Redbergslids IK
{{Short description|Swedish handball club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| clubname = Redbergslids IK
| fullname = Redbergslids Idrottsklubb
| nickname = De vita eleganterna
(The White Elegants)
| short name = RIK
| founded = {{start date and age|1916|12|06|df=y|br=y}}
| ground = Prioritet Serneke Arena, Gothenburg
| capacity = 550
| league = Handbollsligan
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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.{{Cite web |title=RIK får ett nytt hem: "En oerhörd lättnad" |url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/handboll/rik-far-ett-nytt-hem-en-oerhord-lattnad/ |access-date=26 March 2022 |website=Expressen |date=22 December 2021 |language=sv}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Redbergslid åker ur – efter 40 år |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/bgjAGl/handboll-redbergslid-aker-ur-handbollsligan-forsta-gangen-pa-40-ar |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=Aftonbladet|date=31 March 2023 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/sport/handboll/article39212655.svt|title=Redbergslid åkte ut efter 40 år i högsta serien|publisher=SVT Sport|author=SVT Sport|language=Swedish|date=31 March 2023|accessdate=2 April 2023}} After being relegated from the second Swedisk league in 2023/2024, they went undefeated through the third division (Division 1 södra) 2024/2025{{Cite web |title=Herr 1 Södra Herrar - Herr HBL-div 1 - Profixio |url=https://www.profixio.com/app/leagueid16995/category/1149075 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.profixio.com}} and will be playing in the second Swedish league 2025/2026.
Redbergslids women's team won the fourth league (Dam 2 Väst) undefeated in 2023/2024{{Cite web |title=Dam 2 Väst Damer - Dam 2 Väst - Profixio |url=https://www.profixio.com/app/leagueid15043/category/1137349 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.profixio.com}} and came fourth in the third division (Division 1 södra) 2024/2025.{{Cite web |title=Dam 1 Södra Damer - Dam HBL-div 1 - Profixio |url=https://www.profixio.com/app/leagueid16996/category/1149077 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.profixio.com}} After winning two qualification rounds{{Cite web |title=Kval till DA:2 Damer - Dam HBL-div 1 - Profixio |url=https://www.profixio.com/app/leagueid16996/category/1158043 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.profixio.com}} they will be playing in the second Swedish league 2025/2026.
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Sports Hall information
File:Prioritet Serneke Arena.jpg]]
- Name: – Prioritet Serneke Arena
- City: – Gothenburg
- Capacity: – 550
- Address: – Krutvägen 2–4, 415 28 Gothenburg, Sweden
Kits
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!colspan=6 ! style="color:white; background:blue"| HOME |
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!colspan=6 ! style="color:white; background:blue"| AWAY |
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!colspan=6 ! style="color:white; background:blue"| THIRD |
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Accomplishments
- Handbollsligan: 20
- {{gold medal}}: 1933, 1934, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003
- EHF Champions League: 1
- {{gold medal}}: 1959
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- {{silver medal}}: 2003
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.redbergslid.se}}
- {{facebook|redbergslid}}
{{Elitserien (men's handball)}}
{{EHF Champions League winners}}
Category:Handball clubs in Sweden
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Gothenburg
Category:1916 establishments in Sweden
Category:Handball clubs established in 1916
Category:1910s establishments in Gothenburg and Bohus County