Frölunda

Domestically the record reads thinner: five Swedish championships against a European haul that dwarfs it.

The team grew out of a section within the wider sports club Västra Frölunda IF, formed in Gothenburg in February 1938, and did not stand on its own until 1984. For a quarter-century afterwards it carried the name Frölunda Indians, retired between 2020 and 2022 over concerns about cultural sensitivity; supporters still fall back on older tags, the Cats and the Panthers, from the same stretch of the club's history.

Joel Lundqvist's number belongs at the top of any list of names here — most games played for the club. Niklas Andersson sits above him only in the scoring columns, holding the club records for goals, assists and points.

None of that history carries the heat of the meetings with Färjestad BK. The two clubs sit on opposite sides of the country, Gothenburg on the west coast, Karlstad well inland, yet the fixture is known as the Västderby — the west derby — a name that has stuck regardless of the map.