IL Sandviken

Sandviken
Full nameIdrettslaget Sandviken
Founded29 June 1945; 79 years ago (1945-06-29)
GroundStemmemyren idrettsplass, Bergen
ManagerAlexander Stockinger
LeagueSecond Division
2024Third Division group 1, 1st of 14 (promoted)

Idrettslaget Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood of Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for basketball, football and handball.

It was mostly known for its women's football team that played in the Toppserien. It won the league in 2021,[1] and the Norwegian Women's Cup in 1995.[2] The team was renamed SK Brann Kvinner ahead of the 2022 season.[3][4]

The men's football team currently resides in the Norwegian Second Division, the third tier of the Norwegian football league system.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Norwegian women league champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Norway - List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Sandviken blir en del av Brann". NRK (in Norwegian). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ "IL Sandviken Toppfotball endrer navn til SK Brann Kvinner f.o.m. 01.01.22". Toppserien (in Norwegian). 17 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Sandviken". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 6 November 2022.


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