Stabæk Fotball Kvinner

Stabæk Fotball Kvinner is Stabæk IF's women's football team, started on 23 October 2008 with a core of players from Asker. Asker had lost its licence to play in the top league after a failure to meet financial targets, and Stabæk's chairman Mimi Berdal arranged for the new team to be formed within Stabæk IF. The team was immediately joined by other players including Solveig Gulbrandsen.

Stabæk
Full nameStabæk Fotball Kvinner
Nickname(s)De blaa (The Blues)
Founded16 March 1912; 112 years ago (1912-03-16)
GroundNadderud Stadion
Bærum
ChairmanMimi Berdal
CoachJan Jönsson
LeagueToppserien
2023Toppserien, 5th

Stabæk plays in the Toppserien, the top women's league in Norway. The new team set an attendance record in its first match, with 1,321 spectators watching a 2–0 win over Røa, and these two teams have dominated the Norwegian league and cup competitions since then.

Stabæk won the league championship in 2010[1] and thus qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League to debut in Europe. The team also finished in second place to Røa in the Toppserien in 2009 and 2011, and in November 2011 won the Norwegian Cup Final.

The team played in the Champions League for the first time in 2011. They met FFC Frankfurt in their first tie and beat them 1–0 in the home match at Nadderud Stadium, Oslo, but lost the return match in Frankfurt 4-1 a week later. They were also qualified to play in the Champions League again in 2012.

Notable former players in the team include Lise Klaveness, Ingrid Hjelmseth, Trine B. Rønning, and the national team captains of Norway and Denmark, Ingvild Stensland and Katrine Pedersen. Ada Hegerberg, the first ever recipient of the Ballon d'Or Féminin in 2018, played for Stabæk in 2012.

Recent history edit

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2009 Toppserien 2 22 16 5 1 83 15 53 Third round
2010 Toppserien 1 22 17 5 0 72 8 56 Quarter-final
2011 Toppserien 2 22 16 3 3 57 10 51 Winner
2012 Toppserien 2 22 15 5 2 70 21 50 Winner
2013 Toppserien 1 22 17 4 1 64 9 55 Winner
2014 Toppserien 2 22 16 4 2 62 19 52 Quarter-final
2015 Toppserien 4 22 10 7 5 32 17 37 Semi-final
2016 Toppserien 3 22 12 6 4 39 17 42 Quarter-final
2017 Toppserien 3 22 13 4 5 46 23 43 Quarter-final
2018 Toppserien 8 22 7 2 13 29 37 23 Third round
2019 Toppserien 11 22 3 4 15 16 43 13 Third round Relegated to 1. divisjon
2020 1. divisjon 1 18 17 0 1 68 13 51 Quarter-final Promoted to Toppserien
2021 Toppserien 7 18 5 2 11 15 36 17 Third round
2022 Toppserien 4 18 8 3 7 23 22 27 Final
6 0 0 6 2 20 0
2023 Toppserien 5 27 10 7 10 41 43 37 Fourth round

Source:[2]

Achievements edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 March 2023[3]

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
2 DF   NOR Louise Normann
3 DF   NOR Ingrid Søndenå
4 MF   NOR Thea Loennecken
5 DF   NOR Silje Bjørneboe
6 DF   NOR Carlotta Fennefoss
7 FW   NOR Melissa Bjånesøy
8 MF   NOR Justine Kielland
9 MF   NOR Rikke Thorkildsen
10 MF   NOR Cornelia Fladberg
11 FW   SWE Zara Jönsson
12 GK   NOR Melenie Watts
13 DF   NOR Siri Nordeide Grønli
14 MF   NOR Kaja Aasly Haartveit
15 DF   SWE Kim Sundlöv
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   NOR Ine Østmo
17 FW   NOR Maren Hauge
18 MF   NOR Marte Ness
19 FW   NOR Maiken Bjørndalen
20 MF   NOR Liv Aandal
22 GK   NOR Sunniva Skoglund
23 MF   NOR Elise Lundblad
24 DF   NOR Ina Kristoffersen
25 GK   NOR Margaux Batt Lægreid
35 MF   SUI Smilla Vallotto
44 DF   NOR Stine Reinås
51 FW   NOR Iris Omarsdottir
95 FW   NOR Maren Hagfors Thoresen
DF   ENG Grace Garrad

Former players edit

Managers edit

Periode Navn
2009 Jan Aksel Opsahl Odden [no]
2010–2011 Roger Finjord [no]
2012–2016 Øyvind Eide [no]
2017–2019 Vanja Stefanovic
2019 Martin Lindmark and Ingvild Stensland (caretakers)
2019–2022 Per Inge Jacobsen
2023 Petter Belsvik
2024– Jan Jönsson

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 final standings". women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Stabæk Fotball Kvinner". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Stabæk Kvinner Senior A". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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