Lørenskog Idrettsforening is a Norwegian football club from

Lørenskog is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. A suburb of Oslo, it is part of the Oslo urban area and the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lørenskog. Lørenskog was sepa ...

, founded in 1929 as a merger between ''Lørenskogkameratene'' and ''Solheim IF''. Most of the time the club has played in the

Norwegian Second Division The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

, with a short spell in the

Norwegian First Division 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 ...

in 2002. Notable former players for the club include

John Carew John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 91 times, scoring 24 goals for the Norway national team. As of 2023, he has been hired until the end of 2024 at Norwe ...

Henning Berg Henning Stille Berg (; born 1 September 1969) is a Norwegian football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Cypriot First Division club Pafos FC. His career lasted from 1988 to 2004, most notably in the Premier League where ...

Espen Olsen Espen Olsen (born 13 March 1979) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He was appointed manager of Strømmen IF ahead of the 2015 season. Ahead of the 2019 season he went on to HamKam as director of sports. He played for Lørenskog, HamKam, Stabæk, ...

Kim Holmen Kim Kristian Holmen (born 14 July 1982) is a Norway, Norwegian football striker who plays for Lyn Fotball. His record on the 40-meter is 4.63. This is the fastest speed ever seen in the Norwegian academy Toppidrettssenteret. Career statistics ...

Johan Nås Johan Nås (born 9 February 1983) is a Norwegian football defender and striker. Nås hails from Eide. He played for SK Træff in 2003, when his transfer to Lørenskog IF was announced. He scored 24 league goals in the 2004 season, and was ...

and Abdisalam Ibrahim.

Recent history

References

External links

Official site

Rolvsrud Stadion
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