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| Full name | Sarpsborg Fotballklubb | ||
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| Founded | 8 August 1903; 122 years ago (1903-08-08) | ||
| Ground | Kurland kunstgress Sarpsborg | ||
| League | 4. divisjon | ||
| 2023 | 4. divisjon (Amedialigaen), 6th of 14[1] | ||
Sarpsborg Fotballklubb is aNorwegianfootball club fromSarpsborg,Østfold. It was founded on 8 May 1903. Sarpsborg is one of the most successful teams in theNorwegian Football Cup, with six titles and twelve finals in total. In 2007, the club merged into the club that is now calledSarpsborg 08, and today Sarpsborg FK is an amateur club playing in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier ofNorwegian league system.
Sarpsborg played their first cup final as early as1906, which they lost againstOdd. In1917, in Sarpsborg's third final, the club won its first title afterBrann was beaten 4–1. Sarpsborg also won the cup in1929,1939,1948,1949 and1951.Harry Yven participated in four of these six championships, the first time as a 17-year-old in 1929 and the last as a 37-year-old in 1949.
Sarpsborg's latest period of greatness was the years around 1970. That year, they participated in the European Cup. With the exception of 1957 to 1962 and 1973, Sarpsborg played at the top tier from the inaugural season in1937–38 till the club was relegated in1974. Former Scottish international forwardJim McCalliog played for Sarpsborg FK in 1979. Sarpsborg last played in theNorwegian First Division in1997.
Other famous former players includeKristian Henriksen,Asbjørn Halvorsen,Asbjørn Hansen,Kolbjørn Nilsen,Harry Kure andEgil Olsen.[2]
The club played in the2. divisjon (third tier) as late as in2007. After that season, the first team was merged with local rivals Sparta Sarpsborg to form a new teamSarpsborg Sparta FK. Sarpsborg Sparta FK took the place of Sparta Sarpsborg in the league system, namely in the1. divisjon. Sarpsborg FK did not cease to exist, but fielded a new first team for the 2008 season, which took over the place of its own second team had occupied in the league system, in the Fourth Division. Because of the historic rivalry between SFK and Sparta, Sarpsborg Sparta changed its name toSarpsborg 08 ahead of the 2009 season.
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1970–71 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round |  | Leeds United | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–6 |
