Oppsal IF
# Oppsal IF

Oppsal Idrettsforening (founded on 4 August 1912 as Bryn Atletklubb) 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 (grass), 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 (founded on 4 August 1912) and Bryn Sportsklubb (founded in autumn 1912) 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 (founded on 10 August 1915) and Ulven Idrettsforening (founded on 1 July 1916). Together they formed Idrettsforeningen Bjart.
* Bjart joined forces in 1945 with Idrettsforeningen Freidig (founded on 15 June 1928) and Ulven Idrettsforening (founded on 22 June 1913). The association took the name Idrettsforeningen B.F.G..
* B.F.G. merged on 1 January 1970 with Oppsal Idrettsforening (founded 1 July 1940) and Trasop Ishockeyklubb (founded 6 January 1965). The result of the merger was Oppsal Idrettsforening. On 9 November 2005, the club changed this name to Oppsal Alliance-Idrettsforening.

## 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

Sources:

    Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2015 3. divisjon ↑ 1 261844 742858 First round Promoted to 2. divisjon 2016 2. divisjon ↓ 10 268513 365329 First round Relegated to 3. divisjon 2017 3. divisjon 4 261439 584945 First round 2018 3. divisjon ↑ 1 262141 851767 First round Promoted to 2. divisjon 2019 2. divisjon ↓ 13 266614 356024 First round Relegated to 3. divisjon 2020 Season cancelled 2021 3. divisjon 5 13544 172019 First round 2022 3. divisjon 11 267613 384927 First round
