Västerås IK

Västerås IK (Västerås Ishockey klubb) is a professional ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (1988–89 to 1999–00) before the club went bankrupt and merged with the junior club (Västerås IK Ungdom), which changed name to VIK Västerås HK in 2005. In 2018, after playing a year in tier three, Hockeyettan, the club changed it name back to the old name Västerås IK.
==History==
Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in 1939. The ice hockey section of Västerås IK was later separated and was active until 2000, when the club folded and the A team was moved to the club Västerås IK Ungdom (English: junior), which changed to its current name in 2018.
==Season-by-season==
Year 	Level 	Division 	Record 	Record 	 	Notes 	
Year 	Level 	Division 	Position 	W-T-LW-OT-L 	 	Notes 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1995–96 	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	10th 	11–11–18 	3,475 	 	
1996–97 	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	12th 	5–11–34 	2,145 	 	
1996–97 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	2nd 	6–2–2 	 	 	
1997–98 	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	10th 	15–9–22 	 	 	
1998–99 	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	11th 	19–7–24 	 	 	
1998–99 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	2nd 	6–2–2 	 	 	
1999–00 	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	11th 	9–6–4–31 	3,006 	 	
1999–00 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	3rd 	6–0–1–3 	3,574 	Relegated to Allsvenskan 	
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2000–01 	Tier 4 	Division 2 	1st 	12–0–0 	 	Promoted to Division 1 	
2001–02 	Tier 3 	Division 1 	1st 	13–3–2 	 	Promoted to Allsvenskan 	
2002–03 	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan South 	7th 	9–6–0–13 	2,083 	 	
2002–03 	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan South (spring) 	3rd 	6–1–3–4 	2,439 	 	
2003–04 	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan South 	4th 	17–3–2–10 	2,728 	 	
2003–04 	Tier 2 	SuperAllsvenskan 	7th 	2–0–4–8 	3,309 	 	
2004–05 	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan North 	5th of 12 	18–7–7 	2,462 	Final season as "Västerås IK Ungdom" 	
2004–05 	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan North Spring 	2nd of 8 	9–2–3 	1,500 	 	
2004–05 	Tier 2 	Playoff to Elitserien qualifier 	— 	3–2 	4,668 	Won in 1st round, 2–0 in games vs Rögle BKLost in 2nd round, 1–2 in games vs IK Nyköping 	
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2005–06 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	9th of 16 	13–16–13 	2,074 	 	
2006–07 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	4th of 16 	27–7–11 	2,354 	 	
2006–07 	Tier 2 	Playoff to Elitserien qualifier 	— 	0–2 	3,408 	Lost in 1st round, 0–2 in games vs Nyköpings HK 	
2007–08 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	5th of 16 	24–7–14 	2,467 	 	
2007–08 	Tier 2 	Playoff to Elitserien qualifier 	— 	4–1 	3,576 	Won in 1st round, 2–1 in games vs Växjö Lakers HCWon in 2nd round, 2–0 in games vs Borås HC	
2007–08 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	6th of 6 	1–0–9 	3,875 	 	
2008–09 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	3rd of 16 	24–2–6–13 	2,573 	 	
2008–09 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	6th of 6 	2–1–1–6 	3,605 	 	
2009–10 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	8th of 14 	21–3–5–23 	2,129 	 	
2010–11 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	5th of 14 	 	2,404 	 	
2010–11 	Tier 2 	 	2nd 	2–1–1–2 	2,310 	 	
2011–12 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	4th of 14 	29–1–6–16 	2,665 	 	
2011–12 	Tier 2 	Promotion pre-qualifier 	4th 	1–0–1–4 	1,547 	 	
2012–13 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	3rd of 14 	28–5–4–15 	3,326 	 	
2012–13 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	4th of 6 	3–1–1–5 	3,918 	 	
2013–14 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	2nd of 14 	26–9–4–13 	3,170 	 	
2013–14 	Elitserien qualifier 	Elitserien qualifier 	6th of 6 	2–1–1–6 	4,032 	 	
2014–15 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	1st of 14 	28–4–6–14 	3,578 	 	
2014–15 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan finals 	— 	1–0–1–2 	4,833 	Lost 3–1 in games to Karlskrona HK 	
2014–15 	SHL qualifiers 	SHL qualifiers 	— 	1–0–0–4 	4,108 	Lost 4–1 in games to Rögle BK 	
2015–16 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	9th of 14 	20–3–9–20 	3,346 	 	
2016–17 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	13th of 14 	13–4–3–32 	2,860 	 	
2016–17 	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	4th of 6 	3–3–0–4 	2,618 	 	
2017–18 	Tier 3 	HockeyEttan West 	1st of 14 	16–3–3 	2,258 	 	
2017–18 	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	2nd of 6 	5-2-3 	3,903 	 	
2018–19 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	3rd of 14 	26–6–3–17 	3,375 	 	
2018–19 	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs 	2nd of 6 	3–1–0–1 	4,101 	 	
2018–19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
==External links==
*Official homepage
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden