Kareby IS

Kareby IS
Full nameKareby idrottssällskap
SportsBandy, soccer, tennis and floorball
Founded20 April 1945 (1945-04-20)
Based inKareby, Sweden
StadiumSkarpe Nord, Kringledammen, Kareby Hed

Kareby IS, is a sports club in Kareby, Kungälv Municipality, Sweden. The team colours are red, blue and white. The club was founded on 20 April 1945. It is now playing bandy, soccer, tennis and floorball.[1][2] The ice practices and matches in bandy are done at Skarpe Nord in Kungälv.

The club won the Swedish women's bandy national championship in 2011, 2015, 2016[3][4][5] and 2017 and has also been the runner-up a couple of times.[6] The women's bandy team won the Swedish national championship again in 2015 by winning the final game, 3–1, against AIK.[7] Even in 2017, the women's team won the Swedish national bandy championship, defeating Västerås SK, 4–1, in the final-game.[8]

In the national final 2015
After the victory in 2015

In September 2018, it was announced the club's women's bandy team would withdraw from the Swedish top division for the 2018–2019 season.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Historia: Så började det" (in Swedish). Kareby IS. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Kareby Idrottssällskap". allabolag.se. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  3. ^ Niclas Green (19 March 2016). "Kareby försvarade SM-guldet" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ^ Picture before the 2016 final Archived 2016-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Picture from the prize ceremony of the 2016 final Archived 2016-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Svenska mästare: Damer". Swedish Bandy Association. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  7. ^ Niclas Green (13 March 2015). "Kareby värdiga svenska mästare" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ^ Gustaf Andersson (25 March 2017). "Skyttedrottningen fixade Karebys tredje raka SM-guld" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. ^ Simon Norberg (7 September 2018). "Kareby lämnar elitserien efter spelartapp" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  10. ^ Josefin Johansson (7 September 2018). "Kareby drar sig ur högsta serien" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 8 September 2018.