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Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norwegian
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club and a department of the
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Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in
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, whose members also participate in
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and
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. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departments, one professional section and one amateur section. After the professional football department, FK Lyn, was bankrupted in 2010, the fans decided to support the amateur department, Lyn Fotball, instead. With the help of some of the old FK Lyn players, Lyn Fotball has won three consecutive promotions, and are playing in the
3. divisjon The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...
. The team plays its home matches at Bislett Stadium, and the head coach is currently
Jan Halvor Halvorsen Jan Halvor Halvorsen (born 8 March 1963, in Bamble) is a former Norwegian football player and the current manager of Lyn. Club career Halvorsen started his youth career in Pors, debuting at the age of fifteen and a half. He has also played ...
. Lyn was founded in 1896 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Norway. They were founding members of the Football Association of Norway in 1902. The club won the top division title in
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and
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and have won the
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eight times. Lyn was also the initiator of the construction of Ullevaal Stadion, which has served as Norway's national stadium since 1927 and was Lyn's home ground from 1926 to 2010. Lyn has traditionally been perceived as representing the upper and
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es, whereas the eastside club
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was seen as belonging to the workers. The club enjoyed some success during the first half of the 20th century, securing many cup titles, and despite failing to win the league title, had a certain stature in Norwegian football. The
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that won the bronze medal at the
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included six players from Lyn. The captain of this team was Lyn-player
Jørgen Juve Jørgen Juve (22 November 1906 – 12 April 1983) was a Norwegian association football, football player, jurist, journalist and non-fiction writer. He played as a striker for F.C. Lyn Oslo, Lyn, and also for the Norway national football team, No ...
, who is still the player with the most goals scored for the Norway national team. The club's most recent period of success was during the 1960s, when they won four trophies and reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Lyn also fields a women's team, which in 2012 won promotion to the
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, the second tier in women's football. In 2017 the women's team, managed by Glenn Kleven, won promotion to the
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, the top tier of women's football in Norway.


History


Early success

Lyn was founded on 3 March 1896 at
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. Lyn was one of three clubs who in 1902 founded the Football Association of Norway, and is the only one still existing. In the first decade of
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, the club was one of the strongest and won four consecutive Norwegian Cups from
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until
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. At the
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, six Lyn-players, Arne Brustad, Øivind Holmsen, Fredrik Horn,
Magnar Isaksen Magnar Nikolai Isaksen (13 October 1910 – 8 June 1979) was a Norwegian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. At club level, Isaksen represented Kristiansund FK and Lyn. Career Magnar Isaksen was born in Kri ...
,
Jørgen Juve Jørgen Juve (22 November 1906 – 12 April 1983) was a Norwegian association football, football player, jurist, journalist and non-fiction writer. He played as a striker for F.C. Lyn Oslo, Lyn, and also for the Norway national football team, No ...
and Frithjof Ulleberg, represented the
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that won the bronze medal, with Juve as the team's captain. Jørgen Juve is still the player with the most goals scored for the Norway national team. Lyn also won the cup in
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and
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but had to wait until
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for their first
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-title. With Harald Berg and
Ola Dybwad-Olsen Ola Dybwad-Olsen (born 4 August 1946) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen-year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history. He ...
as main contributors the club secured another victory in the cup in
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, and in 1968 the club won The Double, clinching both the League title and the Cup, and became the first team from Norway to reach the quarter final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, where they met
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. Because of the weather conditions during the winter in Norway, both matches were played in Spain. Lyn lost the first game 2-3 and in the second match Lyn was leading 2–0 with 15 minutes left to play. The match ended 2-2 and thus Lyn was eliminated. The Double was followed by a dismal period in the club's history. The club was relegated in
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, and even though the team was promoted back after one year and reached the cup final in
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, the club was again relegated in
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
. During the next 30 years, Lyn was swiftly relegated and promoted between the first and the third tier and the club was never playing in the top division for more than three consecutive seasons. During this period the fan base eroded and Lyn is said to have lost a generation of supporters. During the 90s the club went back and forth between the Premier League and the First Division. In
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, Lyn reached the Norwegian Cup final but lost 2–3 to
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.


