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Vålerenga I.F. Fotball
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Vålerenga I.F. is a Norwegian football club from Oslo, founded in 1913. Vålerenga's home ground, as of August 2004, is Ullevaal Stadium, the national stadium for Norway. The previous stadium was Bislett which had skating and track'n'field in addition to football as events.
The 2003 season was poor for Vålerenga and they wound up third last in the league meaning they needed to play a qualification match against Sandefjord to avoid relegation. The result was a 0-0 draw in Sandefjord and a 5-3 victory in Oslo and so Vålerenga retained the position in the top league and avoided relegation.
Vålerenga rebounded nicely in the 2004 season and proved a serious challenge to the dominant Rosenborg team in the bid for the league's gold medals. Finally Vålerenga won the silver medals being edged out by Rosenborg since Rosenborg had scored more goals during the league. The league points and the goal difference tiebreak were tied.
The current coach is Kjetil Rekdal.
Honours and statistics
- League champions: 4 (1965, 1981, 1983 and 1984)
- Cup champions: 3 (1980, 1997 and 2002)
- Longest consecutive seasons in premier league: 14 seasons (1977-1990)
- Most premier league-matches since 1963: Lasse Eriksen, 157 matches (1982-1990)
- Most goals i mandatory matches: Einar "Bruno" Larsen, 99 goals (1957-1968)
- Record attendance: Ullevål Stadion, 30th October 2004 in the season ending game against Stabæk, 23591 spectators
- Famous players: Henry "Tippen" Johansen , Terje "Henger´n" Hellerud , Einar "Bruno" Larsen , Odd Iversen , Pål Jacobsen , Vidar Davidsen , Egil "Snapper´n" Johansen , Jørn Andersen , Henning Berg, Lars Bohinen , John Carew and Steffen Iversen (son of Odd Iversen)
(numbers as of 30th October 2004)
External links
- Official pages
- "Vålerenga Fotball På Nett", supporter pages
- "Klanen", the organized Vålerenga Supporters Club
- "101%", an online fanzine
- "Vålerenga on mobile devices"
- "StangUt!!" - Fanzine with pictures
- "Sandem.no" - Pictures from Vålerenga-matches;
- "I Er Sjef" - Fanpage with pictures&video;
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