Gjøvik Fotballforening was a
Norwegian
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football
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club from
Gjøvik
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Bybrua, and Hunndalen.
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, founded in 2008. The club was dissolved in 2014 as a result of a merger with
FK Gjøvik-Lyn
FK Gjøvik-Lyn is a Norwegian football club based in Gjøvik, which was founded on 1 February 1902 as Sportsklubben Thor. They play in the Norwegian Second Division, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. Their home gr ...
.
History
The club was established on 8 October 2008 as a merger of the senior teams of
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and
Vardal IF
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. The clubs
Vind and
Redalen were asked to join, but declined. In May 2009 it faced
Rosenborg in the
Norwegian football cup
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, losing 0–4 in front of a 5,000 attendance.
In
2010
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it won its Third Division group, but lost out in a
promotion playoff
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against
Elverum
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. Gjøvik won their Third Division in
2011
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and was promoted to the
Second Division
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.
Season history
:
See also
*
Gjøvik FK
References
;External link
Official site
Defunct football clubs in Norway
Association football clubs established in 2008
Sport in Gjøvik
2008 establishments in Norway
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