Lillestrøm SK

Lillestrøm SK

Full name	Lillestrøm Sportsklubb
Nickname(s)	Kanarifugla, Fugla (The Canaries, The Birds)
Short name	LSK
Founded	2 April 1917; 101 years ago (1917-04-02)
Ground	Åråsen Stadion Lillestrøm
Ground Capacity	12,250[1]
Chairman	Per Mathisen
Coach	Jörgen Lennartsson
League	Eliteserien
2017	Eliteserien, 12th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. It was founded in 1917, after the merger of two local football clubs. Their home ground is Åråsen Stadion, which has a capacity of 12,250 people, while the principal training ground is Lillestrøm stadion,^[2] or the indoor arena, LSK-Hallen. The club holds the Norwegian record for the most consecutive years without being relegated. Over the years the club has had around 40 players who have represented the Norwegian national team. There has also been a number of foreigners who have represented the national teams of Sweden, Iceland, Senegal, Finland, Malta, Australia, South Africa, Slovenia, Tunisia, Canada, Somalia, and Nigeria.

The club also have teams in bandy and futsal.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Achievements
  


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  3 Recent history
  


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  4 European record
  
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    4.1 Summary
    
  
  
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    4.2 List of matches
    
  
  


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  5 Records
  


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  6 Current squad
  
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    6.1 Players out on loan
    
  
  
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    6.2 Coaching staff
    
  
  
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    6.3 Administrative staff
    
  
  
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    6.4 Academy
    
  
  


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  7 Managers
  


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  8 Supporters
  
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    8.1 Rivalries
    
  
  


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  9 References
  


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  10 External links
  

History

Lillestrøm SK was founded on 2 April 1917. It has been Norwegian League champions five times, most recently in 1989, and also in 1986, 1977, 1976, and 1959. Additionally, they have won the Norwegian Cup in 1985, 1981, 1978, 1977, 2007 and 2017^[3]

When Arne Erlandsen left for Sweden and IFK Göteborg after the 2004-season, former LSK player and German international Uwe Rösler took over as head coach of the team. His first season in charge became a successful one, with Lillestrøm finishing fourth in the league. This position secured LSK a place in the Royal League. The team also made it to the 2005 Norwegian Cup final, but lost 4–2 to Molde in front of a crowd of 25,000 at Ullevaal Stadion.

In the 2006 season Lillestrøm were among the top favourites to win the league.^{[citation needed]} Following a disappointing 4th place, it was announced on 13 November 2006 that Uwe Rösler had been fired from his position as head coach of Lillestrøm. Only a few days later Tom Nordlie signed a three-year contract.

The supporters of Lillestrøm, "Kanari-fansen". From a match between Lillestrøm and Vålerenga at Ullevaal Stadion in 2006.

A key signing ahead of the 2007 season included Fredrikstad's Simen Brenne, an attacking midfielder with a knack for scoring important goals. LSK under Nordlie played a 4–3–3 system, which invites rapid transitional play between defence and attack, Lillestrøm finished fourth in the league and won the 2007 Norwegian cup, beating Haugesund 2–0 in the final at Ullevaal Stadion.

On 29 May 2008, Tom Nordlie resigned from his position as head coach after a disappointing start of the 2008 season. Statements from Nordlie suggested that fundamental disagreements with club director Jan Åge Fjørtoft also contributed to his resignation.^[4] It later emerged that the conflict between the controversial coach and the players was another big contributor behind Nordlie's departure, his punishing training regime in the run-up to the 2008 season being cited as the main complaint. Nordlie, no stranger to controversy during his career, had reportedly "lost the dressing room" as early as autumn 2007.

Erland Johnsen and Frode Grodås stepped in as caretakers until a new head coach was hired. On 19 August 2008, the club announced that Henning Berg would take over as head coach on 1 January 2009, after leaving his post at Lyn. Berg's first task would be to rescue the team from relegation, a feat he accomplished in his very first match as head coach. LSK beat Rosenborg 4–2 in a classic encounter to secure their place in the Tippeligaen.

The 2009 season was one of great upheaval. In an increasingly tight economic position, LSK sold or released 11 players before and during the season, with Berg also restructuring the squad and bringing in new talent. Enormous injury problems also made the start to the season a difficult one for Berg's charges. After 9 games, LSK had won none and drawn four^[5] and seemed destined for relegation.^{[citation needed]} An impressive comeback saw Lillestrøm deliver a strong second half to the season, eventually finishing 11th. Newcomer Nosa Igiebor had an especially impressive first season in the Lillestrøm jersey.

The team continued to impress over the course of the winter and start of the 2010 season. LSK were in early June fifth in the Tippeligaen, undefeated in 14 league matches. They saw however a dramatic drop in form over the summer which saw them briefly flirt with relegation, before a late surge of form late in the season salvaged 10th place.

