Luleå HF

Luleå HF
City	Luleå, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	May 2, 1977
Home arena	Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors	Red, black, white, yellow
Franchise history
1977-1979	GroKo Hockey
1979-present	Luleå HF
Le Mat Trophy:	1996

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Luleå Hockeyförening is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996. Since being promoted to the top flight (then called Elitserien) in 1984, the team has not once had to participate in a promotion/relegation-qualifier to defend their spot in the top league.

History

Luleå Hockeyföreningen was formed on May 2, 1977 under the name GroKo Hockey, which was a merger of the ice hockey sections of IFK Luleå and Luleå SK. The name GroKo came from one of the main sponsors.

Season-by-season records

Season	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
			Position	W-T-L W-OT-L
1979–80	Tier 2	Division 1 – Northern group	3rd	20–1–6			[1]
	Division 1 playoffs North/East		—	4–1		Won in First Round, 2–0 vs Örebro IK Won in Second Round, 2–1 vs Kiruna AIF
	Kvalserien		5th	0–3
1980–81	Tier 2	Division 1 – Northern group	2nd	21–4–2			[2]
	Division 1 playoffs		—	3–3		Won in Second round, 2–1 vs Västerås IK Lost in Third round, 1–2 vs HV71
1981–82	Tier 2	Division 1 – Northern group	1st	21–1–5			[3]
	Division 1 playoffs		—	2–3		Won in Second round, 2–1 vs Huddinge IK Lost in Third round, 0–2 vs HV71
1982–83	Tier 2	Division 1 – Northern group First round	2nd	15–0–3			[4]
		Allsvenskan	2nd	8–2–5
	Allsvenskan Final		—	0–3		Lost in Final, 0–3 vs Södertälje SK
	Kvalserien		2nd	3–2–1
1983–84	Tier 2	Division 1 – Northern group First round	1st	15–1–2			[5]
		Allsvenskan	1st	11–1–2
	Allsvenskan Final		—	3–0		1 ! Won in Final, 3–0 vs Hammarby IF
1984–85	Tier 1	Elitserien	5th	16–5–15			[6]
1985–86	Tier 1	Elitserien	6th	15–5–16			[7]
1986–87	Tier 1	Elitserien	3rd	17–7–12			[8]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–2		Lost in semifinals, 1–2 vs Färjestad BK
1987–88	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	7th	10–1–11			[9]
		Final round	10th	17–4–19
1988–89	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	5th	12–1–9			[10]
		Final round	4th	20–3–17
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–2		Lost in quarterfinals, 1–2 vs Brynäs IF
1989–90	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	5th	11–2–9			[11]
		Final round	3rd	21–2–17
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	2–3		Won in quarterfinals, 2–1 vs Leksands IF Lost in semifinals, 0–2 vs Djurgårdens IF
1990–91	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	3rd	12–1–9			[12]
		Final round	3rd	23–1–16
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	3–2		Won in quarterfinals, 2–0 vs Malmö IF Lost in semifinals, 1–2 vs Färjestad BK
1991–92	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	4th	9–7–6			[13]
		Final round	4th	17–13–10
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–2		Lost in quarterfinals, 0–2 vs Djurgårdens IF
1992–93	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	7th	9–2–11			[14]
		Final round	6th	16–7–17
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	6–5		Won in quarterfinals, 2–1 vs Färjestad BK Won in semifinals, 2–1 vs Djurgårdens IF 1 ! Lost in finals, 2–3 vs Brynäs IF
1993–94	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	9th	8–5–9			[15]
		Final round	10th	12–6–22
1994–95	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	4th	11–5–6			[16]
		Final round	3rd	21–10–9
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	5–4		Won in quarterfinals, 3–1 vs Färjestad BK Lost in semifinals, 2–3 vs Brynäs IF
1995–96	Tier 1	Elitserien – First round	1st	15–1–6			[17]
		Final round	1st	22–6–12
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	9–4		Won in quarterfinals, 3–2 vs Malmö IF Won in semifinals, 3–1 vs MODO Hockey 1 ! Won in finals, 3–1 vs Västra Frölunda
1996–97	Tier 1	Elitserien	2nd	26–8–16			[18]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	7–3		Won in quarterfinals, 3–0 vs Västra Frölunda Won in semifinals, 3–0 vs AIK 1 ! Lost in finals, 1–3 vs Färjestad BK
1997–98	Tier 1	Elitserien	8th	15–13–18			[19]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–3		Lost in quarterfinals, 0–3 vs Färjestad BK
1998–99	Tier 1	Elitserien	6th	22–8–20			[20]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	5–4		Won in quarterfinals, 3–1 vs Leksands IF Lost in semifinals, 2–3 vs Brynäs IF
1999–00	Tier 1	Elitserien	4th	25–6–2–17	4,070		[21]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	4–5	5,077	Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Malmö IF Lost in semifinals, 0–3 vs Djurgårdens IF
