KFUM Arena

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KFUM Arena
"Arenaen" ("The Arena")
KFUM Arena
LocationEkebergveien 109,
1178 Oslo
Norway
Coordinates 59°53′22.4″N10°46′59.3″E / 59.889556°N 10.783139°E / 59.889556; 10.783139
Owner KFUM Oslo
Operator KFUM Oslo
Capacity 3,300 [1]
Record attendance2,236 (KFUM Oslo vs Odds Ballklubb, September 26th 2019) [2]
Field size105 by 64 metres (114.8 yd × 70.0 yd)
Surface Artificial turf
Construction
Built2007
Opened19 November 2007
Renovated2015
Construction cost NOK 10 million
Tenants
KFUM Oslo (2007–present)

KFUM Arena is a football stadium located at Ekeberg in Oslo, Norway, and is the home of Norwegian Eliteserien club KFUM Oslo. [3] The stadium is under reconstruction to temporarily get a capacity of 3,300 seats. KFUM is a translation of the English language YMCA.

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Facilities

The arena is owned by KFUM-Kameratene Oslo. It was opened on 19 November 2007. The construction costs were estimated to around NOK 10 million. The pitch itself is 64 x 105 meters and has artificial turf, under-soil heating and an automatic watering system. [4] The stadium is located next to a sports hall; KFUM-hallen.

In the aftermath of KFUM's promotion to the second tier in 2015, the artificial turf was changed and the stands were upgraded.

There are plans of major upgrades of the existing facilities. [5] The project has been named KFUM Familiearena and will increase the seated capacity to 2,400. The arena will also include a swimming-pool, fitness-center, a kindergarten, indoor football arena for kids, a cafe, offices and meeting areas.

Before their inaugural season in Eliteserien, KFUM temporarily increased the capacity to 3,300. [1]

Attendances

The attendance record is as of today at 2236 from the quarter-finals in the Norwegian championship in 2019 against Odds ballklubb, a match KFUM lost 2–5. [6] The previous record was 1866 spectators when KFUM met Vålerenga in the third round of the Norwegian Cup in 2016. Vålerenga won the game 2–0. [7]

Average attendances

This shows the average attendance on KFUM Oslo's home games in one of the two top tiers since 2016, their first season at the second tier since the opening of KFUM Arena.

† 1. divisjon
2. divisjon
Attendance
SeasonAvgMinMaxRankRef.
2016 4662041,24316† [8]
2017–2018 N/A
2019 9015051,70111† [9]
2020* (in progress)19715520015† [10]

* Due to COVID-19 restrictions the maximum number of spectators in Oslo in 2020 was limited to 200.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Velkommen til Eliteserien på Ekeberg" (in Norwegian). KFUM Oslo. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Fotball.no: KFUM - Odd" (in Norwegian). KFUM Oslo . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Nordic Stadiums (2017-09-17). "KFUM Arena".
  4. ↑ "Om Stadion". KFUM. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  5. ↑ Nordic Stadiums (2020-10-07). "KFUM Familiearena".
  6. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "KFUM - Odd - 26.09.2019 18.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  7. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "KFUM Oslo - Vålerenga - 04.05.2016 19.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  8. ↑ "Tilskuertall 2016". Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Tilskuertall 2019". Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Tilskuertall 2020". Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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