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1998 Norwegian First Division
The 1998 1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are promo ..., Norway's second-tier association football, football league, began play on 19 April 1998 and ended on 18 October 1998. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon. Odd Grenland and Skeid Fotball, Skeid won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kjelsås Fotball, Kjelsås lost the promotion-playoff against KIL Toppfotball, Kongsvinger. Aalesunds FK, Aalesund, Strindheim IL, Strindheim, Ullern IF, Ullern and Hamarkameratene, Ham-Kam was relegated to the 2. divisjon. League table Results Top goalscorers S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Grenland
Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian professional football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. Most sports other than football and gymnastics were discontinued and the club became dedicated primarily to football. Odd plays in the Norwegian First Division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system, and holds the record of winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times with twelve wins, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. Founded in 1894, Odd is the oldest football club in Norway. As of 13 May 2017 the club was granted a membership in Club of Pioneers. It then became the first Nordic football club to be granted this membership. History IF Odd was founded in 1885, and is thus one of the older sports clubs in Norway still in existence. The name derives from Viktor Rydberg's novel ''Seierssverdet'', where one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IL Hødd
Idrottslaget Hødd is a multi-sports club from Ulsteinvik in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Founded in 1919, it has sections for team handball, gymnastics and football. It is best known for their men's football team, which since 2015 plays at Høddvoll, whose stated capacity is 4,081. The club's old home ground, Høddvoll Stadion, holds the record attendance of over 12,000 spectators at a match against Vålerenga in 1981. Hødd are currently playing in 2. divisjon, the third tier of Norwegian football. They played in the top tier in 1966, 1969–72 (4 seasons) and 1995 and is the club that has played most seasons at the second tier. Hødd won the Norwegian Cup in 2012. History Formation and early years Idrottslaget Hødd was founded on 1 August 1919. The name derives from Höðr, which was a gifted archer in Norse mythology, and means "battle" or "fight". Before the Second World War, the football team was not competitive with the two big clubs in the region, Rollon and Aales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Petter Skonnord
Ole Petter Skonnord (born 6 July 1968) is a retired Norwegian football striker. He hails from Ridabu. He joined Hamarkameratene as a child and got one season on senior level before moving on to Elverum in 1989. In 1994 he rejoined Hamarkameratene, now in Eliteserien, and got 12 games. He moved down one level to Skeid, but won promotion to 1996 Eliteserien where he played 24 games. Not offered a new contract with Skeid in 1997, he went on trial with Dundee F.C. during the winter of 1996–97, but was ultimately not offered a transfer. Instead he joined Kjelsås Kjelsås, sometimes called Kjelsaas, is one of the northern neighbourhoods of Oslo situated in Nordre Aker, the northern borough of Oslo, Norway. History Together with Grefsen, Kjelsås was part of the borough ''Grefsen-Kjelsås'' until Ja ..., where he managed 15 goals in the 1998 1. divisjon. His son Olav Henrik Skonnord has also played for Kjelsås as well as Nardo. References 1968 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Medalen
Rune Medalen (born 13 April 1970) is a retired Norwegian football striker. A first cousin of Linda Medalen, he went from third-tier Ålgård FK Ålgård Fotballklubb is a men's association football, football club located in Ålgård, Norway that was founded in 1915. Ålgård played in Hovedserien, then the highest division in Norway, for several years after World War II. The club has be ... in 1992 to being Bryne FK's top goalscorer in 1993 and securing a contract with Viking FK in 1994. In 1996 he was shipped on to Sogndal Fotball, returning to Rogaland and Bryne FK in 1997. The transfer fees went from to Viking, to Sogndal and to Bryne. In 2003, his contract was due to expire at the end of the year, and at the onset of the season Medalen faced long-term injury, meaning that he never returned to professional football. References 1970 births Living people Footballers from Rogaland People from Gjesdal Norwegian men's footballers Ålgård FK players Bryne F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Nilsen
Tommy Nilsen (born 28 May 1976) is a retired Norwegian football forward. He joined Lyn Lyn or LYN may refer to: People * Lyn (singer), South Korean singer * Lyn (gamer), South Korean ''Warcraft III'' player * Lyn (given name) * Lyn (surname) In science and technology * Lynx (constellation), standard abbreviation * Lyn (locomotive ... in 1995 after playing youth football for the club. He scored 14 goals in 1996, with the club winning promotion to the 1997 Norwegian Premier League, but here he fell through with only 1 goal in 20 games. In the following years he scored 16, 14 and 11 goals in 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively, but in the return to the 2001 Norwegian Premier League he scored 4 times. He thereafter spent two years without playing, due to injury, and retired. References 1976 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Footballers from Oslo Lyn Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football forwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Francis
