Florø Sportsklubb is a Norwegian sports club from the town of

Florø is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Kinn, Vestland, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is N ...

in the

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. It has sections for

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 t ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

and

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. The club was founded in 1912 as Florø FK. Florø FK was later incorporated into Florø-Varg, founded in 1929. In 1945 Florø-Varg merged with Atgeir, a worker's football club founded in 1931, to form Florø SK.

Men's football

Florø Stadion is their home field. Their team colors are blue and black.

History

The men's football team currently plays in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the

Norwegian football league system The Norwegian football league system, or pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Norway. 2017 system in men's football , the current national league system administered by the NFF is organised as 1–1–2–6, where ...

. Florø was relegated to the

4. divisjon The Norwegian Fourth Division, also called 4. divisjon, is the fifth 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 fro ...

(fifth tier) in 2005, and promoted back to 3. divisjon in the following 2006 season. They played in 3. divisjon from 2007 to their promotion from the

2013 3. divisjon The 2013 season of the ''3. divisjon'', the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway. Between 22 and 26 games (depending on group size) are played in 12 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Twelve group winners ...

. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, the team played in the 2. divisjon. Florø won their group in the 2016 2. divisjon and was promoted to the

2017 1. divisjon The 2017 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The first round of the season was played on 2 April 2017 and the season concluded with the last round on 5 November 201 ...

where they finished in 8th position. In 2018, they were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Recent history

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Current squad

Florø SK2

In some seasons, a reserve squad, Florø SK2, has been one of the Norwegian reserve football teams to compete in the lower tiers of the

. While Florø SK2 competed in the

2019 4. divisjon The 2019 season of the ''4. divisjon'', the fifth highest association football league for men in Norway. Between 16 and 26 games (depending on group size) are played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. According to a propo ...

(fifth-level of Norwegian football), as of December 2020, the reserve club's page on the Florø SK official website is blank.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Floro Football clubs in Norway Sport in Sogn og Fjordane Association football clubs established in 1912 Kinn 1912 establishments in Norway