Frölunda HC

Frölunda HC
CityGothenburg, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded3 February 1938
Home arenaScandinavium
(capacity: 12,044)
Colors   
General managerFredrik Sjöström
Head coachRobert Ohlsson
CaptainMax Friberg
Websitefrolundahockey.com
Franchise history
1944–1984Västra Frölunda IF (VFIF)
1984–1995Västra Frölunda HC (VFHC)
1995–2020Frölunda Indians
2020-presentFrölunda Hockey Club (FHC)
Championships
Le Mat Trophy5 (1965, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2019)
Champions Hockey League4 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
Current season

Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where they have played for most of the club's existence. They last played in the lower division, the Allsvenskan, in 1995. Frölunda have won the national championship title five times: in 1965, 2003, 2005, 2016 and 2019.

The club was founded on 3 February 1938, as an ice hockey section in Västra Frölunda IF and became independent on 29 March 1984. Prior to the 1995/1996 season, the nickname Indians was adopted. This referring to the successful years of the 1960s, when fans started to call them the "Wild West" (Västra Frölunda is West Frölunda in English). But as they did not want a nickname like cowboys or something with firearms, Indians was selected. On 16 June 2004, the club shortened the name from Västra Frölunda Hockey Club to Frölunda Hockey Club. Frölunda's home venue is the Scandinavium arena in central Gothenburg, which has a capacity of 12,044 people. Frölundaborg is used when Scandinavium is occupied with other events. Frölunda's average home attendance has been the highest in the league for over a decade.