Ullern Idrettsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Ullern, Oslo. It has sections for association football, team handball, basketball, bandy and cheerleading. The club colors are white and red.

Ullern IF
Full nameUllern Idrettsforening
Founded23 February 1909; 115 years ago (1909-02-23)
GroundUllernbanen
(football and bandy,
formerly track)

Ørakerhallen
(handball and basket)
both in Ullern, Oslo
League3. divisjon
20232. divisjon group 1, 14th of 14 (relegated)

General history

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The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of the multi-sports club Liull, the multi-sports club Bestum IF (founded 1914), the gymnastics club Lilleaker TF and Ullern Basket (founded 1956). Liull was in turn a merger of the skiing club Ullern SK (founded 1909) and Lilleaker IF (founded 1913).[1] The club counts 1909 as its founding year.

Lilleaker IF had been named Fagforeningenes IL, Lysaker from 1913 to 1924. That year, the Workers' Sports Federation was founded, but membership for Lilleaker IF here was voted down. As a result, the splinter club Fagforeningenes IL, Lilleaker was established. LIF and Fagen were reunited again in 1936, on the condition that the membership in the Workers' Sports Federation was retained. This federation was discontinued after the Second World War, as the club was also merged with Ullern SK to Liull (a portmanteau of the two names).[1]

Lilleaker TF was originally the women's section of Fagen, founded on 3 October 1929. Following the merger in 1936, the gymnastics section broke away in 1938 to found the gymnastics club Najaden. It was too a member of the Worker's Sports Federation. The club was then renamed Lilleaker TF in 1945, and became a part of the large merger in 1971.[1]

Ullern IF or its predecessors have had sections (which are now defunct) for track and field, amateur boxing, amateur wrestling, gymnastics, judo, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing and tennis.[1]

Football

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The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system, after being relegated from the 2023 Norwegian Second Division.

Recent seasons

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Season League Cup Notes
Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P
2011 3. divisjon 6 26 12 5 9 56 40 41 First round
2012 3. divisjon 3 24 14 5 5 59 36 47 First qualifying round
2013 3. divisjon 2 26 20 2 4 95 42 62 Second round
2014 3. divisjon 1 26 19 6 1 76 35 63 Second qualifying round Promoted
2015 2. divisjon 11 26 6 7 13 33 47 25 First round
2016 2. divisjon 12 26 4 6 16 28 51 18 First round Relegated
2017 3. divisjon 7 26 11 6 9 40 38 39 First round
2018 3. divisjon 9 26 10 3 13 58 54 33 First round
2019 3. divisjon 4 26 15 5 6 61 33 50 Second round
2020 Season cancelled
2021 3. divisjon 1 13 11 2 0 36 9 35 Second round Promoted
2022 2. divisjon 9 24 5 9 10 37 43 24 Second round

Source:[2]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 14 August 2023[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NOR Christoffer Bugge
2 DF   NOR Henrik Navarsete
3 DF   NOR Tomas Lopez Borgersen
4 DF   NOR Ismar Dizdar
5 DF   NOR Abdel-Hedi Ali
6 DF   NOR Espen Lindøe
7 MF   NOR Christoffer Skårn
8 MF   NOR Lars Følstad
9 MF   NOR Dreni Ademaj
10 MF   NOR Thomas Martinussen
11 MF   NOR Lars Jensen Austnes
12 GK   NOR Jesper Wold
13 DF   NOR Ola Nikolai Rye
15 MF   NOR Magnus Fosen
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   NOR Jonas Holthe
18 MF   NOR Aksel Bay-Larsen
19 FW   NOR Emil Jaf
20 DF   NOR Alexander Nilsen
21 MF   NOR Brage Tobiassen
22 FW   NOR Mads Bådsvik
23 FW   NOR Bendik Foss Evensen
24 MF   NOR Jonas Jorde
26 DF   NOR Francklyn Wollum-Goulehi
29 FW   NOR Jonathan Aarenes
30 GK   NOR Ingvald Grønseth Benestad
77 FW   NOR Fitim Azemi
FW   NOR Thomas Støfring

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Krogstad, Morten (2010). Ullern Idrettsforening 100 år (in Norwegian). ISBN 978-82-303-1472-2.
  2. ^ "Ullern Fotball". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Spillere" [Players]. fotball.no (in Norwegian).
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