FC Lyn Oslo

FC Lyn Oslo

Infobox football club
clubname = Lyn


fullname = Football Club Lyn Oslo
nickname =
founded = March 3, 1896
ground = Ullevaal Stadion
Oslo
Norway
capacity = 25,572
chairman = flagicon|Norway Erik Riste
manager = flagicon|Norway Kent Bergersen
league = Eliteserien
season = 2007
position = Eliteserien, 9th
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Football Club Lyn Oslo is a Norwegian professional football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn, whose members also participate in nordic skiing and orienteering. They are based in the city of Oslo and play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion.

Established in 1896, they were founding members of the Norwegian Football Association, and have won the League Championship twice and the Norwegian Cup eight times. The club's most recent period of success was during the 1960s, when they won four trophies and reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Lyn currently play in the Norwegian Premier League, having won promotion in 2000. They are managed by Kent Bergersen, who took over in September 2008, following the resignation of Henning Berg. Berg had held the post since 2005.

The westside club Lyn has traditionally been perceived as representing the upper and middle classes, whereas the eastside club Vålerenga was seen as belonging to the workers. Although Oslo still maintains an east-west divide in social demographics, the divide is now much weaker in the clubs' supporter bases.

History

The club enjoyed a great deal of success during the first half of the 20th century, securing many Cup titles, and despite failing to win the league title, was considered a giant in Norwegian football. The Norwegian national football team that won the bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics included six players from Lyn. The captain of this team was Lyn-player Jørgen Juve, who is still the player with the most goals scored for the Norwegian national team.Lyn won the Norwegian Premier League for the first time in 1964. In 1968 they won The Double, clinching both the League title and the Norwegian Cup, and became the first Norwegian team to reach the quarter final of the European Cup.

The Double was followed by a dismal period in the club's history. The club was relegated and lingered about in the lower divisions for 20 years, with only the occasional spell in the Premier League. The fan base eroded and Lyn is said to have lost a generation of supporters.

During the 90s the club went back and forth between the Premier League and the 1st Division. In 1994, Lyn reached the Norwegian Cup final but narrowly lost 2-3 to Molde.

Norwegian investor Atle Brynestad bought the club in 1999, in effect saving it from bankruptcy. In 2000, the team was promoted to the Premier League, after winning the 1st division with an unprecedented number of points, and they retained their spot in the top flight the following year. In the 2002-season a strengthened Lyn took the lead early on and had gained a large advantage halfway through the season, but had to settle for a 3rd place finish after a disastrous slump in form. The misery, in part due to the constant hiring and firing of coaches, continued into the next year. Lyn struggled at the bottom of the table for most of the season but avoided relegation thanks to the efforts of team captain Tommy Berntsen, who took on the role as coach after Teitur Thordarson, the 5th coach in two years, had resigned. 2004 was a recovery year for Lyn, ending the season in 6th place and reaching the Norwegian Cup final (lost to Brann).

2005 was an eventful year for the club, both on and off the pitch. The club’s youth program was beginning to bear fruits and with former international Henning Berg as the new head coach the club claimed 3rd spot in the league. Lyn defeated Rosenborg at Ullevaal for the first time since 1968 and repeated the feat in the away game.

In April, the club's talented Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel signed a contract with Manchester United, and according to a statement by Lyn's managing director Morgan Andersen, it was the most expensive transfer in Norwegian football to date. The transfer has since been the source of a heated dispute, and Mikel instead joined Chelsea after a long period of time. FIFA released an announcement stating that Lyn had done everything correct in the process. The transfer is said to have cost Chelsea £16 millions. £12 of these to Manchester United and £4 to Lyn.

On Friday 10th October 2008, Chelsea announced on their website that they were initiating legal proceedings against Lyn Oslo and their former director Morgan Andersen in an attempt to recover the entire £16 million fee paid. Chelsea maintain that this was due to the contract of the original transfer being based on a fradulant misrepresentation. [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1418058,00.html]

Achievements

*Norwegian Premier League:
**Winners (2): 1964, 1968
**Runners-up (4): 1937-38, 1963, 1965, 1971

*Norwegian Football Cup:
**Winners (8): 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, 1946, 1967, 1968
**Runners-up (6): 1923, 1928, 1966, 1970, 1994, 2004

*Oslo Championships:
**Winners (8): 1915, 1917, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937
**Runners-up (2): 1909, 1919

