Øygarden Fotballklubb was a Norwegian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club located in

Øygarden Øygarden is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is an island municipality located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Midhordland, stretching along the west coast of the cou ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

. Founded in 2020, they took over the elite license from Nest-Sotra and began playing in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of the

Norwegian football league system The Norwegian football league system, or pyramid, is a series of League system, interconnected leagues for club Association football, football in Norway. 2017 system in men's football , the current national league system administered by the Norwegi ...

. Øygarden FK was a cooperation between Øygarden clubs Nordre Fjell, Sund SK, Skogsvåg IL, Telavåg IL, Skjergard IL and Nest-Sotra. In 2019, the clubs agreed to establish a new elite team. The club went bankrupt in May 2022.

History

Founding

On 26 September 2019, Nest-Sotra announced that they would apply to the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems f ...

(NFF) to have their elite licence taken over by the planned club Øygarden FK, effective from the 2020 season. This was approved by the NFF on 31 October 2019. Nest-Sotra stated that economical difficulties played an important role for their decision. Nest-Sotra finished in seventh place in the 2019 1. divisjon, the second tier of the

, a season where the team was deducted 4 points due to financial problems.

Relegation and bankruptcy

Bryant Lazaro became the club's first head coach in February 2020. He was sacked halfway through the season, with

Mons Ivar Mjelde Mons Ivar Mjelde (born 17 November 1967) is a Norwegian association football, footballer coach and former player who works as head coach for the Norwegian club Øygarden FK, Øygarden. He is notable for having led SK Brann, Brann to the Norwegia ...

replacing him. Following a 6–0 loss against

KFUM Oslo KFUM-Kameratene Oslo is the sports branch of the local YMCA in Oslo, Norway. It has sections for association football, futsal, volleyball and track and field. The football team currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian foot ...

in December 2020, Øygarden were officially relegated from the 2020 1. divisjon. Tommy Knarvik was appointed new head coach of the club two days later. In the 2021 2. divisjon, the club finished seventh in group 2. In May 2022, Øygarden went bankrupt with a debt of 5.8 million NOK. They officially withdrew their team from all competitions on 2 June 2022.

List of seasons

: Source:

References

External links

Official website
Defunct football clubs in Norway Sport in Hordaland Association football clubs established in 2020 Association football clubs disestablished in 2022 2020 establishments in Norway 2022 disestablishments in Norway {{Norway-footyclub-stub