Sandefjord Fotball

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Sandefjord
Sandefjord Fotball logo.svg
Full nameSandefjord Fotball
Nickname(s)Guttane (The Boys) Hvalfangerne (The Whalers)
Founded10 September 1998;25 years ago (1998-09-10)
Ground Jotun Arena
Capacity6,582
ChairmanGunnar Bjønness
Head coach(es) Hans Erik Ødegaard
Andreas Tegström
League Eliteserien
2023 Eliteserien, 13th of 16
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Sandefjord Fotball, commonly known simply as Sandefjord, is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on 10 September 1998. The club currently competes in Eliteserien, the top tier of the Norwegian football league system. Their home ground is the Jotun Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold. [1]

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The club reached 1. divisjon in 1999, where they made quick progress and soon settled as strong competitors for promotion to the top division. Finishing third in 1. divisjon both in 2002 and 2003 they qualified for play-off matches, but lost both times. In 2004 they finished fourth. In 2005 season they placed second and earned automatic promotion to highest division.

The club, in their first Tippeligaen season, finished ninth in the table and reached the cup final. In 2007 they finished last and were relegated to 1. divisjon.

In the 2008 season in 1. divisjon, Sandefjord recovered from a poor start to finish second and qualify for automatic promotion to Tippeligaen. In the 2009 season Sandefjord finished eighth, their strongest performance in the top flight to date. In 2010 Sandefjord were relegated to 1. divisjon. They won 1. divisjon title in 2014, earning promotion back to Tippeligaen. They were relegated in the 2015 season, but were then promoted in 2016. Their spell in the top flight would last two seasons on this occasion. However, the club was to again win promotion after spending the 2019 season in 1. divisjon.

History

Sandefjord were formed by parent clubs IL Runar and Sandefjord Ballklubb in 1998. They replaced Sandefjord Ballklubb in 2. divisjon in 1999, and secured immediate promotion to 1st division. There the club made quick progress and soon settled as a strong competitor for promotion to the Tippeligaen. Finishing third in 1. divisjon in 2002 and 2003 they qualified for play-off matches, but lost both times, against Brann and Vålerenga. The 2003 play-off was lost after some controversial decisions by referee Jonny Ditlefsen that were all in Sandefjords disfavor. [2] When manager Tom Nordlie left after the play-off games, Sandefjord Fotball hired Arne Dokken as their new coach. He was fired after just one season, 2004, when they finished fourth. But the 2005 season finally proved a success, with Tor Thodesen as their new coach. Placing second, Sandefjord earned automatic promotion to the highest division, [3] where they finished 9th in their first season.

The 2007 season ended badly and they finished last and were relegated to 1. divisjon. The players went to the board of directors together and requested the hiring of a new coach. Instead of firing Thodesen, the board kept him. After a bad start to the 2008 season, they fired Thodesen and hired Patrick Walker. The team played better after this, and he moved the team from a relegation place to a promotion place in the table in eight games. They continued their form and was placed second in the table, and earned a promotion after just one season.

After a disappointing 2010 season in Tippeligaen, earning only 12 points, they ended the season in last place and was relegated once again, this time for a longer period.

The following three seasons in 1. divisjon did not go as planned for a Sandefjord team that were fighting for promotion. Ending third in the table in both 2011 and 2012, was followed by an even worse finish in 2013, ending in eight place. Something had to be done and the club took measures by firing manager Arne Sandstø and hiring former Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers player Lars Bohinen as their new manager. He was brought to the club from Asker where he had success as coach. Sandefjord went on to have their best season ever in 1. divisjon earning 69 points and winning the league title. This was their second ever trophy, the first one being the 2. divisjon in 1999. Back in Tippeligaen they ended in last place and were relegated back to 1. divisjon alongside Mjøndalen. In the 2016 season they clinched their second promotion in three years by finishing second, only beaten by Kristiansund.

Colours and badge

Sandefjord Fotball's colours are blue. They play in blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks. When the club was formed in 1998, it was decided that the new club would have different colours from its parent clubs Sandefjord BK (yellow and black) and Runar (white). The club changed their badge before the start of the 2006 season. This was mainly for press purposes. The old badge had a yellow field as well as the blue and red. The new badge only has the colours red and blue. Further on, the white whale tail on the badge links to Sandefjord city's whaling history. After the promotion in 2014, Sandefjord played one season in an alternate home kit which consisted of half blue and half red, as in their badge. Relegated to 1. divisjon in 2016, they were back playing in an all blue home kit again.

