Manglerud Star Fotball is an
association football
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club based in
Oslo
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,
Norway
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. It is part of the multi-sport club
Manglerud Star. The club was established in its current form on December 14, 2005 after a merger between Manglerud Star Fotball and Fotballklubben Oslo Øst, the latter of which originally formed in 2000. Manglerud Star Fotball went bankrupt on April 4, 2011, and withdrew all their teams from competition; the club was refounded in 2013.
History
FK Oslo Øst (Oslo East) were founded on January 1, 2000. Five minor football clubs from the eastern part of Oslo decided to pool their resources into a single elite team, under the presumption that this one team would fare better at the higher levels of Norwegian football than what any of the clubs could ever achieve on their own. The five clubs were
Oppsal IF
Oppsal IF is a multi-sports club from Oslo, Norway. The women's handball team currently competes in Rema 1000-ligaen.
The men's football team currently competes in the 2. divisjon, the third tier of the Norwegian football league system.
Wome ...
,
Abildsø IL
Abildsø Idrettslag is a sports club in the suburb of Abildsø, Oslo.
The sports club has a membership of around 400.
History
Abildsø Idrettslag was formed in September 1931, and competed in the Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund. The club had cycli ...
, Rustad IL,
Nordstrand IF and Manglerud Star Fotball. Nordstrand later withdrew from the project and were replaced by Hauketo Fotball.
Oslo Øst played their home games at ''
Lambertseter stadion'', a multi-use stadium in the borough of
Nordstrand Nordstrand may refer to:
Places
;Germany
* Nordstrand, Germany, a peninsula in Germany
* Nordstrand (Amt), a former municipality in Nordfriesland, Germany
;Norway
* Nordstrand, Norway, a borough in Oslo, Norway
* Søndre Nordstrand, a borough in ...
.
In 2001, Oslo Øst won promotion the
1st Division, and managed to retain their spot in the league. The club was relegated in 2003, then again earned promotion to the 1st Division to start the 2006 season.
During the six years in which Oslo Øst existed they were continuously hampered by financial problems, with the greater costs associated with playing in the 1st Division in 2006, the club faced imminent insolvency. At the end of 2005, a solution was reached whereby Oslo Øst joined the multimodal sports club ''Manglerud Star'', of which one of the five founding clubs of Oslo Øst, Manglerud Star Fotball, had been a subdivision. The name "Oslo Øst" was dropped and the clubs were merged to form a new club, named Manglerud Star Toppfotball, effective for the 2006 season.
The new Manglerud Star club had reduced its costs by having access to the training facilities at
Manglerud
Manglerud () is a borough in the Østensjø district of Oslo, Norway. Manglerud was built in the 1960s as a suburb to Oslo, connected by the ''Oslo T-bane'' metro system.
Sport Ice hockey
The suburb is perhaps most known for its ice hockey tea ...
, and sharing some of its administration with the parent club. Despite this, Manglerud Star went bankrupt on April 4, 2011, and withdrew their two men's team and the women's team.
In 2013, Manglerud Star was refounded and, at the conclusion of the 2015 season, earned promotion to the
3. divisjon
The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...
for 2016.
Recent history
2006–2010
:
Folded early in the 2011 season.
2013–
:
References
External links
Official websiteMangelrud Star fixturesManglerud Kunstgress - Nordic Stadiums
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manglerud Star Toppfotball
Football clubs in Oslo
Association football clubs established in 2000
2000 establishments in Norway
Association football clubs disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in Norway