FK Bodø/Glimt
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Full name | Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt | ||
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Nickname(s) | Glimt, Superlaget, Den Gule Horde (The Yellow Horde) | ||
Founded | 19 September 1916 | ||
Ground | Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø | ||
Capacity | 8,270 | ||
President | Inge Henning Andersen | ||
Head coach | Kjetil Knutsen | ||
League | Eliteserien | ||
2023 | Eliteserien, 1st of 16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbûːdøːˌɡlɪmt]) is a Norwegian professional football club from the town of Bodø that currently plays in Eliteserien, the Norwegian top division. The club was founded in 1916 and is frequently referred to by its original club name, "Glimt" (meaning flash in Norwegian).
Bodø/Glimt are three-time champions in Norway after winning the
Glimt is known for the yellow kits and the huge yellow toothbrushes that the supporters carry to the matches — a supporter symbol from the 1970s. After being promoted to the top flight ahead of the 2018 season, the club has experienced the greatest success in its history, winning the league twice in a row, reaching the quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa Conference League and the Play-off round of the Champions League before dropping into the Europa League in the following season.
History
While other towns in Nordland county like Narvik, Mo i Rana and Mosjøen had started their football clubs earlier, the larger town of Bodø was without a major football club until the latter part of 1916. The new club was founded as Fotballklubben Glimt. One of the founders was Erling Tjærandsen, who also became the club's first president and later an honorary club member. Tjærandsen was also a known footballer and skier. Glimt's first match was against Bodø Highschool, because Glimt was the only football club in town.
In 1919, Glimt won their first title: County Champions of Nordland. In the 1920s, Glimt suffered from bad morale and poor finances. At one point, there were talks about merging Glimt into the Ski Club B. and O.I, but following discussions, the intentions were not carried through. The club received an infusion of new encouragement through visiting footballing stars and coaches from southern Norway such as Jørgen Juve in 1929. In the 1930s, Glimt also began training indoors to reduce the impact of the severe arctic winters.
This new approach in the late 1920s and early 1930s yielded some positive results and Glimt have since been a top club in Northern Norway, winning nine North-Norwegian championships, and nationally in Norway since the 1970s.
The club changed its name in 1948, due to an older club from Trøndelag having the same name, and has since gone by the name Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt. The slash was originally a hyphen, but was gradually changed in the 1980s to avoid confusion as hyphens were often used to separate teams on betting coupons and in result tables in newspapers.
Teams from Northern Norway were not allowed to compete in the Norwegian cup-competition until 1963. In their first appearance in the Norwegian FA cup in 1963, Bodø/Glimt managed to get as far as the fourth round after a home win 7–1 over Nordil, and two away wins. The first beating Nidelv (from Trondheim) and then a mighty win over Rosenborg. In the fourth round, Glimt had to play another away game, this time against Frigg from Oslo. Frigg won 2–0 and Glimt was out of the Cup. However, Bodø/Glimt had proven that teams from Northern Norway could play at the same level as the southern teams.
It was not until 1972 that northern teams had the right to gain promotion to the Norwegian top division. This was due to the old belief that the teams from
.From 1973, Norway had three second divisions: two divisions for southern teams and one for northern teams. Bodø/Glimt took three years to gain promotion, due to the promotion rules. The first place holders in the two southern divisions gained instant promotion, but the first place holder in the northern second division had to compete in play-off matches against the two second-place holders from the south. This league system caused a lot of bitterness in the north. This worsened in 1975 when Bodø/Glimt, as the first club from Northern-Norway, won the
In the 1974 and 1975 season, Bodø/Glimt won their division (they had played a few draws but no losses), but still lost in the play-offs.
In 1976, Bodø/Glimt managed at last to beat the league-system with a 4–0 win over
After a glorious top-division debut in 1977 — second place in the league and the cup, both against Lillestrøm — Bodø/Glimt played four seasons at the top level before relegation in 1980, finishing last at 12th place.
The 1980s were the darkest hours in the club history, with Bodø/Glimt playing in the 2nd division and the regional 3rd division. For a couple of years in the mid-1980s, they weren't even the best team in Bodø, with rivals
Since reentering the top division Bodø/Glimt have had a rather checkered performance-chart. A good league performance one season has usually been followed with near relegation the next. This was illustrated with the 1993 and 1994 seasons when Glimt won the cup and became league runners-up, in 1994 only a better goal-difference allowed Bodø/Glimt to stay in the top division.
