Alta Idrettsforening is a sports club from Alta,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The club is most known for its

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 ...

department, which played in the 1. divisjon until 2014. Alta currently plays in

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 ...

, the third tier of the

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. The club was newly promoted for the 2008 season; its last stint up to that time in the division came in 2005, when they finished last. The team finished 14th in the 2009 season. In 2012 a new relegation came after finishing last once again. It took them only one year to come back. They play at Alta Idrettspark, or indoor at

Finnmarkshallen Finnmarkshallen is an indoor sports venue located in the town of Alta in Alta Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Opened in 1996, it is the home ground of the association football club Alta IF Alta Idrettsforening is a sports cl ...

when snow and other weather conditions render the pitch unusable. Their attendance record of about 3,000 was set in 1995 against Rosenborg. Notable former players include

Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen (born 22 June 1982 in Alta) is a Norwegian footballer. He debuted in the Norwegian Premier League for Bodø/Glimt at the age of 16 years and 314 days, and as such he is one of the youngest players to appear in this lea ...

and Tore Reginiussen. On December 11, 2018 Alta I.F signed Bryant Lazaro as the head coach, appointed to start January 1 2019.

Recent history

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Current squad

Managers

* Isak Ole Hætta

References

External links

Official site

Steinberget (supporters)
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