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Idrettsforeningen Ready is a sports club in
Vestre Aker
Vestre Aker (Western Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a population of 50,157 as of 2020.
The previous Aker Municipality was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.
The borough of Vestre Aker was organized as part of the 1 Ja ...
,
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The club was established on June 14, 1907 by Aage Blom Lorentzen.
The football club play their home games at
Gressbanen in Oslo. Gressbanen was the arena for the
Norway national team before
Ullevaal was constructed in 1928. Former Norwegian international
Dan Eggen
Dan Eggen (born 13 January 1970) is a Norwegian football manager and former player.
He has previously coached KFUM Oslo and Kolbotn in the Norwegian Premier League for women. He was capped 25 times for Norway, scoring two goals.
Career
Dan ...
has played for Ready.
Ready's elite
bandy team started playing in the
Norwegian Bandy Premier League 2004–05, where they remain. The club has 14 Norwegian championships; the last one in 2015 after having won their 13th championship in 1927.
He was captain of the
national bandy team and twice man of the year in Norwegian bandy,
Christian Waaler
Christian Waaler (born 7 December 1981) is a Norwegian bandy player who currently plays in Norway as a midfielder. He was already an international player at the age of 19 and is a regular member of the Norway national bandy team, Norwegian sq ...
, plays for the team. He is making an attempt to bring bandy to the
Philippines
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Norwegian aims to popularize winter sport in Manila
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The club's female bandy team has five international players for Norway.
Ski jumper Jon Aaraas
Jon Aaraas (born 10 March 1986) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper. He debuted in the World Cup in 2005 in Pragelato, where he finished 26th. He was on the Norwegian Four Hills Tournament team in the 2006–07 World Cup. However, he competed most ...
is a member of the club.
References
External links
Official site
Multi-sport clubs in Norway
Defunct athletics clubs in Norway
Football clubs in Oslo
Bandy clubs in Norway
Norwegian handball clubs
Sport in Oslo
Association football clubs established in 1907
Bandy clubs established in 1907
1907 establishments in Norway
Ski jumping clubs in Norway
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