Sandefjord Ballklubb is a

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club from

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

, currently playing in Norwegian Fourth Division, the fifth tier in the

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. The club was founded on 27 February 1917. Their home matches are played at Storstadion in Sandefjord.

History

Sandefjord Ballklubb was established in 1917 under the name ''Sportsklubben Frem''. It received its current name in 1918. In 1919, the team participated in the Norwegian championships for the first time. The Sandefjord stadium was opened in 1925 as the first grassy soccer field in

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County. An early notable player in the 1940s was defender Thorbjørn Svenssen. Sandefjord Ballklubb played in

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, the highest league in the league system, from 1948–49 to 1961–62, and in

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and

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. They also played in the

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Final in

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and

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, but lost both. Its last stint in the

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was in

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. On 10 September 1998, Ballklubben formed the elite football team

Sandefjord Fotball Sandefjord Fotball, commonly known simply as Sandefjord, is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on 10 September 1998. The club currently competes in Eliteserien, the top tier of the Norwegian football league system. Their home groun ...

with local rivals Runar, in an attempt to take Sandefjord back to the top level of football in Norway.

Recent seasons

Norwegian internationals

Sandefjord Ballklubb is the club that Thorbjørn "Klippen" Svenssen, the first Norwegian to earn 100 caps for the

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, played all his matches for during his career from 1945 to 1966. During the same period, Øivind Johannessen, Ragnar Hvidsten and Yngve Karlsen also earned

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playing for Norway.

References

External links

*Official Site
www.ballklubben.no
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