In 2011 LSK made an exciting start to the new season, scoring an incredible 18 goals from their first five league matches, including a 7–0 drubbing of Stabæk in their first league match of the season – away from home. Early season form was good enough for the team to flirt with the top three until the end of July. Early in August, however, stars Anthony Ujah and Nosa Igiebor were sold to stave off the dire economic straits of the club. Also, in-form Icelandic midfielder Stefán Gíslason was out of contract and left the club. In mid-August, prodigy striker Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson was injured for the rest of the season, and the club failed to win any of their last 11 league games, a new record for Lillestrøm.^{[citation needed]}

Coach Henning Berg was sacked three matches before the end of the season as investor Per Berg promised fresh funds for acquiring quality players after the season. The club again flirted with the prospect of relegation; however, the incessant poor form of Start and Sarpsborg meant Lillestrøm again saved themselves.^{[citation needed]} This despite an abject 34 points gathered over 30 league matches,^[6] which normally would mean relegation.^{[citation needed]}

Former Elfsborg coach Magnus Haglund was appointed coach after the season.^[7] Lillestrøm was quite active in the transfer window ahead of the 2012 season, and bought 11 new players.^[8] The change of coach and flurry of transfers did the club no good however as they again flirted with relegation until just a few weeks before the end of the season, hovering between 12th and 14th place before a strong finish to the season^{[citation needed]} propelled them into 9th.^[9] On the whole the season was deemed a big disappointment however and Haglund's position has been subject to debate throughout the winter pre-season.^{[citation needed]}

Ahead of the 2013 season, the club again has reined in spending and started the season with a first team squad of just 18 full senior players and additional backup players from the youth academy. LSK under Haglund have performed well away from home (2nd best away record in 2012), but often struggled on their own turf.

Achievements

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  Norwegian Premier League:
  
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    Winners (5): 1958–59, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1989
  
  
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    Runners-up (8): 1959–60, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2001
  
  


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  Norwegian Football Cup:
  
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    Winners (6): 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 2007, 2017
  
  
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    Runners-up (7): 1953, 1955, 1958, 1980, 1986, 1992, 2005
  
  


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  Royal League:
  
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    Runners-up (1): 2005–06


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  UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  
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    Runners-up (1): 2006

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1995	Tippeligaen	4	26	11	8	7	50	36	41	Semi-final
1996	Tippeligaen	2	26	13	7	6	54	33	46	Third round
1997	Tippeligaen	10	26	9	6	11	41	49	33	Fourth round
1998	Tippeligaen	8	26	9	5	12	34	43	32	Third round
1999	Tippeligaen	4	26	15	3	8	60	41	48	Quarter-final
2000	Tippeligaen	6	26	11	7	8	42	29	40	Quarter-final
2001	Tippeligaen	2	26	17	5	4	64	33	56	Semi-final
2002	Tippeligaen	7	26	10	6	10	37	30	36	Third round
2003	Tippeligaen	7	26	10	7	9	33	35	37	Fourth round
2004	Tippeligaen	7	26	8	11	7	45	33	35	Semi-final
2005	Tippeligaen	4	26	12	6	8	37	31	42	Final
2006	Tippeligaen	4	26	12	8	6	44	33	44	Quarter-final
2007	Tippeligaen	4	26	12	8	6	47	28	44	Winner
2008	Tippeligaen	12	26	7	7	12	30	40	28	Second round
2009	Tippeligaen	11	30	9	10	11	43	50	37	Fourth round
2010	Tippeligaen	10	30	9	13	8	51	44	40	Third round
2011	Tippeligaen	13	30	9	7	14	46	52	34	Fourth round
2012	Tippeligaen	9	30	9	12	9	46	47	39	Fourth round
2013	Tippeligaen	10	30	9	9	12	37	44	36	Semi-final
2014	Tippeligaen	5	30	13	7	10	49	35	46	Quarter-final
2015	Tippeligaen	8	30	12	9	9	45	43	44	Third round
2016	Tippeligaen	12	30	8	10	12	45	50	34	Third round
2017	Eliteserien	12	30	10	7	13	40	43	37	Winner
2018 (in progress)	Eliteserien	13	18	3	6	9	18	29	15

European record

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
European Cup UEFA Champions League	14	3	5	6	10	17	2002–03
UEFA Cup	28	10	2	16	35	49	2008–09
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	3	0	7	11	18	1993–94
UEFA Intertoto Cup	8	4	2	2	18	11	2006
Total	60	20	9	31	74	95

