Nordland Fotballkrets

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Nordland Fotballkrets
PurposeDistrict Football Association
Headquarters Bodø
Location
Ernst Pedersen
Website https://www.fotball.no/kretser/nordland/

The Nordland Fotballkrets(Nordland Football Association) is one of the 18 district organisations of the Norwegian Football Federation. It administers lower tier football in the traditional district of Helgeland and Salten. [1]

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Background

Nordland Fotballkrets, is the governing body for football in the traditional district of Helgeland and Salten, which covers the southern and mid parts of Nordland county. The Association currently has 98 member clubs. Based in Bodø, the Association's chairman is Ernst Pedersen. [2]

Affiliated Members

The following 98 clubs are affiliated to the Nordland Fotballkrets: [3]

League competitions

Nordland Fotballkrets run the following league competitions:

Men's football

4. divisjon - one section
5. divisjon - one section
6. divisjon - two sections

Women's football

2. divisjon - one section

Footnotes

  1. "Nordland Fotballkrets" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "Kretsstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. "Klubber i Nordland Fotballkrets" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation . Retrieved 30 January 2020.


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