Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-
sports club
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
from
Gulskogen
Gulskogen is a borough in Drammen, Viken, Norway.
Gulskogen has a population of 3,856 inhabitants (2005). Strømsgodset was the name of the parish from early times. Strømsgodset was a separate municipality which in 1964 became part of Drammen.
...
in
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konne ...
. It has sections for
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
,
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
and
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
, but is best known for the top-level football section known as
Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which plays in
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...
, the Norwegian top flight.
The club was founded 10 February 1907, but the football team first found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning a league title and three cups. The famous team from the 1960s and 1970s was popularly known as the "Rødgata Boys", after the street most of them lived on. Most of these players were also accomplished bandy players, and Strømsgodset won four national
Norwegian Championships in "the winter version of football". Four of the football players collected silver medals in the
1965 Bandy World Championship; Steinar Pettersen,
Inge Thun
Inge Thun (17 June 1945 − 15 February 2008) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper and bandy winger who played for Strømsgodset IF in both sports. He finished his football career with a few seasons across the river at Drammens Ballklubb.
He wo ...
,
Thorodd Presberg
Thorodd Presberg (born 18 January 1944 in Drammen) is a Norwegian former football and bandy player. He played football for Drafn from 1960 to 1963 and for Strømsgodset from 1963 till 1973. He played 234 top class games, scoring 125 goals, and he ...
and Ole Johnny Friise.
Bandy
Strømsgodset has an amateur bandy team for men. The team was promoted in 2014/15, and will play in Norwegian 2nd division in the 2015/16 season. The team was reestablished in 2013, after a 20-year break. They were six times Norwegian Champions before discontinuing.
Football
Strømsgodset IF has a professional football section,
Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which has teams in the Norwegian top flight,
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...
, as well as reserve teams in the
2nd and
3rd
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Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
divisions as of 2015. The club also has a youth division with teams from ages 7 and up to 19,
and an amateur men's team in the 5th division.
The club also has a women's section.
Handball
The section for
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
has a senior woman's team in the 3rd division, as well as youth teams for players 11 and up.
Achievements
Football
*
Norwegian top flight:
::Winners (2): 1970, 2013
::Runners-up (1): 2012, 2015
*
Norwegian Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...
: (The Norwegian Championship)
::Winners (5): 1969, 1970, 1973, 1991, 2010
::Runners-up (2): 1993, 1997
*
1. divisjon:
::Winners (1): 2006
See also
*
List of Strømsgodset IF players
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
Notes
References
External links
* , multi-sports club
Association football clubs established in 1907
Bandy clubs established in 1907
1907 establishments in Norway
Bandy clubs in Norway
Football clubs in Norway
Sport in Buskerud
Drammen
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