Brønnøysund Idrettslag is a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
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sports club from
Brønnøysund
Brønnøysund () is a town and the administrative centre of Brønnøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is also a former municipality within Nordland county. The village of Brønnøysund originally was declared a ladested in 1923 wh ...
,
Nordland, founded on 1 September 1917. 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 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
,
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
,
team handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
,
floorball,
swimming
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, and
gymnastics
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.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the
Norwegian Second Division in
1999
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.
Former players include
Tor Egil Horn,
Bjørn Arve Lund
Bjørn Arve Lund (born 19 January 1981) is a former footballer. He has played for F.K. Bodø/Glimt in the Norwegian Premier League. He started his career for Brønnøysund IL before moving to Bodø.
His spell in Bodø there was hampered with ...
and current
Bodø/Glimt player
Ulrik Saltnes.
References
Official site
Official site football team
Football clubs in Norway
Sport in Nordland
Association football clubs established in 1917
1917 establishments in Norway
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