Eskilstuna Guif

Eskilstuna Guif
Eskilstuna Guif
Full name	Eskilstuna Guif IF
Founded	1932; 93 years ago
Arena	Stiga Sports Arena
Capacity	3700
President	Rolf Brunnel
Head coach	Zoran Roganović
League	Allsvenskan (women's); Handbollligan (men's)
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Eskilstuna Guif IF, commonly known as Eskilstuna Guif or Guif, is a handball club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden.^[1] It has reached the national championship finals on four occasions but never won and currently competes in Handbollsligan, the top domestic handball league.

History

The club was founded on 26 May 1896 as Godtemplarnas Ungdoms- och Idrottsförening (lit. 'the Good Templars' Youth and Sports Club').^[2] GUIF was one of the first sports clubs in Eskilstuna after Eskilstuna GAK.^[3]

Handball was introduced in 1932.^[2] They have reached the Swedish Championship final four times (1997, 2001, 2009 and 2011), but lost on each occasion.^[4] They also finished first in the regular season in 2011–12^[5] and 2013–14,^[6] but were eliminated in the semi-finals in both these seasons. They have played 54 seasons in the top division, second only to Redbergslid, and are fourth in the all-time table of the league.

Eskilstuna Guif have also been active in athletics, bandy, cross-country skiing, football, gymnastics, ice hockey, and orienteering.^[2]

Venue

Eskilstuna Guif play their matches in 3700 capacity Stiga Sports Arena.

The team play edin Sporthallen in central Eskilstuna until the end of the 2015–16 season, when they left Sporthallen to play in Skjulstahallen outside Eskilstuna for one year.^[7] In September 2017, the team could move in to the new Stiga Sports Arena.^[8]

Men's team

Kits

HOME
2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–

AWAY
2014–15	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–

Former club members

Notable former players

Kristján Andrésson (1999–2004)
Erik Hajas (1988–1990, 1992–2000)
Claes Hellgren (1974–1978)
Carl-Erik Stockenberg (1957–1967)
Mattias Zachrisson (2006–2013)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2007–2016	Kristján Andrésson
2016–2019	Jan Ekman
2019–	Zoran Roganović

References

^ "Stadgar Eskilstuna Guif Idrottsförening. Stadgar fastställda vid årsmötet den 15 juni 2015" (PDF). Eskilstuna Guif.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Eskilstuna GUIF".
^ Danielson, Götrik (1939). "Eskilstuna". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 2 Bröstsim–Flugfiske (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. pp. 944–947.
^ Handbollsboken (in Swedish).
^ Handbollsboken 2012/2013 (in Swedish).
^ Handbollsboken 2014/2015 (in Swedish).
^ "Här är Guifs nya hem – kolla in i Skjulstahallen". 28 July 2016.
^ "Inför premiären: Guif-fansen får egna bussar". 4 September 2017.

External links

[1] "Stadgar Eskilstuna Guif Idrottsförening. Stadgar fastställda vid årsmötet den 15 juni 2015" (PDF). Eskilstuna Guif.

[historik-2] "Eskilstuna GUIF".

[3] Danielson, Götrik (1939). "Eskilstuna". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 2 Bröstsim–Flugfiske (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. pp. 944–947.

[4] Handbollsboken (in Swedish).

[5] Handbollsboken 2012/2013 (in Swedish).

[6] Handbollsboken 2014/2015 (in Swedish).

[7] "Här är Guifs nya hem – kolla in i Skjulstahallen". 28 July 2016.

[8] "Inför premiären: Guif-fansen får egna bussar". 4 September 2017.

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v t e Handbollsligan
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 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 2023–24 2024–25
2022–23 teams	Alingsås HK Eskilstuna Guif Hammarby IF HK Aranäs HK Malmö IF Hallby IFK Kristianstad IFK Skövde IK Sävehof Lugi HF OV Helsingborg Redbergslids IK Ystads IF Önnereds HK
Former teams	AIK BK Heid BK Söder Borlänge HK Djurgårdens IF F11 Nyköping IF GF Frithiof GF Kroppskultur GIK Wasaiterna GoIF Fram Göteborgs BoIS Göteborgs IK H43 Lund HK Cliff HK Drott HK Varberg HP Warta IF Saab IF Start IFK Borås IFK Karlskrona IFK Lidingö IFK Lund IFK Malmö IFK Trelleborg IFK Tumba IFK Ystad HK IFK Örebro IK Baltichov IK Göta IK Heim IK Tord Irsta HF IS Göta Karlskrona BK Karlskrona Handboll Karlstad BK Katrineholms AIK KFUM Borås Kiruna AIF LIF Lindesberg Ludvika HF Lundens BK Lysekils HK Majornas IK Malmbergets AIF Näsby IF OV Helsingborg HK Ricoh HK Rimbo HK Sandvikens HK Sanna IF Skånela IF Skövde AIK SoIK Hellas Stavstens IF Stockholms-Flottans IF Stockholmspolisens IF UoIF Matteuspojkarna Upsala IF Upsala Studenters IF Vikingarnas IF Visby IF Gute Västerås HF Västerås IK VästeråsIrsta HF Västra Frölunda IF Växjö HF Örebro SK