Frigg Oslo FK

Frigg Oslo FK

Full name	Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb
Founded	17 May 1904 (1904-05-17)
Ground	Frogner Stadion
Ground Capacity	5,500
Chairman	Geir Hustad
Manager	Magnus Aadland
League	Second Division
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Majorstua in Oslo.

It has sections for association football and bandy.

History

Frigg Oslo playing a national bandy final against Mjøndalen IF in 1947

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. Frigg last played in the top flight in 1973. 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.

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

Frigg training at Marienlyst.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2008	3. Divisjon	2	22	15	4	3	73	18	49	First round
2009	3. Divisjon	1	22	20	0	2	81	21	60	First round	Promoted to the 2. Divisjon
2010	2. Divisjon	9	26	8	10	8	44	48	34	First round
2011	2. Divisjon	6	24	11	4	9	47	40	37	First round
2012	2. Divisjon	8	26	9	5	12	53	58	32	First round
2013	2. Divisjon	12	26	7	4	15	42	45	25	First round	Relegated to the 3. Divisjon
2014	3. Divisjon	8	26	19	3	4	73	23	60	First round
2015	3. Divisjon	1	26	17	7	2	71	29	58	Second qual. round	Promoted to the 2. Divisjon

Squad End 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Bent Brattbakken 12 GK Jacob Brekken 19 GK Bjørnar Johannessen 24 GK Rune Vøien 2 DF Robin Kristensen 3 DF Fredrik Tjønnøy 15 DF Bård Olsen 16 DF Georg Grøndalen 18 DF Magnus Oltedal 20 DF Christoffer Solheim 23 DF Joakim Almberg 25 DF Helge Neumann 4 MF Vetle Gulowsen

No. Position Player 5 MF Nahom Debesay 6 MF Aleksander Kristoffersen 7 MF Christoffer Kringberg 8 MF Eirik Sandstad 9 MF Håvard Gaare 10 MF Granit Badivuku 13 MF Ole Aklilo Lineikro 17 MF Gisle Grimstad 21 MF Stig Haddal 22 MF Bård Harald Tjønneland Bangsund 26 MF Kevin Nicol 11 FW Kenneth Tønne 14 FW Tom-Øyvind Risanger

External links

• Official site (Norwegian)
• Frigg Oslo FK results