Originally Hammarby IF started to play five-a-side in the 1990s, fielding the players from their men's football team, and won the first ever official Swedish Futsal Championship in 1994.

Facing Stockholm rivals AIK and Djurgården, numerous international football clubs where also invited each year.

[5][6][7] In 2018–19, the side finished second in the Swedish Futsal League behind IFK Uddevalla, and won the silver medal since no play-off was held.

[10] Following the side's domestic success, key players Liridon Makolli, Sebastian Holmqvist, Alan Arslan, Tolga Ayranci and Gabriel Diaz have been called up to the Sweden national futsal team.

[13] Hammarby IF made their debut in European competitions in the 2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League, but was eliminated in the preliminary round by Lithuanian club Vytis.