012. In 2013 and 2014 the final was played at Friends Arena in Solna, and from 2015 to 2017 it was played at the Tele2 Arena. The final returned to 4,600-capacity Studenternas IP indoor stadium in 2018.

Season structure

During the regular season the fourteen teams play each other team at home and away - a total of 26 games per team.

The top six teams directly qualify for the playoffs for the league championship, while the teams ranked from 7th to 10th enter an additional play-off to decide which teams take the other two championship play-off places. The bottom four teams playoff against the top two teams from the Allsvenskan to decide promotion and relegation.

Teams

Current teams (2022–23 season)

Stockholm

Bollnäs

Broberg

Edsbyns

Frillesås

Motala

Gripen

Sandvikens

Sirius

Vetlanda

Villa Lidköping

Vänersborg

Västerås

Stockholm teams:
AIK
Hammarby

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Locations of the 2022–23 Elitserien teams

AIK

Hammarby

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Stockholm County Elitserien bandy clubs

Club	Home town	Home ice
AIK	Stockholm (Solna)	Bergshamra IP*
Bollnäs GIF	Bollnäs	Sävstaås IP
Broberg/Söderhamn	Söderhamn	Helsingehus Arena*
Edsbyns IF	Edsbyn	Svenska Fönster Arena*
Frillesås BK	Frillesås	Sjöaremossen
Gripen/Trollhättan	Trollhättan	Slättbergshallen*
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
IFK Motala	Motala	XL-Bygg Arena
Sandvikens AIK	Sandviken	Göransson Arena*
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP
Vetlanda BK	Vetlanda	Hydro Arena*
Villa Lidköping BK	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena*
IFK Vänersborg	Vänersborg	Arena Vänersborg*
Västerås SK	Västerås	ABB Arena Syd*

* – indoor arena

Teams through the years

The number denotes the place in that year's end stand of the regular league before the championship play-off, while a blank space means the club was not playing in Elitserien that year.
A gold background means the club became Swedish champion that year following the championship play-off, a silver background means the club was the runner-up for the championship.

Team	Home town	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
AIK	Solna													7	2	2
Bollnäs GIF	Bollnäs	9	9	3	2	3	5	10	5	3	3	7	5	5	12	13	3
IF Boltic (BS BolticGöta)	Karlstad				14
Broberg/Söderhamn	Söderhamn	8	7	8	6	8	6	7	8	9	7	9	10	6	8	5	6
Edsbyns IF	Edsbyn	2	1	5	3	5	4	5	3	7	2	2	4	1	4	3	5
Falu BS	Falun	14		13									12
Frillesås BK	Frillesås												13	13	13	12	13
GAIS	Gothenburg					9	9	11	wd
Gripen Trollhättan BK	Trollhättan	11	12							14	12						12
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	4	6	1	5	7	1	1	4	6	8	3	6	10	11	11	9
HaparandaTornio Bandy	Haparanda			9	13
Kalix BF	Kalix					13		12	10	11	14	13
Katrineholm Värmbol BS	Katrineholm			14
IFK Kungälv	Kungälv		11	12	10	6	10	9	11	10
Ljusdals BK	Ljusdal						13	14	13
IFK Motala	Motala	7	13				14					12	9	8	10	7
Örebro SK	Örebro		14													16
IFK Rättvik	Rättvik															14
Sandvikens AIK	Sandviken	1	4	2	1	1	3	2	1	4	4	1	3	3	3	6	4
IK Sirius	Uppsala	12	3	7	7	11	11	13	12	13	10	11	11	12	9	7	10
IK Tellus	Stockholm										13	10	14		14	15
Tillberga IK	Västerås	13			11	14			14	12	11	14
Vetlanda BK	Vetlanda	6	5	10	9	12	12	8	9	5	9	6	8	9	7	8
Villa Lidköping BK	Lidköping	5	10	4	4	2	2	3	6	2	1	5	1	2	1	1	1
IFK Vänersborg	Vänersborg	10	8	11	12	10	7	6	7	8	6	6	7	11	6	9	11
Västerås SK	Västerås	3	2	6	8	4	8	4	2	1	5	4	2	4	5	4	2
Åby/Tjureda IF	Åby													14

Notes

Previous winners

Further information: List of Swedish bandy champions and Allsvenskan and Elitserien (bandy)

Elitserien is followed by a play-off to decide the national bandy champions. The final for the Swedish championship has been played annually since 1907. Before the start of Elitserien in 2007/2008, the play-off has been preceded by other league structures, most recently by the double structure of Allsvenskan and Elitserien.

Since the start of the present structure of Elitserien, Sandvikens AIK has ended in top of the league 4 times in the end just before the play-off, which is more than any other team. This league win is however not seen as nearly as prestigious as the championship final.

Top goalscorers

Patrik Nilsson has the top scorer record with 94 goals.

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2007–08	Patrik Nilsson	Sandvikens AIK	94
2008–09	Christoffer Edlund	Vetlanda BK	44
	Magnus Muhrén	Sandvikens AIK
2009–10	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	91
2010–11	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	77
2011–12	David Karlsson	Villa Lidköping BK	55
2012–13	David Karlsson	Villa Lidköping BK	65
2013–14	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	73
2014–15	Patrik Nilsson	Sandvikens AIK	61
2015–16	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	59
2016–17	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	70
2017–18	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	76
2018–19	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	61
2019–20	Oscar Wikblad	Edsbyns IF	49
2020–21	Christoffer Edlund	Villa Lidköping BK	72
2021–22	Christoffer Edlund	Villa Lidköping BK	79
2022–23	Christoffer Edlund	Villa Lidköping BK	60

See also

• List of Swedish bandy champions

External links

• Official website
• Elitserien at Bandyworld.se
• Swedish Bandy Association
• "Professional Bandy News Podcast"