Lyn Fotball Damer is the women's football branch of

Lyn Fotball Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departme ...

. The team plays in

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...

, the top division of women's football in

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 t ...

. Lyn formed a women's team in the fifth tier ''4. divisjon'' in 2009. The team promoted to the second tier in 2012, their third consecutive promotion. In 2017, after five seasons spent in

1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

, Lyn promoted to the

2018 Toppserien The 2018 Toppserien is the 32nd season of the highest women's football league in Norway. LSK Kvinner entered the season as the defending champions. LSK Kvinner won their fifth consecutive title with five matchdays to spare. Teams League tabl ...

. The team finished their first top tier season in eleventh place, and became tenth in the 2019 season. Lyn Fotball Damer play their home games at Kringsjå kunstgress, a stadium which was renovated in 2016.

Players

Current squad

Former players

Recent seasons

Honours

**Winners:

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References

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