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Follo FK
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Full nameFollo Fotballklubb
Founded29 September 2000; 24 years ago (29 September 2000)
GroundSki stadion, Ski
Capacity2,500
ChairmanJan Thomas Birkeland
ManagerAnders Særvold
League2. divisjon
20242. divisjon Group 2, 9th
Home colours Away colours

Follo Fotballklubb is a football club from Ski, Akershus, Norway.

Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup final.

History

It was founded in September 2000 as an umbrella team for the football departments of five local teams; Ås IL, Oppegård IL, Langhus IL, Ski IL and Nordby IL.

Follo's had a good Norwegian Cup run in 2006, when they made it all the way to the quarter-finals, eventually losing at home 0–1 to the cup finalists Sandefjord. But on the way to the quarters they beat defending holders Molde.

Four years later, in 2010, they made it to the Norwegian Cup final, beating Tippeligaen club Lillestrøm 4–2 in the third round, and then later Rosenborg 3–2 in the semi-finals. Rosenborg were at the time unbeaten and on top of the Tippeligaen, while Follo were at the bottom of the Adeccoligaen. NRK's match commentator Hallvar Thoresen dubbed Follo's victory against Rosenborg the greatest Norwegian cup shock of all time. In the first cup final in the club's history, Follo lost 2–0 against Strømsgodset.

Thus, despite attaining their best league and cup finish ever, Follo were still relegated to the third tier of Norwegian football. The team managed to stay clear of the relegation zone by the margin of a single point, but were still relegated on account of a clerical error in which they did not finish their application for a 2011 license in time for the 15 September deadline.

Before the 2011 Second Division, Follo was considered one of the favourites to earn promotion back to Adeccoligaen, but when the season was finished Follo was number ten, only four points clear of another relegation.

On July 13, 2012, four players (three of them from Follo) were arrested by police due to match fixing allegations in games involving Follo and Asker Fotball. Follo's 4–3 loss after being 3–0 up by Østsiden IL was deemed suspicious because of the odd score line and high bettings placed on this game. The 2012 season saw Follo earn promotion, but the club was relegated after only one season in the First Division.

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2006 1. divisjon 15 30 6 7 17 46 76 25 Quarterfinal Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2007 2. divisjon 5 26 14 4 8 48 30 49 Second round
2008 2. divisjon 6 26 10 7 9 44 35 37 Second round
2009 2. divisjon 1 26 19 3 4 59 25 60 Second round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2010 1. divisjon 12 28 8 8 12 35 43 32 Final Relegated to the 2. divisjon because license was revoked
2011 2. divisjon 10 24 7 5 12 47 51 26 First round
2012 2. divisjon 1 26 18 2 6 58 28 56 First round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2013 1. divisjon 15 30 9 2 19 40 57 27 Third round Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2014 2. divisjon 1 26 21 3 2 97 16 66 Third round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2015 1. divisjon 13 30 8 9 13 42 43 33 Second round Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2016 2. divisjon 5 26 12 5 9 48 39 41 First round
2017 2. divisjon 14 26 6 4 16 28 58 22 First round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2018 3. divisjon 6 26 9 8 9 39 47 35 First round
2019 3. divisjon 3 26 16 3 7 44 27 51 First round
2020 Season cancelled
2021 3. divisjon 10 13 3 6 4 18 14 15 First round
2022 3. divisjon 2 26 18 3 4 63 31 58 First round

Achievements

Current squad

As of 15 April 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Norway NOR Sander Østbye
2 DF Norway NOR Jabes Maturire
3 DF Norway NOR Henrik Osen
4 DF Norway NOR Kasper Giltvedt
5 DF Norway NOR Eirik Brekke
6 MF Norway NOR Natnael Tomas
7 MF Norway NOR Emil Henning
8 MF Norway NOR Linus Lundmark
9 FW Norway NOR Hans Kristian Heier
10 FW Norway NOR Markus Ottesen
11 FW Norway NOR Håvard Dalseth
13 GK Norway NOR Erik Østbye
14 DF Norway NOR Hans Lauritz Ruud
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Norway NOR Øyvind Rishaug
18 MF Norway NOR Robin Gonella
19 FW Norway NOR Hassan Taheri
20 MF Norway NOR Mikael Larsen
21 MF Norway NOR Edonis Mulaj
22 FW Norway NOR Mads Bådsvik
23 DF Norway NOR Rene Aleksander Elshaug
24 MF Norway NOR Vetle Joves
25 FW Norway NOR Elias Lenoci
27 MF Norway NOR Jonas Jorde
28 MF Norway NOR Niklas Schmidt-Løvlund
77 FW Norway NOR Almin Hrustic
FW Norway NOR Sondre Halvorsen (on loan from KFUM Oslo)

References

  1. "Innbytter skjøt Follo til cupfinalen!". VG (in Norwegian). 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  2. "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  3. "Moss, Follo og Notodden rykker opp". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). 20 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. Three more arrests in Norway's match-fixing probe - Guardian
  5. Norway authorities team up to beat match-fixing - Guardian
  6. Spillerstall 2024, follo-fk.no, 31 May 2024

External links

2025 Norwegian Second Division
Group 1
Group 2
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