FK Kvik

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clubname = Kvik


fullname = Fotballklubben Kvik
founded = October 6, 1900
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league = Norwegian Fourth Division
season = 2007
position = Norwegian Fourth Division, group 04, 4th place
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Fotballklubben Kvik (FK Kvik) is a Norwegian association football club from Trondheim. To avoid confusion with the other Norwegian football club named Kvik, which was also known as FK Kvik until 1997, FK Kvik is sometimes referred to as Kvik Trondheim. The club was founded in 1900, and is the oldest football club in Trondheim.cite news |first=Thomas |last=Myren |title=Da Kvik var fienden |url=http://www.byavisa.no/byavisa/artikler.php?artid=738 |work=Byavisa Trondheim |location=Trondheim |date=2006-05-09 |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Norwegian]

History

Kvik was founded in 1900. For its first fifteen years of existence, Kvik dominated regional football. In 1915, the team reached the semifinal in the Norwegian Football Cup, where it lost 0-3 to Kvik Halden.cite web |url=http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article55817.ece |title=Rosenborg og Kvik: Et gammel gjensyn |accessdate=2008-08-19 |last=Monssen |first=Håkon |coauthors=Bjørkavåg, Eyvind W. |date=2006-05-08 |work=Rosenborg Ballklubb |language=Norwegian] FK Kvik considers the 1920s to be its golden age.cite web |url=http://www.fkkvik.no/exec/11/Om%20Kvik.html?PHPSESSID=b9986e11e6a5a864d7d920dd4d846992 |title=Historie |accessdate=2008-08-19 |work=FK Kvik |language=Norwegian] During the 1920s, Kvik played three cup quarter finals, in 1922, 1923, and 1925.

In 1947-48, Kvik participated in the first post-war season of the League of Norway (a predecessor of the Norwegian Premier League). [cite book | last = | first = | title = Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball | publisher = Wagner & Flust Forlag | date = 2000 | pages = 225 | isbn = 82-92228-00-4 ] After this season, the league system was changed, and the number of teams at the highest level of Norwegian football decreased from 74 to 16. In this new leage system, Kvik played two seasons in the Main League, 1951/52 and 1954/55. [cite book | last = | first = | title = Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball | publisher = Wagner & Flust Forlag | date = 2000 | pages = 228 | isbn = 82-92228-00-4 ] [cite book | last = | first = | title = Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball | publisher = Wagner & Flust Forlag | date = 2000 | pages = 230 | isbn = 82-92228-00-4 ]

After the 1955/56 season, Kvik found itself playing at the second highest level of Norwegian football. At this time, it competed with several other teams, including Rosenborg BK, over the status of the best football team in Trondheim. Bjørn Hansen, who would later become a professional football manager, played for Kvik during this era.cite news |first=Odd Ragnar |last=Myhr |title=Fk Kvik med ny start |url=http://www.byavisa.no/byavisa/artikler.php?artid=2221 |work=Byavisa Trondheim |location=Trondheim |date=2007-09-11 |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Norwegian]

In 1968, Kvik was relegated to the third highest level. After this, Kvik has not reached its former heights. It currently plays in the Norwegian Fourth Division.

Kvik had a women's football team from 1979 to 1998. Since 1981, Kvik has hosted an indoor football cup, Kvik Cup.

In the first round of the 2006 Norwegian Cup, Kvik played against its former rivals Rosenborg BK, by then one of the best football clubs in Norway. Rosenborg won the match 8-1. [cite news |first=Christer |last=Stensås |title=Rosenborg trygt videre |url=http://fotball.adressa.no/nm/article55951.ece |work=Adresseavisen |location=Trondheim |date=2006-05-10 |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Norwegian] After the match, Rosenborg player Per Ciljan Skjelbred commented that Kvik "kept at it like heroes". [cite web |url=http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article55971.ece |title=- Kviklaget sto på som helter |accessdate=2008-08-19 |last=Monssen |first=Håkon |date=2006-05-10 |work=Rosenborg Ballklubb |language=Norwegian]

References

External links

* [http://www.fkkvik.no/exec/2/Startside.html Fotballklubben Kvik] - official website