Sportsklubben Træff is a

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sports club from Molde, Møre og Romsdal. It currently has sections for

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and

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. The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, the third tier of the

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, after being promoted from the 2021 Norwegian Third Division.

History

Træff had a longer stint in the

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before being relegated after the 2002 season. Also, in 2000 they had survived

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with

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teams to avoid relegation. Once situated in the 3. divisjon, Træff became a top team. In 2003 they won their 3. divisjon group, but in the two-leg

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they lost to

Volda TI Volda TI (''Volda Turn- og Idrottslag'') is a sports club in Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It currently has sections for association football and "general sports". The club was founded as ''Voldens TF'' in 1899 as a gymnastics club. Other sp ...

on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate. In 2004 they won again and beat

Skarbøvik IF Skarbøvik Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club based in the outermost part of Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal. The club have teams in both football and handball. The first team in football plays in the Third Division. Skarbøvik has in the ...

4–2 on aggregate in the

, but was relegated after the

2005 2. divisjon The 2005 2. divisjon season was the third highest association football league for men in Norway. 26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Sarpsborg Sparta, Manglerud Star, Haugesund and Tromsdalen were ...

. In further playoffs, Træff lost to Skarbøvik in 2007 and to Aalesund 2 in 2009. In 2011, Træff was promoted to the 2. divisjon after they won their group. In 2015, the club was again relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Recent history

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References

External links

Official site

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