{{short description|Norwegian sports club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Sandar IL | image = | fullname = Sandar Idrettslag | nickname = | founded = 24 September 1931 | ground = Vesterøya Idrettspark<br/>Sandefjord | capacity = | chairman = | chief executive = | manager = | league = Fifth Division | season = 2011 | position = Fourth Division / Vestfold, 11th (relegated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/System-pages/Tabell/?tournamentId=125975 |language=Norwegian |title=Tabell 4. divisjon, Vestfold 2011 |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |accessdate=25 April 2012}}</ref> | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=FF0000 |body1=FF0000 |rightarm1=FF0000 |shorts1=FFFFFF |socks1=FFFFFF | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=6699FF |body2=6699FF |rightarm2=6699FF |shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF | }} '''Sandar Idrettslag''' is a sports club from Sandar, Sandefjord, Norway.
It was founded on 24 September 1931 as ''Framnes IL'', but the name ''Sandar IL'' was taken already on 13 October 1931. The club has sections for association football and handball, and the team colors are red, black and white.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandaril.no/category44.html|title=Informasjon om Sandar Idrettslag|publisher=Sandar IL|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref>
Footballer Jon Midttun Lie played for Sandar IL from age 13 to age 16. In 2008 Lie's then-team Lillestrøm SK faced Sandar in the first round of the Norwegian Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rb.no/lsk-magasinet/article3532353.ece|title=Hjem for å starte cupeventyr|last=Svesengen|first=Morten|date=12 May 2008|work=Romerikes Blad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> Sandar also met another team from Tippeligaen in the first round of the cup in 2007, but lost 5–0 against Sandefjord Fotball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fotballmagasinet.no/?mode=news&id=7836 |language=Norwegian |title=Sandefjord sikkert videre |work=fotballmagasinet.no |date=20 May 2007 |accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>
The men's team played in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, but controversially forfeited after three games of the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://speaker.no/fotball/matte-trekke-laget-etter-tre-stortap-1.5249808|title=Måtte trekke laget etter tre stortap|last=Grinvoll|first=Even|date=14 May 2008|work=Speaker.no|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> In 2011, Sandar played in the Fourth Division, but was relegated to the Fifth Division.
Terese Pedersen has played handball for Sandar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball.no/Lprofiler.asp?LagId=6014&ProfilId=6232|title=Landslagsprofiler – Terese Pedersen|publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation|accessdate=14 May 2010|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.sandaril.no Official site] {{in lang|no}}
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Category:Football clubs in Norway Category:Association football clubs established in 1931 Category:Sport in Sandefjord Category:1931 establishments in Norway
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