Stadium

Storstadion Storstadion 05-july-2006.JPG
Storstadion

Sandefjord Fotball play their home games at Sandefjord Arena, previously called Komplett.no Arena and Komplett Arena due to sponsorship deals. Sandefjord Arena was opened on 21 July 2007, and cost about 100 million kr. This is an all modern stadium, with a capacity of about 6,582. Record attendance was set during the opening game versus Lyn on 21 July 2007. 8,103 people attended this game. In the future it is planned to expand the stadium to a capacity of 8 000. Field measurements are 105 x 68 meters.

Before Sandefjord Fotball started to use their new home arena, Release Arena, they used to play their home encounters at Storstadion. Sandefjord Fotball played their home games at Storstadion from 1999 to 2007. As the stadium itself did not live up to the standards one could expect from a modern football stadium, it was finally decided to build the new and modern Release Arena and start a new and exciting chapter in the young club's history.

Honours

Recent history

SeasonPos.Pl.WDLGSGAPts. Cup Notes
2003 1. divisjon 33019477141613rd roundLost promotion play-offs to Tippeligaen
2004 1. divisjon 4301569603251Quarter-finals
2005 1. divisjon 23019565837623rd roundPromoted to Tippeligaen
2006 Tippeligaen 9269512374732Runners-up
2007 Tippeligaen 142644182653162nd roundRelegated to 1. divisjon
2008 1. divisjon 23017944625603rd roundPromoted to Tippeligaen
2009 Tippeligaen 8301010103944402nd round
2010 Tippeligaen 16302622255812Fourth roundRelegated to 1. divisjon
2011 1. divisjon 33016596138533rd round
2012 1. divisjon 3301677442955Quarter-finals
2013 1. divisjon 830127113939433rd round
2014 1. divisjon 13020916224692nd roundPromoted to Tippeligaen
2015 Tippeligaen 16304422366816Quarter-finalsRelegated to 1. divisjon
2016 1. divisjon 2301857543459Quarter-finalsPromoted to Eliteserien
2017 Eliteserien 1330113163851362nd round
2018 Eliteserien 1630411153557232nd round
2019 1. divisjon 23019835330653rd roundPromoted to Eliteserien
2020 Eliteserien 11309813314335Cancelled
2021 Eliteserien 1030106143852362nd round
2022 Eliteserien 14306618426824Quarter-finals
2023 Eliteserien 133087154755311st round

Current squad

As of 31 March 2024 [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Hugo Keto
2 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Fredrik Berglie
3 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Vetle Walle Egeli
4 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Fredrik Carson Pedersen
5 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Andreas van der Spa
6 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Sander Risan Mørk
7 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Eman Markovic (on loan from IFK Göteborg)
8 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson
9 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Alexander Ruud Tveter
10 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Loris Mettler
11 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Darrell Tibell
14 FW Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Danilo Al-Saed
16 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Wally Njie
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Christopher Cheng
18 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Filip Ottosson
20 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Marcus Melchior
21 MF Flag of Syria.svg  SYR Simon Amin
22 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Martin Gjone
24 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Sebastian Holm Mathisen
26 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Filip Loftesnes-Bjune
27 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Jakob Dunsby
29 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Storm Bugge Pettersen
30 GK Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Alf Lukas Noel Grønneberg
45 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Beltran Mvuka
47 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Stian Kristiansen
99 DF Flag of The Gambia.svg  GAM Maudo Jarjué

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Management

Key people

PositionNatName
Managing director Flag of Norway.svg Espen Bugge Pettersen

Coaching staff

PositionNatName
Head coaches Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Hans Erik Ødegaard
Andreas Tegström
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Spain.svg Javi Ortiz
Top player developer Flag of Norway.svg Tom Helge Jacobsen
Physio Flag of Norway.svg Matias Moen Skoglund
Osteopath/physio Flag of Norway.svg Espen Strøm-Normann
Physical trainer Flag of Iceland.svg Arnór Snær Gudmundsson
Development leader Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Jensen
Under-19 head coach Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Samir Saric
Analysis/scouting/under-19 assistant coach Flag of Norway.svg Geir Ludvig Fevang
Equipment manager Flag of Norway.svg Marco Antonsen

Manager history

NameNatFromTo
Trond Skrede Flag of Norway.svg 19992001
Tom Nordlie Flag of Norway.svg 20022003
Arne Dokken Flag of Norway.svg 20042004
Tor Thodesen Flag of Norway.svg 20052008
Patrick Walker Flag of Ireland.svg 20082011
Arne Sandstø Flag of Norway.svg 20112013
Lars Bohinen Flag of Norway.svg 20132017
Magnus Powell Flag of Sweden.svg 20182018
Martí Cifuentes Flag of Spain.svg 20182020
Hans Erik Ødegaard
Andreas Tegström
Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
2021

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