Grüner Idrettslag is a Norwegian alliance sports club from

Grünerløkka Grünerløkka () is a borough but also a neighborhood of the city of Oslo, Norway. Grünerløkka became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania) in 1858. Grünerløkka was traditionally a working class district; since the late 20th century t ...

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 ...

. It has sections for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

and

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

, formally named ''Grüner Fotball IL '', ''Grüner Håndball IL'' and ''Grüner Ishockey IL''. The club colors are purple. It was founded on 14 October 1952 as a merger of the teams ''Strong'', ''B14'' and ''Spero'', but it counts 1914, founding date of B14, as its own founding date. After merging with ''Hugin'' in 1969 it held the name ''Grüner/Hugin'', but reverted to Grüner IL in 1974. The club crest was inspired by that of Allmänna Idrottsklubben.

Departments

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, having had runs in the Third Division from

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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. In 2007 the team even won its group, and contested a

playoff The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

to be promoted to the Second Division. However the team was utterly thrashed by Skjetten SK, 0–14 over two legs. The home field is

Dælenenga idrettspark Dælenenga idrettspark is a sports facility located at Grünerløkka in Oslo, Norway. It consists of an artificial turf football pitch, a club house and an indoor ice rink—Grünerhallen. The facilities are owned by the Oslo, Municipality of Osl ...

Ice Hockey

The men's ice hockey team currently plays in the First Division, the second tier of Norwegian ice hockey. It contested playoffs to possibly win promotion to the highest league after the 2007–08 season and after the 2009–10 season, but did not prevail. The ice arena is named Grünerhallen. ''Dælenenga idrettspark'' was formerly used as an outdoor ice rink, hosting

ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, was the seventh Olympic Championship, also serving as the 19th World Championships and the 30th European Championships. The tournament was mainly played at the Jordal A ...

Handball

The club has a women's handball team, currently playing in the Fifth Division.

References

Official site, footballOfficial site, handball
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