Pors Stadion is the home stadium of the
second division
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football
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team
Pors Grenland
Pors Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Porsgrunn, currently playing in the 3. divisjon. Pors plays in blue jerseys, and their home ground is Pors Stadion. Notable former players include Jan Halvor Halvorsen and Erik Pedersen.
History
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. Pors Stadion is located on the westside of
Porsgrunnselva river in
Porsgrunn
is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn.
The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...
, an area locally termed "Vessia". There is grass on three sides of the field, and on the other side there are stands covering about 1,000 spectators.
Record attendance was 8,000 people during a game against
Skeid
Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy.
General history
The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...
on September 5, 1954. The venue has hosted
Norway national under-21 football team
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matches twice, playing 1–1 against
Denmark
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on 4 June 1980 and 0–0 against
South Korea
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on 4 November 1995.
External links
Pors Stadion - Nordic Stadiums
References
Football venues in Norway
Eliteserien venues
Sport in Porsgrunn
Sports venues in Vestfold og Telemark
1936 establishments in Norway
Event venues established in 1936
Buildings and structures in Porsgrunn
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