VÃ¥lerenga Fotball
Vålerenga Oslo ( officially: Vålerenga IF Fotball ( Vålerengens Idrettsforening ) ) is a football club from Oslo, Norway, and was founded on 29 July 1913. Play their home games, the club from the Ullevaal Stadium. This stadium with a capacity of about 25,000 seats divided the club until 2010 with the local rivals Lyn Oslo playing in Frogner stadium after bankruptcy in 2010. The colors in the press regularly " VIF " abbreviated association are blue-white- red.
His first league title in 1965, the club celebrated. Beginning of the 1980s was the most successful period for Vålerenga, they won the championship in 1981, 1983 and 1984. In 2005, the club champion, after over 20 years of dry spell with a very slender margin for the first time. The Norwegian Cup competition could yet win Vålerenga 4 times: 1980, 1997, 2002 and 2008.
Vålerenga IF Fotball part of the sports club Vålerenga IF, the other sports are ice hockey ( Norwegian record holder ), handball, American football, hockey and Hallenbandy.
Sporting successes
- Norwegian Champion: 5x (1965, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2005)
- Norwegian Cup winners: 4x (1980, 1997, 2002, 2008)
Known player
- Jørn Andersen
- Martin Andresen
- John Carew
- Kjetil Rekdal
- Steffen Iversen
- Troy Perkins, Portland Timbers
- Mohammed Abdellaoue, Hannover 96
- Joshua King, Blackburn
- Håvard Nielsen, Red Bull Salzburg
- Harmeet Singh, Feyenoord
- Marcus Pedersen, OB