Another example of the rollercoaster ride of Bodø/Glimt league performance is the 2003 and 2004 seasons. In 2003 season the club finished runner-up behind league valedictorians Rosenborg. The team also lost the 2003 Norwegian Cup final to Rosenborg. In the 2004 season Glimt finished third last and had to play a two-game qualification match against Kongsvinger to avoid relegation. Glimt lost the first game 0–1 in Kongsvinger, but soundly defeated Kongsvinger in Bodø by the score of 4–0, winning 4–1 on aggregate.
After the club's comeback in 1993, Glimt played continuously in the Norwegian top division for 12 seasons, for a total of 16 top division seasons. In the 2005 season however, Bodø/Glimt was relegated.
Life in the Adecco League proved harder than most fans had anticipated. Many were disappointed when Glimt failed to secure the third place play-off spot they had held during most of the course of the season, finally ending in fifth place. The season was tainted by financial difficulties, forcing the team to sell their top scorer
The poor results towards the end of the season finally prompted the board of the supporters’ club to write an open letter in which the training and alcohol consumption habits of certain unnamed players were criticised. In a bizarre twist a few weeks later, the supporters’ club was threatened with a lawsuit in the multi-million class by former coach Trond Sollied, who was briefly mentioned in a by-sentence of the letter as having been in charge when the bad habits of the team had begun. All claims were quickly retracted by the supporters’ club.
In the second season in
In 2013, Bodø/Glimt was again promoted to
Ahead of the 2016 season, club legend Aasmund Bjørkan was appointed as head coach. The team started the season well, and was on top of the league table after three games. However, Glimt lost the next six games. The place in the top league nevertheless looked secure with four games remaining, but Glimt lost all of them and was relegated. Despite relegation, Aasmund Bjørkan stayed on as head coach, and the club brought in then unknown Kjetil Knutsen as assistant coach. Bodø/Glimt won the league by a 16-point margin, and was once again back at the top flight. Aasmund Bjørkan was named coach of the year,[2] but stepped down as head coach, and took the role as sporting director at the club ahead of the 2018 season. Assistant Kjetil Knutsen was promoted to head coach. Glimt made a decent performance during 2018, however a record of 14 draws saw them finishing only in 11th place, but retaining their status as a top-flight team.
Ahead of the 2019 season, Glimt was mentioned among the relegation candidates by most pundits, especially since the club had sold key players like captain
As a result of the 2019 league finish, Glimt qualified for the
Having been drawn into group C, Glimt first defeated
Domestic history
Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P CupNotes 1963 3. divisjondistrict IX3rd 1 10 9 1 0 45 10 19 Fourth round Promotion not possible 1964 3. divisjondistrict IX3rd 1 10 10 0 0 39 5 20 Third round Promotion not possible 1965 3. divisjondistrict IX3rd 1 10 8 1 1 37 8 17 Third round Promotion not possible 1966 3. divisjondistrict IX3rd 2 10 7 2 1 37 9 16 Third round Promotion not possible 1967 3. divisjondistrict IX-X3rd 3 10 4 2 4 21 14 10 Second round Promotion not possible 1968 3. divisjondistrict IX-X3rd 1 10 5 4 1 19 9 14 Third round Promotion not possible 1969 3. divisjondistrict IX-X3rd 2 10 7 0 3 35 11 14 Third round Promotion not possible 1970 2. divisjondistrict IX-X2nd 2 14 7 4 3 40 14 17 First round Promotion not possible
1971 was the first year northern Norwegian teams could win promotion for the top division (First possible year in the top division would have been 1972). Until 1978, the winner of the northern Norwegian group of the second tier had to enter promotion playoffs against the second placed teams of the two southern Norwegian second tier groups. 1979 was thus the first year northern Norwegian teams competed on equal terms as the southern Norwegian teams.
Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P CupNotes 1971 2. divisjondistrict IX-X2nd 5 14 5 2 7 10 19 12 Third round 1972 2. divisjondistrict IX-X2nd 2 14 4 8 2 23 10 16 Fourth round 1973 2. divisjondistrict IX-X2nd 3 14 8 1 5 34 16 17 First round 1974 2. divisjondistrict IX-X2nd 1 14 11 3 0 54 4 25 Semi-final Lost promotion to 1. divisjon playoffs 1975 2. divisjondistrict IX-X2nd 1 14 14 0 0 55 12 28 Winner Lost promotion to 1. divisjon playoffs 1976 2. divisjondistrict IX-XI2nd ↑1 14 13 1 0 60 11 27 Quarter-final Promoted to 1. divisjon through playoffs 1977 1. divisjon Top 2 22 10 8 4 33 24 28 Final 1978 1. divisjon Top 9 22 6 6 10 37 37 18 Third round 1979 1. divisjon Top 7 22 8 5 9 19 26 21 Second round 1980 1. divisjon Top ↓ 12 22 5 2 15 13 43 12 Fourth round Relegated to 2. divisjon1981 2. divisjongroup B2nd 7 22 5 11 6 24 24 21 Third round 1982 2. divisjongroup A2nd 8 22 7 7 8 26 24 21 Fourth round 1983 2. divisjongroup B2nd ↓ 12 22 2 5 15 13 41 9 Third round 1984 3. divisjongroup F3rd 3 18 9 4 5 33 21 22 Second round 1985 3. divisjongroup F3rd 2 18 13 4 1 61 12 30 Second round 1986 3. divisjongroup F3rd ↑ 1 18 17 1 0 64 10 35 Fourth round Promoted to 2. divisjon1987 2. divisjongroup B2nd 7 22 9 4 9 38 33 31 Quarter-final 3 points per win introduced ahead of 1987 season 1988 2. divisjongroup B2nd 6 22 9 3 10 41 37 30 Fourth round 1989 2. divisjongroup B2nd ↓ 12 22 2 8 12 25 51 14 Third round Relegated to 3. divisjon1990 3. divisjongroup F3rd 2 22 15 5 2 64 21 50 Third round 1991 2. divisjongroup 63rd 1 ↑ 1 22 19 2 1 67 16 59 First round Promoted to 1. divisjon1992 1. divisjongroup A2nd ↑ 1 22 16 4 2 69 21 52 Quarter-final Promoted to Tippeligaen1993 TippeligaenTop 2 22 14 3 5 51 24 45 Winner 1994 TippeligaenTop 10 22 5 7 10 30 46 22 Fourth round 1995 TippeligaenTop 3 26 12 7 7 65 43 43 Fourth round 1996 TippeligaenTop 10 26 9 4 13 44 49 31 Final 1997 TippeligaenTop 7 26 10 7 9 39 34 37 Semi-final 1998 TippeligaenTop 5 26 9 9 8 47 47 36 Quarter-final 1999 TippeligaenTop 9 26 10 4 12 52 54 34 Fourth round 2000 TippeligaenTop 10 26 6 10 10 48 59 28 Semi-final 2001 TippeligaenTop 9 26 7 8 11 45 47 29 Fourth round 2002 TippeligaenTop 10 26 9 4 13 38 41 31 Fourth round 2003 TippeligaenTop 2 26 14 5 7 45 30 47 Final 2004 TippeligaenTop 12 26 7 6 13 28 41 27 Fourth round Avoided relegation through playoffs 2005 TippeligaenTop ↓ 14 26 6 6 14 29 45 24 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. divisjon2006 1. divisjon2nd 5 30 15 7 9 65 49 49 Fourth round 2007 1. divisjon2nd ↑ 3 30 17 4 9 66 39 55 Fourth round Promoted to the Tippeligaenthrough playoffs2008 TippeligaenTop 4 26 12 6 8 37 38 42 Quarter-final 2009 TippeligaenTop ↓ 15 30 6 10 14 29 53 28 Third round Relegated to the 1. divisjon2010 1. divisjon2nd 6 28 12 6 10 41 28 42 Third round 2011 1. divisjon2nd 5 30 15 7 8 52 38 52 Third round 2012 1. divisjon2nd 5 30 13 9 8 59 36 48 Quarter-final 2013 1. divisjon2nd ↑ 1 30 21 4 5 63 24 67 Quarter-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen2014 TippeligaenTop 13 30 10 5 15 45 60 35 Fourth round 2015 TippeligaenTop 9 30 12 4 14 53 56 40 Third round 2016 TippeligaenTop ↓ 15 30 8 6 16 36 45 30 Semi-final Relegated to the 1. divisjon2017 1. divisjon2nd ↑ 1 30 22 5 3 83 33 71 Third round Promoted to the Eliteserien 2018 Eliteserien Top 11 30 6 14 10 32 35 32 Quarter-final 2019 Eliteserien Top 2 30 15 9 6 64 44 54 Second round 2020 Eliteserien Top 1 30 26 3 1 103 32 81 Cancelled 2021 Eliteserien Top 1 30 18 9 3 59 25 63 Final 2022 Eliteserien Top 2 30 18 6 6 86 41 60 Semi-final 2023 Eliteserien Top 1 20 22 4 4 78 38 70 Final 2024 Eliteserien Top
1 Third tier was renamed as 2. divisjon (Top tier renamed as
Europe
Bodø/Glimt have participated in European Cups a number of times. The first time was in 1976, when they lost against
In 2004, they lost to
In 2021, they made their debut
In 2023, the Norway side qualified to play
- As of match played 15 February 2024
Competition | S | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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UEFA Champions League/European Cup | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 14 | +8 |
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup | 5 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 34 | –1 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 3 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 69 | 36 | +33 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | –2 |
Total | 13 | 74 | 34 | 14 | 26 | 137 | 99 | +38 |
Honours
League
Cups
- Norwegian Cup
- North-Norwegian championships
- Winners (9): 1930, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969
- Runners-up (5): 1949, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1966
Current squad
