Follo FK

Follo FK
Full name Follo Fotballklubb
Nickname(s) none
Founded September 29, 2000
Ground Ski stadion, Ski
(Capacity: 2,500)
Chairman Jan Thomas Birkeland
Manager Hans Erik Eriksen
League Second Division
2011 Second Division/ 2, 10th[1]
Home colours
Away colours

Follo Fotballklubb is a football club from Ski, Akershus, Norway. Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

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History

It was founded in September 2000 as an umbrella team for the football departments of five local teams; Ås IL, Oppegård IL, Langhus IL, Ski IL and Nordby IL.

Follo's had a good Norwegian Cup run in 2006, when they made it all the way to the quarter finals, eventually losing at home 0-1 to the cup finalists Sandefjord. But on the way to the quarters they beat defending holders Molde.

Four years later, in 2010, they made it to the Norwegian Cup final, beating Tippeligaen club Lillestrøm 4-2 in the third round, and then later Rosenborg 3-2 in the semi finals. Rosenborg were at the time unbeaten and on top of the Tippeligaen, while Follo were at the bottom of the Adeccoligaen. NRK's match commentator Hallvar Thoresen dubbed Follo's victory against Rosenborg the greatest Norwegian cup shock of all time.[2] In the first cup final in the clubs history, Follo lost 2-0 against Strømsgodset.

Thus, despite attaining their best league and cup finish ever, Follo were still relegated to the third tier of Norwegian football. The team managed to stay clear of the relegation zone by the margin of a single point, but were still relegated on account of a clerical error in which they did not finish their application for a 2011 license in time for the 15 September deadline.[3]

Before the 2011 Second Division, Follo was considered as one of the favourites to earn promotion back to Adeccoligaen,[4] but when the season was finished Follo was number ten, only four points clear of another relegation.

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2006 AL 15 30 6 7 17 46 76 25 quarter-final Relegated
2007 D2 5 26 14 4 8 48 30 49 2nd round
2008 D2 6 26 10 7 9 44 35 37 2nd round
2009 D2 1 26 19 3 4 59 25 60 2nd round Promoted
2010 AL 12 28 8 8 12 35 43 32 Final Relegated because license was revoked
2011 D2 10 24 7 5 12 47 51 26 1st round

Achievements

Current squad

As of February 20, 2011

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Sindre Evensen
2 DF Jens Kristian Skogmo
3 DF Benjamin Dahl Hagen
4 DF Øystein Grini
5 DF Magnus Husa
6 DF Patrick Hagen Pedersen
7 MF Anders Jahnsen
8 MF Martin Andresen
9 FW Fitim Azemi
10 MF Patrik Karoliussen
No. Position Player
11 DF Jostein Martinsen
13 GK Ole Syrstad
14 DF Anders Lübeck
15 MF Halvor Raddum
16 MF Sebastian Andresen
18 MF Ruben Valdueza Eiret
21 MF Daniel Lorentz Pedersen
22 MF Simen Carlsen Strande
25 FW Sverre Berg Ofstad

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