Caleb Francis (born 8 February 1968) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Mauritius, and spent most of his career at Kongsvinger, Bryne and Ull/Kisa. After retiring as an active player he has worked as both a football commentator and coach. Early career Francis hails from Mauritius. His family moved to Norway in 1976, settling in Lillehammer. After three seasons in Lillehammer FK, he was contacted by Mjøndalen IF and Kongsvinger IL about a transfer, and chose Kongsvinger. Francis made his debut on the first tier against Strømmen IF. He then made his first start away against Vålerengens IF on 26 June 1988. However, his performance was hampered by racist abuse from the stands. Wrote journalist Kjetil Siem of Vålerengen's supporters; "About thirty of them should be severely ashamed, and think about how they hurt themselves, football and not the least Vålerengen with their preopsterous behaviour. Dark-skinned Caleb Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjengangeren
is a local newspaper published in Horten, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of .... It was established in 1851. It has a circulation of 5867, of whom 5732 are subscribers. ReferencesNorwegian Media Registry External linksWebsite Newspapers established in 1851 1851 establishments in Norway Daily newspapers published in Norway Mass media in Horten {{norway-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn Fotball
Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norway, Norwegian association football, football club and a department of the sports club SFK Lyn, Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departments, one professional section and one amateur section. After the professional football department, FK Lyn, was bankrupted in 2010, the fans decided to support the amateur department, Lyn Fotball, instead. With the help of some of the old FK Lyn players, Lyn Fotball won three consecutive promotions, and are now playing in the Norwegian First Division, Norwegian first division. The team plays its home matches at Bislett Stadium, and the head coach is currently Magnus Aadland. Lyn was founded in 1896 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Norway. They were founding members of the Football Association of Norway in 1902. The club won the Eliteserien, top division title in 1964 1. divisjon, 1964 and 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Norwegian Second Division
The 1999 2. divisjon was the third highest football league for men in Norway. 22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Hamarkameratene, Sandefjord, Strindheim and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 4 group winners. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 19 groups in the 3. divisjon, and some number-two teams, were promoted to the 2. divisjon. League tables Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Promotion playoffs ReferencesFixtures, tables and playoffs {{Norwegian Second Division seasons Norwegian Second Division seasons 3 Norway Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Norwegian First Division
The 1998 1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are promo ..., Norway's second-tier association football, football league, began play on 19 April 1998 and ended on 18 October 1998. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon. Odd Grenland and Skeid Fotball, Skeid won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kjelsås Fotball, Kjelsås lost the promotion-playoff against KIL Toppfotball, Kongsvinger. Aalesunds FK, Aalesund, Strindheim IL, Strindheim, Ullern IF, Ullern and Hamarkameratene, Ham-Kam was relegated to the 2. divisjon. League table Results Top goalscorers S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Tippeligaen
The 1999 Tippeligaen was the 55th completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve had to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two were directly promoted) for the last spot. Teams and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.'' League table Relegation play-offs *Start won the play-offs against Strømsgodset 3–2 on aggregate. ---- ''Start won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to Tippeligaen. Strømsgodset was relegated to 1. divisjon.'' Results Season statistics Top scorers Attendances References {{1999–2000 in European football (UEFA) Eliteserien seasons Norway Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HamKam
Hamarkameratene (), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian professional football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently promoted to the Eliteserien in 2021. A third-place finish in 1970 is the highest position that the team has held in the top division; the club has never progressed beyond the semifinals of the Norwegian Cup, last reaching the semifinals in 1989. Briskeby Stadion has been the home ground of Hamarkameratene since 1936. The construction of a completely modernized stadium began in 2007 but has never been completed. Originally scheduled to be completed in 2009, the expanded Briskeby is expected to have a capacity of 10,200 spectators on completion, but currently has a capacity of approximately 8,100. History Hamarkameratene were founded as Freidig on 10 August 1918 by a group of teenagers. The prerequisite for joining the team was being able to pay for the foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
