What Ranheim Fotball does

Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club founded in 1901, headquartered in Ranheim within Trondheim, Norway. The club competes in OBOS-ligaen, the second tier of Norwegian professional football, and is currently positioned 8th in the league table with 14 matches played and 20 points as of mid-2026. It is organized as a Norwegian idrettslag (membership-based sports association) and is not publicly traded.

The club's core product is professional matchday football at EXTRA Arena, a stadium completed in 2016 with naming rights held by Coop/EXTRA under a 3+3 year agreement signed in March 2017. Supporting products and services include match tickets and season passes distributed via TicketCo, an online merchandise store operated through tshirt.no, the Supporterbutikken physical shop, and the Overvik Corner hospitality facility (built 2019). Youth development is delivered through the Ranheim Fotballskole summer camp and a broader youth pipeline; the FUTUR Fotball entity is referenced as a community-facing program. The club has no disclosed AI, API, or technology platform capabilities beyond standard content management.

Ranheim's revenue model is sponsorship- and matchday-led. Income is generated through a tiered corporate partnership structure (Generalpartner, Gullpartner, Sølvpartner, Bronsepartner, Ranheimspartner) with nearly 90 partner businesses, headlined by SpareBank1 SMN as Generalpartner and Gullpartners including Adresseavisen, Coop/EXTRA, SalMar, Ranheim Paper & Board, Riis Bilglass, Selmer Holding, Umbro/Scantrade, XL-BYGG, and Fagtrykk. Secondary revenue streams include ticket sales, season passes, merchandise, and the Grasrotgiver fundraising program via Norsk Tipping, under which 7% of supporters' gambling stakes are routed to the club's youth development activities. No public revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Ranheim Fotball

Legal name

Ranheim Fotball

Website

https://ranheimfotball.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian second-division football club founded in 1901, based in Ranheim/Trondheim, that competes in OBOS-ligaen, sells tickets and merchandise at EXTRA Arena, and is funded through a tiered network of roughly 90 corporate partners and membership-based community support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Football Club / Sports Entertainment

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Spectator Sports (7112)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Amateur & Grassroots Sport Associations (Community/Youth Governing Orgs) (MPAKAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional & Major League Stadiums (MPAKAEAA)

Keywords

• Professional football club
• Matchday ticketing services
• Sports sponsorship programs
• Youth football development
• Supporter merchandise sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Trondheim

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club competing in OBOS-ligaen, the second tier of Norwegian football. Its core offering centers on live football matches played at EXTRA Arena, sold to supporters via single-match tickets and season passes through the TicketCo platform. The club supplements this with a supporter shop (Supporterbutikken), an online merchandise store, the Overvik Corner hospitality venue, a summer youth football school (Ranheim Fotballskole), and the Norsk Tipping-backed Grasrotgiver grassroots funding program.

