Sandefjord Fotball

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Sandefjord

Full name

Sandefjord Fotball

Nickname(s)

Guttane (The Boys)

Founded

September 10, 1998

Ground

Storstadion/Komplett.no Arena
Sandefjord
Norway
(Capacity 9000)

Chairman

Roger Gulliksen

Manager

Tor Thodesen

League

Adeccoligaen

2007

Tippeligaen, 14th





Home colours





Away colours

Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10 1998. The club plays its home games at Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold.

Reaching the 1st Division in 1999, the club made quick progress and soon settled as a strong competitor for promotion to the Norwegian Premier League. Finishing third in the 1st division both in 2002 and 2003 they qualified for play-off matches, but lost both times. The 2003 play-off was lost after some controversial decisions by referee Jonny Ditlefsen that all were in Sandefjords disfavor. In 2004 they finished fourth, but the 2005-season finally proved a success. Placing second, Sandefjord earned automatic promotion to the highest division, where they are currently playing.

The club performed surprisingly well in their first Tippeliga season, finishing 9th on the table and reaching the cup final. However, 2007 season was a disaster and they finished last and was relegated to Adeccoligaen.

History

Parent Clubs

Early start

Ups and downs

New beginning

Events in 2007

The main event of the season was the relegation from Tippeligaen. Sandefjord Football will be found in Addecoliagen next year. Other main event after the relegation was a fact is the loss of Sandefjord Football captain Tommy Knarvik to Tromsø I.L. Despite relegation Tor Thodesen continuous as manager the next years, this can be seen as the club has long term plans.

Colours and Badge

Sandefjord Fotballs colours is blue. They play in blue shirts and blue shorts. The club change their badge before the start of season 2006. This was mainly due to press purposes. The old badge had a yellow field as well as the blue and red.

Stadium

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Storstadion

Sandefjord Fotball plays their home games at Komplett.no Arena. Komplett.no Arena was opened July 21st 2007. This is an all modern stadium, with a capacity of about 9000. Record attendance was set during the opening game versus FC Lyn Oslo July 21st 2007, 8103 attended this game.

Field measurement are 105 x 68 meters.

Before Sandefjord Fotball started to use their new home arena, Komplett.no 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 it self 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 Komplett.no Arena and start a new and exciting chapter in the young clubs history.

Supporters

Records and statistics

Players

Current squad

As of August 28, 2007. Players in bold have international caps.

No.	Position	Player
?	GK	Peter Skov-Jensen
1	GK	Skule Notø
2	DF	Alexander Gabrielsen
3	DF	Martin Jensen
4	DF	Jan Frode Nornes
5	DF	Birger Madsen
6	MF	Mikael Andersson
7	MF	Tommy Knarvik
8	MF	Thomas Sobotzik
9	FW	Fredrik Thorsen
10	FW	Adriano Munoz
12	GK	Espen Bugge Pettersen
13	MF	Ørjan Røyrane

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Ebrima Sohna
16	FW	Samuel Isaksen
17	DF	Olav Zanetti
18	MF	Erik Mjelde
19	MF	Kari Arkivuo
20	DF	Raoul Kouakou
21	FW	Olav Tuelo Johannessen
22	DF	Sampo Koskinen
23	FW	Nkosinahti Nhleko
24	DF	Fredrik Kjølner
25	GK	Harald Hjelseth Aksnes
27	MF	Jon André Røyrane
28	DF	Gustaf Crona

Current staff

Position	Name
Manager	Tor Todesen
Assistant manager	Kaz Sokolowski
Goalkeeping Coach	Øistein Eftedal
Youth coach	Petter Lo Presti
Physio	Dagfinn Moen
Physio	Elsa Paus
Arbitrator	Tor Vidar Hem

Reserves

See Sandefjord Fotball Reserves.

Notable former players

Despite the clubs tender age it has produced and increased the talents of players such as:

For more details on this topic, see List of Sandefjord Fotball players.

Other former players

Local heroes at the team

Several players from Sandefjord and its vicinity has played for the club. For the time being it is only Fredrik Thorsen who is both a first team player and from Sandefjord. Past players such as Jon Midttun Lie, Geir Ludvig Fevang, Jan Fredrik Bjørntvedt and Vadim Demidov were all local lads from Sandefjord and played through the ranks of Sandefjord Fotballs parent clubs.

Managers

Name	Nat	From	To	Record
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Trond Skrede		mm.dd 1999	mm.dd 2001	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx.xx
Tom Nordlie		mm.dd 2002	mm.dd 2003	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx.xx
Arne Dokken		mm.dd 2004	mm.dd 2004	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx.xx

Honours

Norwegian First Division:
- Runners-up (1):2005
- Play-off (2):2002,2003
Norwegian Second Division:
- Winners (1):1999
Norwegian Football Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 2006

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes

1999	2D	x	x	X	X	X	X	X	x
2000	AL	11	26	8	4	14	35	53	28
2001	AL	7	30	13	5	12	59	54	44
2002	AL	3	30	18	6	6	65	38	60
2003	AL	3	30	19	4	7	71	41	61
2004	AL	4	30	15	6	9	60	32	51
2005	AL	2	30	19	5	6	58	37	65	?
2006	TL	9	26	9	5	12	37	47	32	final
2007	TL	14	26	4	4	18	26	53	16		Relegation to First Division
2008	AL	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?