Glassverket IF is a soccer and handball club from Drammen, Norway. The club is most famous for their handball team, which currently compete in the second tier of Norwegian handball, the 1. divisjon.

The club also facilitates skiing and used to play bandy.

History

The club was founded on February 11th 1911.[1] The handball department was founded in 1961. In 1974 they won the national championship and national cup in field handball for the first time.

In the 1980's the club was in the top division of Norwegian handball, and they won the indoor national championship in 1981. In the 90's they featured mainly in the second and third tier.[1]

In 2012 they were promoted to the top division once again.[1] In 2015 the handball club finished 2nd behind Larvik HK.[2]

In the 2016-17 season the club was in economic trouble and had to release the entire player and coaching personnel. They finished last that season and was relegated to the 1st division.[3] The club could not stay in the first division due to the financial issues and were administratively relegated to the 3rd division.[4]

For the 2022-23 they overtook the 1st division license from Reistad IL, and once again they played in the 1st division.[5]

Kits

Handball

Honours

  • Norwegian League:
    • Bronze: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
    • Silver: 2014/2015
  • Norwegian Cup:
    • Silver: 2015

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Champions League Q1 Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK 34–23 1st place
Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica 28–19
Group A Montenegro Budućnost 23–30 21–22 4th place
France Metz Handball 22–24 19–25
Germany Thüringer HC 27–33 16–24
EHF Cup Group D Denmark Nykøbing Falster HK 25–25 32–32 4th place
Germany TuS Metzingen 16–22 17–39
Russia HC Lada Togliatti 26–25 21–32
2017–18 EHF Cup QR2 France Issy-Paris Hand 17–26 22-23

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2018-19 season[6]

2018-2019 Transfers

Technical staff

  • Head coach: Christoffer Torget Moseng
  • Assistant coach: Espen Fossli Olaussen

Notable former players

Football

The football department was restarted in 2007 after laying dormant for many years. In 2011 they were promoted to the 5. divisjon, the sixth tier in the Norwegian football league system.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Historie". glassverketelite.no (in Norwegian). Glassverket IF. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Larvik med tre poeng i trekk får signere nye to spillere: Glassverket – synes det er rart" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ Archived (Date missing) at altomfotball.no (Error: unknown archive URL)
  4. ^ "Slutt for elitesatsingen i Glassverket" (in Norwegian). dt.no. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Glassverket tilbake i 1. divisjon" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Spillerstall" (in Norwegian). Glassverket IFs official website. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassverket_IF
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