Terje Skarsfjord (28 June 1942 – 15 January 2018)[1] was a Norwegian football player and manager. A native of Narvik, he spent the majority of his playing career at his hometown club Mjølner in the 1960s and 1970s, and also lived a period in Trondheim where he played for FK Kvik. After his playing career ended, he managed his former club Mjølner, but became more famous as manager of Tromsø, whom he guided to victory in the Norwegian Football Cup in 1996.[1]
Skarsfjord also authored and co-authored several educational books about coaching and how to improve your skills.[2][3][4][5]
In 1981 and 1982 he coached Hødd.[6]
He had several spells as manager of Tromsø: 1996, 1999–2001, and 2003. During his most successful spell Tromsø won the Norwegian Football Cup in 1996.[7] He returned in 1999 for a less successful spell which ended with him being replaced by Swedish manager Tommy Svensson.[8]
He returned again in 2003 when the team looked set for relegation, hopelessly adrift at the bottom of the table. He then masterminded an incredible recovery[9] in which Tromsø avoided relegation by a last-gasp goal by Arne Vidar Moen in the fifth minute of overtime against Rosenborg BK, winning the match 1–0.[10] This meant that Aalesunds FK were surprisingly relegated after having seemed safe, in shock and disappointment their manager Ivar Morten Normark commented that he would go home and eat only dry bread and drink a diet soda, while television pundit Ivar Hoff said the tension was so great that he felt he needed to have a cigarette.[11] Skarsfjord's popularity at the time was such that the local newspaper speculated that he might have won if he had decided to run for mayor.[12]
Terje Skarsfjord was father of the former footballer and football coach Rune Skarsfjord.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b TILs trenerlegende Terje Skarsfjord har gått bort, Nordlys (17 January 2018). Retrieved 17 January 2018. (in Norwegian)
- ^ En viktig bok for norsk fotball – fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund. fotball.no. Retrieved on 21 April 2011.
- ^ (in Bokmål) Ask – Dokument. Ask.bibsys.no. Retrieved on 21 April 2011.
- ^ (in Bokmål) Ask – Dokument. Ask.bibsys.no. Retrieved on 21 April 2011.
- ^ (in Bokmål) Ask – Dokument. Ask.bibsys.no. Retrieved on 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Terje Skarsfjord er død". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). 19 January 2018. p. 20.
- ^ Norwegian cup finals (1902–2010). Rsssf.no. Retrieved on 21 April 2011.
- ^ Tommy Svensson tillbaka i Norge | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet.se (20 August 2001). Retrieved on 2011-04-21.
- ^ Skarsfjord får æren | h-a.no Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Fotball.h-a.no (28 March 2006). Retrieved on 2011-04-21.
- ^ Rosenborg – Tromsø IL 0–1 '03 on YouTube (2 April 2007). Retrieved on 2011-04-21.
- ^ Nedrykksdrama 2003 on YouTube (31 October 2004). Retrieved on 2011-04-21.
- ^ ht.no Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Fotball.ht.no (28 March 2006). Retrieved on 2011-04-21.
- ^ Bøyum, Kim (23 November 2008). "Fristet av Brann og Bergen; fakta Rune Skarsfjord". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian).