Bærum Sportsklubb is a

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club founded on 26 March 1910. The men's team is currently playing in the Norwegian Second Division, after being relegated from the 1. divisjon in 2015. The club comes from

Sandvika Sandvika () is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a List of cities in Norway, city by the municipal council (Norway), municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003. Sandvika is situated approximately ...

, the administrative centre of the municipality

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

. The club was formed as ''Grane FK'', but quickly changed its name to ''Grane SK'' to include different sporting codes. The club changed its name to ''IL Mode'' in 1946 after a merger with workers' sports team ''Sandvika AIL''. It took its current name in 1969. Bærum have won Norwegian Championships in

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and

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, but now operates as a football-only club. The club's finest hour took place in 2004 when the team beat

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3-2 in the third round of the Norwegian Cup. The team plays in yellow shirts and black shorts. The away strip for 2010 is light blue shirts and white shorts. The club now plays at Sandvika stadion, the club's traditional home ground, after having played its home games at

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for more than 30 years. The pitch was resurfaced with

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in 2003.

History

In 2002, Bærum was promoted to 1. divisjon after winning their

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group. Their stay in the 1. divisjon only lasted for one season, as they were relegated back to the Second Division in 2003. The 2005 season ended with the club landing a disappointing fourth spot in the 2. divisjon table behind Sparta Sarpsborg,

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and

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. In December 2005 coach Arild Stavrum left the club after only one season in charge to take over 2005 Cup winners

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. Jarle Hellesnes was appointed new head coach after Stavrum's departure. In 2006 Bærum secured second place in the league, two points behind Notodden. The 2007 season was a disappointing one for the club. After good results in pre-season warm-up games and several good signings, the club was rated among the favourites for promotion. However, the team almost collapsed when real points were at stake. The club finished in sixth place, 19 points behind promoted

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. The only highlight during 2007 came when the team outplayed and beat Ham-Kam 2-0 in the second round of the

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. Ham-Kam were top of the 1. divisjon and unbeaten away from home at the time the game took place. Coach Jarle Hellesnes resigned before the season was over, with the resignation taking effect after the last game of 2007. Tomi Markovski, a former youth player for the club, who had led Asker from the

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to second place in the 2. divisjon is the club's new head coach. His first season in Bærum was not as good as expected. Bærum finished fifth in the end, after losing most of the games after the summer.

Recent history

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Notable players

Bærum's most famous players youth team was the boys' 1994 team, which included Marius Lundemo, Simen Juklerød,

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, Markus Fjørtoft, Chris Wingate and Borger Thomas (the latter born in 1995). Other famous players include

Lars Bohinen Lars Roar Bohinen (born 8 September 1969) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1986 until 2005, notably playing in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers a ...

Vidar Davidsen Vidar Davidsen (born 4 January 1958) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Davidsen played 46 international matches for Norway and scored 5 goals. One of those goals came in Norway's famous 2-1 win against Italy at Stadio Via del Mare ...

Christer Basma Christer Basma (born 1 August 1972) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender. He played 16 consecutive seasons Tippeligaen, for Kongsvinger, Stabæk and Rosenborg. With 350 top division appearances, Basma has made the eighth- ...

and

Thomas Finstad Thomas Finstad (born 10 January 1978) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He plays as a striker. He started his career by IL Jutul and joined 1994 to Bærum SK Bærum Sportsklubb is a Norwegian association football club founded on 26 March 1 ...

, as well as German

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goalkeeper

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Current squad

''As of 6 May 2021''. ''For season transfers, see transfers winter 2020–21 and transfers summer 2021.''

References

External links

Official site
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