Aberdeen Oilers Floorball Club
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Aberdeen Oilers is a floorball
Floorball
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 club based in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
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, Scotland
Scotland
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.

History

Aberdeen Oilers were officially founded in January 2007 and became the most northern floorball club in Britain. Two brothers and former Dundee floorball players (Neil and Michael Shaw) and two students from Switzerland (Sascha Fässler and Lorna Teal) started off with organising training sessions in Aberdeen, the first of which was held on December 9th 2006 at Torry Sports Centre. Soon the group of players prospered as members were attracted from all walks of life including students from the local education institutions and people living and working in the Aberdeen area. Quite a number of individuals of the initial group were employed in companies of the local oil industry – a fact which largely influenced the choice of the later adopted team name.
On 3 March 2007 the first ever match was played in Torry Sports Centre against Balwearie Floorball Club from Fife, which ended in a narrow 2–3 defeat for the Oilers. After further friendly matches played in Glenrothes and a friendly tournament in Dundee the Oilers were soon ready to play their first competitive matches.

Early competitive games

Seatronics became the first sponsor of the club, helping to acquire the first full team kit that allowed the team to participate in the Scottish Cup qualifiers that took place in April 2007. After a clear 9-0 defeat in their first match against Scottish league record champions Chapel Floorball Club the Oilers managed a deserved 5-5 draw in a hard fought match against Balwearie Lightning.
The next tournament on the agenda was the British National Championships organised by the Great Britain Floorball Federation and played in Perth
Perth, Scotland
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 on the first weekend in May 2007. A group of 15 Oilers made their way down to central Scotland to attend the flagship competition in British floorball and meet teams from all over the country. Drawn in a group together with teams from Bath, Glenrothes and Linlithgow the Oilers managed to secure a clear 5-0 victory in their first match against Linlithgow. The second match against Chapel Floorball Club from Glenrothes ended in an undeserved 4-1 defeat after a good game with plenty of goal opportunities on both sides. A further defeat against Bath meant that Aberdeen Oilers ended up 3rd in their group. The relatively good goal difference however allowed the team to progress to the quarter finals of the tournament where they played later finalists Brighton Rock. The match ended 4-1 in favour of Brighton. To determine the final placing of teams, a further round saw the first clash between Dundee Northern Lights and the Oilers, a game which proved to be one of the closest fought in the whole tournament. Regular time could not split the two sides after the Oilers scored an equaliser in the dying seconds of the game. The penalty shoot-out ended in sudden death after 7th rounds with the more experienced Dundee side finally winning the game. Aberdeen ended up 8th overall.

2007/08 Northern League season

In their first ever season (2007/2008) in the British Floorball Northern League, the team qualified for the British National Championships in the last round of the league after wins against Dundee and Balwearie Lightning. Another sponsorhip deal was secured with Kongsberg Maritime
Kongsberg Maritime
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. At the Nationals held in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...

 in May 2008 the team played against London Vikings, Bournemouth Bullets and Brighton Rock, and missed out narrowly on a place in the semi-finals.

2008/09 Northern League season

Already in their second season (2008/2009) in the British Floorball Northern League, Aberdeen Oilers were crowned Scottish floorball champions. The team showed a flawless performance with only one game lost in the whole season.
In the British National Championship held in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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 in May 2009, Aberdeen played Oxford Floorball club, Balwearie Lightning, London Sharks, Brighton Rock and Edinburgh. Final position was 7th place.
After the British Nationals 2009, Aberdeen Oilers Floorball Club announced a new equipment sponsorship deal with Swedish floorball equipment manufacturers Salming. The new Salming jerseys feature the logo of World Vision
World Vision
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 charity.

Roster – men's team

As of May 1, 2009
Goalkeepers
Number |Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
38   Michal Zacik 2008 Slovakia
Slovakia
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Defender
Number |Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
16   Neil Shaw 2007 United Kingdom
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81   Billy Brown
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2007 United Kingdom
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6   Martin Kanda 2009 Slovakia
Slovakia
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43   Marian Papcun 2008 Slovakia
Slovakia
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20   Johan Samuelsson 2009 Sweden
Sweden
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23   Marek Vrabec 2008 Slovakia
Slovakia
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33   Alex Sutherland
Alex Sutherland
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2007 United Kingdom
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Forwards
Number |Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
99   Jan Felcman 2008 Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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12   Daniel Walti 2008 Switzerland
Switzerland
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4   Petter Krantz 2007 Sweden
Sweden
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11   Nils Lindström 2009 Sweden
Sweden
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8   Michael Kanda 2008 Slovakia
Slovakia
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10   Lukas Bronec 2008 Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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18   Arvis Heidemanis 2008 Latvia
Latvia
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9   James Young
James Young
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2008 United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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33   Michal Kvapil 2010 Moravia
Moravia
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Roster – women's team

As of May 1, 2009
Goalkeepers
Number |Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
38   Michal Zacik 2008 Slovakia
Slovakia
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Players
Number |Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
5   Linda Glass 2007 United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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3   Alissa James 2008 United Kingdom
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14    Jasmin Godbold 2008 Germany
Germany
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4   Laura Siim 2008 Estonia
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22   Maria Nahkshina 2007 Russia
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2    Natalie Hicks 2009 Zimbabwe
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13   Ewa Baumgart 2009 Poland
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9   Dan-Thi Nguyen 2009 Switzerland
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Notable former players

Michael Shaw  Lorna Teal Marcel Gétaz Lukas Fries Sascha Fässler Kaisa Kantola Ilkka Pihlajisto Martin Vares Osku Rantala Kimmo Karjalainen Mikko Mäkimartti Tommy Åhlen Björn Klasson Jonas Freme Daniel Löfgren
Ville Virtanen
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Northern League record

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|-
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|  2007/08 ||8||3||14||9||0||5||81||73
|-bgcolor=gold
|  2008/09 ||7||1||12||11||0||1||76||24
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||Total 1 title || || ||26||20||0||6||157||97


Northern Ladies League record

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|-
!Year
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|-bgcolor=silver
|  2007/08 ||4||2||8||2||2||4||15||18
|-
||Total 0 titles || || ||8||2||2||4||15||18

British Nationals record

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Teams
!Position
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|-
|  Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...

 2007 ||12||8||5||1||0||4||11||23
|-
|  Stratford-Upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...

 2008 ||8||5-8||3||1||0||2||12||20
|-
|  Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

2009 ||12||7||6||2||0||4||-||-
|-
||Total 0 titles || || ||14||4||0||10||23||43
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