EräViikingit is a Finnish floorball club based in Helsinki. The club was founded in 2016 through the merger of the clubs Salibandyseura Viikingit (SSV) and Tapanilan Erä. The original meaning of SSV was Salibandyseura Vuosaari until 2000, when it merged with . With over 2,000 members, EräViikingit is the largest floorball club in the world.
The men's team plays in the F-liiga, the highest Finnish league. It continued the legacy of both merged clubs. The SSV club was founded in 1986 and began playing in the top league from 1988, shortly after its creation. In the 1990s, the team won the league three times, in the , , and seasons. From 1991, they competed against Vuosaaren Viikingit in the league, and the two teams met in the final. Viikingit won the title in the 1997–98 season, during which SSV was relegated to a lower division for one year. After returning, SSV merged with Viikingit. Together, they won eight more titles between 2001 and 2011. With a total of 11 victories, SSV is historically the most successful team in the league by a wide margin. They won the Champions Cup in 2009 and 2011, defeating Tapanilan Erä in the first instance.
The Tapanilan Erä club was founded in 1990 and played in the men's top league between 1993 and 1996, and then again from 2003 until the merger with SSV in 2016. Erä reached the finals twice in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons, losing both times to SSV.
The women's team also plays in the F-liiga, the highest Finnish league. It continued the legacy of the Tapanilan Erä club, whose women's team had played in the top league continuously since joining the club in 1991, with the exception of one relegated season in . Initially, the club had two teams in the league: Erä I emerged from the Synkkä Uhma team, and Erä II from the team. In its first two seasons ( and ), Erä II defended S.C. Dalmac's previous two titles and won a third two years later. In 1991, a third team, Erä III, was established; it played in the top league starting from the 1994–95 season and won it the very next year in . They defended the title a year later and subsequently continued in the league without the two older teams. In the 1999–00 season, Erä III won their third league title, alongside the Finnish Cup and the European Cup. Their last title dates back to 2007. The SSV women's team played in the top league between 2000 and 2006, winning silver in the season.
Men's Team
Seasons
Season Rank Note 2021–22 9th Retained spot 2022–23 11th Won relegation play-offs against LNM 2023–24 11th Won relegation play-offs against Tiikerit 2024–25 8th Quarterfinal loss to Classic 2025–26 8th Quarterfinal loss to Nokian KrP
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Women's Team
Seasons
Season Rank Note 2021–22 3rd Won third-place match against Classic 2022–23 4th Lost third-place match to PSS 2023–24 6th Quarterfinal loss to Classic 2024–25 3rd Won third-place match against SB-Pro 2025–26 4th Lost third-place match to SB-Pro
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Champions Cup
Tournament Rank Note 2027 Champions Cup – Quarterfinal loss to Thorengruppen IBK
References
External links
Club profile on app.floorball.sport website Men's team results on Flashscore website Women's team results on Flashscore website