Pors Fotball is a

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club from

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, currently playing in 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 ...

. Pors plays in blue jerseys, and their home ground is Pors Stadion. Notable former players include

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and

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History

The club was founded on 25 May

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under the name ''Lyn'', and changed its name to ''IF Pors'' in 1914 because the original name was already in use. The best performances of the team was in 1948–49 and

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when they played in the top division. The team has had unsuccessful bids for promotion to the top division in 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1983. Concurrent with the 1994 name change the club entered into a still ongoing elite-level athletics partnership with the other and dominant

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football club,

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. In February 2005 ''IF Pors'' retained other sports activities whereas Pors Grenland Fotball was siphoned off as a separate sports team, however still under the auspices of IF Pors. In December 2009, the financial cooperation between Pors Grenland and Odd Grenland was terminated. Between 2004 and 2006 the team played in the

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 ...

but then slipped down to the

2. divisjon The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

where they played until the team was relegated to 3. divisjon in

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. Pors have been playing in 3. divisjon since 2017.

Recent history

References

External links

Official site
{{Eliteserien teamlist Football clubs in Norway Eliteserien clubs Sport in Porsgrunn Association football clubs established in 1905 Bandy clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Norway Defunct bandy clubs in Norway