Harstad IL
Norwegian football club
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| clubname | Harstad IL |
| image | [[File:Harstad IL.png |
| fullname | Harstad Idrettslag |
| nickname | |
| founded | |
| stadium | Harstad Stadium, Harstad |
| capacity | 1000 |
| chairman | Frode Henriksen |
| manager | Torkild Nilsen |
| league | Third Division |
| season | 2024 |
| position | Third Division group 6, 4th of 14 |
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Harstad Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Harstad, Troms. It has association football, futsal and nordic skiing sections. The club formerly had sections for track and field, skiing and speed skating, but this was discontinued in 1987. The club colors are yellow and black, and their home field is Harstad stadion. This was Norway's first football stadium with artificial turf.
The men's football team currently plays in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. The team last played in the Norwegian First Division in 1997. After that they had a long run in the Second Division. It played in the Third Division in 2003, but won their group and won the playoff 5–2 on aggregate against Innstranden. In 2008 they were back in the Third Division, won the league but lost the playoff to Bodø/Glimt 2 with 6–5 on aggregate after extra time. The next season they won the playoff, beating Stålkameratene 3–2 on aggregate. After two season in the Second Division, Harstad was again relegated in 2011.
The club also won the Northern Norwegian Cup nine times: in 1932, 1938, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1968. RSSSF A well-known player from that era is Trygve Bornø.
Recent history
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! Season
!
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
!Notes
|-
|2008
|3. divisjon
|align=right |1
|align=right|20||align=right|15||align=right|2||align=right|1
|align=right|130||align=right|13||align=right|47
||First round
|
|-
|2009
|3. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1
|align=right|20||align=right|18||align=right|2||align=right|0
|align=right|139||align=right|16||align=right|56
||First round
| Promoted |
|---|
| 2010 |
| 2. divisjon |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| |- |2011 |2. divisjon |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 12 |align=right|26||align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|15 |align=right|41||align=right|58||align=right|25 ||First round
| Relegated |
|---|
| 2012 |
| 3. divisjon |
| align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| Promoted |
| - |
| 2013 |
| 2. divisjon |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| |- |2014 |2. divisjon |align=right |8 |align=right|26||align=right|12||align=right|3||align=right|11 |align=right|46||align=right|33||align=right|39 ||Second round | |- |2015 |2. divisjon |align=right |8 |align=right|26||align=right|9||align=right|7||align=right|10 |align=right|34||align=right|42||align=right|34 ||First round | |- |2016 |2. divisjon |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 8 |align=right|26||align=right|8||align=right|7||align=right|11 |align=right|45||align=right|51||align=right|31 ||First round
| Relegated |
|---|
| 2017 |
| 3. divisjon |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| |- |2018 |3. divisjon |align=right |6 |align=right|26||align=right|13||align=right|3||align=right|10 |align=right|57||align=right|52||align=right|42 ||Second round | |- |2019 |3. divisjon |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 12 |align=right|26||align=right|8||align=right|3||align=right|15 |align=right|33||align=right|59||align=right|27 ||Second round
| Relegated |
|---|
| 2020 |
| colspan="11" |
| - |
| 2021 |
| 4. divisjon |
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| align=right |
| align=right |
| Promoted |
| - |
| 2022 |
| 3. divisjon |
| align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
| align=right |
| align=right |
| Relegated |
| } |
| Source: |
References
References
- (2007). "Harstad Idrettslag". Kunnskapsforlaget.
- Ingebrigtsen, Knut. (19 October 2006). "Harstad med Norges første kunstgressbane". Harstad IL.
- "4. div Menn - Hålogaland 2021". Norwegian Football Federation.
- "Harstad IL". [[Norwegian News Agency.
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