IF Fram Larvik

For other uses, see Fram (disambiguation).

Idrettsforeningen Fram, better known as Fram Larvik to distinguish it from other sport clubs, is a sports club from Torstrand in Larvik, Norway. It has sections for association football, athletics, handball and speed skating.

Fram Larvik

Full name	Idrettsforeningen Fram
Nickname(s)	Fram
Founded	15 January 1894; 131 years ago (1894-01-15)
Ground	Framparken
Head coach	Haakon Lunov
League	3. divisjon
2024	3. divisjon group 2, 4th of 14
Website	https://iffram.no
Home colours Away colours

General history

The club was founded on 15 January 1894. That makes Fram Norway's oldest existing association football club.^[1][2] It is often known as Fram Larvik, mainly to distinguish it from IL Fram from Skatval.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system.

The club reached the final of the 1912 Norwegian Cup. Fram won the final 2–1, but the opponent Mercantile claimed that Fram had used an illegit player. The Norwegian FA ruled a replay the next weekend. On 20 October 1912, Fram lost the replay 0–6 against Mercantile at Gamle Frogner Stadion in Kristiania.^[3] The club's greatest achievement came in 1950, when the club won the 1949–50 Hovedserien, the Norwegian top division. Fram played in the Second Division to 1995, but was down to the 4. divisjon for a period after relegation in the 1999 3. divisjon campaign. After that, the team was remade to Larvik Fotball, which won several promotions and resided in the 2. divisjon for some years. The cooperation club Larvik Fotball ceased to exist in late 2004, and the 2005 2. divisjon was played as IF Fram, but with abysmal results. After a few seasons back in the 3. divisjon, however, Fram won the league in 2008 and the subsequent playoffs, and has played in the 2. divisjon since. Petter Belsvik took over as head coach after the 2013 season from Tom Helge Jacobsen.^[4] In 2021 Haakon Lunov is head coach of Fram Football arter signing a two-year contract.

Notable footballers include Tom Rüsz Jacobsen, Kenneth Stenild, Lars Bakkerud, Freddy Ørbeck Jonny Hansen, former Swedish u21 international Andreas Drugge and Sverre Hansen.

Honours

• Norwegian top flight:
  • Winners (1): 1949–50^[5]
• Norwegian Football Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1912^[3]

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2005	2. divisjon	↓ 14	26	4	5	17	25	90	17	Second round	Relegated
2006	3. divisjon	8	22	7	7	8	53	39	28	First qualifying round
2007	3. divisjon	1	22	14	4	4	66	28	46	First qualifying round	Lost promotion play-off
2008	3. divisjon	↑ 1	22	20	1	1	75	22	61	Second round	Won promotion play-off
2009	2. divisjon	8	26	10	3	13	47	69	33	First round
2010	2. divisjon	11	26	9	6	11	45	53	33	First round
2011	2. divisjon	11	26	7	6	13	34	56	38	First round
2012	2. divisjon	6	26	10	6	10	39	37	36	First round
2013	2. divisjon	3	26	14	8	4	62	34	50	First round
2014	2. divisjon	3	26	15	4	7	52	41	49	Second round
2015	2. divisjon	4	26	13	8	5	60	42	47	Second round
2016	2. divisjon	6	26	13	2	11	58	46	41	Second round
2017	2. divisjon	5	26	12	6	8	49	43	42	First round
2018	2. divisjon	10	26	9	2	15	40	57	29	Second round
2019	2. divisjon	5	26	12	7	7	50	34	43	Quarterfinal
2020	2. divisjon	14	13	1	3	9	17	41	6	Cancelled
2021	2. divisjon	↓ 12	26	6	9	11	33	42	27	Second round	Relegated
2022	3. divisjon	↑ 1	26	18	7	1	60	20	61	Second round	Promoted
2023	2. divisjon	↓ 13	26	6	7	13	37	57	25	First round	Relegated
2024	3. divisjon	4	26	16	5	5	64	44	53	Second round

Source:^[6]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Jorge Vieira 2 DF  NOR Ola Strand 3 DF  NOR Markus Rekdal 4 DF  NOR Jonathan Rydjord Pettersen 5 DF  NOR Liiban Abdi Ahmed 7 MF  NOR Petter Nilssen Einarsson 8 MF  NOR Pa-Modou Jatta 9 FW  SWE Marcus Fählgren Hallström 10 MF  NOR Mahmoud Laham 11 MF  SWE Neo Drugge Hysén 12 GK  POL Jeremi Kamecki 13 MF  NOR Oliver Armando Helgeland 15 MF  NOR Marius Jacobsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  NOR Jørgen Kili Fjeldskår (on loan from Sandefjord) 17 MF  NOR Jonas Bruusgaard 18 DF  NOR Philip Jonhaugen Ask 19 FW  NOR Isak Solvik Nilsen 21 FW  NOR Martin Henriksen 22 MF  NOR Uno Kristian Pedersen 23 FW  NOR Erik Nordengen 24 MF  NOR Riel Chol Nguen 25 MF  NOR Brian Lysebo Johansen 27 MF  COL Brahian Stiven Mosquera 28 DF  NOR Pedro de Souza 30 DF  NOR Martin Wurschmidt — GK  NOR Thomas Johansen

Handball

The club also have a handball team, that plays in the First Division,^[8] the second highest tier in men's handball. Ole Kristian Strøm is the coach, and they play their matches in Framhallen.

Notable handballers include Eivind Ellingsen, Pål Myrdam, Are Ruud and Tom Bakke.

Speed skating

Notable speed skaters in Fram include Bjørg Eva Jensen, Tom Erik Oxholm, Roger Strøm, Else Marie Christiansen, Minna Nystedt, Anne Therese Tveter, Bjørn Tveter and Øyvind Tveter.