AaFK Fortuna (formerly known as FK Fortuna Ã…lesund) is a
Norwegian women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football (hannah jones ).
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
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club from
Ã…lesund that currently competes in
2. divisjon, the third tier of
Norwegian football. It is named after
Fortuna of
Roman mythology.
History
The club was founded on 25 August 1991 by outbreakers from SK Guard, and merged with
Spjelkavik IL
Spjelkavik IL is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Spjelkavik in Ã…lesund. It has sections for football, handball and skiing, and was founded on 18 March 1932.
Alpine skiers Mona and Nina Løseth represent the club.
The women's foo ...
in 1995. They played as Spjelkavik IL/Fortuna in the 1995 season, and was named FK Fortuna Ã…lesund in 1996. The club's home grounds are Aksla Stadion and (sometimes)
Color Line Stadion.
After playing 1995–2008 at the second level, the club was promoted and debuted in the
2009 Toppserien, but finished in last position and was relegated. Fortuna was in the
second tier in the period 2010–16 and has played in the third tier since 2017.
Among several coaches,
Tone Haugen was playing coach and captain 2000–03 and the ex-Icelandic national team coach
Helena Ólafsdóttir
Helena Ólafsdóttir (born 12 November 1969) is an Icelandic football manager and former player. A striker during her playing career, she is currently in her second spell as manager of the women's team at Valur in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. A qua ...
was coach for Fortuna 2015–16.
2020 Aalesunds FK agreement
Ahead of the 2020 season, Fortuna Ã…lesund agreed to a three-year cooperation agreement with
Aalesunds FK (AaFK). One of the goals are to develop women's football in Ã…lesund and eventually merge Fortuna with AaFK. As part of the agreement, the team changed its name to AaFK Fortuna and will play with Aalesunds FK's orange and blue kit and use AaFK's logo.
Current squad
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Recent seasons
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Coaches
References
External links
Official site
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Women's football clubs in Norway
Association football clubs established in 1991
Sport in Ã…lesund
1991 establishments in Norway