Nymark Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Årstad,

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

. 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 ...

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and

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

. It was founded on 21 April 1921, and was a member of

Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund The Workers' Federation of Sports (), often just called the AIF, was a sporting organization in Norway (mostly out of Norway) between 1924 and 1946.Heinemann, Klaus. Sport Clubs in Various European Countries'. Schorndorf: Hofmann .a. 1999. p. 27 ...

until that association ceased to exist. The football fields Nymarksbanene were established near

Brann stadion Brann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway. It was constructed in 1919, and has been the home of the football club Brann ever since. The stadium lies south of the city centre, at the foot of Mount Ulriken. The record attendance ...

in the 1960s, and are now the club's home fields. The women's football team won the Norwegian First Division Championship in

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, but was relegated already in 1986, and now plays in the Second Division (third tier). The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division (fifth tier). It has been playing as high as in the Third Division (fourth tier). Their team colors are black and white.

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External links

Official site
Football clubs in Norway Sport in Bergen Association football clubs established in 1921 Defunct athletics clubs in Norway Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund 1921 establishments in Norway {{Norway-footyclub-stub