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| Founded | 17 February 1901 |
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| Based in | Trondheim, Norway |
| Stadium | Extra Arena (association football), Ranheimshallen (handball, track and field) |
| Colours | Blue White |
| Website | http://www.ril.no/ |
Ranheim Idrettslag is aNorwegian alliance sports club fromRanheim,Trondheim. It has sections forassociation football,team handball andtrack and field. The football club plays in the1. Divisjon ofNorway
The club was founded on 17 February 1901.
| Full name | Ranheim Fotball | |||
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| Founded | 17 February 1901; 124 years ago (17 February 1901) | |||
| Ground | Extra Arena | |||
| Capacity | 3,000 | |||
| Head coach | Svein Maalen | |||
| League | 1. divisjon | |||
| 2019 | Eliteserien, 16th of 16 (relegated) | |||
Ranheim Fotball is the name of the football section. The men's team currently plays in1. divisjon the second tier of theNorwegian football league system. Their home ground isExtra Arena.
Ranheim played in theNorwegian top flight in the seasons; 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40 and 1947–48, as well as in the seasons; 1949–50, 1952–53, 1954–55 and 1955–56. They promoted to the2018 Eliteserien and were relegated to the second tier in the 2019 season.
Since 2006, Ranheim has acted as afarm club forRosenborg, where the goal has been to establish a football team fromTrøndelag in the1. divisjon. Ranheim came close to qualifying in2007 and2008. Former managerPer Joar Hansen earned Ranheim a promotion to the1. divisjon after the2009 season. They played their first 6 home matches at Abrahallen, and on 10 July 2010, they moved to their new stadium,EXTRA Arena.[1] Ranheim finished 5th in the2010 1. divisjon and qualified for the promotion play-offs for a place in the Tippeligaen.[2] In the 2017 season Ranheim gained promotion to the top level for the first time since the 1955–56 after beatingSogndal. Over two legs, they first lost 1–0 away and went on to win 1–0 at home. After two scoreless periods of extra time they secured promotion by winning 5–4 on penalties.[3] Ranheim finished the 2018 season in 7th place, and head coachSvein Maalen received the Eliteserien Coach of the Year award for this accomplishment.[4] In the following2019 season, the club finished 16th and last and were relegated.
Ranheim's best known track athlete is runnerErnst Larsen.
In 2010 the club received the first indoor arena for track and field in Norway.
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