Oppsal IF


Oppsal Idrettsforening is a multi-sports club from Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for basketball, football, handball, ice hockey, cross-country skiing, athletics and orienteering.
The club's home ground is Trasop. Trasop consists of a combined athletics and football field, as well as a gravel field and an artificial turf field. The handball section has their home matches in Oppsal Arena.

History

Oppsal Idrettsforening is the result of several mergers. Bryn Atletklubb is the very oldest predecessor, so the date this club was founded, 4 August 1912, is considered the club's foundation date.
  • Bryn Atletklubb and Bryn Sportsklubb merged in 1914 to form Bryn Sport- og Atletklubb, but this name was changed in 1925 to Bryn Idrettsforening.
  • Bryn Sportsklubb merged on 4 September 1927 with Oppsal Sportsklubb and Ulven Idrettsforening. Together they formed Idrettsforeningen Bjart.
  • Bjart joined forces in 1945 with Idrettsforeningen Freidig and Ulven Idrettsforening. The association took the name Idrettsforeningen B.F.G..
  • B.F.G. merged on 1 January 1970 with Oppsal Idrettsforening and Trasop Ishockeyklubb. The result of the merger was Oppsal Idrettsforening. On 9 November 2005, the club changed this name to Oppsal Alliance-Idrettsforening.

    Basketball

Oppsal Basket was established in 1972 when Oslo Basket joined Oppsal IF. As part of the larger Oppsal Allianseidrettslag since 2005, the basketball section has grown from a small senior-focused group into one of Norway’s largest basketball clubs. By 2022, it had 460 members, fielding teams at all levels, including a men’s 1st division team, and has a strong record of national-level participation.

Handball

The history of the handball section goes a long time back. The men's team was dominant in the domestic competitions in the 1970s, and qualified for European participation 9 times. In recent years, the women's team are the section's flagship. The women's team recently gained promotion to REMA 1000-ligaen after a season on level 2 in Norwegian handball.

Football

The men's association football team currently compete in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system, after being relegated from the 2019 2. divisjon.

Recent men's seasons

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