AaFK Fortuna
Founded25 August 1991 (1991-08-25), as FK Fortuna Ålesund
GroundAksla Stadion
Color Line Stadion
Head coachMagne Elde
League1. divisjon
20233rd
WebsiteClub website

AaFK Fortuna (formerly known as FK Fortuna Ålesund) is a Norwegian women's football club from Ålesund that currently competes in 1. divisjon, the third tier of Norwegian football. It is named after Fortuna of Roman mythology.

History

Former logo of FK Fortuna Ålesund

The club was founded on 25 August 1991 by outbreakers from SK Guard, and merged with Spjelkavik IL in 1995. They played as Spjelkavik IL/Fortuna in the 1995 season, and was named FK Fortuna Ålesund in 1996. The club's home grounds are Aksla Stadion and (sometimes) Color Line Stadion.[1]

After playing 1995–2008 at the second level, the club was promoted and debuted in the 2009 Toppserien, but finished in last position and was relegated. Fortuna was in the second tier in the period 2010–16 and has played in the third tier since 2017.

Among several coaches, Tone Haugen was playing coach and captain 2000–03 and the ex-Icelandic national team coach Helena Ólafsdóttir was coach for Fortuna 2015–16.

2020 Aalesunds FK agreement

Ahead of the 2020 season, Fortuna Ålesund agreed to a three-year cooperation agreement with Aalesunds FK (AaFK).[2] One of the goals are to develop women's football in Ålesund and eventually merge Fortuna with AaFK. As part of the agreement, the team changed its name to AaFK Fortuna and will play with Aalesunds FK's orange and blue kit and use AaFK's logo.[3]

Current squad

As of 30 January 2020[4]

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 Norway NOR Marthe Bjørhovde
2 DF Norway NOR Cecilie Otterlei
3 MF Norway NOR Mette Osvold Muri
4 MF Norway NOR Solveig Engås
5 DF Norway NOR Vilde Skaar Kroken }
6 MF Norway NOR Nora Myklebust Ferstad
9 MF Iceland ISL Daniela Dögg Guđnadóttir
10 MF Norway NOR Oda Sperre Tennfjord
14 DF Norway NOR Elijanne Anderson
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Norway NOR Kristine Gulbrandsen
17 FW Norway NOR Ingrid Vatne
20 FW Norway NOR Anna Kristin Brenne
21 MF Norway NOR Amalie Sandvik
22 MF Norway NOR Agata Drodzik
23 DF Norway NOR Stine Osvold Muri
GK Norway NOR Benedicte L. Berge
DF Norway NOR Helle O. Rindal

Recent seasons

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2000 1. divisjon 1 181611 962449 Third round Lost promotion play-offs
2001 1. divisjon 6 16628 343320 Third round
2002 1. divisjon 6 16628 212820 Quarter-finals
2003 1. divisjon 6 18747 322925 Third round
2004 1. divisjon 5 18909 495727 Third round
2005 1. divisjon 5 18747 292925 Quarter-finals
2006 1. divisjon 6 18738 253224 Second round
2007 1. divisjon 4 18837 312327 Third round
2008 1. divisjon 2 18846 322228 Quarter-finals Promoted
2009 Toppserien 12 220319 18873 Third round Relegated
2010 1. divisjon 4 221147 453237 Third round
2011 1. divisjon 7 207211 425223 Third round
2012 1. divisjon 9 227312 355424 Second round
2013 1. divisjon 7 20857 383529 Third round
2014 1. divisjon 4 221147 443237 Third round
2015 1. divisjon 9 226412 305122 Third round [5]
2016 1. divisjon 11 224513 255317 First round Relegated[6]
2017 2. divisjon 1 181431 642045 Second round Lost promotion play-offs[7]
2018 2. divisjon 1 181332 601342 Second round Lost promotion play-offs
2019 2. divisjon 2 161213 731637 Third round

Coaches

Fortuna Ålesund coaches from the 2000 season to present
  • Norway Tone Haugen (1999 – 2003)
  • Norway Magne Kvalø (2004 – 2006)
  • Norway Svein Slinning (2007 – 2009)
  • Norway Karl Oskar Fjørtoft (2010)
  • Norway Ronny Ødegård (2011)
  • Norway Magne Elde (2012 – 2014)
  • Iceland Helena Ólafsdóttir (2015 – April 2016)
  • Norway Svein Arne Sunde (April 2016 – November 2016)
  • Norway Magne Elde (2017 –)

References

  1. Tvedt, Knut Are (2007). "Fortuna Ålesund". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  2. "- Vi ser frem til et godt samarbeid". aafk.no (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. "AaFK + FK Fortuna = sant". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. "Laget" (in Norwegian). AaFK Fortuna. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. Fotballforbund, Norges. "1. div Kvinner 2015 - Tabell". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  6. Fotballforbund, Norges. "1. div Kvinner 2016 2016 - Tabell". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  7. Fotballforbund, Norges. "2. div. kvinner avd. 06 2017 - Tabell". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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