Staal Jørpeland Idrettslag, also known as just Staal, is a

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sports club from

Jørpeland Jørpeland is the administrative centre of Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about northeast of the city of Stavanger. It sits along th ...

, Rogaland. It has sections for

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and

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. The club was founded in 1919, and the club colors are green and black. Their home matches are played at Jørpeland Stadion. The men's football team currently plays in the

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, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, after being relegated from the

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Football

The men's football team played in the

consecutively from 1999 until 2021. In the 2010 season, they were close to moving up to the Second Division. They finished the season in first place, but lost to

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in the promotion play-offs. In 2021, the club earned promotion to the Second Division after beating Express 4–0 in the last game of the 2021 season.

Recent seasons

Source:

Current squad

References

Official site
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