Avaldsnes IL

Avaldsnes IL

Full name	Avaldsnes Idrettslag
Founded	16 June 1937
Manager	Colin Bell
League	Toppserien (women)
2015	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.

Current women's football squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Viviane Holzel Domingues 2 MF Debinha 3 DF Freja Hellenberg 4 DF Casey Short 5 DF Andréia Rosa 6 MF Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 7 MF Diane Caldwell 8 DF Maren Mjelde 9 FW Elise Thorsnes 10 FW Cecilie Pedersen 12 GK Hildegunn Sævik

No. Position Player 14 MF Laila Himle 15 DF Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir 16 MF Karina Sævik 17 FW Hanna Dahl 18 MF Luana Bertolucci Paixao 19 DF Ida Jeanett Fjordbakk 21 DF Marie Anglevik 22 FW Helene Anglevik 23 DF Meryll Krysteen Abrahamsen MF Yoreli Rincón

Recent women's seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2009	D2	5	18	7	3	8	43	54	24	Not Qualified
2010	D2	1	22	17	2	3	116	42	53	Not Qualified	Promoted to Division 1
2011	D1	6	20	8	5	7	35	37	29	2nd round
2012	D1	1	22	20	1	1	73	20	61	3rd round	Promoted to Toppserien
2013	TS	4	22	10	3	9	39	33	33	Final	Lost Cup final to Stabæk 1–0
2014	TS	5	22	12	2	8	56	27	38	Semi-final	[6]
2015	TS	2	22	16	3	3	60	15	51	Final	Lost Cup final to LSK Kvinner 3–2

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. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
5. "Fotballaget Avaldsnes Kv.senior" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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.

External links

• Official site (Norwegian)