Larvik Turn
| Larvik Turn & IF | |||
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| Surname | Larvik Turn & Idrettsforening | ||
| Seat | Larvik | ||
| founding | October 12, 1865 (club), October 10, 1906 (football department) |
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| president | Geir Anton Haga (club), Hanne Jaerson (football department) |
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| Website | larvikturn.no | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Thomas Bjerholt Ohnstad, Julius Magnus Johansen |
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| Venue | Lovisenlund, Larvik | ||
| Places | 4900 | ||
| league | 4th divisjon (5th level) | ||
| 2016 | 4th divisjon, 8th place | ||
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Larvik Turn og Idrettsforening (or Larvik Turn & IF) is a Norwegian sports club from the town of Larvik in Vestfold og Telemark . Today he has departments for football , handball , athletics , wrestling and gymnastics . The club is mostly called Larvik Turn in the media and colloquially , but sometimes, especially in the local environment, just Turn .
Founded on October 12, 1865 under the name Larvik Turnforening , it is one of the oldest sports clubs in Norway. After merging with the Idun football team in 1904, the name was changed to Larvik Turn & Idrætsforening . In the 1920s, the Norwegian spelling reform of 1917 was bowed to and the spelling was changed to the current version.
The soccer team, founded in 1906, achieved particular fame in the 1950s. In 1953, 1955 and 1956 the championship title could be won in the Hovedserien . In 1956 they were also in the cup final , but lost to Skeid Fotball .
The beginnings of the association
Translated into German, the club is called Larvik Turn und Sportverein . The beginnings and the first development of the club are also comparable to those of a German TSV. Like gymnastics father Jahn , the term gymnastics was understood to include all physical exercises, also in Larvik. The club moved into a newly built gym at Herregårdssletta (street in Larvik), but also pursued other sports such as athletics, swimming, skiing, speed skating, hiking and later football.
The history of the football department
By Idun will turn to turn and sports club (1904)
In the 1890s, teenagers in Larvik founded numerous local football clubs. It began in 1891 with Mjølner (German: Mjölnir ) and soon other clubs followed, mostly with names from Norse mythology, such as Ull ( Uller ), Frøy ( Freyr ), Viking ( Wikinger ), Frigg and Idun . Idun trained on an area in the Lovisenlund district, which was also used by the gymnastics club. The gymnasts and footballers obviously got on well and in 1904 the two clubs were merged. From now on the gymnastics club was also called a sports club, in Norwegian Larvik Turn og Idrettsforening . After Idun became a member of the Norwegian Football Association (Norges Fotballforbund) in 1903 , Larvik Turn can count itself as one of the oldest clubs in the association, which was founded in 1902.
Turns footballers establish their own department (1906)
In 1902 the first Norwegian soccer champion was chosen. At the beginning the tournament was more of a private character, it was not until 1905 that the Norwegian Football Association laid down rules for participation. The mode was basically the same as it was back then in Germany. Each football district nominated a representative for a final for the championship, which was then played among the district champions in the cup mode (knockout system). This development apparently spurred a consolidation of football in Larvik. In 1906 the members of the district clubs Viking and Frigg joined the Larvik Turn football group. However, they made it a condition that an independent football department with its own board and budget had to be set up. The football department was then founded on October 10, 1906. For many years the football department was the only organized sub-department of the club. Although the club dealt with many other sports, it was not until 1919 that other departments were established (ski department and athletics department).
Rivalry with Fram, the breakaway of 1912
To get to the finals of the Norwegian championship, you first had to become district champion. In addition to the teams from Larvik , the teams from the cities of Skien , Porsgrunn and Sandefjord were assigned to the Grenland football district, where Larvik Turn was at home . Although Larvik Turn had a good team, and even provided players for the national team, it was difficult to assert oneself at the top. To become district champion, the most successful team in Norway at the time, Odd Skien , had to be defeated. In addition, from the consolidation of the road teams in Larvik, a second equal club called Fram was created. This club vied, in competition with Turn, for the talents of the city. In 1908 the local newspaper Østands-Posten started a discussion in which a cooperation or even a merger of the two clubs was called for: << This is the only way to bring the Norwegian championship to Larvik, >> it was claimed. A cooperation between the two clubs proved to be unworkable then, in the period that followed, and to this day. The discussion is still topical and flares up again and again, both in Østlands-Posten and on social media. In 1912 five ambitious top performers from the gymnastics club took matters into their own hands and switched to Fram. The view of the newspaper comes true. With the reinforcement of Turn, Fram managed to win the county championship and then to reach the final of the Norwegian championship. But the private cooperation was not sustainable. After only one season, the breakouts returned to the gymnastics club.
1914, Turn becomes district champion and provides 7 national players
The 1914 team was one of the best teams of all time. With a record of 35-1 goals she went undefeated through the district championship. The reigning Norwegian champions Odd were clearly beaten both away and at home and local rivals Fram were left behind. As the district champion, Turn was highly favored in the final round of the Norwegian championship, which was held in knockout mode . The dream of the championship title was quickly over, Turn was eliminated after only one game. Away on a catastrophically bad pitch and with a referee who, according to the local newspaper, was intimidated by the spectators, the first game against Drafn from Drammen was lost 3-1.
In the period from 1910 to 1914 Larvik Turn provided 7 national players. Among them was Tormod Kjellsen, who had not yet turned sixteen when he played Norway against Sweden on September 11, 1910. Kjellsen was considered the youngest Norwegian international of all time for over 100 years. It was not until August 2014 that he was replaced by the current record holder, Martin Ødegaard .
Achievements of the football department
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Cup finalist, 2nd place, (1 ×):
- 1956
Soccer player
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Gunnar Thoresen (1937–1962) -
Hallvar Thoresen (19 ?? - 1976) youth,
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Tom Sundby (1979-1980)
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Gunnar Halle (19 ?? - 1985)
literature
- Per Nyhus and Tom Erik Andersen: I sol og skygge under bøketrærene . Ed .: Larvik Turn og Idrettsforening. 2006, ISBN 82-303-0731-8 (Norwegian, published on the 100th anniversary of the football division).
Footnotes
- ↑ Current table and results, Larvik Turn, 2017
- ↑ Table 2016 with Larvik Turn - from the Norwegian Football Association
- ↑ These clubs have no relation to the Norwegian football clubs of the same name that exist today and are based in Stavanger ( Viking ) and Oslo ( Frigg ).
- ↑ Odd won four of the first 10 Norwegian football championships and reached the final four times (1902-1911).
- ↑ << Forum Larvik >> of the newspaper Østlands-Posten - the discussion: Fram Larvik & Larvik Turn = Larvik Fotball ( memento of the original from July 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ It was about the players: Erling Kjeldsen, Johan Hallberg, Olaf Ruud, Frits Christoffersen and Tormod Kjeldsen. The story tells Erling Kjeldsen u. a. published in the book for the 100th anniversary of the football department: Nyhus & Andersen: I sol og skygge under bøketrærene . S. 15 (Norwegian). (see references)
- ↑ Tormod Kjellsen var on his first appearance with the Norwegian national team on September 11, 1910 against Sweden 15 years and 351 days. Martin Ødegaard made his debut on August 27, 2014 against the United Arab Emirates for 15 years and 253 days.
