Eidsvold TF
Encyclopedia
Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sports from Eidsvoll
, Akershus
. It has sections for association football, team handball
, track and field
, gymnastics
and speed skating
.
The club was founded as Eidsvold IL on 29 April 1910, and the name was changed to Eidsvold TF in 1912. It acquired its current stadium site, Myhrer, in 1916.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division
, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, having been relegated in 2010 after playing in the Second Division since 1999
.
Eidsvoll
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...
, Akershus
Akershus
- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...
. It has sections for association football, team handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
and speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
.
The club was founded as Eidsvold IL on 29 April 1910, and the name was changed to Eidsvold TF in 1912. It acquired its current stadium site, Myhrer, in 1916.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division
Norwegian Third Division
The Norwegian Third Division is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from April to October...
, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, having been relegated in 2010 after playing in the Second Division since 1999
1999 Norwegian Second Division
The 1999 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway.22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Hamarkameratene, Sandefjord, Strindheim and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the...
.