Gran Idrettslag is a
Norwegian
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multi-sports club from
Gran,
Oppland
Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The co ...
. 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 ...
, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, climbing, and Nordic skiing.
The club was founded on 10 June 1945. There had been two previous clubs, Gran UIL from 1933 and the
AIF club Gran AIL, but Gran IL counts both of these as defunct before the foundation of Gran IL.
The men's football team plays in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It had stints in the 3. divisjon as late as
2010
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,
2014
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and
2016
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, but were relegated on every occasion.
References
Official siteSparebank1banen - Nordic Stadiums
Football clubs in Norway
Sport in Oppland
Gran, Norway
1945 establishments in Norway
Association football clubs established in 1945
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