Follo Fotballklubb is a
football
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club from
Ski,
Viken,
Norway.
Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is
Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the
2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final.
History
It was founded in September 2000 as an umbrella team for the football departments of five local teams;
Ã…s IL,
Oppegård IL,
Langhus IL
Langhus Idrettslag is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Langhus, founded in 1953. It has sections for association football, basketball, table tennis, golf, team handball and gymnastics.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Div ...
,
Ski IL
Ski Idrettslag is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Ski, Akershus. It has sections for association football, track and field, team handball, floorball, ice hockey, tennis and gymnastics. The club colors are yellow and blue.
General history
Th ...
and
Nordby IL
Nordby may refer to:
People
* Bente Nordby (born 1974), Norwegian football player
* Daniel Nordby (born 1978), American politician
* Dordi Nordby (born 1964), Norwegian curler
* Erika Nordby (born 2000)
* Heidi Nordby Lunde (born 1973), Norwegian ...
.
Follo's had a good
Norwegian Cup run in
2006
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, when they made it all the way to the quarter finals, eventually losing at home 0-1 to the cup finalists
Sandefjord. But on the way to the quarters they beat defending holders
Molde
Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord.
The administrative centre of the m ...
.
Four years later, in 2010, they made it to the Norwegian Cup final, beating
Tippeligaen club
Lillestrøm 4-2 in the third round, and then later
Rosenborg 3-2 in the semi finals. Rosenborg were at the time unbeaten and on top of the
Tippeligaen, while Follo were at the bottom of the
Adeccoligaen.
NRK's match commentator
Hallvar Thoresen dubbed Follo's victory against Rosenborg the greatest Norwegian cup shock of all time. In the first
cup final
The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the FA Cup, Football Association Challenge Cup. It has regularly been one of the List of sports attendance figures, most attended domestic football ev ...
in the club's history, Follo lost 2-0 against
Strømsgodset
Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History
Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...
.
Thus, despite attaining their best league and cup finish ever, Follo were still relegated to the third tier of Norwegian football. The team managed to stay clear of the relegation zone by the margin of a single point, but were still relegated on account of a clerical error in which they did not finish their application for a 2011 license in time for the 15 September deadline.
Before the
2011 Second Division, Follo was considered one of the favourites to earn promotion back to Adeccoligaen, but when the season was finished Follo was number ten, only four points clear of another relegation.
On July 13, 2012, four players (three of them from Follo) were arrested by police due to match fixing allegations in games involving Follo and
Asker Fotball.
Follo's 4-3 loss after being 3-0 up by
Østsiden IL was deemed suspicious because of the odd score line and high bettings placed on this game.
Norway authorities team up to beat match-fixing
- Guardian The 2012 season saw Follo earn promotion, but the club was relegated after only one season in the
First Division.
Recent history
:
Achievements
* Norwegian Cup:
**Runners-up (1): 2010
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References
External links
Official site
Followers Supporters club
European Football Club Ranking
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Football clubs in Norway
Sport in Akershus
Ski, Norway
Association football clubs established in 2000
2000 establishments in Norway