Nadderud Stadion

Nadderud

Full name	Nadderud stadion
Location	Nadderud, Bærum, Norway
Coordinates	59°55′16″N 10°34′52″E / 59.92111°N 10.58111°ECoordinates: 59°55′16″N 10°34′52″E / 59.92111°N 10.58111°E
Owner	Bærum municipality
Operator	Stabæk Fotball
Capacity	7,000
Surface	grass
Opened	1961
Tenants
Stabæk Fotball (football) IL Tyrving (track and field) Former tenants: Bærum SK (football)

Nadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway.

Association football

It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien (women's) and Tippeligaen (men's) team Stabæk Fotball. Former tenants are Bærum SK. Matches for the U-21 national team has also been played here.

The record attendance is about 10,000, from a 1970 cup match where Stabæk played Strømsgodset. Ahead of the 1996 season, a new main grandstand with seating for 2,900 people was opened, costing 15 million Norwegian krone (NOK). It increased the seating at the stadium with 1,400 seats from the old grandstand.^[1] The municipality installed flood lights ahead of the 2005 season.^[2] Stabæk moved to Telenor Arena for the 2009 Premier League season, but is returning for the 2012 season. In a 2012 survey carried out by the Norwegian Players' Association among away-team captains, Nadderud was ranked twelfth amongst league stadiums, with a score of 2.73 on a scale from one to five.^[3]

From 2009 the stadium is the home pitch of Stabæk's women's team Stabæk Fotball Kvinner (SFK), who play in the elite Toppserien league.

Before the start of the 2012 season, Stabæk Fotball has moved back to Nadderud and the team's NPL matches will be played at the stadium. This follows a decline in fortune of the top tier team, who were not able to pay for their rent for Telenor Arena past the end of 2011.

Athletics

The stadium hosted the European Cup in Athletics, First League for Men, in 2000.^[4] Domestically it has hosted the Norwegian Championships in 1966 (arranged by (IL Tyrving) and 1985 (arranged by (Fossum IF).^[5] It annually hosts the country's largest track and field meet, Tyrvinglekene.

Bandy

The Norwegian bandy final was held here on 22 February 1970 when Strømsgodset IF under a heavy snowfall beat Stabæk IF 3–1.

References

1. Nesbø, Knut (14 February 1996). "Nadderud stadion in "new look"". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 15.
2. Hole, Arne (30 October 2004). "Stabæk vant – får drømmearenaen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 18.
3. "Lerkendal nest beste fotballbane" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
4. "European Cup B Final and First League". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
5. "Main Championships Men" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.