Pors Fotball

Pors Fotball

Full name	Pors Fotball
Nickname(s)	Pors
Founded	25 May 1905; 119 years ago (1905-05-25)
Ground	Pors Stadion Porsgrunn
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Ronald Bøgeberg
Manager	Magne Hesmyr Nilsen
League	2. divisjon
2024	3. divisjon, group 2, 1st of 14 (promoted)[1]
Home colours Away colours

Pors Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Porsgrunn, currently playing in the 2. divisjon. Pors plays in blue jerseys, and their home ground is Pors Stadion. Notable former players include Jan Halvor Halvorsen and Erik Pedersen.

The club was founded on 25 May 1905 under the name Lyn, and changed its name to IF Pors in 1914 because the original name was already in use. The best performances of the team was in 1948–49 and 1970 when they played in the top division. The team has had unsuccessful bids for promotion to the top division in 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1983.

Concurrent with the 1994 name change the club entered into a still ongoing elite-level athletics partnership with the other and dominant Grenland football club, Odd Grenland. In February 2005 IF Pors retained other sports activities whereas Pors Grenland Fotball was siphoned off as a separate sports team, however still under the auspices of IF Pors. In December 2009, the financial cooperation between Pors Grenland and Odd Grenland was terminated.

Between 2004 and 2006 the team played in the 1. divisjon but then slipped down to the 2. divisjon where they played until the team was relegated to 3. divisjon in 2014. Pors have been playing in 3. divisjon since 2017.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2005	1. divisjon	6	30	13	11	6	47	45	50	Third round
2006	1. divisjon	↓ 13	30	10	5	15	51	65	35	Third round	Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2007	2. divisjon	7	26	10	5	11	39	44	35	Second round
2008	2. divisjon	4	26	15	6	5	62	41	51	Third round
2009	2. divisjon	2	26	18	3	5	76	44	57	First round
2010	2. divisjon	9	26	11	4	11	41	41	37	First round
2011	2. divisjon	11	26	8	5	13	42	53	29	First round
2012	2. divisjon	8	26	10	6	10	40	36	36	Second round
2013	2. divisjon	5	26	12	5	9	44	44	41	Second round
2014	2. divisjon	↓ 12	26	7	5	14	43	60	26	Second round	Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2015	3. divisjon	↑ 1	26	20	2	4	96	36	62	First round	Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2016	2. divisjon	↓ 12	26	9	2	15	44	71	29	First round	Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2017	3. divisjon	2	26	16	3	7	84	43	51	Second round
2018	3. divisjon	7	26	11	4	11	58	51	37	First round
2019	3. divisjon	7	26	11	3	12	42	44	36	Second round

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