Sandefjord Ballklubb is a Norwegian

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club from

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

, currently playing in Norwegian Fourth Division, the fifth tier in the

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. The club was founded on 27 February 1917. Their home matches are played at Storstadion in Sandefjord.

History

Sandefjord Ballklubb was established in 1917 under the name ''Sportsklubben Frem''. It received its current name in 1918. In 1919, the team participated in the Norwegian championships for the first time. The Sandefjord stadium was opened in 1925 as the first grassy soccer field in

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County. An early notable player in the 1940s was defender

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. Sandefjord Ballklubb played in Hovedserien, the highest league in the league system, from 1948–49 to 1961–62, and in

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and

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. They also played in the

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Final in

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and

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, but lost both. Its last stint in the

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was in

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. On 10 September 1998, Ballklubben formed the elite football team

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with local rivals Runar, in an attempt to take Sandefjord back to the top level of football in Norway. :

Norwegian internationals

Sandefjord Ballklubb is the club that Thorbjørn "Klippen" Svenssen, the first Norwegian to earn 100 caps for the

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, played all his matches for during his career from 1945 to 1966. During the same period,

Øivind Johannessen Øivind Kiel Johannessen (21 September 1924 – 11 May 1996) was a Norwegian football player and manager. As a player, Johannessen spent his career playing as a goalkeeper for Sandefjord BK and Skeid. Johannessen was capped four times for Norwa ...

Ragnar Hvidsten Ragnar Hvidsten (3 December 1926 – 21 September 2016) was a Norwegian footballer. He played as an inside forward for Sandefjord and Skeid in Hovedserien, and was capped 21 times for the Norwegian national team, scoring two goals. Career Hvi ...

and

Yngve Karlsen Yngve Karlsen (28 February 1930 – 5 October 2010) was a Norwegian footballer. He played in three matches for the Norway national football team from 1953 to 1957. He was also named in Norway's squad for the Group 1 qualification tournament ...

also earned

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playing for Norway.

References

External links

*Official Site
ballklubben.no

4. div men 2023 – Table Vestfold
Football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1917 Eliteserien clubs Sport in Sandefjord 1917 establishments in Norway {{Norway-footyclub-stub