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'''Grorud Idrettslag''' is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] sports club from [[Grorud]] borough, [[Oslo]]. It has sections for [[association football]], [[skiing]], [[gymnastics]] and [[tennis]].
==General history== As a sports club based in Grorud, it had two predecessor clubs in ''Grorud IF'', which existed from 1904 to 1905, and ''Grorud TIF'', which existed from 1908 to 1914. Grorud IL was finally founded on 18 March 1918.<ref name=hist>{{cite web|url=http://idrett.speaker.no/Organisation.asp?OrgElementID=20775&CatId=910358|title=Grorud IL's historikk|publisher=Grorud IL|language=no|access-date=28 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322003900/http://idrett.speaker.no/Organisation.asp?OrgElementID=20775&CatId=910358|archive-date=22 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time, Grorud was still located in [[Aker, Norway|Aker]] municipality. The district was incorporated into Oslo in 1948 and tied to the city centre with the [[Grorud Line]] of the [[Oslo Metro]] in 1966.
The club finished construction of its football field in 1926, and its ski jumping hill Rannkollen in 1928. In 1932 the football field was covered with gravel, which allowed the practice of skating sports during the winter.<ref name=hist/> In 1932, Grorud IL was one of the first workers' sports clubs to take up the tennis sport.<ref>{{cite journal|title='Den hvite sporten' og AIF|author=Sarpebakken, Per|journal=Arbeiderhistorie|year=1996|page=68|language=no|isbn=82-90759-13-4|publisher=[[Labour Movement Archive and Library]]|location=Oslo}}</ref>
Later secretary-general in the UN, [[Trygve Lie]] served as secretary in Grorud TIF, and became an honorary member of Grorud IL. He was a central person in the [[Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions]], and helped the club get a money loan in [[Akers Sparebank]], which financed the field and hill construction. In 1929, Grorud IL decided to join the [[Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund|Workers' Sports Confederation]] (or ''AIF''), where Trygve Lie also was a central figure. This connection ended in 1946 when the AIF was disbanded. By that time the club had got their club house, designed by noted architect [[Frode Rinnan]].<ref name=hist/>
In 1956, the new ski jumping hill Grorudbakken was opened. It fell apart in October 1957, but was rebuilt in steel. A grass football field was opened in 1966, and the field also featured an athletics track. An indoor arena was opened in 1974.<ref name=hist/>
The club colors are yellow and blue.
==Football== The men's football team currently plays in [[1. divisjon]], the second tier of the [[Norwegian football league system]], after being promoted from the [[2019 2. divisjon]] As Grorud IL, the team played in the [[3. divisjon]], the fourth tier of Norwegian football, for many years, having been promoted to the [[1994 3. divisjon|1994 season]]. After being relegated in [[1997 3. divisjon|1997]] the team quickly returned in [[1999 3. divisjon|1999]].{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} After a long 3. divisjon stint, the team won promotion in [[2011 3. divisjon|2011]] and played in the [[2012 2. divisjon]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Opprykksjubel på Grorud|last=Wikborg|first=Jonas|date=24 October 2011|work=[[Lokalavisen Groruddalen]]|language=no|access-date=27 October 2011|url=http://dittoslo.no/lokalavisengroruddalen/opprykksjubel-pa-grorud-1.6568799|archive-date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112728/http://dittoslo.no/lokalavisengroruddalen/opprykksjubel-pa-grorud-1.6568799|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The men's football team formerly cooperated to prop up an umbrella team called [[Groruddalen BK]], but this team went defunct in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gir opp satsingen|last=Hofoss|first=Espen|date=17 December 2008|work=[[Aftenposten Aften]]|page=19|language=no}}</ref> Grorud IL was not the backbone of Groruddalen BK, however; this was [[Årvoll IL]] whose league spot was taken over by Groruddalen BK.
