FK Bodø/Glimt

Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbuːdə gɭimt]) is a Norwegian football club from the town of Bodø that currently plays in Eliteserien, the Norwegian top division. The club was founded in 1916. Its nickname is the original club name: Glimt.

Bodø/Glimt
Full nameFotballklubben Bodø/Glimt
Nickname(s)Glimt, Superlaget
FoundedSeptember 19, 1916 (1916-09-19)
GroundAspmyra Stadion
Bodø
Capacity7,354
PresidentHege Leirfall Ingebrigtsen
Head coachKjetil Knutsen
LeagueEliteserien
2020Eliteserien, 1st of 16
WebsiteClub website

Bodø/Glimt are the reigning champions in Norway after winning 2020 Eliteserien. They also have won the Northern Norwegian Cup nine times, Norwegian Cup twice and finished second in the Norwegian top division in 1977, 1993, 2003 and 2019.

Glimt is known for the yellow kits and the huge yellow toothbrushes that the supporters carry to the matches — a supporter symbol from the 1970s. In the beginning of the 2000s, Bodø/Glimt was one of the top teams in Norway, but was relegated at the end of the 2005 season. After two years, on November 12, 2007, the team returned to the top division again, following a 4–2 aggregate victory over Odd Grenland in a promotion playoff.

Glimt supporters are known as "1916", "Den Gule Horde" (The Yellow Horde), "Glimt i Sør" (Glimt South) and "Glimt i Steigen" (Glimt in Steigen). Glimt i Sør is a supporter group based in Oslo, the capital of Norway. The Steigen branch is a small group of supporters which is known for their online support, especially on Twitter.

History

While other towns in Nordland county like Narvik, Mo i Rana and Mosjøen had started their football clubs earlier, the larger town of Bodø was without a major football club until the latter part of 1916. The new club was founded as Football Club Glimt (Glimt meaning flash in English). One of the founders was Erling Tjærandsen, who also became the club's first club president and later an honorary club member. (Tjærandsen was also known as a footballer and skier.) Glimt's first match was against Bodø Highschool (because Glimt was the only football club in town).

In 1919 Glimt won their first title: County Champions of Nordland. In the 1920s, Glimt suffered from bad morale and poor finances. At one point, there were talks about merging Glimt into the Ski Club B. & O.I, but following discussions, the intentions were not carried through. The club received an infusion of new encouragement through visiting footballing stars and coaches from southern Norway such as Jørgen Juve in 1929. In the 1930s Glimt also began training indoors to reduce the impact of the severe arctic winters.

This new approach in the late 1920s and early 1930s yielded some positive results, and Glimt have since been a top club in Northern Norway (winning nine North-Norwegian championships) and in Norway overall since the 1970s.

Teams from Northern Norway were not allowed to compete in the Norwegian cup-competition until 1963. In their first appearance in the Norwegian FA cup in 1963, Bodø/Glimt managed to get as far as the fourth round after a home win 7–1 over Nordil, and two away wins. The first beating Nidelv (from Trondheim) and then a mighty win over Rosenborg. In the fourth round, Glimt had to play another away game, this time against Frigg from Oslo. Frigg won 2–0 and Glimt was out of the Cup. However, Bodø/Glimt had proven that teams from Northern Norway could play at the same level as the southern teams.

It was not until 1972 that northern teams had the right to gain promotion to the Norwegian top division. This was due to the old belief that the teams from Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark could not compete at the same level as the southern teams. Bodø/Glimt is one of three teams from Northern Norway that have played in the Norwegian top division, the others being Tromsø and Mjølner.

From 1973 Norway had three-second divisions: two divisions for the southern teams and one for the northern teams. Bodø/Glimt took three years to gain promotion, due to the promotion rules. The first place holders in the two southern divisions gained instant promotion, but the first place holder in the northern second division had to compete in play-off matches against the two second place holders from the south. The league-system made a lot of bitterness in the north. This bitterness worsened in 1975 when Bodø/Glimt, as the first club form Northern-Norway, won the Norwegian Cup, but did not gain promotion due to the special play-off rules for the North-Norwegian clubs.

In the 1974 and 1975 season, Bodø/Glimt won their division (they had played a few draws but no losses), but still lost in the play-offs.

