Redbergslids IK

Redbergslids IK
Full nameRedbergslids Idrottsklubb
Nickname(s)De vita eleganterna
(The White Elegant Ones)
Short nameRIK
Founded6 December 1916;
108 years ago (1916-12-06)
ArenaPrioritet Serneke Arena, Göteborg
Capacity550
LeagueHandbollsligan
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Away
Website
Official site

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]

Location of Redbergslids IK
Göteborg
Göteborg
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Location of Redbergslids IK

Sports Hall information

Home hall: Prioritet Serneke Arena

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021-22 season
Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Accomplishments

References

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