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IF Göta

IF Göta

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IF Göta is a sports club in Karlstad, Sweden, founded in 1904.[1] In the beginning, the club practised football and athletics.[2] The club used to have a successful team in bandy, becoming Swedish champions six times, but now is only concentrated on athletics. The bandy department was merged with IF Boltic to form BS BolticGöta.

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The club is sometimes unofficially called IF Karlstad-Göta to avoid confusion with the Stockholm-based sports club IK Göta.

History

In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Göta entered in Division 1 Södra together with Djurgårdens IF, IFK Strängnäs, IFK Uppsala, IK Göta, Linköpings AIK, Nässjö IF, and Örebro SK and finished 1st.[3]

Honours

Domestic

  • Swedish Champions:[4]
    • Winners (6): 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1937
    • Runners-up (5): 1919, 1931, 1933, 1952, 1967

References

  1. [1]
    "Jubileum 100 år (2004)". IF Göta. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. [2]
    "IF Göta Karlstad".
  3. [3]
    "Statistik". www.jimbobandy.nu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. [4]
    "Herrar - Svenska Bandyförbundet". www.svenskbandy.se. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17.


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