Product overview

Ranheim Fotball operates as a football club in Norway's OBOS-ligaen (second tier). The club offers a portfolio of services centered around match-day experiences and supporter engagement. Core offerings include ticket sales and season tickets for matches at EXTRA Arena, a supporter shop (Supporterbutikken) selling merchandise and tickets, and hospitality facilities such as Overvik Corner pub and the Travkafè. The club also runs a summer football school for youth and participates in Norsk Tipping's grassroots funding program (Grasrotgiver). An online merchandise store is operated through a third-party platform (tshirt.no).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Supporterbutikken (Supporter Shop) Physical stadium retail outlet at EXTRA Arena selling tickets, supporter merchandise (player jerseys, jackets, hats, scarves, caps, and other supporter equipment), and acting as commission agent for Rikstoto horse betting through the Travkafé viewing area. Aimed at match-going fans and local supporters.
• Billetter og Sesongkort (Tickets and Season Tickets) Single-match tickets and full-season passes for Ranheim TF home matches at EXTRA Arena, sold online through the TicketCo platform and at the stadium supporter shop. Season tickets grant access to all home matches across the OBOS-ligaen season. Aimed at local supporters and fans.
• Grasrotgiver (Grassroots Giver Program) Grassroots fundraising partnership with Norsk Tipping's Grasrotandelen program, in which registered supporters designate Ranheim Fotball as recipient and 7% of their gambling stakes are automatically transferred to the club to fund youth player development.
• Ranheim Fotballskole (Football School) Summer football camp for children held during week 33 (Monday 10 August – Thursday 13 August in 2026), offering training and football experiences during the Norwegian summer holiday. Aimed at children and families in the Trondheim region.
• Nettbutikk (Online Store) E-commerce merchandise store operated via the third-party tshirt.no platform, offering Ranheim Fotball branded clothing and accessories to supporters nationwide.
• EXTRA Arena Stadium Venue Club stadium completed in 2016, serving as the home matchday venue for Ranheim TF and host of supporter facilities such as the Supporterbutikken and Overvik Corner. Named EXTRA Arena under a Coop Midt-Norge naming-rights deal.
• Overvik Corner (Supporter Pub & Meeting Venue) Supporter pub and meeting venue at EXTRA Arena used for home-match pre-gaming, away-match screenings, live music events, and rentable for private meetings and gatherings; includes Ladekaia Corner for entertainers. Built in 2019 via sponsor and volunteer collaboration.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered verdipartner, generalpartner, gullpartner, bronsepartner and minor.

• MOTverdipartnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022
• SpareBank1 SMNgeneralpartnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018
• Coop (EXTRA)gullpartnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017
• AdresseavisengullpartnerGTM or Marketing Partner
• SalMargullpartnerGTM or Marketing Partner
• Xerox Partner (XPT.no)bronsepartnerGTM or Marketing Partner
• Kirkens BymisjonverdipartnerStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Norwegian Fish OilbronsepartnerGTM or Marketing Partner
• Norsk Tipping (Grasrotandelen)minorGTM or Marketing Partner

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stabæk Fotball: Recent OBOS-ligaen opponent (Ranheim took a heavy home defeat to Stabæk in July 2026). Comparable-sized professional club competing in the same tier with similar governance and partnership structures.
• Sandnes Ulf: Norwegian second-tier club currently 7th in OBOS-ligaen on 20 points, one place above Ranheim. Operates a similar community-and-youth-development model with regional sponsorship and a small full-time staff.
• Lyn Oslo: Norwegian club that recently signed Ranheim academy product Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen. Operates in a similar division with overlapping talent-pipeline and partnership dynamics.
• Kristiansund BK: Norwegian professional club that recently acquired Ranheim-developed player Franklin Nyenetue. Comparable second-tier/eaves-of-Eliteserien profile and active participant in the same talent market.
• Sogndal Fotball: Norwegian second-tier club with parallel community-driven, youth-development-led operating model. Comparable in revenue size, partnership breadth, and OBOS-ligaen positioning.
• Kongsvinger IL: Long-established Norwegian second-tier club with a comparable membership-based idrettslag structure and regional commercial partner base. Similar scale of operations and revenue mix.
• Bryne FK: Norwegian second-tier club currently 10th in OBOS-ligaen. Similar small-town community identity, partnership-driven revenue model, and youth-development focus.
• FK Haugesund: OBOS-ligaen opponent Ranheim is scheduled to face in their next match. Norwegian professional club with similar matchday, sponsorship, and ticketing operations through TicketCo-style platforms.
• Egersunds IK: OBOS-ligaen club directly behind Ranheim in the table (9th, 19 points). Comparable in scale, regional anchoring, and reliance on local sponsorship and matchday revenue.

Regional players

• Rosenborg BK: Top-tier Norwegian club based in the same Trondheim metro area. While not a direct second-tier competitor, Rosenborg competes for the same sponsor minds, fans, and local talent — directly shaping Ranheim's commercial ceiling and competitive context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RanheimFotball
• YouTubeplay.tv2.no/sport/fotball
• Facebookfacebook.com/Ranheim.Fotball
• Instagraminstagram.com/RanheimFotball
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ranheim-fotball-topp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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