Valdres Fotballklubb is a
Norwegian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Fagernes,
Valdres. The men's team currently plays in the Fifth Division, the sixth tier of the
Norwegian football league system; whereas the women's team currently plays in the Third Division.
History
The club was founded in December 2001 as a merger between ''Sør-Aurdal FK'' and the football branch of
Fagernes IL. It was known as SAFK Fagernes until 2006, when the current name was implemented.
The men's team had a run as a mid-table
Second Division team between
2008
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and
2013
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. In the
2014 Second Division, the team ended last and faced relegation.
In 2019, the first-team squad was almost completely disintegrated. The remaining team plummeted out of the Third Division, following lacklustre results such as a 0–19 loss. The team started with an outfield player as goalkeeper and often lacked substitutes. However, they were praised for sportsmanship in actually finishing the season instead of pulling out.
The 2020 season was cancelled due to
covid, but as the
2021 Norwegian Fourth Division
The 2021 season of the ''4. divisjon'', the fifth highest association football league for men in Norway.
The league was consolidated: Oslo went from three to two groups, and Indre Østland's two groups were reduced in size.
Teams did not necessar ...
progressed, Valdres ended last and was relegated to the sixth tier. Still, the team secured a berth in the
2022–23 Norwegian Football Cup
The 2022–23 Norwegian Football Cup is the 116th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. The first round was played in May 2022. The final will be played on 20 May 2023.
Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given ...
first qualifying round. Valdres lost 0–3 to
Gran IL
Gran Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gran, Oppland. It has sections for association football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, climbing, and Nordic skiing.
The club was founded on 10 June 1945. T ...
.
The women's team plays in the Third Division.
Season to season
Men's team:
:
References
NIFS.no
External links
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Gjensidigebanen – Nordic Stadiums
Football clubs in Norway
Association football clubs established in 2002
Sport in Oppland
Valdres
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