Hammarby
IF is a Swedish football club, which plays its home games at Söderstadion in
the Hammarby district of Stockholm.
Formed in 1897, Hammarby IF finally won their first Swedish League
Championship in the 2001 season. The club is nicknamed Bajen (pronounced 'Buy-en'
in English), and its supporters call themselves Bajare (Buy-ar-eh). 'Bajen
Fans' is the largest independent supporters' club in Scandinavia. The
mercurial Lennart 'Nacka' Skoglund (b.1929 d.1975) is widely regarded as the
club's greatest ever player. The home kit is green and white, and the away
kit black and yellow, both usually featuring vertical stripes. |