In 1976, Bodø/Glimt managed at last to beat the league-system with a 4–0 win over Odd and a 1–1 draw against Lyn, making Glimt the second North-Norwegian team to gain promotion to the top division, after FK Mjølner's promotion in 1971. Not until the late 1970s the Norwegian Football Association changed the promotion rules, the play-off matches for Northern clubs were dropped. From then on there was no difference where a club had its home-ground.

After a glorious top-division debut in 1977 — second place in the league and the cup, both against Lillestrøm — Bodø/Glimt played four seasons at the top level before relegation in 1980, finishing last at 12th place.

The 1980s were the darkest hours in the club history, with Bodø/Glimt playing in the 2nd division and the regional 3rd division. For a couple of years in the mid-1980s, they weren't even the best team in Bodø, with rivals Grand Bodø surpassing them in the standings. But the tide turned in 1991. With coach Jan Muri in charge, Glimt was promoted to 1st division. The following season they hired Trond Sollied as coach, and the team won the 1st division in the 1992 season. At last, in 1993, Bodø/Glimt was back in the top-division, and as in the debut season of 1977 they took second place in the league. This time they also managed to win the cup final (a 2–0 win over Strømsgodset). The Cup-Championship was the crowning of three remarkable seasons, going from 2nd division to 2nd place in the top-division in only three years — an achievement rarely seen in the Norwegian league system.

Since the reentering in the top-division Bodø/Glimt have had a rather strange performance-chart. A good league performance one season have usually been followed with nearly relegation the next season is illustrated with the 1993 and 1994 seasons when Glimt won the cup and became league runners-up, in 1994 a better goal-difference allowed Bodø/Glimt to stay in the top division.

Runar Berg was until 2010 a midfielder and key player for the team, with almost 500 matches played for Bodø/Glimt.

Another example of the rollercoaster ride of Bodø/Glimt league performance is the 2003 and 2004 seasons. In 2003 season the club finished runner up behind the league's valedictorian Rosenborg. The team also lost the 2003 Norwegian Cup Final to Rosenborg. In the 2004 season Glimt finished third last and had to play a two-game qualification match against Kongsvinger to avoid relegation. Glimt lost the first game 0–1 in Kongsvinger, but soundly defeated Kongsvinger in Bodø by the score of 4–0. Therefore, winning 4–1 on aggregate.

Since the club's comeback in 1993, Glimt have played continuously in the Norwegian top division for 12 seasons, for a total of 16 top division seasons. In the 2005 season however, Bodø/Glimt was relegated.

Life in the Adecco league proved harder than most fans had anticipated, and many were disappointed when Glimt failed to secure the third place play-off spot they had held during most of the course of the season, finally ending in fifth place. The season was tainted by financial difficulties, forcing the team to sell their top scorer Håvard Sakariassen and captain Cato Andrè Hansen to promotion rivals Bryne in the middle of the season. This had to be done to stabilize their financial situation, which was so poor that the Norwegian Football Association threatened to not give the team their playing license for next season, which would have resulted disastrously in forced relegation to the second division.

The poor results towards the end of the season finally prompted the board of the supporter's club to write an open letter in which the training and alcohol consumption habits of certain unnamed players were criticised. In a bizarre twist a few weeks later, the supporter's club was threatened with a lawsuit in the multi-million class by former coach Trond Sollied, who was briefly mentioned in a by-sentence of the letter as having been in charge when the bad habits of the team had begun. All claims were quickly retracted by the supporter's club.

In the second season in Adeccoligaen, Bodø/Glimt made their target from the first season in Adeccoligaen, a promotion back to Tippeligaen after two promotion matches – once again, as in 1976 – against Odd. Bodø/Glimt was the first team on nine years in Norway for winning the promotion matches to Tippeligaen. This was also the last match and day at work in Bodø/Glimt for the Norwegian legend Erik Hoftun and Kent Bergersen.

In 2013, Bodø/Glimt was again promoted to Tippeligaen, after becoming the winner of Adecco-ligaen. The following years, Bodø/Glimt struggled to keep itself in the top league. The team was relegated to 1. divisjon in 2016. In 2019 Bodø/Glimt won the silver medal in the Norwegian Eliteserien. In 2020, Bodø/Glimt won Eliteserien for the first time in history. Also becoming the first team from Northern Norway to win Eliteserien.