The Brynestad-period

Norwegian investor Atle Brynestad bought the club in 1999, in effect saving it from bankruptcy. In 2000, the team was promoted to the Premier League, after winning the First Division with an unprecedented number of points, and they retained their spot in the top flight the following year. In the 2002-season a strengthened Lyn took the lead early on and had gained a large advantage halfway through the season, but had to settle for a 3rd-place finish after a disastrous slump in form and the controversial appointment of new head coach, Hrvoje Braović. The misery, in part due to the constant hiring and firing of coaches, continued into the next year. Lyn struggled at the bottom of the table for most of the season but avoided relegation thanks to the efforts of team captain
Tommy Berntsen Tommy Berntsen (born 18 December 1973) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played the majority of his career at Lillestrøm S.K. and Lyn in the Norwegian Premier League. Since 2010, Berntsen is involved ...
, who took on the role as coach after
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, the 5th coach in two years, had resigned. 2004 was a recovery year for Lyn, ending the season in 6th place and reaching the Norwegian Cup final (lost to Brann). 2005 was an eventful year for the club, both on and off the pitch. The club's youth program was beginning to bear fruits and with former international Henning Berg as the new head coach the club claimed 3rd spot in the league. Lyn defeated Rosenborg at Ullevaal for the first time since 1968 and repeated the feat in the away game. In April, the club's talented Nigerian midfielder Mikel John Obi signed a contract with
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, and according to a statement by Lyn's managing director
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, it was the most expensive transfer in Norwegian football to date. The transfer has since been the source of a heated dispute, and Mikel instead joined Chelsea after a long period of time. FIFA released an announcement stating that Lyn had done everything correct in the process. The transfer is said to have cost Chelsea £16 million. £12 million of this to Manchester United and £4 million to Lyn.


Bankruptcy

On 10 October 2008, Chelsea announced on their website that they were initiating legal proceedings against Lyn Oslo and their former director Morgan Andersen in an attempt to recover the entire £16 million fee paid. Chelsea maintain that this was due to the contract of the original transfer being based on a fraudulent misrepresentation. In 2007, the club sold Nigerian international
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to TSG Hoffenheim for an expected €5 million. The 2009 season was again very disappointing with the club relegated from Tippeligaen and saved from liquidation at the last moment. The 2010 season saw Lyn at Bislett Stadium (sharing with
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) in the second level of Norway football. In April 2010 Idar Vollvik's company, Ludo, was presented as the club's latest sponsor in an attempt to rescue the club from its financial crisis, but to no avail, and on 30 June 2010, the club declared bankruptcy.


Recent years

Following the bankruptcy, Lyn's fans gathered around the club's surviving team in the 6. divisjon (seventh tier) for the remainder of the 2010 season moving their home games to
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, drawing large crowds to their home games. In late 2010, Lyn club paid all debt associated with the reserves team of the bankrupt top-flight club. The football association then awarded Lyn the licence formerly held by the reserves, allowing the club to play the 2011 season in the Fourth Division. Led by Finn Bredo Olsen, Lyn secured promotion to the
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, after a perfect season with no losses or draws. On 30 September 2012, Lyn secured promotion to the
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, after beating Lommedalen 9–0 in front of 2,113 spectators at Frogner Stadion. But, in 2015, Lyn was relegated to the 3. divisjon after three seasons and the unsuccessful attempts to promote to the
1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...
.


Achievements

*
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: **Winners (2):
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,
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**Runners-up (4): 1937–38,
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,
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
,
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
*
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: **Winners (8):
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,
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,
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,
1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
,
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
,
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
,
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
,
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
**Runners-up (6):
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,
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,
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
,
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
,
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
*Oslo Championships: **Winners (8): 1915, 1917, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937 **Runners-up (2): 1909, 1919


Recent history

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Current squad


European record


Summary

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
Notes: This summary includes matches played in the
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, which was not endorsed by
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and is not counted in UEFA's official European statistics.


