Sarpsborg 08 FF

Sarpsborg 08 FF, usually called Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg, are a football club from Sarpsborg in Ostfold, south-east Norway. The town had not had a top-flight team since 1974, so in 1999 local clubs began a joint project to build one. Playing first as Sarpsborg Fotball and later as FK Sparta Sarpsborg, the project took in the old Sarpsborg FK in 2008 and became Sarpsborg Sparta FK. The club adopted its present name, Sarpsborg 08 FF, in 2009. The team wear blue, are nicknamed Blaa haine and play at Sarpsborg Stadion, which holds about 8,000.

Sarpsborg 08 have not yet won a major trophy. They were promoted to the top flight in 2010 and relegated after one season, but went back up in 2012 and have played in the top division every season since 2013. They have reached three Norwegian Football Cup finals: they lost 2-0 to Rosenborg in 2015, 3-2 to Lillestrom in 2017 and 3-1 to Lillestrom at Ullevaal in December 2025, after leading at half-time. Their best league finish is third, in 2017. In 2018-19 they won four Europa League qualifying rounds to reach the group stage, where they finished fourth in a group with Besiktas, Genk and Malmo.