Villa Lidköping BK facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Villa Lidköping BK
City	Lidköping, Sweden
League	Elitserien
Founded	18 January 1934; 90 years ago (1934-01-18)
Home arena	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena
Head coach	Johan Sixtensson
Website	vlbk.se
Home colours Away colours

Villa Lidköping BK is a bandy club in Lidköping i Sweden. The club was formed on January 18, 1934 as Villa BK on Lockörn outside Lidköping, where the old club cottage still is. The club's name comes from the nearby country estate Villa Giacomina.

Villa has played in the Swedish championship finals six times, losing 4 out of the 6 appearances in the years 1975, 1983, 2012 and 2016 before finally winning in 2019 and again in 2021 and for a third time in 2024. Home games are played in Sparbanken Lidköping Arena.

In October 2018, the club won its first World Cup title. The women's team won the Swedish national championship for first time during the 2020–2021 season and again during the 2021–2022, 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons.

The men's team won the Swedish Cup in the years 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The women's team won the Swedish Cup in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Squad

No. Position Player 2 MF Mattias Johansson 5 MF Linus Rönnqvist 6 MF Martin Karlsson 7 MF Lars Fall 8 MF Christian Älvegran 9 DF Erik Rosengren 10 FW David Karlsson 12 FW Tim Person 15 GK David Borvall 21 FW Jesper Bryngelson 22 DF Martin Andreasson

No. Position Player 24 DF Martin Johansson 25 MF Tobias Nyberg 28 DF Daniel Lehnbom 34 GK Jakob Säleby 64 MF Johan Karlsson 71 DF Johan Malmquist 75 MF Jesper Eriksson 79 GK Jon Karlsson 83 MF Daniel Andersson 92 MF Petter Björling

Honours

Domestic

• Swedish National Champions:
  • Winner (3): 2019, 2021, 2024
  • Runners-up (5): 1975, 1983, 2012, 2016, 2020
• Swedish Cup:
  • Winner (6): 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-up (1): 2008

International

• World Cup:
  • Winner (1): 2018
  • Runners-up (1): 2016