Pors Fotball

Pors Fotball
Full namePors Fotball
Nickname(s)Pors
Founded25 May 1905; 119 years ago (1905-05-25)
GroundPors Stadion
Porsgrunn
Capacity7,000
ChairmanRonald Bøgeberg
ManagerMagne Hesmyr Nilsen
League2. divisjon
20243. divisjon, group 2, 1st of 14 (promoted)[1]

Pors Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Porsgrunn, currently playing in the 2. divisjon. Pors plays in blue jerseys, and their home ground is Pors Stadion. Notable former players include Jan Halvor Halvorsen and Erik Pedersen.

History

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The club was founded on 25 May 1905 under the name Lyn, and changed its name to IF Pors in 1914 because the original name was already in use. The best performances of the team was in 1948–49 and 1970 when they played in the top division. The team has had unsuccessful bids for promotion to the top division in 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1983.

Concurrent with the 1994 name change the club entered into a still ongoing elite-level athletics partnership with the other and dominant Grenland football club, Odd Grenland. In February 2005 IF Pors retained other sports activities whereas Pors Grenland Fotball was siphoned off as a separate sports team, however still under the auspices of IF Pors. In December 2009, the financial cooperation between Pors Grenland and Odd Grenland was terminated.

Between 2004 and 2006 the team played in the 1. divisjon but then slipped down to the 2. divisjon where they played until the team was relegated to 3. divisjon in 2014. Pors have been playing in 3. divisjon since 2017.

Recent history

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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2005 1. divisjon 6 30 13 11 6 47 45 50 Third round
2006 1. divisjon 13 30 10 5 15 51 65 35 Third round Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2007 2. divisjon 7 26 10 5 11 39 44 35 Second round
2008 2. divisjon 4 26 15 6 5 62 41 51 Third round
2009 2. divisjon 2 26 18 3 5 76 44 57 First round
2010 2. divisjon 9 26 11 4 11 41 41 37 First round
2011 2. divisjon 11 26 8 5 13 42 53 29 First round
2012 2. divisjon 8 26 10 6 10 40 36 36 Second round
2013 2. divisjon 5 26 12 5 9 44 44 41 Second round
2014 2. divisjon 12 26 7 5 14 43 60 26 Second round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2015 3. divisjon 1 26 20 2 4 96 36 62 First round Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2016 2. divisjon 12 26 9 2 15 44 71 29 First round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2017 3. divisjon 2 26 16 3 7 84 43 51 Second round
2018 3. divisjon 7 26 11 4 11 58 51 37 First round
2019 3. divisjon 7 26 11 3 12 42 44 36 Second round

References

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  1. ^ "Norsk Tipping-Ligaen avd. 4 2023 - Tabell". fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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