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Verdal Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Verdalsøra, Nord-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, weightlifting and speed skating.
| Full name | Verdal Idrettslag | |
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| Founded | 12 December 1916 | |
| Ground | Verdal stadion, Verdalsøra | |
| Manager | Jann Rindsem | |
| League | 3. divisjon | |
| 2023 | 3. divisjon group 5, 11th of 14[1] | |
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It was established on 21 May 1920 as a merger between Værdalens SL, founded 12 December 1916, and FK Falken. The club counts 1916 as its founding year.[2] In 1984 the track and field section formed its own club Verdal FIK.
Football edit
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It contested a playoff to win promotion to the First Division in 1996, but failed. It last played in the Second Division in 2002. It then won its Third Division group and contested playoffs to the Second Division in 2006 and 2007, but failed both times.
In 2011 they signed former Tippeliga player Trond Viggo Toresen from Levanger FK, he played a role as Playing Coach along with Head Coach Nils Petter Austad. He proved to be an important figure in the battle for promotion to Second Division, which ended in a 3rd place and no promotion.
The women's football team played in the Norwegian Premier League in 1996 and 1997. In December 2004 the women's section started a cooperation team in the region, named Verdal FK. This was later disclosed after little success and internal disputes.
Recent history edit
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2009 3. divisjon 2 22 18 2 2 74 25 56 First round 2010 3. divisjon 6 22 12 1 9 56 47 37 First round 2011 3. divisjon 3 26 16 5 5 59 25 53 Second round 2012 3. divisjon 3 26 13 8 5 57 36 47 Second round 2013 3. divisjon 3 26 14 6 6 55 35 48 Second qualifying round 2014 3. divisjon 5 26 13 2 11 61 57 41 First round 2015 3. divisjon 4 26 18 3 5 96 31 57 First qualifying round 2016 3. divisjon 4 26 15 5 6 72 41 50 First qualifying round 2017 3. divisjon 8 26 9 10 7 43 44 37 Second round 2018 3. divisjon 5 26 10 7 9 31 37 37 Second qualifying round 2019 3. divisjon ↓ 13 26 6 8 12 32 52 26 First round Relegated to the 4. divisjon 2020 Season cancelled 2021 4. divisjon 2 10 5 2 3 27 15 17 First round 2022 4. divisjon ↑ 1 20 13 2 5 55 28 41 First round Promoted to the 3. divisjon
References edit
- ^ "Norsk Tipping-Ligaen avd. 5 2023 - Tabell". fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Folkeparken og Verdal stadion" (in Norwegian). Verdal historielag. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- Official site (in Norwegian)
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