== Recent history == :{|class="wikitable" ! Season ! ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P ![[Norwegian Cup|Cup]] !Notes |- |[[2010 3. divisjon|2010]] |[[3. divisjon]] |align=right |'''2''' |align=right|22||align=right|14||align=right|3||align=right|5 |align=right|69||align=right|31||align=right|'''45''' ||Second round | |- |[[2011 3. divisjon|2011]] |[[3. divisjon]] |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''1''' |align=right|26||align=right|21||align=right|1||align=right|4 |align=right|92||align=right|26||align=right|'''64''' ||First qualifying round |Promoted |- |[[2012 2. divisjon|2012]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''10''' |align=right|26||align=right|7||align=right|11||align=right|8 |align=right|44||align=right|40||align=right|'''32''' ||First round | |- |[[2013 2. divisjon|2013]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''4''' |align=right|26||align=right|11||align=right|7||align=right|8 |align=right|60||align=right|51||align=right|'''40''' ||Second round | |- |[[2014 2. divisjon|2014]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''7''' |align=right|26||align=right|9||align=right|8||align=right|9 |align=right|49||align=right|51||align=right|'''35''' ||Third round | |- |[[2015 2. divisjon|2015]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''3''' |align=right|26||align=right|17||align=right|3||align=right|6 |align=right|71||align=right|30||align=right|'''54''' ||Second round | |- |[[2016 2. divisjon|2016]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''4''' |align=right|26||align=right|15||align=right|6||align=right|5 |align=right|63||align=right|39||align=right|'''51''' ||Second round | |- |[[2017 2. divisjon|2017]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''6''' |align=right|26||align=right|11||align=right|4||align=right|11 |align=right|43||align=right|49||align=right|'''37''' ||Second round | |- |[[2018 2. divisjon|2018]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''3''' |align=right|26||align=right|14||align=right|6||align=right|6 |align=right|46||align=right|31||align=right|'''48''' ||Second round | |- |[[2019 2. divisjon|2019]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''1''' |align=right|26||align=right|15||align=right|6||align=right|5 |align=right|47||align=right|32||align=right|'''51''' ||Third round |Promoted |- |[[2020 1. divisjon|2020]] |[[1. divisjon]] |align=right |'''13''' |align=right|30||align=right|9||align=right|7||align=right|14 |align=right|45||align=right|56||align=right|'''34''' ||Cancelled | |- |[[2021 1. divisjon|2021]] |[[1. divisjon]] |align=right |'''13''' |align=right|30||align=right|10||align=right|4||align=right|16 |align=right|45||align=right|59||align=right|'''34''' ||Third round | |- |[[2022 1. divisjon|2022]] |[[1. divisjon]] |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''15''' |align=right|30||align=right|4||align=right|8||align=right|18 |align=right|34||align=right|69||align=right|'''20''' ||Second round |Relegated |- |[[2023 Norwegian Second Division|2023]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''4''' |align=right|26||align=right|9||align=right|9||align=right|8 |align=right|32||align=right|27||align=right|'''36''' ||Second round | |- |[[2024 Norwegian Second Division|2024]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''5''' |align=right|26||align=right|12||align=right|9||align=right|5 |align=right|73||align=right|45||align=right|'''45''' ||First round | |- |[[2025 Norwegian Second Division|2025]] |[[2. divisjon]] |align=right |'''2''' |align=right|26||align=right|17||align=right|3||align=right|6 |align=right|58||align=right|36||align=right|'''54''' ||Third round | |} Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nifs.no/lagprofil.php?teamId=395|title=Grorud IL|work=NIFS|publisher=[[Norwegian News Agency|NTB]]|access-date=30 October 2022|language=no}}</ref>
== Current squad == {{updated|1 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grorud-il.no/lag|title=A-laget|website=grorud-il.no|language=no|trans-title=First team squad}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=NOR|name=Lars Kvarekvål}} {{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=NOR|name=Mathusan Sandrakumar}} {{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=NOR|name=Bendik Brevik}} {{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=NOR|name=Tarik Mrakovic}} {{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=NOR|name=William Silfver-Ramage}} {{Fs player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Simen Heggdal Beck}} {{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Tollef Kvello Etholm}} {{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Abel Tjomsland}} {{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=NOR|name=Sander Bratvold|other={{small|on loan from [[Mjøndalen IF Fotball|Mjøndalen]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Musa Joof Dubois}} {{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=CUB|name=[[Willian Pozo-Venta]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=14|pos=FW|nat=AFG|name=[[Dilawar Ahmadzay]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Casper Myhren Fjeld}} {{Fs player|no=16|pos=FW|nat=MAR|name=Otman Khris}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Jonas Dobloug Rasen}} {{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Herman Kvello Etholm}} {{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Mohammed Mahnin}} {{Fs player|no=22|pos=FW|nat=NOR|name=[[Simen Hammershaug]]}} {{Fs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=NOR|name=Tharun Satheeskumar}} {{Fs player|no=31|pos=GK|nat=NOR|name=Emil Moe}} {{Fs player|no=36|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Brage Tobiassen|other={{small|on loan from [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]}}}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=NOR|name=Noah Rychter|other=at [[Funnefoss/Vormsund IL|Funnefoss/Vormsund]] until 31 December 2025}} {{Fs player|no=23|pos=DF|nat=NOR|name=Tamsir Baboucarr Sosseh|other=at [[SF Grei|Grei]] until 31 December 2025}} {{Fs end}}
==Athletics== The athletics section is now defunct, but has had several prominent members. [[Hilde Fredriksen]] notably finished sixth in the unofficial [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics#1980 .28Sittard.2C Netherlands.29|1980 World Championships]] in [[400 metres hurdles]], and also holds the Norwegian record in the event. Trond Knaplund was a [[decathlton|decathlete]] of national renown, and is now a coach.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.grorud-il.no/ Official site] {{in lang|no}} * [http://www.nordicstadiums.com/grorud-arctic-match/ Grorud Arctic Match - Nordic Stadiums]
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