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Norwegian football club
Football club
Sarpsborg FK
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Full name
| Sarpsborg Fotballklubb
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Founded
| 8 August 1903
; 120 years ago
(
1903-08-08
)
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Ground
| Kurland kunstgress
Sarpsborg
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League
| 4. divisjon
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2023
| 4. divisjon (Amedialigaen), 6th of 14
[1]
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Sarpsborg Fotballklubb
is a
Norwegian
football
club from
Sarpsborg
,
Østfold
. It was founded on 8 May 1903. Sarpsborg is one of the most successful teams in the
Norwegian Football Cup
, with six titles and twelve finals in total. In 2007, the club merged into the club that is now called
Sarpsborg 08
, and today Sarpsborg FK is an amateur club playing in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier of
Norwegian league system
.
History
[
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Sarpsborg played their first cup final as early as
1906
, which they lost against
Odd
. In
1917
, in Sarpsborg's third final, the club won its first title after
Brann
was beaten 4?1. Sarpsborg also won the cup in
1929
,
1939
,
1948
,
1949
and
1951
.
Harry Yven
participated in four of these six championships, the first time as a 17-year-old in 1929 and the last as a 37-year-old in 1949.
Sarpsborg's latest period of greatness was the years around 1970. That year, they participated in the European Cup. With the exception of 1957 to 1962 and 1973, Sarpsborg played at the top tier from the inaugural season in
1937?38
till the club was relegated in
1974
. Former Scottish international forward
Jim McCalliog
played for Sarpsborg FK in 1979. Sarpsborg last played in the
Norwegian First Division
in
1997
.
Other famous former players include
Kristian Henriksen
,
Asbjørn Halvorsen
,
Asbjørn Hansen
,
Kolbjørn Nilsen
,
Harry Kure
and
Egil Olsen
.
[2]
21st century
[
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The club played in the
2. divisjon
(third tier) as late as in
2007
. After that season, the first team was merged with local rivals Sparta Sarpsborg to form a new team
Sarpsborg Sparta FK
. Sarpsborg Sparta FK took the place of Sparta Sarpsborg in the league system, namely in the
1. divisjon
. Sarpsborg FK did not cease to exist, but fielded a new first team for the 2008 season, which took over the place of its own second team had occupied in the league system, in the Fourth Division. Because of the historic rivalry between SFK and Sparta, Sarpsborg Sparta changed its name to
Sarpsborg 08
ahead of the 2009 season.
Achievements
[
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- Norwegian top flight
:
- Norwegian Cup
:
- Winners (6):
1917
,
1929
,
1939
,
1948
,
1949
,
1951
[2]
- Runners-up (6):
1906
,
1907
,
1925
,
1934
,
1935
,
1964
European record
[
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]
References
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