KFUM-Kameratene Oslo is the sports branch of the local YMCA in Oslo, Norway. It has departments for association football, futsal, volleyball, and track and field. The football team currently plays in Eliteserien from 2024, the top tier of the Norwegian football league system after promotion from Norwegian First Division in 2023.
The club was founded on 1 January 1939, the clubs traditional base are in downtown Oslo. Today the team plays its matches at KFUM Arena, located at Ekebergsletta.
Football In 2008, KFUM-Kameratene Oslo won their 3. divisjon group and the promotion playoff, earning a spot in the 2. divisjon, the 3rd tier of Norwegian football. The team had previously fallen short in the 2004 promotion playoff. In their debut season at the third tier, KFUM finished in a strong fourth place. They narrowly missed promotion again in 2010 and 2013, finishing second both times.
In 2015, under the guidance of former footballer Ståle Andersen, KFUM finally clinched promotion to the 1. divisjon by winning Group 1. The team continued to impress in 2018, finishing second in the 2. divisjon group 2 and qualifying for the promotion playoffs. They secured promotion to the 2019 1. divisjon. divisjon by defeating Åsane 4–3 on aggregate in the playoffs.
In 2023, KFUM made history by earning promotion to the Eliteserien for the first time. The decisive moment came with a 1–0 victory over Skeid, with Remi-André Svindland scoring the winning goal in the 67th minute.
Recent history {|class="wikitable" ! Season ! League ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Cup !Notes |- |2006 |rowspan="3"|3. divisjon |align=right |3 |align=right|22||align=right|12||align=right|5||align=right|5 |align=right|62||align=right|27||align=right|41 |Second qualifying round
|2007 |align=right |2 |align=right|22||align=right|15||align=right|3||align=right|2 |align=right|72||align=right|22||align=right|48 |Second round
|2008 |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1 |align=right|22||align=right|18||align=right|3||align=right|1 |align=right|103||align=right|15||align=right|57 ||Second round |Promoted to the 2. divisjon |- |2009 |rowspan="7"|2. divisjon |align=right |4 |align=right|26||align=right|14||align=right|6||align=right|6 |align=right|55||align=right|34||align=right|48 ||First round
|2010 |align=right |2 |align=right|26||align=right|18||align=right|3||align=right|5 |align=right|69||align=right|30||align=right|56 ||Second round
|2011 |align=right |9 |align=right|26||align=right|10||align=right|8||align=right|8 |align=right|55||align=right|38||align=right|38 ||Second round
|2012 |align=right |7 |align=right|26||align=right|11||align=right|5||align=right|10 |align=right|48||align=right|49||align=right|38 ||Second round
|2013 |align=right |2 |align=right|26||align=right|17||align=right|6||align=right|3 |align=right|62||align=right|26||align=right|57 ||Second round
|2014 |align=right |5 |align=right|26||align=right|13||align=right|6||align=right|7 |align=right|44||align=right|31||align=right|45 ||First round
|2015 |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1 |align=right|26||align=right|20||align=right|2||align=right|4 |align=right|62||align=right|28||align=right|62 ||Second round |Promoted to the 1. divisjon |- |2016 |1. divisjon |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 15 |align=right|30||align=right|6||align=right|8||align=right|16 |align=right|31||align=right|48||align=right|26 ||Third round |Relegated to 2. divisjon |- |2017 |rowspan="2"|2. divisjon |align=right |7 |align=right|26||align=right|10||align=right|4||align=right|12 |align=right|43||align=right|39||align=right|34 ||Third round
|2018 |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2 |align=right|26||align=right|13||align=right|8||align=right|5 |align=right|47||align=right|32||align=right|47 ||Third round |Promoted to the 1. divisjon |- |2019 |rowspan="5"|1. divisjon |align=right|4 |align=right|30||align=right|13||align=right|9||align=right|8 |align=right|58||align=right|42||align=right|48 ||Quarter-final
|2020 |align=right|8 |align=right|30||align=right|10||align=right|9||align=right|11 |align=right|44||align=right|44||align=right|39 ||Cancelled
|2021 |align=right|5 |align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|8||align=right|10 |align=right|46||align=right|45||align=right|44 ||Quarter-final
|2022 |align=right|4 |align=right|30||align=right|15||align=right|7||align=right|8 |align=right|61||align=right|48||align=right|52 ||Third round
|2023 |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2 |align=right|30||align=right|17||align=right|7||align=right|6 |align=right|51||align=right|31||align=right|58 ||Fourth round |Promoted to the Eliteserien |- |2024 |rowspan="3"|Eliteserien |align=right |8 |align=right|30||align=right|9||align=right|10||align=right|11 |align=right|35||align=right|36||align=right|37 ||Semi-final
|2025 |align=right |12 |align=right|30||align=right|8||align=right|11||align=right|11 |align=right|42||align=right|41||align=right|35 ||Quarter-final
|2026 (in progress) |align=right |12 |align=right|20||align=right|6||align=right|4||align=right|10 |align=right|22||align=right|34||align=right|22 ||Semi-final
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Players and staff
Current squad
For season transfers, see List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2025–26, and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2026.
Out on loan
Coaching staff Position NameHead coach Jørgen Isnes Assistant coachesMoa DanjaniThomas HolmGoalkeeper coach Kamil OlsztyńskiFirst team managerGuttorm LandeTeam managerTerje GranliAcademy managerErik JonvikEquipment managerDag MagelsenFitness coachGitte Madsen
Administrative staff Position NameAdministrative directorThor-Erik StenbergAssistant directorChristoffer DahlOperations managerTerje AndersenSports directorDaniel Fredheim Holm
Futsal KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal is the futsal department of KFUM-Kameratene Oslo They won the Norwegian Futsal Premier League in 2009–10, after receiving silver medals in the inaugural season.
References
External links Official website KFUM Arena - Nordic Stadiums