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Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad FK

Kit impression

Founded

1903

Years standing

123

Home ground

Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad

Capacity

12,565 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

Norwegian top flight:
Winners (9): 1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61
Runners-up (9): 1949–50, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1972, 2008
Third (1): 1961–62
Norwegian First Division:
Winner (1): 2023
Norwegian Cup:
Winners (12) joint-record: 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1957, 1961, 1966, 1984, 2006, 2024
Runners-up (7): 1945, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1971

Nickname: Aristokratene (The Aristocrats) Rødbuksene (The Red Shorts)

Reasons To Adopt

Fredrikstad work as a second team because they come with their own geography: Norway, Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.

You get a nickname
Known as Aristokratene (The Aristocrats) Rødbuksene (The Red Shorts). That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.
Worth the journey
Nearest airport is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), roughly 38km out. This is not a casual away day, which is precisely why the people who do it take it seriously.
The calendar you inherit
Norway Eliteserien is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Norway does not do easy neutrals.
Old enough to matter
1903 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF)

38 km / 24 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Fredrikstad station

1.4 km / 1 miles out

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Around the ground

Things To Do Near Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad