Stabæk Fotball is a Norwegian professional

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club based in

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, a suburb of

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. It is part of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club's name is an archaic spelling of the suburban area

Stabekk Stabekk is a suburban centre in the municipality of Bærum, Norway, west of Oslo. It is predominantly a residential area, with many residents commuting to Oslo. As of 2005 the population was 6,261. Bærum has the highest income per capita and the hi ...

, from which it once originated. The club currently competes in the

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, the second tier of

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. Their home stadium is the

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after a three-year-long stay at the

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. Their current chairman is Espen Moe. Jörgen Wålemark is the current head coach of the club since taking over in December 2024.

History

After years of lean seasons, they won their first title in 1998 as they emerged victorious in the

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, beating

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3–1 in the final. After having been relegated to

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after a poor 2004 season, they experienced a successful period under new manager Jan Jönsson, during which they returned to the league in 2005, won the 2008 Tippeligaen, their first, and reached the

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of the Norwegian Cup, culminating in a very successful 2008 season for the club. Stabæk subsequently won the 2009 Norwegian Super Cup but finished a disappointing 12th and 10th place in the 2010 and 2011 league seasons, respectively, thus narrowly avoiding relegation both times. Stabæk holds longstanding rivalries with

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, FK Lyn and Vålerenga, both in the league and by geographical location. The team's home colors, entirely blue, have earned them the nickname “De Blaa” (The Blue Ones). In 2009, Stabæk became the first Norwegian association football club with both their men's and women's teams in the premier divisions. Lillestrøm followed suit the next year. On 30 November 2015, Billy McKinlay was appointed as manager of the club on a two-year contract. McKinlay resigned as manager on 8 July 2016, after being knocked out of the

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by Welsh club Connah's Quay Nomads. In the 2021

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season, Stabæk finished in 15th place, resulting in relegation to the

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for the first time since 2012.

Stadium

Stabæk played home games at the

until 2008. They then moved into the

, which had a capacity of 15,000 people. Their stay at the

became shorter than desired; after a three-year-long stay at the indoor arena, they moved back to the Nadderud Stadion due to economic issues with the new arena. The women's team, Stabæk FK, also currently plays home games at Nadderud Stadion. Nadderud Stadion has a capacity of 4,938 spectators. The club's record home attendance was set on 13 September 2009, when 13,402 spectators attended

to watch a game against

. The record attendance at Nadderud Stadion of approximately 10,000 spectators dates from the quarter-final of the 1970 Norwegian Cup, a game Stabæk lost 2–4 against

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Chairman

On 4 February 2010, Einar Schultz was elected chairman of Stabæk, replacing Ingebrigt Steen Jensen. Schultz has held various positions in the Stabæk system over the last five years. In February 2012, Kjell Johnsen was elected the new chairman of Stabæk Fotball. Johnsen was replaced in 2013 by Espen Moe.

European record

Honours

**Champions:

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

**Runners-up:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

**Third place:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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**Champions:

**Runners-up:

* Superfinalen **Champions:

Recent history

Records

*Greatest home victory: 8–0 vs.

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, 29 October 2006 *Greatest away victory: 14–0 vs. Vestfossen IF, 12 May 2008 *Heaviest home loss: 0–7 vs. Lillestrøm SK, 20 March 2011 *Heaviest away loss: 1–8 vs. SK Brann, 24 May 2001 *Highest attendance,

: 13 402 vs.

, 13 September 2009 *Highest average attendance, season: 9,472, 2009 *Most appearances, total: 365, Morten Skjønsberg (2001–2011, 2014–2017) *Most appearances, league: 320, Morten Skjønsberg (2001–2011, 2014–2017) *Most goals scored, total: 111, Daniel Nannskog (2005–2009) *Most goals scored, league: 101, Daniel Nannskog (2005–2010) *Most goals scored, Eliteserien: 62, Daniel Nannskog (2006–2009) *Most goals scored, season: 32, Daniel Nannskog (2005) *Most goals scored, Eliteserien, season: 19, Petter Belsvik (1998), Daniel Nannskog (2006; 2007)

Players

Current squad

Managers

Women's team

Stabæk Fotball also fields a women's team. In 2009, Stabæk became the first Norwegian association football club with both their men's and women's teams in the premier divisions.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stabaek Fotball Association football clubs established in 1912 1912 establishments in Norway Football clubs in Norway Eliteserien clubs