Kolbotn Fotball

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Kolbotn Fotball
Kolbotn IL logo.svg
Full nameKolbotn Fotball
Founded1916;108 years ago (1916)
GroundSofiemyr stadion
Oppegård
Capacity400
Sports LeaderKnut Norem
Head coachAleksander Olsen
League Toppserien
2022 Toppserien, 5th of 10
Website Club website

Kolbotn IL Fotball is a sub-section under the sports club Kolbotn IL from Kolbotn, Norway. The club started football in 1916 and organized football as a semi-autonomous sub-section in 1960.

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The women's team plays in Toppserien and is one of the most successful in Norway with three league titles (2002, 2005 and 2006) and one cup title (2007).

The men's team resides in the 4. divisjon (fifth tier of the Norwegian football league system), after being relegated from the 3. divisjon in 2011 and played in the 2. divisjon as late as 1993.

Recent history

SeasonPos.Pl.WDLGSGAP Cup Notes
2006 TS 1181332761742quarter-final
2007 TS 2221624711850winner
2008 TS 4221264512342semi-final
2009 TS 3221624512550quarter-final
2010 TS 3221525491247quarter-final
2011 TS 3221633592651semi-final
2012 TS 522976363534quarter-final
2013 TS 6229493942313rd round
2014 TS 4221309413239quarter-final
2015 TS 522958452832quarter-final
2016 TS 4221246321740semi-final
2017 TS 102243151743153rd round
2018 TS 5221165343539quarter-final
2019 TS 822769353927quarter-final
2020 TS 9182791829131st round
2021 TS 6186210213120quarter-final

Achievements

Women's football

Players

Kolbotn players in June 2013 Nadderud IMG 6821 Kolbotn IL.JPG
Kolbotn players in June 2013

Current squad

As of 21 May 2024. [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Thea Wilhelmsen
3 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Emma Braut Brunes (captain)
4 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Christina Osnes-Ringen
5 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Susanne Haaland
6 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Carina Alfredsen
7 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Johanne Fridlund
9 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Celine Larsen
10 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Andrea Wilmann
11 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Lea Ellingsen
12 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Joanna Bækkelund
13 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Mille Helland Flø
14 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Aida Berg
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Thea Mikkelsen
18 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Amalie Lia
19 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Anna Bure Pettersen
20 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Liliana Malloul
21 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Guro Møller
22 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Eline Hegg
23 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Malin Josefine Rugaas
24 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Josefine Lefdal
25 GK Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Selma Panengstuen
26 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Malin Stranne Rønningen
27 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ingrid Haugen
28 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ebba Niss
30 GK Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Tyra Bengtsson-Stenseth
31 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Nadia Tahirukaj
34 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Tuva Henriksen
35 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Marie Moen Preus

Former players

Ada Hegerberg, the first ever recipient of the Ballon d'Or Féminin in 2018, played for Kolbotn in 2010 and 2011.

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References

  1. "Kolbotn kvinner senior A". Football Association of Norway . Retrieved 16 July 2016.