Sarpsborg Fotballklubb is a Norwegianfootball club from Sarpsborg, Østfold. It was founded in May 8, 1903. As of 2008 they are playing in Norwegian Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian league system.
History
Sarpsborg is one of the great Norwegian teams, with 12 Norwegian cup finals. Of these, six were victories (1917, 1929, 1939, 1948, 1949, and 1951). The Sarpsborg player Harry Yven participated in four of these six championships, the first time as a 17 year old in 1929 and the last as a 37 year old in 1949.
Sarpsborg's latest period of greatness was the years around 1970. That year, they participated in the European Cup.
21st century
The club played in the Norwegian Second Division as late as in 2007. After that season, the first team was merged with local rivals Sparta Sarpsborg to form a new team Sarpsborg Sparta FK. Sarpsborg Sparta FK took the place of Sparta Sarpsborg in the league system, namely in the First Division. Sarpsborg FK did not cease to exist, but fielded a new first team for the 2008 season, which took over the place of its own second team had occupied in the league system, in the Fourth Division.
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