Redbergslids IK | |||
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Full name | Redbergslids Idrottsklubb | ||
Nickname(s) | De vita eleganterna (The White Elegant Ones) | ||
Short name | RIK | ||
Founded | 6 December 1916 | ||
Arena | Prioritet Serneke Arena, Göteborg | ||
Capacity | 550 | ||
League | Handbollsligan | ||
Website Official site |
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.[1]
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.[2][3]