- As of 31 January 2024[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For season transfers, see transfers winter 2023–24 and transfers summer 2023.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
Role | Name |
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Coach | Kjetil Knutsen |
Assistant coach | Gaute Helstrup |
Goalkeeping coach | Jonas Ueland Kolstad |
Administrative staff
Role | Name |
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Chairman | Inge Henning Andersen |
Managing director | Frode Thomassen |
Director | Aasmund Bjørkan |
Managers
- Jørgen Juve (1939)
- Arvid Halvorsen (1963–1965)
- Andreas Berg (1965–1969)
- Karl Adamek (1970)
- Andreas Berg (1971–1975)
- Odd Bjørn Kristoffersen (1975–1977)
- René van Eck (1978)
- Odd Bjørn Kristoffersen (1978)
- Erik Ruthford Pedersen (1979–1980)
- Joe Hooley (1981)
- Harald Berg (1981)
- Odd Bjørn Kristoffersen (1981)
- Truls Klausen (1982)
- Andreas Berg (1983)
- Harald Berg (1983)
- Jacob Klette (1984)
- Øystein Gåre (1985–1989)
- Odd Bjørn Kristoffersen (1989–1990)
- Jan Muri (1991)
- Trond Sollied (1992–1996)
- Øystein Gåre (1997–1998)
- Dag Opjordsmoen (1999–2001)
- Øystein Gåre (2001–2004)
- Kent Bergersen (2005–2007)
- Kåre Ingebrigtsen (2008–2011)
- Cato André Hansen (2011–2012)
- Jan Halvor Halvorsen (2013–2015)
- Aasmund Bjørkan (2015–2017)
- Kjetil Knutsen (2018–)
Kit
The club is known to play in yellow kits. However, it wasn't until the mid 70s that FK Bodø/Glimt changed their white shorts to an all yellow strip. In 1980, the club signed its first kit-manufacturer deal with the German firm Adidas, though the club used training jackets and shorts from Adidas since 1976. Nordlandsbanken, a major bank in the region, was one of the main sponsor of the club, present on their shirts until 2011.
Since the 2007 season, Diadora has been manufacturing the kits, giving the club a clean, minimalistic design. In October 2023, FK Bodø/Glimt signed a new manufacter deal with Puma.[9]
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Sponsorship
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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1980–2006 | Adidas | — |
1981–2011 | Nordlandsbanken | |
2007–2023 | Diadora | |
2012– | SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
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2024– | Puma |
Supporters
Glimt supporters are known as "1916", "Den Gule Horde" (The Yellow Horde), "Glimt i Sør" (Glimt in the South) and "Glimt i Steigen" (Glimt in Steigen). 1916 and Den Gule Horde have merged to form the new supporter group "J-feltet", named from the area of the stadion where the singing supporters are located. Glimt i Sør is a supporter group based in Oslo, the capital of Norway, and has members from across southern Norway. There is also a smaller group called "Glimt i Midten" (Glimt in the Middle) located in and around Trondheim. The Steigen branch is a small group of supporters which are known for their online support, especially on Twitter.
Glimt supporters were among the first to introduce the tradition of singing supporters dressed in club colours to Norwegian stands in the 1970s.[10] The supporters are well known across Norway for bringing a giant toothbrush to their games, a tradition that started after supporter leaders used toothbrushes to conduct the singing, as someone often had a toothbrush in their pockets from traveling to the match. A representative for Jordan, Norway's biggest dental company, spotted this at a match and offered the supporters a sponsor deal. For many years visiting teams have received a yellow toothbrush (of normal size) from Bodø/Glimt's team captain ahead of matches.
References
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- ^ "Priser norsk fotball 2017" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Devlin, Kieran. "Bodo/Glimt: A Norwegian fairytale based on 'overtraining', reinvention and 'X-factor players'". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Bodo/Glimt make history with title win". Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Devlin, Kieran. "Bodo/Glimt: The relentlessly attacking Norwegian champions gunning for Celtic". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Football: Poland's Lech Poznań draw 0-0 with Norway's Bodø/Glimt in Europa Conference League". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Europa Conference League (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "A-laget" [First team squad] (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "FK Bodø/Glimt inngår samarbeid med PUMA og Unisport" (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt official webiste. 6 October 2023.
- ^ "70-TALLET: SUPPORTERNE OG TANNBØRSTEN" (in Norwegian). glimt.no. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.