Sandnes Ulf
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| Full name | Sandnes Ulf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Ulf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 11 May 1911, as Ulf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Rune Bertelsen (Chief Executive) |
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| Manager | Johan Selvig |
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| League | Norwegian 2nd Division Group 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Division 2006 | 2nd place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandnes Ulf is an Norwegian football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, founded 3 May 1911 as "Ulf". In year 2004 the club merged with Sandnes FK and got its present name. Sandnes Ulf is the biggest footballclub in Sandnes. Sandnes Ulf plays their home matches at Sandnes Idrettspark.
Sandnes Ulf played in 2006 in the Norwegian 2nd division (equivalent with English League One). The club ended up in second place. Sandnes Ulf was in the promoting-situasion nearly the whole season, but because of their unstable ending of the season they ended up 11 points behind the winner. Also in 2005 they were fighting in the top for a while, but ended up in fourth place. Sandnes Ulfs long-term goal is promoting to the Adeccoligaen and they will try to reach this goal in the 2007-season.
The teams greatest profile is Asle Andersen who signed for the club in March 2006. Asle Andersen, who has experience from Tippeligaen and Adeccoligaen, has becomed a central player for the club. Andersen officiated as assistantcoach together with maincoach Johan Selvig in the 2006-season.
Sandnes Ulf played against Leeds United on July 17, 2006. The match was one of the biggest events in the modern history of Sandnes Ulf. This match was a great opportunity for the players to show their best to the people of Sandnes who mainly support the local topteams Viking FK and Bryne FK. Leeds won the match 2-1, Eirik Bakke and Robbie Blake scored the goals for Leeds United. Kjetil Norland scored an early 1-0-goal for Sandnes Ulf, but Leeds managed to win. Around 1500 people saw the match, which is a large crowd-number for Sandnes Ulf.
