Tromsdalen UIL is a Norwegian sports club founded in 1938, from Tromsdalen in the municipality of

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...

. It has sections for football, athletics,

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and

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. The men's football team plays in 2. divisjon, the third level in

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. Their home games are played at

Tromsdalen Stadion TUIL Arena is an association football venue located in Tromsø, Norway, Opened in 1983, it is the home ground of Tromsdalen UIL, which plays in the First Division. The pitch is owned by the club and has artificial turf. It will be superseded by ...

, which seats 3,000 spectators. Their colors are red and blue.

Football

The team was promoted to the

1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

in 2003, but was relegated after one season. The club was reintroduced to the second highest flight of Norwegian football, which in the meantime had changed its name to Adeccoligaen, in 2005. After a poor start to the 2006 season, Tromsdalen was in the relegation zone for most of the season. But a very good ending of the season, beating many top clubs, Tromsdalen survived the drop and played in 1. divisjon in the 2007 season as well. However, they were relegated to 2. divisjon in 2007. The stay there wasn't long; Tromsdalen finished champion in Fourth Group of 2. divisjon in 2008 and returned to 1. divisjon for the 2009 season. After two seasons in 1. divisjon, Tromsdalen was relegated to the 2. divisjon. In 2011, Tromsdalen scored 105 goals in the 2. divisjon, which is a Norwegian record, and again won promotion to the second tier. In 2007 Tromsdalen's women's team played in the women's first division. In the 2019 season, Tromsdalen has to play their home games at Alfheim Stadion because their floodlights were not approved by the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems ...

Recent history

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Current squad

:''As of 8 April 2021.''

References

External links

Official site
{{2. divisjon teamlist Football clubs in Norway Athletics clubs in Norway Sports clubs established in 1938 Association football clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in Norway Sport in Tromsø