Recent history

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Records

*Greatest home victory: 11-2 vs. Viking FK, July 28 1968
*Greatest away victory: 14-2 vs. Kristiansund FK, May 6 1951
*Heaviest home loss: 1-8 vs. Strømsgodset IF, May 16 1969
*Heaviest away loss: 1-10 vs. Strømsgodset IF, June 16 1968
*Heaviest European loss: 0-10 vs. Leeds United, European Cup Rd.1, leg 1, Sept 1969
*Highest attendance, Ullevaal Stadion: 35,000 vs. Sarpsborg FK, September 29 1946
*Highest average attendance, season: 8,089, 1968
*Most appearances, total: 420, Ola Dybwad-Olsen 1964-1978
*Most appearances, league: 219, Ola Dybwad-Olsen 1964-1978
*Most goals scored, league: 119, Ola Dybwad-Olsen 1964-1978
*Most goals scored, season: 25, Ola Dybwad-Olsen 1968
*Most goals scored in a game, league: 8, Knut Osnes vs. S.K. Falken
*Most goals scored in a game, UEFA Cup: 6, Eldar Hadzimehmedovic vs. Runavik, August 28 2003

Rivalry

Lyn remain unbeaten by their arch rivals Vålerenga since 1981, a quite sensational fact. The matches between the two teams are considered to be the only true derbies in Norway in recent years. The run of games without defeat has made way for a legend, the legend about the "Derby Ghost", which always saves Lyn.

Colours and badge

Lyn's home colours are red and white shirts and blue shorts. The shirts have red sleeves and a red front with a broad, vertical white bar in the middle, which is traditionally twice as wide as the sides (a 25-50-25 red-white-red pattern). The back has the same pattern, with inverted colours.

During the first years the club had two kits, one with blue and white horizontally striped jerseys and white shorts, and a red kit in the same fashion. These were used interchangeably up until at least 1906. It is unclear exactly when the current kit was adopted, but it was in use by the time Lyn had claimed their first Norwegian Cup in 1908. The socks have traditionally been red. White socks have also been used, most recently from the beginning of the 1990s until 2004, when the red socks were brought back.

The club uses an all-blue away kit, though several different colours have been used in the past.

The current club badge is a modified version of a design originally introduced in 1900. It was made by one of the first members of the club, Leif Eriksen, and replaced a silver badge from 1898. The crest features a football in the upper left corner and a pair of skis in the lower right corner, representing the two major sports of the club. While the badge is based on the heraldic shield form of the old coat of arms of Norway, Eriksen was probably not himself familiar with the rules of heraldic design. The name of the club and the date and year of its founding were written in gold on a white background, violating the so-called rule of tincture. Also, the date and year were written in different styles. The badge has therefore been altered twice, in 1996 and finally in 2001. On the current badge the date has been removed and replaced by "18 LYN 96" in red writing on a white background.

Stadium

. Arguably Lyn's most famous supporter, the future King Olav V was a lifelong honorary member of the club. The Norwegian Football Association acquired a majority in the stadium in 1960 and Lyn's ownership has since dwindled to the 13.07% share the club owns today.

Originally the stadium had a running track and could hold more than 35,000 spectators. The running track was eventually removed and there have been several redevelopments over the years, the last of which was completed in 1999 when the main stand was rebuilt. The current all-seater capacity of 25,572 spectators is far greater than Lyn's average attendance (which has been steadily rising over the past few seasons, ending at 6459 for the 2005 season, 7059 for the 2006, and is predicted to keep rising), but the club has recently chosen to remain at Ullevaal until at least 2010.

Current squad

"As of August 6 2008." [cite web | url=http://www.lyn.no/index.aspx?type=spillerstall&avdeling=2318&id=1&mid=1206 | title=Lyn Squad | work=Lyn.no | accessdate=2007-12-09]

Out on loan

Other former players

*flagicon|Nigeria John Obi Mikel (2005-2006) 6 apps 1 goals
*flagicon|England Gary Chivers (1993) 4 apps 0 goals
*flagicon|England Paul Norris (footballer) (1980) 22 apps 0 goals
*flagicon|England Alun Williams (2003) 12 apps 5 clean sheets
*flagicon|Scotland Jim McCalliog (1978) 2 games 0 goals
*flagicon|Oman Ali Al-Habsi (2003-2005) 66 apps 0 goals
*flagicon|Australia Ahmad Elrich

Notable former managers

*flagicon|ENG Stuart Baxter
*flagicon|NOR Egil Olsen
*flagicon|ISL Teitur Thordarson

References

Further reading

*cite book | author=Grønnevold-Olsen, Egil | title=Lyn i 100. Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn 1896-1996 | publisher=SFK Lyn | year=1996 | id=

External links

* [http://www.lyn.no Lyn.no] Official club website
* [http://www.bastionen.no Bastionen.no] Supporters club website
* [http://www.lynfotball.net Lynfotball.net] Seasons, statistics and records


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