Idrettslaget Manglerud Star 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...

 alliance sports club from Manglerud

Manglerud

Manglerud was a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the borough of Østensjø. Manglerud was built in the 1960s as a suburb to Oslo, connected by the Oslo T-bane metro system.-Floorball:...

, Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

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General history

The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between SK Star (founded 1913) and Manglerud IL. The club counts 1913 as its founding date. The club colors are green.

Ice hockey

Manglerud Star Ishockey

Manglerud Star Ishockey

Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...

 is the name of the ice hockey section. It has played in the highest Norwegian league. The home arena is Manglerudhallen

Manglerudhallen

Manglerudhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Manglerud, Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,000 and it was opened in 1979. It is the home arena of the Manglerud Star ice hockey team....

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Manglerud Star Toppfotball

Manglerud Star Toppfotball

Manglerud Star Toppfotball

Manglerud Star Toppfotball is a football club based in Oslo, Norway. The club was established in its current form on December 14, 2005 after a merger between Manglerud Star Fotball, and Fotballklubben Oslo Øst, originally formed in 2000....

 is the name of the top-level football section. It consists of a men's and women's senior team, and reserves teams for men and women. The men's team currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division

Norwegian Second Division

The Norwegian Second Division is the third highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2009, the official name of the league has been Fair Play-ligaen....

, but played in the First Division

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 when it formerly cooperated to form the team FK Oslo Øst. The women's team plays in the First Division, the second tier. The men's and womens reserves team both play in the Third Division.

Grassroots football

The "grassroots football" section of the club goes by the name Manglerud Star Fotball. A senior men's team (bearing no relation to Manglerud Star Toppfotball) currently plays in the Seventh Division, the eighth tier of Norwegian football. A reserves team and a "third team" both play in the eighth division.

Other sports

The club formerly fielded a team in rink bandy. The women's team won the national championships in 1985, edging out Hasle-Løren IL

Hasle-Løren IL

Hasle-Løren Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhoods Hasle and Løren in Oslo. It was founded in 1911, and has sections for association football, ice hockey, skiing and cycling.-Ice hockey:...

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