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

List of matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1977–78	European Cup	R1	Ajax	2–0	0–4	2–4
1978–79	European Cup	R1	Linfield	1–0	0–0	1–0
		R2	Austria Vienna	0–0	1–4	1–4
1979–80	Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Rangers	0–2	0–1	0–3
1982–83	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Red Star Belgrade	0–4	0–3	0–7
1984–85	UEFA Cup	R1	Lokomotive Leipzig	3–0	0–7	3–7
1986–87	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Benfica	1–2	0–2	1–4
1987–88	European Cup	R1	Linfield	1–1	4–2	5–3
		R2	Bordeaux	0–0	0–1	0–1
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R1	Werder Bremen	1–3	0–2	1–5
1990–91	European Cup	R1	Club Brugge	1–1	0–2	1–3
1993–94	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Nikol Tallinn	4–1	4–0	8–1
		R1	Torino	0–2	2–1	2–3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	PR	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	0–2	4–3
		R1	Bordeaux	0–2	1–3	1–5
1995–96	UEFA Cup	PR	Flora Tallinn	4–0	0–1	4–1
		R1	Brøndby	0–0	0–3	0–3
1996–97	Intertoto Cup	Group 5	Kaunas	N/A	4–1	–
			Sligo Rovers	4–0	N/A	–
			Heerenveen	N/A	1–0	–
			Nantes	2–3	N/A	–
1997–98	UEFA Cup	QR2	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	2–0	3–0
		R1	Twente	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	Glentoran	1–0	3–0	4–0
		R1	Dynamo Moscow	3–1	1–2	4–3
		R2	Deportivo Alavés	1–3	2–2	3–5
2002–03	Champions League	QR2	Željezničar	0–1	0–1	0–2
2006–07	Intertoto Cup	R2	Keflavík ÍF	4–1	2–2	6–3
		R3	Newcastle United	0–3	1–1	1–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	QR1	Käerjéng 97	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2008–09	UEFA Cup	QR2	Copenhagen	2–4	1–3	3–7
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	QR2	LASK Linz	1–2	0–4	1–6

Records

• Greatest home victory: 10–0 vs. Geithus, 4 October 1953


• Greatest away victory: 7–0 vs. Stabæk, 20 March 2011


• Heaviest home loss: 1–7 vs. Fredrikstad, 15 August 1954


• Heaviest away loss: 1–7 vs. Odd, 7 June 1953


• Highest attendance, Åråsen Stadion: 13,652 vs. Vålerenga, 16 May 2002


• Highest average attendance, season: 9,018 in 2007


• Most appearances, total: 621, Frode Kippe 1997–1998, 2002–


• Most appearances, league: 375, Frode Kippe 1997–1998, 2002–


• Most goals scored, total: 319, Tom Lund 1967–82


• Most goals scored, league: 154, Tom Lund 1967–82


• Most goals scored, season: 26, Tom Lund 1973

Current squad

As of 5 January 2018^[10][11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Marko Marić (on loan from Hoffenheim) 2 DF Mats Haakenstad 3 DF Simen Kind Mikalsen 4 DF Marius Amundsen 5 MF Simen Rafn 6 MF Ifeanyi Mathew 9 FW Gary Martin 10 FW Thomas Lehne Olsen 11 FW Erling Knudtzon 13 DF Frode Kippe (Captain) 14 MF Fredrik Krogstad

No. Position Player 15 MF Erik Brenden 16 FW Tobias Gran 17 MF Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken 19 MF Sheriff Sinyan 22 DF Stefan Antonijevic 23 MF Daniel A. Pedersen 24 DF Erik Sandberg 25 GK Matvei Igonen 26 DF Lars Ranger 33 MF Aleksander Melgalvis 88 MF Arnór Smárason

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2017–18 and transfers summer 2018.

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 7 MF Ebiye Moses (on loan at Strømmen IF until 31. December 2018) [12] 8 MF Charles Ezeh (on loan at Strømmen IF until 31. December 2018) [13] 21 FW Petter Mathias Olsen (on loan at Strømmen IF until 31. December 2018) [14] 29 GK Emil Ødegaard (on loan at Grorud IL until 31. December 2018)[15] — DF Martin Falkeborn (on loan at IK Frej until 31. December 2018)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jörgen Lennartsson
Assistant coach	Arild Sundgot
Goalkeeping coach	Thomas Gill
Fitness coach/Physio	Geir Kåsene
Physio	Erik Kveen
Sports coordinator	Tor Arne Solberg
Assistant sports coordinator	Ole Vidnes
Doctor	Bjørn Schulzen

Administrative staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Morten Kokkim
Managing director	Robert Lauritsen
Commercial director	Espen Søgård
Sporting director	Simon Mesfin

