Editing Strømsgodset IF

{{short description|Norwegian sports club}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Strømsgodset
| image    = 
| fullname = Strømsgodset Idrettsforening
| nickname = ''Godset''
| founded  = {{Start date and age|10 February 1907}}
}}
'''Strømsgodset IF''' is a Norwegian multi-[[sports club]] from [[Gulskogen]] in [[Drammen]]. It has sections for [[association football]], [[handball]] and [[bandy]], but is best known for the top-level football section known as [[Strømsgodset Toppfotball]], which plays in [[Eliteserien]], the Norwegian top flight.

The club was founded 10 February 1907, but the football team first found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning a league title and three cups. The famous team from the 1960s and 1970s was popularly known as the "Rødgata Boys", after the street most of them lived on. Most of these players were also accomplished bandy players, and Strømsgodset won four national [[list of Norwegian bandy champions|Norwegian Championships]] in "the winter version of football". Four of the football players collected silver medals in the [[1965 Bandy World Championship]]; Steinar Pettersen, [[Inge Thun]], [[Thorodd Presberg]] and [[Ole Johnny Friise]].

== Bandy ==
Strømsgodset has an amateur bandy team for men. The team was promoted in 2014/15, and will play in Norwegian 2nd division in the 2015/16 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Godset Bandy til 2. Divisjon neste sesong|url = http://www.stromsgodset.no/blog/post/29254/godset-bandy-til-2.-divisjon-neste-sesong?ispage=true|access-date = 2015-06-24}}</ref> The team was reestablished in 2013, after a 20-year break. They were six times Norwegian Champions before discontinuing.

== Football ==
{{main|Strømsgodset Toppfotball}}
Strømsgodset IF has a professional football section, [[Strømsgodset Toppfotball]], which has teams in the Norwegian top flight, [[Eliteserien]], as well as reserve teams in the [[2. divisjon|2nd]] and [[3. divisjon|3rd]] divisions as of 2015. The club also has a youth division with teams from ages 7 and up to 19,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Lag - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund|url = http://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/Klubb/Lag/?fiksId=416|website = www.fotball.no|access-date = 2015-06-24}}</ref> and an amateur men's team in the 5th division.<ref name=":0" /> The club also has a women's section.

== Handball ==
The section for [[handball]] has a senior woman's team in the 3rd division, as well as youth teams for players 11 and up.<ref>{{Cite web|title = handball.no : Organisasjonsinfo|url = http://www.handball.no/organisasjon.asp?OrgId=4934|website = www.handball.no|access-date = 2015-06-24}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

=== Football ===

*'''[[Eliteserien|Norwegian top flight]]:'''
**'''Winners (2):''' 1970, 2013 
**Runners-up (1): 2012, 2015
*'''[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: (The Norwegian Championship)'''
**'''Winners (5):''' 1969, 1970, 1973, 1991, 2010
**Runners-up (2): 1993, 1997
*'''[[1. divisjon]]:'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 2006

==See also==
* [[List of Strømsgodset IF players]]

===Notes===
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.stromsgodset.no/}}, multi-sports club

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