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Idrettsforeningen Ready is a sports club in

Vestre Aker Vestre Aker (Western Aker) is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a population of 50,157 as of 2020. The previous Aker Municipality was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948. The borough of Vestre Aker was org ...

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

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. The club was established on June 14, 1907 by Aage Blom Lorentzen.

Overview

The football club play their home games at

Gressbanen Gressbanen or Vestre Holmen is a stadium located at Holmen, Oslo, Holmen in Oslo, Norway. During summer it has artificial turf and is used for association football, while during winter it has artificial ice and fields bandy. The complex also cont ...

in Oslo. Gressbanen was the arena for the Norway national team before

Ullevaal Ullevaal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK ...

was constructed in 1928. Former Norwegian international

Dan Eggen Dan Eggen (born 13 January 1970) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He has previously coached KFUM Oslo and Kolbotn in the Norwegian Premier League for women. He was capped 25 times for Norway, scoring two goals. Career Da ...

has played for Ready. Ready's elite

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

team started playing in the

Norwegian Bandy Premier League 2004–05 The 2004–05 season of the Norwegian Premier League, the highest bandy league for men in Norway. 21 games were played, with 2 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Mjøndalen won the league, whereas no team was relegated, as the bottom two teams ...

, where they remain. The club has 14 Norwegian championships; the last one in 2015 after having won their 13th championship in 1927. He was captain of the national bandy team and twice man of the year in Norwegian bandy, Christian Waaler, plays for the team. He is making an attempt to bring bandy to the

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. The club's female bandy team has five international players for Norway. Ski jumper Jon Aaraas is a member of the club.

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