Verdal IL

Verdal Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Verdalsøra, Nord-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, weightlifting and speed skating.

Verdal IL
Full nameVerdal Idrettslag
Founded12 December 1916
GroundVerdal stadion,
Verdalsøra
ManagerJann Rindsem
LeagueThird Division
2016Third Division / 10, 3rd[1]

It was established on 21 May 1920 as a merger between Værdalens SL, founded 12 December 1916, and FK Falken. The club counts 1916 as its founding year.[2] In 1984 the track and field section formed its own club Verdal FIK.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It contested a playoff to win promotion to the First Division in 1996, but failed. It last played in the Second Division in 2002. It then won its Third Division group and contested playoffs to the Second Division in 2006 and 2007, but failed both times.

In 2011 they signed former Tippeliga player Trond Viggo Toresen from Levanger FK, he played a role as Playing Coach along with Head Coach Nils Petter Austad. He proved to be an important figure in the battle for promotion to Second Division, which ended in a 3rd place and no promotion.

The women's football team played in the Norwegian Premier League in 1996 and 1997. In December 2004 the women's section started a cooperation team in the region, named Verdal FK. This was later disclosed after little success and internal disputes.

Recent history
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2009 D3 2 221822 742556 1st round
2010 D3 6 221219 564737 1st round
2011 D3 3 261655 592553 2nd round
2012 D3 3 261385 573647 2nd round
2013 D3 3 261466 553548 2nd qualifying round
2014 D3 5 2613211 615741 1st round
2015 D3 4 261835 963157 1st qualifying round
2016 D3 4 261556 724150 1st qualifying round
2017 (in progress) D3 3 16754 282026 2nd round

References
  1. "Tabell 3. divisjon, avdeling 10 2011". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. "Folkeparken og Verdal stadion" (in Norwegian). Verdal historielag. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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