IF Urædd explained

IF Urædd is a Norwegian sports club from Porsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed skating.[1]

Its football section Urædd FK, athletics section Urædd Friidrett and handball section Urædd Håndball are the best known nationwide.

Urædd Friidrett

Clubname:Urædd Friidrett
Fullname:Urædd Friidrett
Founded:1917

Urædd Friidrett is the athletics department of the alliance club IF Urædd from Porsgrunn, which was founded in 1880. The athletics section within IF Urædd was established in 1917.

The athletics team uses the stadium Kjølnes stadion.

Its most prominent members are Lars Arvid Nilsen, Georg Andersen, Svein Inge Valvik and Olav Jenssen, who all competed in throwing events. Andersen and Nilsen originally won the silver and bronze medals in shot put at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics, but Andersen was disqualified and lost the medal due to a doping offence.

Urædd Fotball

Clubname:Urædd Fotball
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The men's football team currently resides in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, having won promotion after a brief stint of one season down in the 4. Divisjon in 2012. The club played in the Norwegian Cup final in 1904 as Porsgrunds FC and in 1911, which they lost 5–2 against Lyn. Urædd's junior team for girls won the Telenor Cup, the national junior cup for Under-19 girls, in 2010, with a 4–1 win over Fløya in Tromsdalen.

Recent seasons (women's)

SeasonPos.Pl.WDLGSGAPCupNotes
1D32212374427393rd round
1Dalign=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD 12217236524532nd roundPromoted to the Toppserien
TSalign=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC" 12221318127262nd roundRelegated to the 1. divisjon
1D22212555425412nd round
1Dalign=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC" 112257102134221st roundRelegated

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thon . Stine . Etter flere år med klager, blir endelig problemet løst: – Visste ikke hvordan vi skulle løse det før nå . Porsgrunns Dagblad . 28 April 2024 . no . 18 May 2024.