Sogndal Fotball

 

Sogndal IL was founded 19 February 1926. They contested their first top division season in 1982, and ended the season in 11th position; relegation returned them to the second tier.^[4]The club's breakthrough in Norwegian football came in 1976, when they as a third-tier side they for their first time reached the final of the 1976 Norwegian Cup. Sogndal lost that final to Brann at Ullevaal Stadion 2–1; Knut Christiansen scored Sogndal's only goal.^[4]

Sogndal's second season in the first tier 1988 Norwegian First Division, they finished in sixth place, their then best finishing position. The club was relegated to the second tier in the 1989 season. Sogndal won group A in the 1990 2. divisjon and won promotion. During the 1990s, Sogndal played five seasons in the first tier. In 1999, Sogndal received a transfer fee reported to be around NOK 40 million when Eirik Bakke was sold to Leeds United.^[4] From 2001 to 2004, Sogndal played four consecutive seasons in the top division, an achievement they repeated in the seasons 2011–14. The men's team were promoted to the 2011 Tippeligaen after winning the 2010 1. divisjon. Sogndal won the 2015 Norwegian First Division, their sixth successive second tier title. They share this distinction with HamKam and Lyn, the only other clubs with six Norwegian second tier titles.

In 2017, Sogndal received relegated an eighth time from Eliteserien, after losing the relegation play-offs on a penalty shoot-out against Ranheim.^[5]

 

The club's stadium is Fosshaugane Campus. The stadium was renovated and reopened in 2006 and the name Campus was added because the local Sogn og Fjordane University College and high school is located in the stadium. The capacity is 5,622.

The attendance record of 7,025 spectators dates from the 1976 Norwegian Cup quarter-final against Start.

Source:^[6]

• Eliteserien
  • 6th place: 1988
  • 8th place: 2001, 2003
• Norwegian Cup; Runners-up: 1976
• 1. Divisjon / 2. Divisjon (6): 1981, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2010, 2015

As of 29 August 2024^[7][8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NOR Lars Jendal 2 DF   SWE Felix Eriksson (on loan from IFK Göteborg) 3 DF   NOR Jesper Robertsen (on loan from Tromsø) 4 DF   DEN Daniel Arrocha 5 DF   NOR Kristoffer Paulsen (on loan from Viking) 6 MF   NOR Martin Høyland 8 MF   NOR Jacob Blixt Flaten 9 FW   SWE Oliver Hintsa 10 MF   NOR Kasper Skaanes 13 DF   NOR Per-Egil Flo

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   NOR Kristoffer Haukås Steinset 16 DF   NGA Emmanuel Oluwafemi Olugbe 17 MF   NOR Martin Sjølstad 20 MF   GHA Isaac Twum 29 MF   NOR Kristoffer Haukås Steinset 30 FW   NOR Erik Hovden Flataker 31 FW   NOR Joakim Berg Nundal 32 DF   NOR Mathias Øren 35 GK   NOR Daniel Gjerde Sætren 77 MF   ISL Óskar Borgþórsson

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 FW   MEX Alejandro Díaz (at Vancouver FC)

• Most appearances: 611, Asle Hillestad
• Most goals: 321, Svein Bakke
• Most goals, Eliteserien: 46, Håvard Flo
• Biggest win, Eliteserien: 5–0 vs. Odd, 15 June 2003
• Biggest defeat, Eliteserien: 0–9 vs. Stabæk, 25 October 2009

• Ingvar Stadheim (1979–80, 1983–84)
• Harald Aabrekk (1990–92)
• Michael Speight (1999–00)
• Torbjørn Glomnes (1 January 2000 – 31 December 2002)
• Jan Halvor Halvorsen (1 January 2003 – 30 November 2004)
• Trond Fylling (2005)
• Stig Nord (2006 – 31 December 2006)
• Karl Oskar Emberland (1 January 2007 – 6 November 2009)
• Harald Aabrekk (1 January 2010 – 31 December 2011)
• Jonas Olsson (1 January 2012 – 31 December 2014)
• Eirik Bakke (1 January 2015 – 31 December 2021)
• Tore André Flo (1 January 2022 – 30 September 2024)
• Morten Kalvenes (1 October 2024 –)

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