Frigg Oslo FK

Frigg Oslo FK
Full name Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb
Founded 17 May 1904
Ground Frogner Stadion capacity = 5,500
Chairman Erling Fossen
Manager Ole Kristian Vikan
League Second Division
2011 Second Division/ 2, 6th[1]
Home colours
Away colours

Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Majorstua in Oslo. It has sections for association football and bandy.

It was founded on 17 May 1904 as SK Frigg, named after Frigg of Norse mythology. It was merged on 21 April 1954 with SK Varg. It took the name Frigg Oslo FK in 1990. The club colors are white and blue, and the team plays at Marienlyst stadion. It has a training field at Tørteberg not far from Marienlyst.

As the name indicates it is mainly a football club. It formerly had a handball team; the women's team became national champions in 1962 and 1964. The men's football team played for many years in the Norwegian Premier League, and won the Norwegian football cup in 1914, 1916 and 1921. It had several players for the Norwegian national team, including Harald Hennum and Per Pettersen.[2] The team currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, having won their Third Division group in 2009.

The men's bandy team played four cup finals in 1917, 1923, 1947 and 1948 but lost all. The are currently playing in the Third Division, the lowest tier of Norwegian bandy.

Contents

European record

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1966-67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1. Round Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 1–3 2–6

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2008 D3 2 22 15 4 3 73 18 49
2009 D3 1 22 20 0 2 81 21 60 Promoted
2010 D2 9 26 8 10 8 44 48 34 1st round
2011 D2 6 24 11 4 9 47 40 37 1st round


References

  1. ^ "Tabell 2. divisjon, avdeling 2 2011" (in Norwegian). nifs.no. A-pressen. http://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=1&t=17&u=6615. 
  2. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Frigg – sportsklubb" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Frigg/sportsklubb. Retrieved 8 June 2010. 

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