IF Skidar

IF Skidar
Full nameIdrettsforeningen Skidar
Founded1 September 1916
GroundHelges plass, Skien
LeagueFourth Division
20253rd (Fifth Division, promoted)

Idrettsforeningen Skidar is a Norwegian association football club from south central Skien.

The club was founded as IF Falk on 1 September 1916. Being a multi-sports club at the time, it also had a section for team handball.[1] The team colours are red and black.

The women's football team played one season the first tier in Norway. Having won promotion in 1985,[2] the team contested the Østland group in 1986, but ended last and were relegated.[3]

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of football in Norway, having won promotion through playoff in 2025.[4]

References

  1. ^ Brustad, Arne (1952). Aktive fotballspillere (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Idrettsforlaget. p. 726.
  2. ^ Women first division 1985, RSSSF
  3. ^ Women first division 1986, RSSSF
  4. ^ "Rykket opp etter finalethriller". Varden (in Norwegian). 11 November 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.