Odds BK

IF Odd was founded in 1885, and is thus one of the older sports clubs in Norway still in existence. The name derives from Viktor Rydberg's novel Seierssverdet, where one of the main characters was a Norwegian athlete called Orvar Odd. In the beginning, IF Odd was mainly focused on gymnastics and also had a department for Nordic skiing and track and field. This initiative was the club's second effort to do so, some time after English workers at nearby Skotfoss brought the game of football to Skien, and the city decided to buy a football. Odd is counted as Norway's oldest football team still in existence. Odd started a cooperation with the local club Pors in 1994 and changed their names to Odd Grenland and Pors Grenland in an effort to represent the district of Grenland. In conjunction with the name change, a public limited company named Grenland Fotball was founded. and in January 2013 Odd Grenland decided to change its name back to Odds BK because they wanted to be a club for the entire county of Telemark. Odd won the Norwegian Football Cup in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1931, and 2000, ==Home ground==

The club's home ground is Skagerak Arena (capacity 12,000), has seen the largest crowd (approx. 12,500 people) at the 1984 Cup semi-final against Viking, though the official number is 8854. Officially, the highest attendance is 12.436, achieved in the 2015 Europa League play-off against Borussia Dortmund. The stadium was rebuilt to hold a capacity of between 13,000 and 14,000, and was finished in 2008. It is named Skagerak Arena after local sponsor Skagerak Energi. ==Players and staff==

First-team squad For season transfers, see transfers winter 2024–25 and transfers summer 2025. Out on loan Coaching staff == Honours ==

• Eliteserien: • Runners-up (2): 1950–51, 1956–57 • 1. divisjon: • Winners (2): 1998, 2008 • Norwegian Football Cup: • Winners (12) (Joint-Record): 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1931, 2000 • Runners-up (9): 1902, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1921, 1937, 1960, 2002, 2014 ==Recent history==

Overview Matches ;Notes • 1Q: First qualifying round • 2Q: Second qualifying round • 1R: First round • PO. Play-off round == Managers ==

• Lennart Söderberg (1983–84) • Tore Andersen (1990) • Paul Wilson (1991–93) • Lars Borgar Waage (1994–97) • Tom Nordlie (1998–99) • Arne Sandstø (1 January 1999– 28 September 2007) • Gaute Larsen (2005–07) • Ove Flindt-Bjerg (28 September 2007 – 17 December 2007) • Dag-Eilev Fagermo (17 December 2007 – 31 January 2020) • Jan Frode Nornes (11 March 2020 – 8 January 2022) • Pål Arne Johansen (24 January 2022 – 31 December 2023) • Kenneth Dokken (16 January 2024 – 13 November 2024) • Knut Rønningene (interim) (13 November 2024 – 10 December 2024) • Knut Rønningene (10 December 2024 – 15 September 2025) • Per Frandsen (17 September 2025 –) ==References==