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| Full name | Idrettslaget Jardar |
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| Founded | 4 June 1962 |
| Ground | Football: Bjørnegård Handball: Combihallen Ski jump: Jardarkollen |
Idrettslaget Jardar is aNorwegian sports club fromBærum,Akershus. It covers the areasSlependen,Jong andTanum.
Sports clubs in the area before World War II wereTanum IL, and minor clubs such as Jongsåsen IF, Pil and Uredd.[1] IL Jardar was founded as a children's sports club on 4 June 1962. It now has sections forassociation football,team handball andNordic skiing (cross-country skiing andski jumping). The clubroom was opened on 9 November 1983.[2]
The women's football team was the club's flagship with many seasons in theNorwegian Women's Premier League. It also reached the semi-finals of the Norwegian Cup in 1986 and 1989.[3][4] It did not play in the inaugural season of a nationwide league ("First Division") in 1987, but was promoted from the Second Division through playoff.[5] In the1990 First Division Jardar ended last, losing all away games, and was relegated.[6]Jan Erik Aalbu was hired as the new coach.[7] After re-promotion in 1991,[8] the team ultimately left the highest tier when ending last in the1993 First Division, again losing all away games.[9]Ellen Scheel Aalbu, married to coach Aalbu,[10] was a well-known club player with 32caps.[11]Torill Hoch-Nielsen had 39 caps.[12] Other international players includeBirthe Hegstad andReidun Seth.[13] Scheel represented the club in the1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.[14]
The women's team played atNadderud stadion while on a national level.[15] Jardar's home field is now Bjørnegård, with artificial grass from 2009.[12] The women's team last participated in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, in 2010 as a cooperation team between northern neighborsIL Jutul andBærums Verk IF.[16] The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier. In later years it has been coached byEirik Markegård andMads Clausen, notable footballers in their own right. Clausen has also played for the club.[17]
Members of the skiing section includeNordic combined skierAnsgar Danielsen,[18] and ski jumperAndreas Vilberg.[19]Live Frisak has jumped in theWomen's Continental Cup, and in 2004 IL Jardar won agender equality prize fromAkershus County Municipality.[20][21] The club had a ski jumping hill from the start, as Staverkollen was built in 1961–1962. The name was changed to Jardarkollen. The club had a slope for cross-country skiing between 1970 and 1986; it was lost because of residential building.[2]
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