IF Göta
Sports club in Karlstad, Sweden
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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.
| Full name | Idrottsföreningen Göta |
|---|---|
| Sport | bandy |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Based in | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Arena | Tingvalla IP |
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 (3): 1932, 1935, 1937
- Runners-up (4): 1931, 1933, 1952, 1967
