Grorud IL

Grorud IL

Full name	Grorud Idrettslag
Founded	18 March 1918;105 years ago (1918-03-18)
Ground	Grorud matchbane, Oslo
Manager	Johan Gjønnes Nilsen
League	2. divisjon
2022	1. divisjon, 15th of 16 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Grorud Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Grorud borough, Oslo. It has sections for association football, skiing, gymnastics and tennis.

General history

As a sports club based in Grorud, it had two predecessor clubs in Grorud IF, which existed from 1904 to 1905, and Grorud TIF, which existed from 1908 to 1914. Grorud IL was finally founded on 18 March 1918. ^[1] At the time, Grorud was still located in Aker municipality. The district was incorporated into Oslo in 1948 and tied to the city centre with the Grorud Line of the Oslo Metro in 1966.

The club finished construction of its football field in 1926, and its ski jumping hill Rannkollen in 1928. In 1932 the football field was covered with gravel, which allowed the practice of skating sports during the winter. ^[1] In 1932, Grorud IL was one of the first workers' sports clubs to take up the tennis sport. ^[2]

Later secretary-general in the UN, Trygve Lie served as secretary in Grorud TIF, and became an honorary member of Grorud IL. He was a central person in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, and helped the club get a money loan in Akers Sparebank, which financed the field and hill construction. In 1929, Grorud IL decided to join the Workers' Sports Confederation (or AIF), where Trygve Lie also was a central figure. This connection ended in 1946 when the AIF was disbanded. By that time the club had got their club house, designed by noted architect Frode Rinnan. ^[1]

In 1956, the new ski jumping hill Grorudbakken was opened. It fell apart in October 1957, but was rebuilt in steel. A grass football field was opened in 1966, and the field also featured an athletics track. An indoor arena was opened in 1974. ^[1]

The club colors are yellow and blue.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system, after being promoted from the 2019 2. divisjon As Grorud IL, the team played in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, for many years, having been promoted to the 1994 season. After being relegated in 1997 the team quickly returned in 1999.^{[ citation needed ]} After a long 3. divisjon stint, the team won promotion in 2011 and played in the 2012 2. divisjon. ^[3]

The men's football team formerly cooperated to prop up an umbrella team called Groruddalen BK, but this team went defunct in 2008. ^[4] Grorud IL was not the backbone of Groruddalen BK, however; this was Årvoll IL whose league spot was taken over by Groruddalen BK.

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2010	3. divisjon	2	22	14	3	5	69	31	45	Second round
2011	3. divisjon	↑1	26	21	1	4	92	26	64	First qualifying round	Promoted
2012	2. divisjon	10	26	7	11	8	44	40	32	First round
2013	2. divisjon	4	26	11	7	8	60	51	40	Second round
2014	2. divisjon	7	26	9	8	9	49	51	35	Third round
2015	2. divisjon	3	26	17	3	6	71	30	54	Second round
2016	2. divisjon	4	26	15	6	5	63	39	51	Second round
2017	2. divisjon	6	26	11	4	11	43	49	37	Second round
2018	2. divisjon	3	26	14	6	6	46	31	48	Second round
2019	2. divisjon	↑1	26	15	6	5	47	32	51	Third round	Promoted
2020	1. divisjon	13	30	9	7	14	45	56	34	Cancelled
2021	1. divisjon	13	30	10	4	16	45	59	34	Third round
2022	1. divisjon	↓15	30	4	8	18	34	69	20	Second round	Relegated

Source: ^[5]

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023 ^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NOR Vegard Storsve 2 DF   NOR Mathusan Sandrakumar 3 DF   NOR Theodor Martin Agelin 4 DF   NOR Mats Andersen 5 DF   NOR William Fredriksen Bjeglerud 6 MF   NOR Simen Heggdal Beck 7 MF   NOR Peder Meen Johansen 8 MF   NOR Hassan Mohamed Yousef 9 FW   NOR Didrik Ziabi Sereba 10 MF   NOR Rino Falk Larsen 11 FW   NOR Thierry Dabove 12 GK   NOR Jørgen Sveinhaug(on loan from Lillestrøm) 14 FW   NOR Nikolai Jakobsen Hristov 15 MF   NOR Casper Myhren Fjeld

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   NOR Musa Joof Dubois 17 MF   NOR Elias Nahiry 18 MF   NOR Tollef Kvello Etholm 19 FW   NOR Elias Aarflot(on loan from Tromsø) 20 DF   SOM Saadiq Elmi 21 MF   NOR Karim Magdy Bata 22 DF   NOR Trygve Kvalbein Løberg 23 DF   NOR Ola Nikolai Rye 25 DF   NOR Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen 26 FW   NOR Edmund Owusu 27 MF   NOR Fredrik Finnøy 27 DF   NOR Fredrik Carson Pedersen 31 FW   NOR Mathias Øfsti Bråten — MF   NOR Theodor Kramarics

Athletics

The athletics section is now defunct, but has had several prominent members. Hilde Fredriksen notably finished sixth in the unofficial 1980 World Championships in 400 metres hurdles, and also holds the Norwegian record in the event. Trond Knaplund was a decathlete of national renown, and is now a coach.

References

1. "Grorud IL's historikk" (in Norwegian). Grorud IL. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
2. Sarpebakken, Per (1996). "'Den hvite sporten' og AIF". Arbeiderhistorie (in Norwegian). Oslo: Labour Movement Archive and Library: 68. ISBN   82-90759-13-4.
3. Wikborg, Jonas (24 October 2011). "Opprykksjubel på Grorud". Lokalavisen Groruddalen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 October 2011.
4. Hofoss, Espen (17 December 2008). "Gir opp satsingen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 19.
5. "Grorud IL". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB . Retrieved 30 October 2022.
6. "A-laget" [First team squad]. grorud-il.no (in Norwegian).

External links

• Official site (in Norwegian)
• Grorud Arctic Match - Nordic Stadiums