Floorball Limmattal
| UHL | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Floorball Limmattal |
| Seat | Urdorf |
| founding | January 26, 2008 |
| president | luca Haenni |
| Website | www.uhlt.ch |
| First soccer team | |
| Venue | Center hall Spitzacker Urdorf |
| Places | 300 |
| league | 1st league GF, group 2 |
The Unihockey Limmattal is a Swiss floorball club in Urdorf , whose origins go back to the founding days of floorball in Switzerland. With over 200 licensed players, the Limmattal floorball is one of the largest floorball clubs in Switzerland. The Limmattal men's floorball fanion team is currently playing in the first division.
founding
The club was created on January 26, 2008 from the merger of the two traditional clubs in Limmattal, UHC Urdorf Bulls and the UHC Limmat Sharks. The UHC Limmat Sharks was founded on December 11, 1992 in Geroldswil by floorball enthusiasts from the Limmattal communities of Geroldswil and Oetwil an der Limmat . And the UHC Urdorf Bulls was officially founded on August 17, 1983 by young members of the Urdorf gymnastics club, but had existed as a tournament team since 1982.
Teams and club
The club currently has 16 teams. Of these, three men's active teams and one women's active team. The Fanion team of the men of the Unihockey Limmattal (see photo) under its current coaching staff Andreas Ladner has been playing in the first division since 2016. With around 160 licensed players, the Limmattal floorball is one of the largest floorball clubs in Switzerland. The club also runs its own floorball school and actively supports the Special Olympics (disabled sports).
history
The founding phase
Between February and May 1983, 22 floorball teams took part in the first open Swiss trial championship and qualifying round for the National League A , which is still being established . The new National League A was formed from the 10 best teams in this tournament, and the ranks 11-20 formed the new National League B. The Urdorfer immediately qualified for the top division, which began playing in September 1983. And in the following season 1983/84, the UHC Urdorf Bulls fought for the title of the first official Swiss champion in the history of the National League A in floorball with just one point ahead of the two second-ranked teams UHC Grün-Weiss Zürich and UHC Giants-Kloten . This should remain the greatest success in the club's history to this day.
After 1985
An important milestone in the history of floor hockey was the foundation of the floorball association Swiss Unihockey in 1985 . Until it was founded, the floorball clubs were organized as a sub-section of the Swiss Land Hockey Association , today Swiss Hockey , which held the Swiss floorball championships until 1985 . 1986 followed the establishment of the International Floorball - Association International Floorball Federation based in Huskvarna. After 1985, floorball had developed strongly in Switzerland and internationally. The amateur sport soon turned into semi-professional games and many of the small clubs had merged with large clubs. In the following years, the UHC Urdorf Bulls was relegated to the third division and was unable to build on the success of its founding time until its merger with the UHC Limmat Sharks in 2008.
Sporting successes
- 2018 final win 1st league & promotion games NLB
- 2016 promotion to the 1st division GF
- 1985 participation in the cup final
- 1984 Swiss Champion NLA