Avaldsnes IL

Avaldsnes IL
Full name Avaldsnes Idrettslag
Founded 16 June 1937
Ground Avaldsnes Idrettssenter
Ground Capacity 1000
Manager Kent Bøe
League Toppserien (women)
2016 Toppserien, 2nd (women)

Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball.

Women's football

The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of West Norway in 1997, before the team was dissolved in 1999 and then resurrected in 2002.[1] The women's football team currently plays in the Toppserien, the first tier of Norwegian women's football, after promotion from the First Division in 2012, becoming the first club from Karmøy to play in the top league of any sport in Norway.[2][3] They reached the final of the Norwegian Women's Cup in 2013 and 2015 but lost in the final both times.

The footballer Cecilie Pedersen has previously represented Norway while playing for Avaldsnes.[4]

They finished the 2015 season in second place, their highest finish in the Toppserien to date, and qualified to the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Women's football squad

As of 6 October 2016.[5]

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

No. Position Player
2 Brazil DF Letícia Santos
3 Norway DF Ingrid Ryland
4 Norway DF Andrine Tomter
5 Brazil DF Andréia Rosa
6 Iceland MF Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir
7 Norway MF Meryll Abrahamsen
8 Norway MF Maren Mjelde (captain)
9 Norway FW Elise Thorsnes
10 Norway FW Cecilie Pedersen
12 Norway GK Hildegunn Sævik
13 Norway FW Synne Vatnem
No. Position Player
14 Norway DF Laila Himle
15 Brazil DF Bruna Benites
16 Norway MF Olaug Tvedten
17 Norway MF Hanna Dahl
18 Brazil MF Luana
19 Norway FW Hege Hansen
20 Iceland MF Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir
21 Norway DF Oda Arnesen
24 United States GK Madalyn Schiffel
25 Norway DF Hanna Jønland
26 Norway MF Benedikthe Hartvigsen

Recent women's seasons

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2009 D2 5 18738 435424 Not Qualified
2010 D2 promoted 1 221723 1164253 Not Qualified Promoted to Division 1
2011 D1 6 20857 353729 2nd round
2012 D1 promoted 1 222011 732061 3rd round Promoted to Toppserien
2013 TS 4 221039 393333 Final Lost Cup final to Stabæk 1–0
2014 TS 5 221228 562738 Semi-final [6]
2015 TS 2 22 16 3 3 60 15 51 Final Lost Cup final to LSK Kvinner 3–2
2016 TS 2 22 18 2 2 50 17 56 Quarter-final

Men's football

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, after relegation in 2012.[7] The men's team also played in the Third Division between 2005 and 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Historikk (in Norwegian)". Avaldsnes (team web site). Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  2. ↑ Nesvik, Morten; Larsen, Eirin (7 October 2012). "– Større enn de klarer å ta innover seg" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Odden, Mathis Tjøtta (8 October 2012). "Avaldsnes klare for Toppserien" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Lyngøy, Roar (12 May 2011). "Ny ordkrig mellom Pedersen og Avaldsnes" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Avaldsnes Damer Elite". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tabell Toppserien 2013". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Haram, Hein Georg F. (6 October 2012). "Avaldsnes rykker ned" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

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