Fotballklubben Sparta Sarpsborg is the

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department of

IL Sparta IL Sparta is a multi-sport club from Sarpsborg, Norway. The club was founded on 23 November 1928, and today it has sections for football and ice hockey. While the club have had a football department since the foundation, the ice hockey department ...

. Founded in 1928, the club got its present name in 2004. The club currently plays in 4. divisjon, the fifth tier of the

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History

1950s: The golden years

The club won the

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in 1952, having scored all the five goals in the final against

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which Sparta won 3–2. Sparta played in

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from its inception in 1948–49 until 1957–58, only interrupted by one season at the second tier. In the ten seasons at the top tier the average home attendances differed between 1,300 and 5,000.

1999–present: Collaborations and return to lower leagues

In 1999, 16 teams in the Sarpsborg area joined forces to create a team that could compete in the top divisions of Norwegian football, called Sarpsborg Fotball, which overtook

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's spot in the third tier in the league-system. In its first season, the team was relegated from the 2. divisjon, and several clubs, including both Sarpsborg FK and Sparta, withdrew from the collaboration. The remaining clubs in the "Sarpsborg Fotball"-project formed a new club called Borg Fotball, which won promotion to the 2. divisjon in 2002, but was relegated again in 2003. Meanwhile, Sparta was promoted to the 2. divisjon the same season, and re-entered the collaboration club which now was renamed FK Sparta Sarpsborg. The club secured promotion to 1. divisjon in 2005 after decades in the lower divisions, with a 15–0 win against

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on 22 October 2005. Ahead of the 2008 season Sparta withdrew their team and gave their place to the new club

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. Sparta is currently playing in the fourth division, having been relegated from the

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in 2016.

Honours

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**Runners-up: 1947–48 *

**Winners: 1952

Recent seasons

References

External links

Official website
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