Vålerenga Fotball Damer is the women's football branch of Vålerenga Fotball. Based in Oslo, the team plays in Norway's top league, Toppserien.
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| Full name | Vålerenga Fotball Damer | |||
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| Ground | Intility Arena Oslo | |||
| Capacity | 16,555 | |||
| Coach | Nils Lexerød | |||
| League | Toppserien | |||
| 2023 | Toppserien, 1st (champions) | |||
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The team first won promotion to Toppserien in 2011 after earning promotion from the First Division. This made Vålerenga the third Norwegian club with both a men's team and a women's team in the top-tier league, and the first club to have its own women's team win promotion to Toppserien, as the two other clubs, Stabæk Fotball and Lillestrøm SK, inherited another club's women's team.[1]
In 2020, the club made record by winning the Toppserien and the NM Kvinner, their first major titles after finishing runners-up at the previous editions.[2][3]
Players edit
Current squad edit
- As of 14 March 2024[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan edit
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 edit
| Position | Name |
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| Director of football | Steinar Pedersen |
| Head coach | Nils Lexerød |
| First team coach | Joakim Klæboe |
| Player developer and analysis | Simon Hansen |
| Goalkeeper coach | Andreas Thorsen Schoute |
| Fitness coach | Luciano Arias |
| Head of medical | Helene Moa |
| Physio | Siri Nesheim |
| Mental coach | Peder Daviknes |
| Equipment manager | Henning Aamodt |
Notable former players edit
Hanne Mellingsæter- Solveig Gulbrandsen
- Tina Wulff
- Johanne Fridlund
- Ingrid Søndenå
- Maren Hauge
Theresa Eslund
Tinja-Riikka Korpela
Jenna Dear- Natasha Dowie
- Ingrid Schjelderup
- Isabell Herlovsen
Ajara Njoya
Sherida Spitse- Sigrid Heien Hansen
- Celin Bizet Ildhusøy
- Marie Dølvik Markussen
- Rikke Marie Madsen
- Synne Jensen
Dejana Stefanović- Andrine Tomter
- Stine Ballisager Pedersen
Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir- Guro Pettersen
Managers edit
| Period | Manager |
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| 2005–2007 |  Kjell Gustad
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| 2008 | Arne Berger
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| 2009–2013 | Cecilie Berg-Hansen
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| 2014 | Glenn Rostad
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| 2015 | Leif Tsolis
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| 2016 |  David Brocken
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| 2016–2017 | Kjell Gustad
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| 2018–2019 | Monica Knudsen
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| 2020–2021 |  Jack Majgaard Jensen
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| 2022–present | Nils Lexerød
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Recent seasons edit
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2010 1. divisjon 3 22 11 6 5 38 24 39 Second round 2011 1. divisjon ↑ 1 20 14 3 3 52 22 45 Third round Promoted to Toppserien 2012 Toppserien 8 22 6 5 11 27 47 23 Third round 2013 Toppserien 5 22 8 8 6 41 37 32 Semi-final 2014 Toppserien 7 22 9 3 10 27 45 30 Third round 2015 Toppserien 10 22 6 3 13 22 42 21 Third round 2016 Toppserien 9 22 6 5 11 25 48 23 Third round 2017 Toppserien 7 22 10 4 8 38 33 34 Final 2018 Toppserien 6 22 10 3 9 37 35 33 Quarter-final 2019 Toppserien 2 22 14 4 4 41 24 46 Final 2020 Toppserien 1 18 11 5 2 39 14 38 Winners 2021 Toppserien 4 18 11 2 5 46 17 35 Winners 2022 Toppserien 2 18 12 3 3 48 12 39 Quarter-final 6 4 1 1 16 3 15 2023 Toppserien 1 27 17 8 2 68 28 59 Final
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Honours edit
- Toppserien:
- 1. divisjon:
- Winners: 2011
- Norwegian Women's Cup:
References edit
- ^ "Vålerengas kvinnelag rykket opp til Toppserien" (in Norwegian). TV2. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "Vålerenga wins first Toppserien title". Kick442.com. 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Vålerenga complete historic domestic double". Goal.com. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "A-laget - spillere". vif-damefotball.no. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Vålerenga Fotball Damer". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 10 November 2022.