2000–01	Tier 1	Elitserien	6th	21–5–3–21	4,289		[22]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	5–7	4,999	Won in quarterfinals, 4–3 vs MODO Hockey Lost in semifinals, 1–4 vs Djurgårdens IF
2001–02	Tier 1	Elitserien	7th	15–10–4–21	4,118		[23]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–4	4,562	Lost in quarterfinals, 0–4 vs MODO Hockey
2002–03	Tier 1	Elitserien	5th	21–4–8–17	4,752		[24]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–4	5,340	Lost in quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Timrå IK
2003–04	Tier 1	Elitserien	7th	19–5–3–23	4,657		[25]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–4	5,277	Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Färjestad BK
2004–05	Tier 1	Elitserien	7th	19–6–25	5,134		[26]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–4	5,198	Lost in quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Frölunda HC
2005–06	Tier 1	Elitserien	5th	22–12–16	4,982		[27]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	2–4	5,162	Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 vs Linköpings HC
2006–07	Tier 1	Elitserien	7th	21–11–23	4,631		[28]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–4	4,682	Lost in quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Linköpings HC
2007–08	Tier 1	Elitserien	10th	17–13–25	4,555		[29]
2008–09	Tier 1	Elitserien	5th	26–9–20	4,943		[30]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–4	5,351	Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Frölunda HC
2009–10	Tier 1	Elitserien	10th	19–13–23	5,332		[31]
2010–11	Tier 1	Elitserien	4th	23–8–3–21	5,226		[32]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	2–4–2–5	5,939	Won in quarterfinals, 4–3 vs Djurgårdens IF Lost in semifinals, 2–4 vs Skellefteå AIK	[33]
2011–12	Tier 1	Elitserien	1st	25–8–9–13	5,154		[34]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–0–0–4	5,464	Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs AIK	[35]
2012–13	Tier 1	Elitserien	3rd	25–9–9–12	5,184		[36]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	6–2–2–5	5,898	Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Frölunda HC Won in semifinals, 4–1 vs Färjestads BK 1 ! Lost in finals, 0–4 vs Skellefteå AIK	[37]
2013–14	Tier 1	SHL	6th	22–6–6–21	5,090		[38]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–1–0–4	5,619	Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 vs Växjö Lakers	[39]
2014–15	Tier 1	SHL	8th	21–6–4–24	5,021		[40]
	"Play In"		—	2–0–0–0	5,296	Won 2–0 vs Djurgårdens IF	[41]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	3–0–2–2	5,506	Lost in quarterfinals, 3–4 vs Frölunda HC	[42]
	CHL		—	10–0–1–1–2	3,753	Won in eighth finals on aggregate 10–9 (SO) vs Red Bull Salzburg Won in quarterfinals on aggregate 7–3 vs Lukko Won in semifinals on aggregate 5–4 vs Skellefteå AIK 1 ! Won in Final, 4–2 vs Frölunda HC	[43]
2015–16	Tier 1	SHL	4th	26–5–4–17	5,354		[44]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	5–1–1–4	5,811	Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Färjestad BK Lost in semifinals 2–4 vs Frölunda HC	[45]
	CHL		—	5–1–0–4	3,949	Won in round of 32 on aggregate 4–3 vs Färjestad BK Won in round of 16 on aggregate 6–2 vs Tappara Lost in semifinals on aggregate 7–8 (SO) vs Frölunda HC	[46]
2016–17	Tier 1	SHL	9th	16–7–8–21	4,896		[47]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–0–0–2	4,459	Lost in eighth finals 0–2 vs Malmö Redhawks	[48]
	CHL		—	0–0–1–3	2,745	Did not advance to playoffs	[49]
2017–18	Tier 1	SHL	7th	19–10–4–19	4,946		[50]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–0–0–2	4,972	Lost in eighth finals 1–2 vs Brynäs IF	[51]
2018–19	Tier 1	SHL	2nd	25–11–4–12	5,363		[52]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	4–1–2–3	6,126	Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Växjö Lakers Lost in semifinals 1–4 vs Frölunda HC	[53]
2019–20	Tier 1	SHL	1st	30–6–4–12	5,325	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Tier 1	SHL	5th	24–4–8–16	550
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	3–0–1–3	0	Lost in quarterfinals 3–4 vs Skellefteå AIK
2021–22	Tier 1	SHL	2nd	25–7–8–12	4,684
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	9–2–2–4	6,150	Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Örebro HK Won in semifinals 4–1 vs Frölunda HC 1 ! Lost in finals 3–4 vs Färjestad BK

Honors

• Le Mat Trophy (1): 1996
• Champions Hockey League (1): 2014–15
• European Trophy 1: 2012

External links

• Luleå HF official homepage

Preceded by HV71

Swedish ice hockey champions 1996

Succeeded by Färjestad BK

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