Date - Sunday, July 30 2017
Kickoff Time - 1900 Hrs Local Time, 1800 Hrs BST
Venue - Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo
Form Guide
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Vålerenga: WDWDD
Previous Meeting
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José Mourinho
Ronny Deila
Team News
Manchester United
Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young ruled out.
Vålerenga
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Vålerenga Fotball (nicknamed Enga, Vål'enga, The Bohemians, The Pride of Oslo and St. Hallvard's Men) is a Norwegian professional football club based in Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens Idrettsforening. The history of Vålerenga Fotball goes back to Fotballpartiet Spark, which was founded in 1898 by pastor Hans Møller Gasmann. An early mission for Gasmann was to give the local youth social activity and exercise. On a larger scale, the club was part of the movement known as Muscular Christianity. A successor to this football club, Idrettslaget Spring, was founded on 29 July 1913 by a group of teenage factory workers. A year later, the club changed its name to Vaalerengens Idrættsforening. Rooted in the neighborhood of Vålerenga on the east end of Oslo, the club would recruit players and supporters from the many workers in the area, in a society then characterized for its low mobility between social strata.
Vålerenga enjoyed its Glory Years in the '80s following the emergence of a new generation. With the help of players like Tom Jocobsen and Vidar Jacobsenm, and led by manager Lief Eriksen, Vålerengen would win its first Norwegian Football Cup in 1980, and then in 1981, 1983, 1934. In recent years, Vålerenga faced economic difficulties from previous seasons and being without a shirt sponsorship deal, they spent much of the 2014 season dealing with a severe risk of bankruptcy, finally signing a new shirt sponsorship deal with DNB ASA on 29 July. Vålerenga's main rivals include Lillestrøm Sportsklubb, HamKam, Kongsvinger Idrettslag, SK Brann and Lyn Toppfotball. Vålerenga play their home games at the Ullevaal Stadion.
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