Västerås SK Fotboll
Västerås SK (Västerås Sportklubb ) is a Swedish sports club from Västerås. Founding date is the 29th Januar 1904. The club colors are green and white, the club name is often abbreviated in the press with VSK.
- 2.1 Achievements
Västerås SK FK
Västerås SK FK is the football section of Västerås SK. The first team has long been one of the permanent employees of the Swedish second league, which is now called Superettan and played in the four seasons 1955/56, 1956/57, 1978 and 1997, the first Swedish League.
History
The first 50 years
The club was founded on the call of Young Workers on January 29, 1904 back. The coat of arms designed a little later, the then 18- year-old Karl Emil " Keo " Ohlsson, the ( now ABB ) worked as a draftsman at the ASEA works in the working-class town Västerås. Previously, the club used a five-pointed star as a logo. The white " Double -T" in the club crest is the simplified assumption of the Ave Maria monogram ( of the letters A and M assembled) from the coat of arms of Västerås.
The first serious football team VSK consisted mainly of Bandyspielern who switched to football in the summer. 1928 was finally the first time after numerous attempts, the great city rivals Västerås IK be defeated in 1924, the founding members of the first Swedish league, the Allsvenskan, belonged. 1954 succeeded the VSK then self promotion to the Allsvenskan, while the Västerås IK only unterklassig played and most recently adopted from the Second Division in the 1960s. Today, the VIK working in youth work with the VSK together. With the COP, the VIK and the IFK Västerås Västerås decades fought in three moderately successful football teams always at eye level for the favor of the fans, sponsors and talents. Similar to the Uppsala Bandyteams, especially that of the VSK were in Västerås always important. This partly explains why these two cities that occupy the population figures by rank four and five in Sweden that have achieved not adequately successful football clubs.
Establishment as a professional team
The first goal for the COP in the Allsvenskan shot in 1955 in the 2-2 draw against Norrby IF Borås Ove Dansson. After two seasons of the COP in 1957 was second-rate again, was passed shortly thereafter to the third tier.
In 1975, Lennart " Liston " Soderberg as coach in Västerås and led the club from the depths of the third division in 1977 again in the Allsvenskan, where, however, followed the direct re- descent. First National players from the ranks of the COP in 1979 was Fred Stig Eriksson, who made his debut in the 0-2 defeat of Sweden against the USSR in Tbilisi. Söderberg began the longest phase of the COP in the professional business until 2005, the club spent only two seasons below the second league. 1980 Söderberg left the VSK, but 1985 he returned for a one-year interlude.
In 1995, Söderberg again the fate of the VSK. With his authoritarian leadership style, he managed to lead the team for the 1997 season for a second time in the Allsvenskan. But after a few game days, the coach was fired again. In [ Bo Petersson ] still managed to qualify for the play-offs, but the Green-Whites could not prevail against BK Hacken.
In 2004, Söderberg another and last time as coach at VSK, led the team to eighth place Superettan - and ended his career. In 2005 Västerås rose under the player-coach Peter Markstedt from the low ranks.
Recent Developments
After five seasons under coach succeeded Kalle Granath 2010, the resurgence in the Superettan the 2011 season - and thus into the professional business. Assistant coach Granaths and later Acars and thus player-coach in 2010 Stefan Bärlin. The technically savvy attacking midfielder was at least since the 2004 season, in which he was top scorer with 23 goals Superettan, fan favorite in Västerås. He returned in 2008 after three years in Norway back to his tribe club VSK. In addition to the goal threat also acting as an attacking midfielder youngster Filip Tronêt he was among the nationally known profiles of VSK. After moving into the new arena, the resurgence in the Superettan and the contract extension with the ambitious and courted by the competition manager Granath hope made in the environment of the club before the 2011 season wide that the football department is now back to its long consistent history could tie in the professional business. But after a disappointing start to the season in which the team without the long-term injured Tronêt hardly radiated eye for goal, Coach Granath was released on 23 June 2011. The team had taken just nine points from 13 games and lost the last four games before discharge all. Granaths was succeeded by Erik Acar, who had previously coached the women's team of Gideonsbergs IF. Stefan Bärlin was further employed as an assistant coach, was placed by his side the former VSK player and coach Peter Markstedt. The team could not prevent the re- direct descent despite getting better results. The reasons for this departure of key players during the season and the glaring weakness home were named ( VSK brought against the groups only 14 points, as many as abroad ). After the season left Stefan Bärlin, which was first changed into management, the club.
Stadium
Since 27 April 2008, the new Swedbank Park will host the home games of the Green-Whites. The pure football stadium located in two kilometers north of the city of Västerås located Rocklunda IP amusement park, the largest contiguous sports facility in Sweden. It is operated by the city of Västerås. The game is played in Swedbank Park on a heated artificial turf ( field size 68 times 105 meters), which corresponds to how the entire arena with the guidelines of FIFA and UEFA. In addition to the Västerås SK FK also the third division Syrianska IF Kerburan Västerås, the women's team of BK30 and the IFK Västerås play in the stadium. The previous attendance record is 6441 visitors who wanted to see the city derby between Syrianska IF Kerburan and the VSK 5 September 2010 in the third highest Swedish league. The maximum capacity of the stadium is 7,000 spectators, of which 4126 seats.
By 2008 the club an athletics wore their home games at Arosvallen, right on campus from. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators and has a small grandstand with seats. The original year of construction is 1932. Has been modernized over the years. 14,208 spectators form since 1956 the attendance record in the game against Sandvikens IF.
Famous people
- Stig Fredriksson, Swedish national team (58 caps) of the 1970s and 1980s.
- Lennart " Liston " Söderberg, Swedish football coach.
- Knud Tight Dahl, a Danish national team goalkeeper in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Olli Isoaho, Finnish National Team Goalkeeper of the 1980s.
- Pontus Kåmark, Swedish national team
- Daniel Majstorovic, Swedish national team.
Västerås SK Bandy
The Västerås Sportklubb Bandyklubb is the Bandyverein Västerås SK. It carries out its home games in Rocklunda IP ( Rocklunda Bandystadion ).
Achievements
The men's team of Västerås SK Bandy played in its history 35 finals at the Swedish Championship and was a total of 18 times Swedish champion.
Swedish Champion: 1923-24, 1926, 1942-43, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1973, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1996, 1998-99, 2001, 2009
World Cup winner: 1987, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000
European Cup: 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998