List of matches


Records

*Greatest home victory: 11-2 vs. Viking FK, 28 July 1968 *Greatest away victory: 14-1 vs. Nesøya, 29 September 2010 *Heaviest home loss: 1-8 vs.
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, 16 May 1969 *Heaviest away loss: 1-10 vs.
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, 16 June 1968 *Heaviest European loss: 0-10 vs. Leeds United, European Cup Rd.1, leg 1, Sept 1969 *Highest attendance, Ullevaal Stadion: 35,000 vs. Sarpsborg FK, 29 September 1946 *Highest average attendance, season: 8,089, 1968 *Most appearances, total: 420,
Ola Dybwad-Olsen Ola Dybwad-Olsen (born 4 August 1946) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen-year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history. He ...
1964-1978 *Most appearances, league: 219,
Ola Dybwad-Olsen Ola Dybwad-Olsen (born 4 August 1946) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen-year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history. He ...
1964-1978 *Most goals scored, league: 119,
Ola Dybwad-Olsen Ola Dybwad-Olsen (born 4 August 1946) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen-year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history. He ...
1964-1978 *Most goals scored, season: 25,
Ola Dybwad-Olsen Ola Dybwad-Olsen (born 4 August 1946) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen-year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history. He ...
1968 *Most goals scored in a game, league: 8,
Knut Osnes Knut "Bossen" Osnes (27 June 1922 – 10 August 2015) was a Norwegian footballer and coach, who most notably played for Lyn and Norway, and coaching Lyn to the 1968 league title and a good run in the Cup Winners Cup the same year. Osnes was born ...
vs. S.K. Falken *Most goals scored in a game, UEFA Cup: 6,
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vs.
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, 28 August 2003


Colours and badge

Lyn's home colours are red and white shirts and blue shorts. The shirts have red sleeves and a red front with a broad, vertical white bar in the middle, which is traditionally twice as wide as the sides (a 25-50-25 red-white-red pattern). The back has the same pattern, with inverted colours. During the first years the club had two kits, one with blue and white horizontally striped jerseys and white shorts, and a red kit in the same fashion. These were used interchangeably up until at least 1906. It is unclear exactly when the current kit was adopted, but it was in use by the time Lyn had claimed their first Norwegian Cup in 1908. The socks have traditionally been red. White socks have also been used, most recently from the beginning of the 1990s until 2004, when the red socks were brought back. The club uses an all-blue away kit, though several different colours have been used in the past. The current club badge is a modified version of a design originally introduced in 1900. It was made by one of the first members of the club, Leif Eriksen, and replaced a silver badge from 1898. The crest features a football in the upper left corner and a pair of skis in the lower right corner, representing the two major sports of the club. While the badge is based on the heraldic shield form of the old
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of Norway, Eriksen was probably not himself familiar with the rules of heraldic design. The name of the club and the date and year of its founding were written in gold on a white background, violating the so-called
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. Also, the date and year were written in different styles. The badge has therefore been altered twice, in 1996 and finally in 2001. On the current badge the date has been removed and replaced by "18 LYN 96" in red writing on a white background.


Stadium

After the 2009 season FC Lyn made the decision to move from Ullevaal Stadion to Bislett Stadium. Bislett, which is also an international track and field stadium, has a capacity of 15,400. Following the bankruptcy in 2010, Lyn's fans gathered around the club's surviving team moving their home games to
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, which has a capacity of 4,000. In 2014 Lyn moved back to Bislett Stadium.


