Idrettslaget Sverre
Founded26 September 1886 (1886-09-26)
Based inLevanger, Norway
StadiumEldberg Stadion
Websitehttp://ilsverre.no/

Idrettslaget Sverre is a sports club located in Levanger, Norway. The club was founded on 26 September 1886, and today it has sections for football, gymnastics, tennis and cycling. The name originates from Birkebeiner king Sverre Sigurdsson.[1]

Football

History

In the 1956–57 season, Sverre competed in play-offs to win promotion to the 1957–58 Hovedserien, the top division in the Norwegian football league system. Sverre lost 3–5 on aggregate against Molde[2] and were never promoted to the top flight. Sverre kept on playing in lower leagues until their last season as a senior team in the fourth tier 3. divisjon in the 1995 season.[3] In 1996, the men's senior football team merged with SK Nessegutten and created Levanger FK.[4] They currently have football sections for youths up to the age of 16 years.[1]

Former footballers

Former footballers of IL Sverre include:

Cycling

1972 Olympic track cycling champion Knud Knudsen represented IL Sverre.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Om IL Sverre". ilsverre.no (in Norwegian). IL Sverre. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Landsdelsserien 1956/57". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Third division 1995". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Klubbens historie". levangerfk.no (in Norwegian). Levanger FK. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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