# Strømmen IF

Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics and gymnastics, and formerly had sections for bandy, orienteering, skiing, speed skating, swimming among other sports.

## History

The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as Strømmen FK. The name was changed to FK Norrøna in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with Strømmen IL and took the name IL Norrøna. In 1935 it incorporated the club Strømmen BK, founded in the 1920s, and reverted its name back to Strømmen FK. On 27 June 1945, the club merged with AIF club Strømmen AIL, founded 1928, and got its current name.

## Football

The club reached the Norwegian Football Cup semi-final in 1957, and played in the Norwegian top flight from 1949 to 1955 and from 1956 to 1961, as well as in 1986 and 1988. The club hosts the record for lowest attendance in the highest league, 202. They play their matches at Strømmen Stadion.
In 2006, Strømmen won their 3. divisjon group. In the qualification match for the 2. divisjon they met Ullern. Strømmen won the first leg, 6–2, on home ground, and they lost the second leg, 4–2, but won 8–6 on aggregate, and achieved their promotion for the 2007 season. Strømmen got relegated in 2007, but retained their spot since Odd Grenland 2 got demoted to the 3. divisjon, following Odd's first team being relegated from the top tier, Tippeligaen. Thomas Berntsen was hired by Strømmen on 3 August 2008, and with Berntsen as head coach, Strømmen avoided relegation to the 3. divisjon. Ahead of the 2009 season, Petter Myhre was named co-coach together with Berntsen. With Berntsen and Myhre as coaches, Strømmen won their 2009 2. divisjon group and was promoted to 1. divisjon. In 2010 Strømmen finished three points behind a promotion play-offs spot. In the decisive match of the 2011 season, Strømmen avoided relegation with a 6–1 win against Nybergsund. After the 2011 season, Berntsen was replaced by Erland Johnsen.

### Recent history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA Pts Cup Notes 2001 D3/4 3 221057 463735 1st qualifying round 2002 D3/5 3 221444 753846 1st qualifying round 2003 D3/5 2 221714 652352 1st qualifying round 2004 D3/3 1 221921 762159 1st round Lost playoffs for promotion 2005 D3/4 2 201226 563838 2nd round 2006 D3/4 ↑ 1 221912 843258 1st qualifying round Promoted to 2. divisjon 2007 D2/1 12 268414 505228 1st round Avoided relegation due to the relegation of the reserve teams of Odd Grenland and Start 2008 D2/1 11 268513 314929 1st round 2009 D2/1 ↑ 1 262033 773163 2nd round Promoted to 1. divisjon 2010 1D 7 2812412 434240 3rd round 2011 1D 12 309714 435834 2nd round 2012 1D 11 3010713 395137 2nd round 2013 1D 11 3091110 394338 2nd round 2014 1D 10 3011811 595441 3rd round 2015 1D 8 3010713 333937 4th round 2016 1D 7 301389 464547 3rd round 2017 1D 11 309912 394736 2nd round 2018 1D 11 3012216 495338 2nd round 2019 1D 13 3071013 324630 4th round 2020 1D 10 3010812 475135 Cancelled 2021 1D ↓ 16 3041214 324924 2nd round Relegated to 2. divisjon 2022 2D 6 249411 363931 1st round 2023 2D 4 261439 393545 2nd round
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## Current squad

    As of 1 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Sindre Rindal |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Cameron Crestani |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Maximilian Balatoni (on loan from Lillestrøm) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Matias Aadnøy |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Nikolai Solberg |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Eirik Åsvestad |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Younes Amer |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Mustapha Achrifi |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Mathias Sundberg |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Julian Kristengård |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Anders Nord |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Osama Housni |
| 20 | DF | FRO | Heri Mohr |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Oscar Jansson |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Steffen Aronsen |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Even Rogne |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Marius Kollstrom |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Sverre Nilsen |
| 45 | MF | NOR | Jonas Sunde |
| 72 | FW | NOR | Nezik Adeeb Ismail |
| — | GK | NOR | Petter Karlsen |

## Athletics

Former cross-country skier Thomas Alsgaard competed for Strømmen IF in steeplechase and long-distance running in his younger days.
The club's only Norwegian champion in athletics is Otto Rui. He won the hammer throw in 1987, and also took national medals in 1985, 1988 and 1989. Sidsel Kjellås is their winningest domestic medalist, with silver medals in the 80 metres hurdles in 1964, pentathlon in 1965, and the tetrathlon in 1966 and a bronze in the standing long jump in 1965. Birgit Tofthagen took a national silver medal in the high jump in 1964, and Unni Lundby took a bronze medal in the 200 metres in 1969. Strømmen's women' team in the 4 x 100 metres relay also took a national silver medal in 1965 and a bronze in 1970.
The club hosted the 1992 Norwegian Cross-Country Championships.