Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from

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. It has sections for

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(one for elite and one for grassroots football),

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and

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General history

The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 December 1925. It was a merger between the two clubs ''Kristiania BK'' (founded 1 January 1915 as a merger of ''Njord'' and ''Oslo FK'') and ''SFK Frem'' (nicknamed ''Frem 14'', founded 9 April 1914 as a merger of ''Bjølsen FK'' and footballers in Thorshaug IF). Skeid now counts 1 January 1915 as its founding date. The club colors in ''Kristiania BK'' were red and blue, which are still used, whereas the yellow and black club colors of ''SFK Frem'' are found in the logo as well as the current team jerseys in the winter sports. Former sports in the club include

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

and

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. The club does not use ''IK Skeid'' anymore, often just Skeid or ''Allianseidrettslaget Skeid'' ("Alliance Sports Team Skeid"). The home field is

. The football team has also used

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and Bislett Stadion because of stadium size requirements in higher leagues.

Skeid Fotball

Skeid Fotball is the name of the top-level football section. It consists of a men's senior team, a reserves team and a men's junior team. The men's team currently plays in the

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, but played in the First Division as late as in

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and last played in the Norwegian Premier League (the top level) in

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. In 2003 it reached the semi-final of the

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. It took over the honors of Skeid's football section when the club was organized into an alliance sports club.

Grassroots football

The "grassroots football" ( no, breddefotball) section of the club goes by the name Skeid. A senior men's team (bearing no relation to Skeid Fotball) was founded because of demand in the district, and currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. A reserves team plays in the eighth division. The women's team currently plays in the Second Division, the third tier.

Bandy

Bandy was added as a sport in Skeid in the 1929–30 season. The men's bandy team won the Norwegian Premier League in 1988–89, and last played in the league in 1993–94, when they ended in last place.

Other sports

Well-known skiers include Alf Andersen. Ice hockey player

Frank Olafsen Frank Willy Olafsen (born 20 April 1944) is a Norwegian former football player, bandy player and ice hockey player. With his club Skeid he won the Norwegian Football Cup three times, in 1963, 1965 and 1974, and the league in 1966. He played for ...

, while Skeid still offered that sport, participated in the

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References

{{Reflist Football clubs in Norway Bandy clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1915 Bandy clubs established in 1915 Defunct ice hockey teams in Norway Sport in Oslo 1915 establishments in Norway