Domestic history

Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
1963 3. divisjon district IX 3rd 1 10910 451019 Fourth round Promotion not possible
1964 3. divisjon district IX 3rd 1 101000 39520 Third round Promotion not possible
1965 3. divisjon district IX 3rd 1 10811 37817 Third round Promotion not possible
1966 3. divisjon district IX 3rd 2 10721 37916 Third round Promotion not possible
1967 3. divisjon district IX-X 3rd 3 10424 211410 Second round Promotion not possible
1968 3. divisjon district IX-X 3rd 1 10541 19914 Third round Promotion not possible
1969 3. divisjon district IX-X 3rd 2 10703 351114 Third round Promotion not possible
1970 2. divisjon district IX-X 2nd 2 14743 401417 First round Promotion not possible

1971 was the first year northern Norwegian teams could win promotion for the top division (First possible year in the top division would have been 1972). Until 1978, the winner of the northern Norwegian group of the second tier had to enter promotion playoffs against the second placed teams of the two southern Norwegian second tier groups. 1979 was thus the first year northern Norwegian teams competed on equal terms as the southern Norwegian teams.

Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
1971 2. divisjon district IX-X 2nd 5 14527 101912 Third round
1972 2. divisjon district IX-X 2nd 2 14482 231016 Fourth round
1973 2. divisjon district IX-X 2nd 3 14815 341617 First round
1974 2. divisjon district IX-X 2nd 1 141130 54425 Semi-final Lost promotion to 1. divisjon playoffs
1975 2. divisjon district IX-X 2nd 1 141400 551228 Winner Lost promotion to 1. divisjon playoffs
1976 2. divisjon district IX-XI 2nd 1 141310 601127 Quarter-final Promoted to 1. divisjon through playoffs
1977 1. divisjon Top 2 221084 332428 Final
1978 1. divisjon Top 9 226610 373718 Third round
1979 1. divisjon Top 7 22859 192621 Second round
1980 1. divisjon Top 12 225215 134312 Fourth round Relegated to 2. divisjon
1981 2. divisjon group B 2nd 7 225116 242421 Third round
1982 2. divisjon group A 2nd 8 22778 262421 Fourth round
1983 2. divisjon group B 2nd 12 222515 13419 Third round
1984 3. divisjon group F 3rd 3 18945 332122 Second round
1985 3. divisjon group F 3rd 2 181341 611230 Second round
1986 3. divisjon group F 3rd 1 181710 641035 Fourth round Promoted to 2. divisjon
1987 2. divisjon group B 2nd 7 22949 383331 Quarter-final 3 points per win introduced ahead of 1987 season
1988 2. divisjon group B 2nd 6 229310 413730 Fourth round
1989 2. divisjon group B 2nd 12 222812 255114 Third round Relegated to 3. divisjon
1990 3. divisjon group F 3rd 2 221552 642150 Third round
1991 2. divisjon group 6 3rd 1 1 221921 671659 First round Promoted to 1. divisjon
1992 1. divisjon group A 2nd 1 221642 692152 Quarter-final Promoted to Tippeligaen
1993 Tippeligaen Top 2 221435 512445 Winner
1994 Tippeligaen Top 10 225710 304622 Fourth round
1995 Tippeligaen Top 3 261277 654343 Fourth round
1996 Tippeligaen Top 10 269413 444931 Final
1997 Tippeligaen Top 7 261079 393437 Semi-final
1998 Tippeligaen Top 5 26998 474736 Quarter-final
1999 Tippeligaen Top 9 2610412 525434 Fourth round
2000 Tippeligaen Top 10 2661010 485928 Semi-final
2001 Tippeligaen Top 9 267811 454729 Fourth round
2002 Tippeligaen Top 10 269413 384131 Fourth round
2003 Tippeligaen Top 2 261457 453047 Final
2004 Tippeligaen Top 12 267613 284127 Fourth round Avoided relegation through playoffs
2005 Tippeligaen Top 14 266614 294524 Fourth round Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2006 1. divisjon 2nd 5 301579 654949 Fourth round
2007 1. divisjon 2nd 3 301749 663955 Fourth round Promoted to the Tippeligaen through playoffs
2008 Tippeligaen Top 4 261268 373842 Quarter-final
2009 Tippeligaen Top 15 3061014 295328 Third round Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2010 1. divisjon 2nd 6 2812610 412842 Third round
2011 1. divisjon 2nd 5 301578 523852 Third round
2012 1. divisjon 2nd 5 301398 593648 Quarter-final
2013 1. divisjon 2nd 1 302145 632467 Quarter-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2014 Tippeligaen Top 13 3010515 456035 Fourth round
2015 Tippeligaen Top 9 3012414 535640 Third round
2016 Tippeligaen Top 15 308616 364530 Semi-final Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2017 1. divisjon 2nd 1 302253 833371 Third round Promoted to the Eliteserien
2018 Eliteserien Top 11 3061410 323532 Quarter-final
2019 Eliteserien Top 2 301596 644454 Second round
2020 Eliteserien Top 1 302631 1033281 Cancelled

