Byåsen Toppfotball is a Norwegian

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club based in

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and a section of the multi-sport organization Byåsen IL. Byåsen are currently playing in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the

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, having last played in the 2. divisjon in

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History

Byåsen was promoted to the

1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are promo ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, and with

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as coach they were positioned in the top of the second tier in the late 1990s. The closest Byåsen came to win promotion to the top division was in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

when they started the season with seven league-victories in a row and a goaldifference of 19–4. Unfortunately for Byåsen, they finished the season with three losses in a row and was one point behind third-placed

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, which played promotion play-off against

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. In

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, Byåsen was docked three points by NFF due to economic difficulties, and during the next two seasons the struggle continued until they were relegated to the 2. divisjon in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, where they are still playing.

Recent history

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References

External links

*Official Site
www.byåsenfotball.no
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byasen Toppfotball Football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1921 Sports clubs and teams in Trondheim 1921 establishments in Norway