Kareby IS

{{Short description|Swedish sports club}}

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| full_name = Kareby idrottssällskap

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| sports = Bandy, soccer, tennis and floorball

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| stadium = Skarpe Nord, Kringledammen, Kareby Hed

| city = Kareby, Sweden

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kareby.com/Page/180070|title=Historia: Så började det|language=Swedish|publisher=Kareby IS|access-date=19 April 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allabolag.se/8533001742/Kareby_Idrottssallskap|title=Kareby Idrottssällskap|publisher=allabolag.se|access-date=19 April 2014}} 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{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/kareby-forsvarade-sm-guldet/|title=Kareby försvarade SM-guldet|publisher=Dagens nyheter|language=Swedish|author=Niclas Green|date=19 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}[http://www.svenskbandy.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_148721/cf_9995/IMG_0363.jpg Picture before the 2016 final] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328152603/http://www.svenskbandy.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_148721/cf_9995/IMG_0363.jpg |date=2016-03-28 }}[http://www.svenskbandy.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_148738/cf_9995/IMG_1207.jpg Picture from the prize ceremony of the 2016 final] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328061403/http://www.svenskbandy.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_148738/cf_9995/IMG_1207.jpg |date=2016-03-28 }} and 2017 and has also been the runner-up a couple of times.{{cite web|url=http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandyfinalen/Arkiv1/Historik1/Svenskamastare/Damer1/|title=Svenska mästare: Damer|publisher=Swedish Bandy Association|access-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110095359/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandyfinalen/Arkiv1/Historik1/Svenskamastare/Damer1/|archive-date=10 January 2014}} The women's bandy team won the Swedish national championship again in 2015 by winning the final game, 3–1, against AIK.{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=8921&artikel=6116558|title=Kareby värdiga svenska mästare|publisher=Sveriges Radio|language=Swedish|author=Niclas Green|date=13 March 2015|access-date=13 March 2015}} Even in 2017, the women's team won the Swedish national bandy championship, defeating Västerås SK, 4–1, in the final-game.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/skyttedrottningen-fixade-karebys-tredje-raka-sm-guld/|title=Skyttedrottningen fixade Karebys tredje raka SM-guld|publisher=Dagens nyheter|language=Swedish|author=Gustaf Andersson|date=25 March 2017|access-date=26 March 2017}}

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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.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/3jbMaP/kareby-lamnar-elitserien-efter-spelartapp|title=Kareby lämnar elitserien efter spelartapp|publisher=Sportbladet|language=Swedish|author=Simon Norberg|date=7 September 2018|access-date=8 September 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/vintersport/kareby-drar-sig-ur-hogsta-serien-/|title=Kareby drar sig ur högsta serien|publisher=Expressen|language=Swedish|author=Josefin Johansson|date=7 September 2018|access-date=8 September 2018}}