Frigg Oslo FK

Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Majorstua in Oslo.

Frigg Oslo FK

Full name	Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb
Founded	17 May 1904; 120 years ago (1904-05-17)
Ground	Frogner Stadion
Capacity	5,500
Chairman	Geir Hustad
Manager	Magnus Aadland
League	3. divisjon
2024	3. divisjon group 3, 3rd of 14
Website	https://cms.frigg.no/
Home colours Away colours

Football team, c. 1930

Frigg Oslo playing a national bandy final against Mjøndalen IF in 1947

Frigg training at Marienlyst

It has sections for association football and bandy.

History

It was founded on 17 May 1904 as SK Frigg, named after Frigg of Norse mythology. It was merged on 21 April 1954 with SK Varg. It took the name Frigg Oslo FK in 1990. The club colors are white and blue, and the team plays at Marienlyst stadion. It has a training field at Tørteberg not far from Marienlyst.

As the name indicates it is mainly a football club. It formerly had a handball team; the women's team became national champions in 1962 and 1964. The men's football team played for many years in the Norwegian top flight, and won the Norwegian football cup in 1914, 1916 and 1921. It had several players for the Norwegian national team, including Harald Hennum and Per Pettersen.^[1] Frigg last played in the top flight in 1973. The team currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, having been relegated from the 2022 Norwegian Second Division.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round		Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	1–3	2–6

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2008	3. divisjon	2	22	15	4	3	73	18	49	First round
2009	3. divisjon	↑ 1	22	20	0	2	81	21	60	First round	Promoted
2010	2. divisjon	9	26	8	10	8	44	48	34	First round
2011	2. divisjon	6	24	11	4	9	47	40	37	First round
2012	2. divisjon	8	26	9	5	12	53	58	32	First round
2013	2. divisjon	↓ 12	26	7	4	15	42	45	25	First round	Relegated
2014	3. divisjon	2	26	19	3	4	73	23	60	First round
2015	3. divisjon	↑ 1	26	17	7	2	71	29	58	Second qual. round	Promoted
2016	2. divisjon	↓ 11	26	7	5	14	37	62	26	First round	Relegated
2017	3. divisjon	6	26	11	3	12	55	44	36	First round
2018	3. divisjon	2	26	16	7	3	64	14	55	First round
2019	3. divisjon	8	26	10	4	12	38	55	34	First round
2020	Season cancelled
2021	3. divisjon	↑ 1	13	11	2	0	48	10	35	First round	Promoted
2022	2. divisjon	↓ 14	26	6	2	18	38	65	20	Second round	Relegated

Source:^[2]

Honours

• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1914, 1916, 1921
  • Runners-up (3): 1919, 1920, 1965

Bandy

The men's bandy team played four cup finals in 1917, 1923, 1947 and 1948 but lost all. They were relegated from the 1st division (2nd tier) after the 2019/2020 season.

References

1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Frigg – sportsklubb". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
2. "Frigg Oslo FK". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

External links

• Official site (in Norwegian)
• Frigg Oslo FK results