Lyn Fotball
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| Full name | Lyn Toppfotball |
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| Founded | 3 March 1896 |
| Ground | Bislett Stadium |
| Capacity | 15,400 |
| Manager | Jonas Rygg |
| League | Third Division |
| 2016 | Third Division /2, 1st |
Lyn Toppfotball (Norwegian pronunciation: [lyːn]) is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departments, one professional section and one amateur section. After the professional football department, FK Lyn was bankrupted in 2010, the fans decided to support the amateur department, Lyn Fotball, instead. With the help of some of the old FK Lyn players, Lyn Fotball have won three consecutive promotions, and is playing in the Third Division. The team plays its home matches at Bislett Stadium, and the head coach is Finn Bredo Olsen.
Lyn was founded in 1896 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Norway, and they were founding members of the Football Association of Norway in 1902. The club won the league in 1964 and 1968 and have won the cup eight times. Lyn was also the initiator of the construction of Ullevaal Stadion, which has served as Norway's national stadium since 1927 and was Lyn's home ground from 1926 to 2010. Lyn has traditionally been perceived as representing the upper and middle classes, whereas the eastside club Vålerenga was seen as belonging to the workers.
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