Kolstad Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Kolstad/Saupstad in

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 ...

. It is known for the two main departments of

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and

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 goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

. In the recent years it is mostly known for their handball team that plays in the top division of REMA 1000-ligaen.

Football department

Kolstad Fotball is the

department of Kolstad IL. The men's team currently plays in 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the

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. Their home ground is Kolstad idrettspark. The team is well-known for being the boyhood club of former Rosenborg players, such as Rosenborg legend

Harald Brattbakk Harald Martin Brattbakk (born 1 February 1971) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the all-time top scorer in the Norwegian top division with 166 goals in 255 matches, before being surpassed by Sigur ...

and

Alexander Tettey Alexander Banor Tettey (born 4 April 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Born in Ghana, he played for the Norway national team from 2007 to 2016, earning 34 caps. Having established himself at Rosen ...

Handball department

Kolstad Håndball is the

department of Kolstad IL. The men's team competes in the top division of Norwegian handball, REMA 1000-ligaen. Their home grounds is Kolstad Arena and Trondheim Spektrum, which has a

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...

of 2,500 and 8,900 spectators.

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* (handball) * (football) Football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1972 Sports clubs and teams in Trondheim {{Norway-sport-team-stub