FK Arendal is a defunct Norwegian

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club from

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

which existed from 2000 to 2008. At its peak it played in the third tier of the Norwegian league system. After its bankruptcy, a new, unrelated club called

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was started.

History

FK Arendal was founded in 2000 as an umbrella team for the local clubs ''Arendal BK'', ''FK Favør'', ''IK Grane'', ''Rygene IL'', ''IL Sørfjell'', ''IF Trauma'', ''Øyestad IF'' and ''Hisøy IL''. FK Arendal replaced Øyestad in the league system from the 2001 season. All the founding clubs still existed, however, and played in the league system – although Favør only had a women's section. FK Arendal won promotion to the

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following a victorious

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. Although relegated after one season, it was promoted back up for the 2007 season. The club was again relegated after only one season. In 2008 it went bankrupt, and ceased to exist.

Season by season record

*P = Played *W = Games won *D = Games drawn *L = Games lost *F = Goals for *A = Goals against *Pts = Points *Pos = Final position *DQ = Disqualified *QR1 = First Qualifying Round *QR2 = Second Qualifying Round *R1 = Round 1 *R2 = Round 2 *R3 = Round 3 *R4 = Round 4 *R5 = Round 5 *R6 = Round 6 *QF = Quarter-finals *SF = Semi-finals *RU = Runners-up *W = Winners

External links

FK Arendal on Facebook
Defunct football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in Norway Association football clubs disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in Norway FK Arendal FK Arendal {{Norway-footyclub-stub