Fotballklubben Kvik (FK Kvik) is a
Norwegian association football
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club from
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...
. To avoid confusion with
the other Norwegian football club named Kvik, which was also known as FK Kvik until 1997, FK Kvik is sometimes referred to as Kvik Trondheim. The club was founded in 1900, and is the oldest football club in Trondheim.
History
Kvik was founded in 1900. For its first fifteen years of existence, Kvik dominated regional football. In
1915, the team reached the semifinal in the
Norwegian Football Cup
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, where it lost 0–3 to
Kvik Halden.
[
] FK Kvik considers the 1920s to be its golden age.
During the 1920s, Kvik played three cup quarter finals, in
1922,
1923
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, and
1925
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.
In 1947–48, Kvik participated in
the first post-war season of the League of Norway (a predecessor of the
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...
). After this season, the league system was changed, and the number of teams at the highest level of Norwegian football decreased from 74 to 16. In this new league system, Kvik played two seasons in the
Main League,
1951–52 and
1954–55.
After the 1955–56 season, Kvik found itself playing at the second highest level of Norwegian football. At this time, it competed with several other teams, including
Rosenborg BK
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, over the status of the best football team in Trondheim.
, who would later become a professional football manager, played for Kvik during this era.
In 1968, Kvik was relegated to the third highest level.
After this, Kvik has not reached its former heights. It currently plays in the Norwegian Fourth Division, the fifth highest level of Norwegian football.
Kvik had a
women's football team from 1979 to 1998.
Since 1981, Kvik has hosted an indoor football cup, Kvik Cup.
In the first round of the
2006 Norwegian Cup, Kvik played against its former rivals Rosenborg BK, by then one of the best football clubs in Norway. Rosenborg won the match 8–1. After the match, Rosenborg player
Per Ciljan Skjelbred commented that Kvik "kept at it like heroes".
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]
References
External links
Fotballklubben Kvik– official website
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Association football clubs established in 1900
Football clubs in Norway
Sports clubs and teams in Trondheim
1900 establishments in Norway