Coaches

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John Sveinsson John Lunde Sveinsson (29 January 1922 – 2009) was a Norwegian football player and manager who played as a forward. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he fled Norway in 1941. Via neutral Sweden he reached Scotland in 1943 and und ...
(1963–64) *
Thor Hernes Thor Hernes (15 August 1926 – 18 April 2009) was a Norwegian footballer, manager and sports official. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he participated in the resistance Operation Durham. He was decorated with the Defence Medal 194 ...
(1965) *
John Sveinsson John Lunde Sveinsson (29 January 1922 – 2009) was a Norwegian football player and manager who played as a forward. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he fled Norway in 1941. Via neutral Sweden he reached Scotland in 1943 and und ...
(1966) *
Knut Osnes Knut "Bossen" Osnes (27 June 1922 – 10 August 2015) was a Norwegian footballer and coach, who most notably played for Lyn and Norway, and coaching Lyn to the 1968 league title and a good run in the Cup Winners Cup the same year. Osnes was born ...
(1967–69) * Per Mosgaard (1970–71) *
Andreas Morisbak Andreas Morisbak (born 19 May 1940) is a Norwegian former football player and manager. A defender and midfielder, he notable played for FK Lyn in the 1960s. He is the father of the footballer Sven Morisbak Career Morisbak was born in Vefsn, a ...
(1972–74) * Erik Eriksen (1975–76) * Jan Berg (1977–78) * Anders Fægri (1979–90) * Øyvind Ramnefjell (1981–82) * Anders Fægri (1983) * Geirr Anfinnsen and
Jan Rodvang Jan Rodvang (24 December 1939 – 6 November 2020) was a Norwegian football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition fro ...
(1984) *
Jan Rodvang Jan Rodvang (24 December 1939 – 6 November 2020) was a Norwegian football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition fro ...
(1984) * Egil Olsen (1985–88) *
Georg Hammer Georg Hammer (born 11 December 1950) is a Norwegian footballer. He played in seven matches for the Norway national football team The Norway national football team ( no, Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally ''Landslaget'') represent ...
(1989) * Dag Roar Austmo, Jo Lunder and
Stein Gran Stein Gran (born 20 October 1958) is a Norwegian football player. He was born in Oslo. He played for the club Vålerengen, and also for the Norwegian national team. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially ...
(1989) * Erling Hokstad (1990) *
Teitur Thordarson Teitur Thordarson ( is, Teitur Þórðarson, born 14 January 1952) is an Icelandic football coach. He is the older brother of Ólafur Þórðarson. Playing career Club Íþróttabandalag Akraness Before coaching, Teitur playing as a striker fo ...
(1991–92) * Bjarne Rønning (1993) * Ole Dyrstad (1993) * Olle Nordin (1994–95) * Hallstein Saunes (1995–98) * Vidar Davidsen (1998–01) *
Stuart Baxter Stuart William Baxter (born 16 August 1953) is a British football manager and former player who most recently managed South African Premier Soccer League side Kaizer Chiefs. Born in England of Scottish parentage, and brought up in both countr ...
(2001) *
Sture Fladmark Sture Fladmark (born 30 June 1967) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player. Player career He played for Aalesunds and Lyn. Managing career He led Lyn to bronze medals in the Norwegian Premier League in 2002. He also won the Kniksen ...
(2002) * Hrvoje Braović (2002) *
Sture Fladmark Sture Fladmark (born 30 June 1967) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player. Player career He played for Aalesunds and Lyn. Managing career He led Lyn to bronze medals in the Norwegian Premier League in 2002. He also won the Kniksen ...
(2002) *
Teitur Thordarson Teitur Thordarson ( is, Teitur Þórðarson, born 14 January 1952) is an Icelandic football coach. He is the older brother of Ólafur Þórðarson. Playing career Club Íþróttabandalag Akraness Before coaching, Teitur playing as a striker fo ...
(2003) *
Tommy Berntsen Tommy Berntsen (born 18 December 1973) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played the majority of his career at Lillestrøm S.K. and Lyn in the Norwegian Premier League. Since 2010, Berntsen is involved ...
(2003) * Hans Knutsen and Espen Olafsen (2004–05) * Hans Knutsen (2005) * Henning Berg (2005–08) * Kent Bergersen (2008–09) *
Gunnar Halle Gunnar Halle (born 11 August 1965) is a Norwegian association football, football manager and former player who played as a Defender (association football)#Full back, right back. He is the current assistant coach of Strømmen IF, Strømmen. Halle ...
(2009–10) * Finn Bredo Olsen (2011–14) * Jonas Rygg (2014–2016) * Thomas André Ødegaard (2016–2018) * Bent Inge Johnsen (2019–2021) *
Jan Halvor Halvorsen Jan Halvor Halvorsen (born 8 March 1963, in Bamble) is a former Norwegian football player and the current manager of Lyn. Club career Halvorsen started his youth career in Pors, debuting at the age of fifteen and a half. He has also played ...
(2022–present)


Women's football

The women's team began to play in 2009. In 2012, the team was promoted to the First Division. Following a 15-3-4 season in 2017, the team was promoted to the
Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...
, the top tier of Norwegian women's football.


References


Further reading

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External links


www.Lyn1896.no
Official club website
www.Bastionen.no
Supporters club website
www.lynhistorie.com/
Seasons, statistics and records {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyn Oslo Eliteserien clubs Association football clubs established in 1896 1896 establishments in Norway Football clubs in Oslo