1 Third tier was renamed as 2. divisjon (Top tier renamed as Tippeligaen, 2nd tier renamed as 1. divisjon) ahead of 1991 season.

Europe

Bodø/Glimt have participated in European Cups a number of times. The first time was in 1976, when they lost against Napoli in the Cup Winners' Cup. In 1978, they lost to Inter Milan, and in 1994 to Sampdoria in the same competition. Their latest loss came to Milan in the 2020 UEFA Europa League.

As of match played August 27, 2020
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 10 3 1 6 14 16
UEFA Cup/Europa League 15 7 2 6 28 24
Total 25 10 3 12 42 40
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Napoli 0–1 0–2 0–3
1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Union Luxembourg 4–1 0–1 4–2
Second round Internazionale 0–5 1–2 1–7
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying Round Olimpija Rīga 6–0 0–0 6–0
First round Sampdoria 3–2 0–2 3–4
1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 5–1 7–2
First round Trabzonspor 1–2 1–4 2–5
1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round Vaduz 1–0 2–1 3–1
First round Werder Bremen 0–5 1–1 1–6
2004–05 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round Levadia Tallinn 2–1 1–2 3–3(8–7 p)
First round Beşiktaş 1–1 0–1 1–2
2020–21 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Kauno Žalgiris 6–1 N/A N/A
Second qualifying round Žalgiris 3–1 N/A N/A
Third qualifying round Milan N/A 2–3 N/A
2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round

Honours

Current squad

As of June 17, 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NED Joshua Smits
2 DF  NOR Marius Lode
3 DF  ISL Alfons Sampsted
4 DF  NOR Marius Høibråten
5 DF  NOR Fredrik André Bjørkan
6 DF  NOR Isak Amundsen
7 MF  NOR Patrick Berg (vice-captain)
8 FW  NGA Victor Boniface
12 GK  RUS Nikita Khaykin
14 MF  NOR Ulrik Saltnes (captain)
15 FW  NOR Runar Hauge
16 MF  NOR Morten Konradsen
17 FW  NOR Sebastian Tounekti
18 DF  NOR Brede Moe
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  NOR Sondre Brunstad Fet
20 MF  NOR Hugo Vetlesen
21 FW  DEN Kasper Junker
22 MF  NOR Vegard Leikvoll Moberg
23 MF  NOR Elias Kristoffersen Hagen
24 DF  NOR Aleksander Foosnæs
25 GK  NOR Marcus Andersen
26 FW  NOR Ola Solbakken
31 MF  NOR Kent Malik Swaleh
32 FW  NOR Elias Hoff Melkersen
33 FW  NOR Mads Halsøy
35 MF  NOR Adan Abadala Hussein
37 MF  NOR Ask Tjærandsen-Skau
MF  SWE Axel Lindahl

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2020–21 and transfers summer 2020.

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. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaching staff

Role Name
Coach Kjetil Knutsen
Assistant coach Morten Kalvenes
Goalkeeping coach Jonas Ueland Kolstad

Administrative staff

Role Name
Chairman Inge Henning Andersen
Managing director Frode Thomassen
Director Aasmund Bjørkan

Managers

Kit

The club's yellow kit

The club is known to play in yellow kits. However, it wasn't until the mid 70s that FK Bodø/Glimt changed their white shorts to an all yellow strip. In 1980 the club signed its first kit-manufacturer deal with the German firm Adidas, though the club used track jackets and shorts from Adidas since 1976.[1] Nordlandsbanken, a major bank in the region, was one of the main sponsor of the club, present on their shirts until 2011. Since the 2007 season, Diadora has been manufacturing the kits.

Sponsorship

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1980–2006 Adidas
1981–2011 Nordlandsbanken
2007– Diadora
2012– SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge

See also

References

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