FK Fyllingsdalen

FK Fyllingsdalen is a football club from Fyllingsdalen, a borough in the Norwegian city of Bergen. The club is a result of a merge between the two football clubs Fyllingen and Løv-Ham.

Fyllingsdalen
Full nameFK Fyllingsdalen
Founded2011
GroundVarden Amfi
Bergen
Capacity3,500[1]
ChairmanTrond Leganger
CoachKjetil Knutsen
League3. divisjon
20183. divisjon, group 4, 2nd of 14[2]

In 2011, the last season before the merge, Løv-Ham played in 1. divisjon but was relegated, while Fyllingen played in the 3. divisjon. Fyllingsdalen took over Løv-Ham's spot in the 2012 2. divisjon.

History

Fyllingen Fotball
Main article: Fyllingen Fotball

Fyllingen Fotball was founded on 6 June 1946, and had its heyday in the 1990s. In 1990, Fyllingen won silver in the Norwegian Cup, after losing the final against Rosenborg with 5-1. They played in the top league of Norway in 1990, 1991 and 1993. At the time of the merge, Fyllingen was playing in the Third Division, after being relegated from the Second Division in 2009.[3] Two of Fyllingen's former players, Per-Ove Ludvigsen and Erik Huseklepp, have earned caps playing for Norway.[4]

Løv-Ham Fotball
Main article: Løv-Ham Fotball

Løv-Ham Fotball was founded in December 1975 and was promoted to Adeccoligaen in 2004. After several years in the relegation zone,[5] Løv-Ham achieved a fourth place in 2010 and qualified for the promotion playoff, where they lost 2–0 against Fredrikstad.[6] At the time of the merge, Løv-Ham had been relegated to the Second Division.[7]

Merge

Løv-Ham has in recent years taken over Fyllingen's spot as Fyllingsdalen's best football club, but it was still Fyllingen that received the biggest support and the financial power in the borough. In the end of 2007, the two clubs started negotiations to merge the football departments of the two clubs. The goal was a budget of at least 16 million, 60% more than Løv-Ham's budget in 2007.[8] The aim was to create an organization and a name that create a stable state football team, and which in time also would be able to play up in Tippeligaen. The experiment was stranded when it could not achieve a sufficient majority at the extraordinary annual meeting of Fyllingen.[9]

Four years later, on 28 September 2011, the members of both clubs voted to merge. They replaced Løv-Ham in the 2012 Norwegian Second Division, and the two old clubs will cease to exist.[10] Kjetil Knutsen will be the head coach of the new team.[11]

Name conflict

After the decision to merge the two clubs, there was a conflict regarding the new name of the club. The board had decided that the new name of the club could not be connected to any of the names of the former clubs.[12] After an indicative vote on the new club's website, the board chose the name "Varden Fotballklubb" after the name of the stadium. "Fotballklubben Fyllingsdalen" received most votes, but the board chose the other name owing to sponsorship interests. The choice of colors was purple, with light blue away shirts.[13]

The choice of name spurred great controversy in the borough, and especially among the members of the club, because the name was not related to the part of the city which the club is located. There even arose a Facebook page named "Vi krever at den nye klubben skifter navn og draktfarge!" ("We demand that the new club change its name and colors"), which attracted more than 1,000 members.[14] After a new in-person vote among the club members, there was an overwhelming majority (117 of 160 votes) that voted for the name "Fotballklubben Fyllingsdalen". The club's colors were not changed.[12]

Squad
As of 15 September 2019

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  NOR Andreas Eikum
3 DF  NOR Håvard Arefjord Foldnes
4 MF  NOR Henrik Nyland
5 DF  NOR Joachim Hatland Sundfør
6 MF  NOR Sebastian Brudvik
7 MF  NOR Ivar Mykkeltvedt
8 DF  NOR Mathias Wåge Raum
9 MF  NOR Tobias Heltne Alme
10 FW  NOR Erik Huseklepp
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  NOR Eirik Kampenes
12 GK  NOR Petter Mossestad
14 FW  NOR Johan Stormyr
15 DF  NOR Mads Christophersen
16 FW  NOR Kaspar Sælensminde Bergset
20 DF  NOR August Jegerstedt Selnes
22 MF  NOR Sander Hopsdal
23 DF  NOR Ronny Rojas
26 DF  NOR Joar Høviskeland

Results
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2012 2. Divisjon 3 261457 513747 First round
2013 2. Divisjon 4 2611510 414038 Second round
2014 2. Divisjon 11 269512 475032 Third round
2015 2. Divisjon 11 268513 445029 Third round
2016 2. Divisjon ↓ 8 26989 463835 First round Relegated to 3. Divisjon
2017 3. Divisjon 4 261259 615041 Second round
2018 3. Divisjon 2 261736 633154 Third round
2019 (in progress) 3. Divisjon 3 201415 592743 Second round
[15]

References
  1. "Hjemmekamper på Varden Amfi". Lov-ham.no (in Norwegian). Løv-Ham Fotball.
  2. "Norsk Tipping-ligaen avd 4 2018". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  3. "Historie" (in Norwegian). Fyllingen Fotball. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  4. "Gratulerer, Erik!" (in Norwegian). Fyllingen Fotball. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. "Historien om Løv-Ham". lov-ham.no (in Norwegian). Løv-Ham Fotball.
  6. "- Vi har all grunn til å gå med hevet hode". bt.no (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  7. "Asker rykket ned etter høstkollaps". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012. Med 1-5 må askerbøringene ta den tunge veien ned i 2. divisjon sammen med Nybergsund, Randaberg og Løv-Ham.
  8. "Hektisk innspurt for "Fyll-Ham"". bt.no (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  9. "Fyllingen sa nei til fusjon". bt.no. Bergens Tidende. 13 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  10. "Løv-Ham og Fyllingen blir én klubb". bt.no. Bergens Tidende. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  11. "Blir sjef for Fyllingsdalens nye lag". bt.no. Bergens Tidende. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  12. "Dropper Varden-navnet". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  13. "Fyllingsdalens nye klubb har fått navn". bt.no (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  14. "Vraket medlemmenes ønske om klubbnavn". bt.no (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  15. "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).
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