Melløs Stadion is a

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in Melløs borough in

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. It is currently used mostly for

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contests and is the home stadium of

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 1. divisjon, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937–1939, 1953–5 ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 4,117 people and was opened in 1939. The current attendance record is 10,085 people in a neighbor derby against

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in 2003. The stadium was used for the 1997 UEFA Women's Championship. The venue has hosted

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matches twice, playing 0–0 against

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on 11 September 1979 and 0–2 against

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on 22 August 2007. Melløs Stadion is also used for athletics. In 1983 it got rubber track as the first stadium in

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

county, and in 1990 the national athletics championships were held there. Today Moss FK is planning to renew the stadium to become an intimate football stadium with a capacity of 8,000 people, only seated. Following these plans, the athletics parts of the stadium will be moved to a nearby football training field.Moss FK official site
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