Sparta Sarpsborg

Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg is ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena. The team colours are blue and white.
==History==
The ice hockey department of IL Sparta was founded in 1958, and got off to a fantastic start when Norways first indoor hockey arena Sparta Amfi was opened in 1963. Within only three years they earned promotion to the first division as the first team outside Oslo. It was only to be a short stint, and through most part of the late sixties and seventies 'Sparta' spent their time in the second division, with the odd visit to the top flight.
The eighties was to be Spartas greatest decade. Under the leadership of charismatic coach Lasse Bäckman and strengthened by several strong signings from other Norwegian clubs, and a couple of Swedish stars they claimed the Norwegian Championships in 1984. The feat was repeated in 1989, when the club beat heavily favoured Trondheim in the final after claiming the last playoff spot in the last rounds of the league.
The success proved costly for the club, and in 1995, after years of economical problems Sparta had to file for bankruptcy, the only sports club in Norway ever to do so. This meant that they had to start from scratch in the third division, and they lost their best players to other clubs in Norway. However, many of them came back to Sparta. They made the stay a short one, and in 1997 they were back in the Eliteserien where they have stayed since.
As of December 2007, Sparta once again assumed the top of the league table, and are closer than ever to win a title in Norwegian hockey, since the eighties.
In the 2008-09 season the team won the league and got silver in the Norwegian Championship after being defeated by Vålerenga.
In 2020, the team was rebranded as Sparta Sarpsborg.
==Season-by-season results==
This is a partial list of the recent seasons completed by the Sparta Sarpsborg. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sparta Sarpsborg seasons.
Norwegian Champions	Regular Season Champions	Promoted	Relegated
Season 	League 	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Playoffs
Season 	League 	GP 	W 	L 	OTW 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Playoffs
2009–10	Eliteserien	48 	26 	15 	1 	6 	161 	122 	86 	2nd 	Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
2010–11	Eliteserien	45 	33 	7 	4 	1 	193 	96 	108 	1st 	Won Norwegian Championship, 4–1 (Stavanger)
2011–12	Eliteserien	45 	22 	16 	5 	2 	166 	112 	75 	5th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 3-4 (Lillehammer)
2012–13	Eliteserien	45 	19 	13 	8 	5 	151 	136 	78 	4th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Vålerenga)
2013–14	Eliteserien	45 	23 	16 	3 	3 	136 	104 	78 	4th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Storhamar)
2014–15	Eliteserien	45 	26 	14 	0 	5 	176 	122 	83 	3rd 	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–4 (Storhamar)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45 	24 	12 	5 	4 	172 	138 	86 	4th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar)
2016–17	Eliteserien	45 	18 	20 	1 	6 	128 	111 	62 	8th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–4 (Stavanger)
2017–18	Eliteserien	45 	25 	10 	8 	2 	152 	109 	93 	2nd 	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–4 (Lillehammer)
2018–19	Eliteserien	48 	18 	18 	5 	7 	137 	141 	71 	6th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
2019–20	Eliteserien	45 	18 	20 	5 	2 	144 	130 	66 	6th 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Eliteserien	19 	4 	11 	3 	1 	51 	64 	19 	7th 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Eliteserien	45 	23 	12 	6 	4 	150 	102 	85 	3rd 	Lost in Semi-finals, 3–4 (Stavanger)
2022–23	Eliteserien	45 	24 	11 	8 	2 	148 	99 	90 	4th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–4 (Stavanger)
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==References==
==External links==
*Official website
Category:Ice hockey teams in Norway