Sola Fotballklubb is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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 from

Sola Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsm ...

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

. The women's football team played in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football, up to and including the 2012 season, after which it resigned its place in the 1. divisjon. The men's football team currently plays in the

3. divisjon The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...

, the fourth tier of the

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, after being relegated from the 2019 2. divisjon. The club played in

for many years, except for the years 2006, 2009 and 2013 when it had visits in the 4. divisjon. They played in the

2. divisjon The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

from

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was the first season since 1999 that the club played in the second division.

Svein Fjælberg Svein Fjælberg (born 12 January 1959) is a Norwegian former football defender. He played 11 seasons for the Norwegian club Viking, where he won the league twice as well as two cup titles. Fjælberg was capped 33 times for Norway. After his reti ...

and

Gunnar Aase Gunnar Aase (born 29 September 1971) is a retired football player from Norway. He played for Viking FK in the Norwegian Premier League from 1990 to 2000. In 1991 Viking with Aase on the team won the Premier League. He retired after the 2000 seas ...

has played for the team. Aase also coached the men's team in 2003 together with

Børre Meinseth Børre Meinseth (born 24 November 1966) is a retired Norwegian football defender. He is the uncle of athletes Even Meinseth (1996) and Ingvild Meinseth (1999). He played for Hødd, Bryne, Viking and Heerenveen and was capped 8 times for Norway ...

Recent seasons

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External links

Official site
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