Stabæk Fotball

Stabæk

Full name	Stabæk Fotball
Nickname(s)	De blaa (The Blue Ones)
Founded	March 16, 1912 (1912-03-16)
Ground	Nadderud Stadion Bærum (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Ingebrigt Steen Jensen
Manager	Petter Belsvik
League	Tippeligaen
2011	Tippeligaen, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Stabæk Fotball is a Norwegian association football club based in Bærum and a section of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club’s name is an archaic spelling of the suburban area Stabekk, from which it once originated. Their home stadium has been Telenor Arena since the relocation of the team from Nadderud in 2008. Their current manager and chairman are Jörgen Lennartsson and Lars Holter Sørensen, respectively.

After years of lean seasons, they won their first title in 1998 as they emerged victorious in the Norwegian Cup, beating Rosenborg BK 3-1 in the final. After having been relegated to Adeccoligaen after a poor 2004 season, they experienced a successful period under new manager Jan Jönsson, during which they returned to the league in 2005, won the 2008 Norwegian Premier League, their first, and reached the final in the Norwegian Cup, culminating in a very successful 2008 season for the club. Stabæk subsequently won the 2009 Norwegian Community Shield, but finished a disappointing 12th and 10th place in the 2010 and 2011 league seasons, respectively, and thus avoiding relegation.

Stabæk holds longstanding rivalries with Bærum SK, FK Lyn and Vålerenga, both in the league and by geographical location. The team’s home colors, entirely blue, have earned them the nickname “De Blaa” (The Blue Ones). Stabæk was the first Norwegian association football club with both their men and women’s teams in the premier divisions in 2009. Lillestrøm followed suit the next year.

Stadium

Stabæk played home games at Nadderud stadion until 2008. Now they currently play their home games at Telenor Arena, which has a capacity of 15,000 people. The women's team Stabæk FK plays home games at Nadderud.

Chairman

On February 4, 2010 Einar Schultz was elected new chairman of Stabæk, replacing Ingebrigt Steen Jensen. Schultz has held various positions in the Stabæk system over the last five years.

European record

UEFA Champions League

Season	Round	Opponents	Home	Away	Aggregate
2009–10	Q2a	KF Tirana	4–0	1–1	5–1
	Q3a	FC Copenhagen	0–0	3–1	1–3

a = of a total of four qualifying rounds

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Opponents	Home	Away	Aggregate
1999–00	1	Deportivo la Coruna	1–0	2–0	1–2
2002–03	Q1b	Linfield Belfast	4–0	1–1	5–1
	1	Anderlecht	1–2	0–1	2–2
2004–05	Q2b	FC Haka	3–1	1–3	6–2
	1	Sochaux	0–5	4–0	0–9
2008–09	Q2b	Stade Rennais	2–1	2–0	2–3
2009–10	play offb	Valencia CF	0–3	4–1	1–7
2010–11	Q2	Dnepr Mogilev	2–2	1-1	3-3

^{b = last qualifying round}

Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Opponents	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	Group	Panahaiki	–	1–1	–
	Group	B36 Tórshavn	5–0	–	–
	Group	RC Genk	–	4–3	–
	Group	FC Dynamo Moscow	1–1	–	–
1998–99	1	FK Vojvodina	1–2	2–3	3–5
2000–01	1	Floriana FC	2–0	1–1	3–1
	2	Auxerre	0–2	0–3	0–5

Achievements

• Norwegian Premier League:
  • Gold medal: 2008
  • Silver medal: 2007
  • Bronze medal: 1998, 2003, 2009

• Norwegian Football Cup:
  • Winners: 1998
  • Runners-up: 2008

• Norwegian Supercup (Community Shield):
  • Winners: 2009

Recent history

Season	Level	Pos.	Pl.	Won	Draw	Lost	G.S.	G.A.	Points	Cup	Notes
1987	V	1	18	14	1	3	53	11	29	did not participate
1988	IV	4	22	10	5	7	34	20	35	1st qual. round
1989	IV	2	22	13	6	3	45	19	45	1st qual. round
1990	IV	1	22	13	4	5	48	23	43	1st qual. round
1991	III	2	22	12	5	5	39	19	41	1st round
1992	III	3	22	12	7	3	60	23	43	2nd round
1993	III	1	22	16	2	4	51	26	50	2nd round
1994	II	2	22	13	3	6	43	32	42	3rd round
1995	I	9	26	9	6	11	36	40	33	last 16
1996	I	6	26	9	9	8	47	45	36	quarter final
1997	I	5	26	13	4	9	33	35	43	quarter final	Intertoto Cup
1998	I	3	26	16	5	5	63	29	53	Winner	UEFA Cup
1999	I	5	26	14	4	8	58	49	46	last 16
2000	I	5	26	12	6	8	59	33	42	3rd round
2001	I	4	26	14	3	9	45	39	45	last 16	UEFA Cup
2002	I	5	26	12	6	8	48	34	42	semi-final
2003	I	3	26	11	9	6	51	35	42	last 16	UEFA Cup
2004	I	13	26	7	6	13	25	40	27	semi-final	relegated
2005	II	1	30	20	7	3	63	23	67	quarter-final	promoted
2006	I	5	26	10	9	7	53	36	39	3rd round
2007	I	2	26	14	6	6	53	38	48	semi-final	UEFA Cup
2008	I	1	26	16	6	4	58	24	54	final	Champions League
2009	I	3	30	15	8	7	52	34	53	quarter-final	UEFA Europa League
2010	I	12	30	11	6	13	46	47	39	3rd round
2011	I	10	30	11	6	13	44	50	39	3rd round

Records

• Greatest home victory: 8–0 vs. Molde FK, October 29, 2006
• Greatest away victory: 14–0 vs. Vestfossen IF, May 12, 2008
• Heaviest home loss: 0–7 vs. Lillestrøm SK, March 20, 2011
• Heaviest away loss: 1–8 vs. SK Brann, May 24, 2001
• Highest attendance, Telenor Arena: 13 402 vs. Rosenborg BK, September 13, 2009
• Highest average attendance, season: 9,472, 2009
• Most appearances, total: 305, Tommy Stenersen 1995–2008
• Most appearances, league: 224, Tommy Stenersen 1995–2004
• Most goals scored, total: 111, Daniel Nannskog 2005–2009
• Most goals scored, league: 101, Daniel Nannskog 2005–2010
• Most goals scored, Premier League: 62, Daniel Nannskog 2006–2009
• Most goals scored, season: 32, Daniel Nannskog 2005
• Most goals scored, Premier League, season: 19, Petter Belsvik 1998, Daniel Nannskog 2006, Daniel Nannskog 2007

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson 3 DF Andreas Leirvik 5 DF Jørgen Hammer 6 MF Fredrik Brustad 7 FW Torstein Andersen Aase 8 MF Stian Sortevik 9 MF Christer Kleiven 10 MF Adnan Haidar 11 FW Franck Boli

No. Position Player 13 MF Bjarte Haugsdal 14 MF Herman Stengel 16 MF Tor Marius Gromstad 18 FW Mads Stokkelien 22 GK Jan Kjell Larsen 23 DF Vegar Eggen Hedenstad 25 MF Erik Benjaminsen 29 DF Haris Skenderović 44 MF Ricardo Clark (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–12.

Women's team

Main article: Stabæk Fotball Kvinner

Stabæk Fotball also fields a women's team, and in 2009 Stabæk became the first Norwegian association football club with both their men and women’s teams in the premier divisions.

External links

• Official website
• Supporter pages (Stabæk Support)