The Sarpsborg Stadion is a football

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Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsbor ...

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. It is the home ground of

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club Sarpsborg 08. The former multi-use venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1954 and 1960. The venue hosted one

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match, where Norway lost 1–3 against

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on 3 October 1972. The stadium has been repeatedly modernised in recent years; a modernisation which began in 2000, when a new main stand were built. In 2009, new

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were installed and the grass pitch was replaced with an

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. New stands were built in both the south and north end of the pitch between 2010 and 2016. Sarpsborg 08's success in the

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led to further upgrades and improvements. The stadium's attendance record dates from 14 October 1945, when

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and Lyn met in the first of two replays of the final of the 1945 Norwegian Cup. 18,000 spectators visited the match that ended with a 1–1 draw. This was the penultimate Norwegian Cup final to be played outside

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External links

StadiumDB pictures

Sarpsborg Stadion - Nordic Stadiums

References

Football venues in Norway Eliteserien venues Norwegian Cup Final venues Athletics (track and field) venues in Norway Sports venues in Sarpsborg Sarpsborg 08 FF Event venues established in 1930 1930 establishments in Norway Bandy venues in Norway {{Norway-sports-venue-stub