Oppsal Idrettsforening (founded on 4 August 1912 as ''Bryn Atletklubb'') is a multi-sports club from Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for basketball,

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, ice hockey,

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, athletics and

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. The club's home ground is Trasop. Trasop consists of a combined athletics and football field (grass), as well as a gravel field and an artificial turf field. The handball section has their home matches in Oppsal Arena.

History

Oppsal Idrettsforening is the result of several mergers. ''Bryn Atletklubb'' is the very oldest predecessor, so the date this club was founded, 4 August 1912, is considered the club's foundation date. *''Bryn Atletklubb'' (founded on 4 August 1912) and ''Bryn Sportsklubb'' (founded in autumn 1912) merged in 1914 to form ''Bryn Sport- og Atletklubb'', but this name was changed in 1925 to ''Bryn Idrettsforening''. *''Bryn Sportsklubb'' merged on 4 September 1927 with ''Oppsal Sportsklubb'' (founded on 10 August 1915) and ''Ulven Idrettsforening'' (founded on 1 July 1916). Together they formed ''Idrettsforeningen Bjart''. *Bjart joined forces in 1945 with ''Idrettsforeningen Freidig'' (founded on 15 June 1928) and ''Ulven Idrettsforening'' (founded on 22 June 1913). The association took the name ''Idrettsforeningen B.F.G.''. *B.F.G. merged on 1 January 1970 with ''Oppsal Idrettsforening'' (founded 1 July 1940) and ''Trasop Ishockeyklubb'' (founded 6 January 1965). The result of the merger was ''Oppsal Idrettsforening''. On 9 November 2005, the club changed this name to ''Oppsal Alliance-Idrettsforening''.

Handball

The history of the handball section goes a long time back. The men's team was dominant in the domestic competitions in the 1970s, and qualified for European participation 9 times. In recent years, the women's team are the section's flagship. The women's team recently gained promotion to REMA 1000-ligaen after a season on level 2 in Norwegian handball.

Football

The men's association football team currently compete in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system, after being relegated from the

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Recent men's seasons

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References

External links

Official website

Official Topphåndball website
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