Sogndal Fotball

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Sogndal
2023
1. divisjon, 7th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Sogndal Fotball is the

1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club's home matches are played at the 5,622 capacity Fosshaugane Campus.[1]

In 1976, the men's team were runners-up in the Norwegian Cup, losing 2–1 against SK Brann.[2] Sogndal became the first third tier side to play a Norwegian Cup final. The 2017 season is Sogndal's most recent in Eliteserien, the top division.[3]

History

Eirik Bakke had two spells at Sogndal was head coach at the club from 2015 to the 2020–21 season where halfway into the season stated would be the last at his club, ending his 6 year spell as head coach.

Sogndal IL was founded 19 February 1926. The club's breakthrough in Norwegian football came in 1976, when they as a third tier side reached the final of the 1976 Norwegian Cup. Sogndal lost the final against Brann at Ullevaal Stadion with the score 2–1, Knut Christiansen scored Sogndal's goal.[4] They played their first top division season in 1982, a season which the team ended the season in 11th position and relegation back to the second tier.[4]

In the 1988 season, Sogndal's second season in the first tier, Sogndal finished in sixth place, their best ever finishing position. The club was relegated to the second tier in the following 1989 season. Sogndal won group A in the

HamKam and Lyn
are the other clubs with six Norwegian second tier titles.

In 2017, Sogndal relegated from Eliteserien, their eighth relegation from the top division, after losing the relegation play-offs on a penalty shoot-out against Ranheim.[5]

Stadium

Fosshaugane Campus in September 2012.

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.

Recent seasons

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2004
Tippeligaen
14 26 5 7 14 39 57 22 Third round Relegated to
1. divisjon
2005
1. divisjon
7 30 11 8 11 47 51 41 Third round
2006
1. divisjon 6 30 11 8 8 43 41 44 Fourth round
2007
1. divisjon 7 30 13 5 12 48 44 44 First round
2008
1. divisjon 4 30 15 9 6 53 36 54 Fourth round
2009
1. divisjon 4 30 14 12 4 46 29 54 Fourth round
2010
1. divisjon 1 28 17 5 6 51 28 56 Quarter-final Promoted to
Tippeligaen
2011 Tippeligaen 14 30 8 10 12 24 31 34 Fourth round
2012 Tippeligaen 12 30 8 10 12 29 37 34 First round
2013 Tippeligaen 12 30 8 9 13 33 48 33 Fourth round
2014 Tippeligaen 15 30 6 6 18 31 49 24 Fourth round Relegated to
1. divisjon
2015
1. divisjon
1 30 18 8 4 59 31 62 Third round Promoted to
Tippeligaen
2016 Tippeligaen 11 30 8 12 10 33 37 36 Third round
2017 Eliteserien 14 30 8 8 14 38 48 32 Third round Relegated to
1. divisjon
2018
1. divisjon
4 30 15 6 9 47 31 51 Second round
2019
1. divisjon
6 30 13 6 11 51 38 45 Third round
2020
1. divisjon
3 30 15 6 9 57 36 51 Cancelled
2021
1. divisjon
6 30 11 9 10 40 35 42 Third round
2022
1. divisjon
7 30 12 7 11 55 53 43 Fourth round
2023
1. divisjon
7 30 12 7 11 45 45 43 Fourth round

Source:[6]

Achievements

Players

First-team squad

Current Squad

As of 18 September 2023[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 Norway NOR Lars Jendal
4 DF Denmark DEN Daniel Arrocha
6 MF Norway NOR Martin Høyland
7 MF Ghana GHA Edmund Baidoo
8 MF Norway NOR Jacob Blixt Flaten
9 FW Sweden SWE Oliver Hintsa
10 MF Norway NOR Kasper Skaanes
11 FW Norway NOR Andreas Hoven
13 DF Norway NOR Per-Egil Flo
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Norway NOR Martin Sjølstad
19 DF Sweden SWE Felix Eriksson
20 MF Ghana GHA Isaac Twum
29 MF Norway NOR Kristoffer Haukås Steinset
30 MF Norway NOR Erik Hovden Flataker
32 DF Norway NOR Mathias Øren
35 GK Norway NOR Daniel Gjerde Sætren
77 MF Iceland ISL Óskar Borgþórsson

Out on loan

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 Mexico MEX Alejandro Díaz (at Vancouver FC)


Former players

Coaching and administrative staff

Head coach Tore André Flo
Assistant coach Rune Bolseth
Assistant coach Marius Lenni Bøe
Goalkeeping coach Geir Stenehjem
Head of medical/Physical Coach Didrik Sundsbø
Chairman Rolf Navarsete
Director
Yngve Hallèn
Director Sport Anders Giske

Records

  • 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

Managerial history

References

  1. ^ "Fakta om Fosshaugane Campus". sogndalfotball.no (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ "40 år sidan den største kampen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Eirik Bakke blir ny trener i Sogndal". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Fotballaget Sogndal". allkunne.no (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Sogndal rykket ned". ba.no (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Sogndal Fotball". NIFS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. ^ "A-laget" [First-team squad]. Sogndal Fotball. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Sogndal Menn Senior A - Spillere". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 April 2022.

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