Academy

Position	Name
Head of Academy	Vegar Frey
Head of Development	Jan Roger Sannerud

Managers

Alf Martinsen (1947–50), (1952–53) Karl Guðmundsson (1958), (1960) Ragnar Larsen (1962) Joar Hoff (1973), (1975–76) Joe Hooley (1977–1980) Kjell Schou-Andreassen (1980–1982) Joar Hoff (1982) Bill Foulkes (1984) Tom Lund (1985–1988) David Hay (1989–1990) Tom Lund (July 1, 1990 – June 30, 1991) Teitur Þórðarson (1994– Sept 9, 1995) Arne Erlandsen/Kjetil Osvold (Sept 10, 1995–1996) Per Brogeland (1996– June 1, 1997)

Even Pellerud (1997) Arne Erlandsen (1998–2005) Uwe Rösler (2005–2007) Tom Nordlie (2007 – May 29, 2008) Erland Johnsen (caretaker) (May 29, 2008 – June 16, 2008) Erland Johnsen (June 16, 2008 – Oct 21, 2008) Henning Berg (Oct 21, 2008 – Oct 26, 2011) Petter Belsvik/Magnus Powell (caretakers) (Oct 26, 2011–2012) Magnus Haglund (2012–2015) Rúnar Kristinsson (2015– Sep 18,2016) Arne Erlandsen (Sep 20, 2016–June 26, 2018) Arild Sundgot (caretakers) (June 26, 2018–July 13, 2018) Jörgen Lennartsson (July 13, 2018–)

Supporters

Lillestrøm is one of the most supported clubs in Norway, and has the second biggest fan-club in Norway, as the official fan-club, Kanarifansen has more than 5,000 members. Kanarifansen was founded on 3 December 1992 and publishes its own magazines and has its own collection of clothing.

Rivalries

Lillestrøm's biggest rival is Vålerenga Fotball. The club has also had a rivalry with Rosenborg. Their traditional local rival dated back to the clubs foundation is Strømmen IF.

References

1. 
   ^ Løkken, Cathrine (4 February 2010). "Her skal det spilles eliteserie om 38 dager". Verdens Gang. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2013. 
   


2. 
   ^ http://www.lsk.no/?aid=9094227
   


3. 
   ^ http://www.lsk.no/?aid=9093813
   


4. 
   ^ Tom Nordlie trekker seg – P4 – 29.05.08
   


5. 
   ^ http://vglive.no/#frontpage=20130314&eliteguiden=s-livetable-sid-509-viewby-9
   


6. 
   ^ http://vglive.no/#frontpage=20130314&eliteguiden=s-livetable-sid-574-viewby-30
   


7. 
   ^ "Haglund er LSKs nye hovedtrener". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012. 
   


8. 
   ^ Sande, Egil (4 April 2012). "- Har ikke opplevd lignende i Norge". nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 7 April 2012. 
   


9. 
   ^ http://vglive.no/#frontpage=20130314&eliteguiden=s-livetable-sid-601-viewby-30
   


10. 
    ^ "Lag / Lillestrøm". Lillestrøm SK. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 
    


11. 
    ^ "Ansatte / Lillestrøm". Lillestrøm SK. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 
    


12. 
    ^ "— Har kommet hit for å score mål". Romerikes Blad. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
    


13. 
    ^ "— En fin mulighet for at jeg kan utvikle meg". Romerikes Blad. Retrieved 13 August 2018. 
    


14. 
    ^ "Flere signeringer: – Han har ekstreme ferdigheter". Romerikes Blad. Retrieved 13 February 2018. 
    


15. 
    ^ "Emil Ødegaard lånes ut til Grorud i 2018". Lillestrøm SK. Retrieved 13 February 2018. 
    

External links

• Official website


• "Kanari-Fansen", the Lillestrøm SK Supporters Club


• Stats, history and facts

v t e Lillestrøm SK
Club	History Records and statistics LSK Kvinner FK
People	Players Managers
Grounds	Åråsen Stadion Lillestrøm Stadion LSK-Hallen
Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

v t e Eliteserien teams
Current (2018)	Bodø/Glimt Brann Haugesund Kristiansund Lillestrøm Molde Odd Ranheim Rosenborg Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08 Stabæk Start Strømsgodset Tromsø Vålerenga
Former	Aalesund Bryne Djerv 1919 Eik-Tønsberg Fredrikstad Frigg Fyllingen (defunct) Gjøvik-Lyn HamKam Haugar Hødd Hønefoss Kongsvinger Lisleby Lyn Mjølner Mjøndalen Moss Os Pors Raufoss Sandefjord BK Sandnes Ulf Sarpsborg Skeid Sogndal Steinkjer Strindheim Strømmen Vard Haugesund Viking

v t e 2006–07 Royal League
Denmark	Copenhagen Brøndby OB Viborg
Norway	Rosenborg Brann Vålerenga Lillestrøm
Sweden	Elfsborg AIK Hammarby Helsingborg

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