Stovner Sportsklubb is a
Norwegian sports club from
Stovner
Stovner (traditionally pronounced Stomner) is a borough located to the far north east of the city of Oslo, Norway. Historically, Stovner was the name of a farm in the municipal borough "Østre Aker
Stovner (traditionally pronounced Stomner) is a ...
borough,
Oslo
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. 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 ...
,
volleyball
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, and sports dancing.
The club was formed in 2021 as a merger of
Vestli IL
Vestli Idrettslag was a Norwegian sports club from Stovner borough, Oslo. It had sections for association football, team handball and tennis.
It was founded on 19 October 1972. The club colors were green and white.
The men's handball team form ...
and
Rommen SK. The club counts Vestli IL's founding date as its founding date but has different sports from Vestli IL as
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 ...
was not part of the merger;
and the men's football team replaced Rommen SK in the league system and uses Rommen's home ground.
The men's football team played their first official match in the
2021 Norwegian Football Cup against
Grorud IL
Grorud Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Grorud borough, Oslo. It has sections for association football, skiing, gymnastics and tennis.
General history
As a sports club based in Grorud, it had two predecessor clubs in ''Grorud IF'', whi ...
. Replacing Rommen SK in the league system, Stovner SK began playing in the
2021 3. divisjon.
References
Official site
Football clubs in Oslo
Sport in Oslo
Association football clubs established in 2021
2021 establishments in Norway
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