Melhus IL
Encyclopedia
Melhus Idrettslag is a Norwegian
sports club from Melhus
, Sør-Trøndelag
. It has sections for association football, team handball
, volleyball
, orienteering
, Nordic skiing
, weightlifting and powerlifting
.
It was established on 28 February 1898.
The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Second Division in 1996
.
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 Melhus
Melhus
Melhus is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus...
, Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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. 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...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
, Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
, weightlifting and powerlifting
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
.
It was established on 28 February 1898.
The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Second Division in 1996
1996 Norwegian Second Division
The 1996 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway.22 games were played in 6 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Sarpsborg and Runar were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 3 group winners as well as...
.