Ridabu Idrettslag is a Norwegian association football from

Ridabu Ridabu is a village in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the intersection of the European route E6 highway and the Norwegian National Road 3. Vang Church is located in the village which lies about east of ...

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

, Innlandet. The men's football team plays in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. In 2023, the team won promotion to the

2024 Norwegian Fourth Division The 2024 season of the ''4. divisjon'', the fifth highest association football league for men in Norway. For the first time since covid-19 interrupted the league, all districts employed a regular round-robin tournament, with Nordland being the las ...

. They subsequently signed Aleksander Melgalvis, then-

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of the largest team in the city,

Hamarkameratene 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 Elites ...

. Ridabu then started 2024 by progressing to the first round of the

Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

for the first time in its history. In the

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, Ridabu was drawn against Hamarkameratene.

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* Football clubs in Norway Sport in Hamar 1965 establishments in Norway Association football clubs established in 1965 {{Norway-footyclub-stub