Florø Sportsklubb is a Norwegian sports club from the town of Florø in the municipality of Kinn, Vestland, Norway. It has sections for association football, team handball and swimming.

Florø SK
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Full nameFlorø Sportsklubb
Founded12 June 1912; 112 years ago (1912-06-12)
GroundFlorø Stadion
Capacity2,800
Head coachGonçalo Pereira[1]
LeagueThird Division
2023Third Division group 2, 8th of 14

The club was founded in 1912 as Florø FK. Florø FK was later incorporated into Florø-Varg, founded in 1929. In 1945 Florø-Varg merged with Atgeir, a worker's football club founded in 1931, to form Florø SK.[2]

Men's football

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Florø Stadion is their home field. Their team colors are blue and black.

History

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The men's football team currently plays in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. Florø was relegated to the 4. divisjon (fifth tier) in 2005, and promoted back to 3. divisjon in the following 2006 season. They played in 3. divisjon from 2007 to their promotion from the 2013 3. divisjon. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, the team played in the 2. divisjon. Florø won their group in the 2016 2. divisjon and was promoted to the 2017 1. divisjon where they finished in 8th position. In 2018, they were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Recent history

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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2001 2. divisjon 13 26 4 5 17 32 69 17 1st round Relegated
2002 3. divisjon 8 22 9 3 10 41 42 30
2003 3. divisjon 7 22 7 4 11 43 56 25
2004 3. divisjon 9 22 6 4 12 33 58 22
2005 3. divisjon 12 22 2 5 15 28 57 11 2nd qualifying round Relegated
2006 4. divisjon 1 16 14 1 1 66 16 43 Promoted
2007 3. divisjon 6 22 10 2 10 50 57 32
2008 3. divisjon 7 22 8 5 9 34 48 29 1st qualifying round
2009 3. divisjon 10 22 6 3 13 36 70 21 2nd qualifying round
2010 3. divisjon 6 22 9 5 8 30 40 32 1st qualifying round
2011 3. divisjon 11 26 10 3 13 51 49 33 1st qualifying round
2012 3. divisjon 2 26 17 3 6 74 35 54 2nd round
2013 3. divisjon 1 24 19 4 1 89 26 61 2nd round Promoted
2014 2. divisjon 6 26 9 10 7 53 49 37 3rd round
2015 2. divisjon 6 26 11 6 9 43 32 39 1st round
2016 2. divisjon 1 26 21 4 1 78 22 67 1st round Promoted
2017 1. divisjon 8 30 10 8 12 42 46 38 4th round
2018 1. divisjon 15 30 8 3 19 27 59 27 2nd round Relegated
2019 2. divisjon 7 26 9 8 9 36 41 35 2nd round
2020 2. divisjon 10 13 4 2 7 26 25 14 Cancelled
2021 2. divisjon 12 26 5 3 18 29 63 18 2nd round Relegated
2022 3. divisjon 4 26 15 4 7 53 27 49 1st round

Source:[3]

Current squad

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As of 27 September 2021[4][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   POL Maciej Raniowski
2 DF   NOR Torkel Aarønes
3 DF   NOR Daniel Kubrom Hamde (on loan from Strømsgodset)
4 DF   NOR Adonis Brahimi
5 DF   NOR Christer Husa
6 DF   FRO Hans Hansen
7 MF   NOR Even Hepsø Vetås
8 MF   NOR Dino Omerovic
9 FW   NOR George Gibson (on loan from Øygarden)
10 FW   FRA Sofiane Dia
11 FW   NOR Vetle Fiskerstrand
12 GK   NOR Mathias Finnestrand
13 GK   NOR Herman Solheim Mortensen
14 MF   NOR Håkon Gjerstad
15 MF   NOR Leander-Nikolai Jacobsen Høyvik
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   NOR Lars Yonas Larsen
17 FW   POR Nelsinho
18 MF   NOR Vladan Radojkic
19 FW   FIN Joni Mäkelä
20 MF   NOR Adan Abadala Hussein (on loan from Bodø/Glimt)
21 MF   NOR Enok Naustdal
22 MF   NOR Kristoffer Haukås Steinset
23 MF   NOR Håvard Rosø
24 MF   NOR Oscar André Fanøy Nordal
25 MF   NOR Kim-Christian Liset
GK   NOR Håvard Hetle (on loan from Sogndal)
DF   POR Sergio Uolu
MF   CPV Rodrigo Lima
FW   COD Lido Lotefa
DF   IRL Timi Sobowale

Florø SK2

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In some seasons, a reserve squad, Florø SK2, has been one of the Norwegian reserve football teams to compete in the lower tiers of the Norwegian football league system. While Florø SK2 competed in the 2019 4. divisjon (fifth-level of Norwegian football), as of December 2020, the reserve club's page on the Florø SK official website is blank.

References

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  1. ^ "Vår nye hovedtrener". Florø SK (in Norwegian). 30 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ History Archived 2003-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, by Arild Melvær. 1972
  3. ^ a b "Florø SK". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Spillertropp 2017" (in Norwegian). fotball.florosk.no. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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