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Bremnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 sports club from Bremnes
Bremnes
Bremnes is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.It was created by the split of Finnås on July 1, 1916, which created the new municipalities Moster, Bømlo and Bremnes. At that time Bremnes had a population of 3,411....

 in the county of Hordaland
Hordaland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

, Norway. It has sections for association football, team handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 and gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

.

The club was founded in 1945.

The men's football team plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It played in the Third Division from 1993
1993 Norwegian Third Division
The 1993 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.Between 22 and 24 games were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

 to 1994
1994 Norwegian Third Division
The 1994 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.Between 22 and 24 games were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

, 1996
1996 Norwegian Third Division
The 1996 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.Between 22 and 24 games were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

 to 2005
2005 Norwegian Third Division
The 2005 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.Between 20 and 22 games were played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

 and in the year 2007
2007 Norwegian Third Division
The 2007 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.Between 18 and 26 games were played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

. Notable players including Geirmund Brendesæter
Geirmund Brendesæter
Geirmund "Geddi" Brendesæter is a football defender from Norway.-Club career:He played 13 seasons for Brann. His debut was on 1 June 1991, and he played his last match against Vålerenga in the last match of the season 2003. He played mostly as a right defender...

, Martin Hollund
Martin Hollund
Martin Hollund is a Norwegian football player currently playing for Løv-Ham.He hails from Bømlo. While playing for SK Brann, he was sold to Hartlepool United in 1997, playing 117 league games over five seasons. He retired from top-level football after the 2006 season...

 and Joakim Våge Nilsen
Joakim Våge Nilsen
Joakim Våge Nilsen is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for FK Haugesund in the Norwegian Premier League.-Haugesund:He made his debut for Haugesund on 5 April 2009 against Tromsdalen at 17-years old...

started their careers here.
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