Sandefjord Fotball
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| Full name | Sandefjord Fotball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Guttane (The Boys) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | September 10, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Storstadion/Komplett.no Arena Sandefjord Norway (Capacity 9000) |
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| Chairman |  Roger Gulliksen |
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| Manager |  Patrick Walker |
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| League | Adeccoligaen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Tippeligaen, 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays its home games at Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold.
Reaching the 1st Division in 1999, the club made quick progress and soon settled as a strong competitor for promotion to the Norwegian Premier League. Finishing third in the 1st division both in 2002 and 2003 they qualified for play-off matches, but lost both times. The 2003 play-off was lost after some controversial decisions by referee Jonny Ditlefsen that all were in Sandefjords disfavor. In 2004 they finished fourth, but the 2005-season finally proved a success. Placing second, Sandefjord earned automatic promotion to the highest division, where they are currently playing.
The club performed surprisingly well in their first Tippeliga season, finishing 8th on the table and reaching the cup final. However, 2007 season was a disaster and they finished last and was relegated to Adeccoligaen.
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[edit] History
[edit] Parent Clubs
Sandefjord Fotball were formed by parant clubs IL Runar and Sandefjord Ballklubb in 1998.
[edit] Events in 2007
The main event of the season was the relegation from Tippeligaen. Sandefjord Football will be found in Addecoliagen next year. Other main event after the relegation was a fact is the loss of Sandefjord Football captain Tommy Knarvik to Tromsø I.L. Despite relegation Tor Thodesen continuous as manager the next years, this can be seen as the club has long term plans.
[edit] Colours and Badge
Sandefjord Fotballs colours is blue. They play in blue shirts and blue shorts. The club change their badge before the start of season 2006. This was mainly due to press purposes. The old badge had a yellow field as well as the blue and red.
[edit] Stadium
Sandefjord Fotball plays their home games at Komplett.no Arena. Komplett.no Arena was opened July 21st 2007. This is an all modern stadium, with a capacity of about 9000. Record attendance was set during the opening game versus FC Lyn Oslo July 21st 2007, 8103 attended this game.
Field measurement are 105 x 68 meters.
Before Sandefjord Fotball started to use their new home arena, Komplett.no Arena, they used to play their home encounters at Storstadion. Sandefjord Fotball played their home games at Storstadion from 1999 to 2007. As the stadium it self did not live up to the standards one could expect from a modern football stadium it was finally decided to build the new and modern Komplett.no Arena and start a new and exciting chapter in the young clubs history.
[edit] Supporters
Sandefjord Footballs' supporters are called "Blåhvalene".
[edit] Records and statistics
| What? | ... |
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| Beste cup-prestasjon: | Finalen i 2006 (tap 0 - 3 mot Fredrikstad) |
| Beste serieprestasjon: | 9. plass i Tippeligaen 2006 |
| Beste E-cup prestasjon: | - |
| Flest klubbkamper, og antall: | Samuel Isaksen - 202 |
| Flest mål i en sesong: | Tom Helge Jacobsen - 17 mål i 1. divisjon 2001 |
| Flest mål totalt for SF: | Tom Helge Jacobsen - 59 mål |
| Publikumsrekord: | 8 103 mot Lyn i Tippeligaen - 21. juli 2007 |
| Høyeste publikumsgjennomsnitt: | 6 098 i Tippeligaen sesongen 2007 |
| Største serieseier: | 9 - 1 mot Vard Haugesund i 1. divisjon sesongen 2004 |
| Største serietap: | 0 - 6 mot Sogndal i 1. divisjon sesongen 2000 |
| Største cupseier: | 8 - 0 mot Flint i første runde av NM 2002 |
| Største cuptap: | 2 - 5 mot Romerike Fotball i andre runde av NM 2001 |
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
As of August 28, 2007. Players in bold have international caps.
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[edit] Current staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Patrick Walker |
| Assistant manager |  Kaz Sokolowski |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Øistein Eftedal |
| Youth coach | Petter Lo Presti |
| Physio | Dagfinn Moen |
| Physio | Elsa Paus |
| Arbitrator | Tor Vidar Hem |
[edit] Reserves
[edit] Notable former players
Despite the clubs tender age it has produced and increased the talents of players such as:
- Jon Midttun Lie
- Geir Ludvig Fevang
- Jørgen Jalland
- Magne Sturød
- Andreas Augustsson
- Jacob Augustsson
- Trym Bergman
- Andreas Tegström
Ole Tobiasen- Jan Fredrik Bjørntvedt
- Frode Fredriksen
Tomas Sobotzik
Adriano Munoz- Tommy Knarvik
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For more details on this topic, see List of Sandefjord Fotball players.
[edit] Other former players
- Vadim Demidov
- Tom Kristoffersen
[edit] Local heroes at the team
Several players from Sandefjord and its vicinity has played for the club. For the time being it is only Fredrik Thorsen who is both a first team player and from Sandefjord. Past players such as Jon Midttun Lie, Geir Ludvig Fevang, Jan Fredrik Bjørntvedt and Vadim Demidov were all local lads from Sandefjord and played through the ranks of Sandefjord Fotballs parent clubs.
[edit] Managers
- Trond Skrede 1999-2001
- Tom Nordlie 2002-2003
- Arne Dokken 2004
- Tor Todesen 2005-2008
- Patric Walker 2008-present
| Name | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| Trond Skrede | |
mm.dd 1999 | mm.dd 2001 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx.xx |
| Tom Nordlie | |
mm.dd 2002 | mm.dd 2003 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx.xx |
| Arne Dokken | |
mm.dd 2004 | mm.dd 2004 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx.xx |
| Tor Todesen | |
mm.dd 2005 | 05.08 2008 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx.xx |
| Patric Walker | |
05.08 2008 | xx.xx xxxx | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx.xx |
[edit] Honours
- Norwegian First Division:
- Runners-up (1):2005
- Play-off (2):2002,2003
- Norwegian Second Division:
- Winners (1):1999
- Norwegian Football Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 2006
[edit] Recent history
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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 1999 2D 1 22 13 9 0 59 21 48 2000 AL 11 26 8 4 14 35 53 28 2001 AL 7 30 13 5 12 59 54 44 2002 AL 3 30 18 6 6 65 38 60 2003 AL 3 30 19 4 7 71 41 61 2004 AL 4 30 15 6 9 60 32 51 2005 AL 2 30 19 5 6 58 37 65 ? 2006 TL 9 26 9 5 12 37 47 32 final 2007 TL 14 26 4 4 18 26 53 16 Relegation to First Division 2008 AL ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
[edit] References
- (Norwegian) NIFS.no - Statistics. Retrieved on December 9, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Official site (in Norwegian)
- Blåhvalane (The Blue Whales), official fanclub
- Webcam from the new stadium
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