Avaldsnes IL

Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball.

Avaldsnes IL

Full name	Avaldsnes Idrettslag
Founded	16 June 1937; 88 years ago (1937-06-16)
Ground	Avaldsnes Idrettssenter
Capacity	1,000
League	Toppserien (women) Fourth Division (men)
2023	Toppserien, 9th of 10 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Women's football

The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of West Norway in 1997, before the team was dissolved in 1999 and then resurrected in 2002.^[1] The women's football team currently plays in the Toppserien, the first tier of Norwegian women's football, after promotion from the First Division in 2012, becoming the first club from Karmøy to play in the top league of any sport in Norway.^[2][3] They reached the final of the Norwegian Women's Cup in 2013 and 2015 but lost in the final both times.

The footballer Cecilie Pedersen has previously represented Norway while playing for Avaldsnes.^[4]

They finished the 2015 season in second place, their highest finish in the Toppserien to date, and qualified to the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Women's football squad

As of 8 December 2021^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Siri Ervik 3 DF  BRA Giovanna Santos 5 DF  GHA Susan Ama Duah 6 MF  NOR Cille Nilsen 7 FW  USA Sydney Blomquist 10 MF  GHA Evelyn Badu 12 GK  NOR Synne Danielsen 14 MF  NOR Sandra Østenstad 15 MF  NOR Ida Mortensen Natvik

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  CAN Maya Ladhani 17 DF  NOR Hanna Dahl 18 FW  NOR Kristina Svandal 19 DF  NOR Selma Løvås 20 DF  NOR Kaja Olsen 23 MF  NOR Malin Johannesen 25 MF  NOR Marion Haugland 27 DF  NOR Emma Endresen

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Avaldsnes IL players.

Honours

• Toppserien
  • Runners-up (3): 2015, 2016, 2017
• Norwegian Women's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017
  • Runners-up (2): 2013, 2015

Recent women's seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2009	D2	5	18	7	3	8	43	54	24	Not Qualified
2010	D2	↑ 1	22	17	2	3	116	42	53	Not Qualified	Promoted to Division 1
2011	D1	6	20	8	5	7	35	37	29	2nd round
2012	D1	↑ 1	22	20	1	1	73	20	61	3rd round	Promoted to Toppserien
2013	TS	4	22	10	3	9	39	33	33	Runners-up	Lost Cup final to Stabæk 1–0
2014	TS	5	22	12	2	8	56	27	38	Semi-final	[6]
2015	TS	2	22	16	3	3	60	15	51	Runners-up	Lost Cup final to LSK Kvinner 3–2
2016	TS	2	22	18	2	2	50	17	56	Quarter-final
2017	TS	2	22	15	3	4	51	17	48	Winners	Beat Vålerenga 1–0 in the final to win the Cup
2018	TS	9	22	5	6	11	24	38	21	3rd round
2019	TS	5	22	9	7	6	40	33	34	Quarter-final
2020	TS	3	18	10	4	4	31	21	34	Semi-final
2021	TS	8	18	3	3	12	25	35	12	Quarter-final
2022	Toppserien	9	18	3	2	13	15	50	11	Quarter-final
		6	7	2	1	4	7	19	7
2023	TS	9	27	5	6	16	18	63	21	3rd round

UEFA Competition Record

Competition	Round	Club	Away	Home	Aggregate
2016-2017	Qualifying round	Newry City	11–0	–	–
		CF Benfica	6–1	–	–
		PK-35 Vantaa (Host)	2–0	–	–
	Round of 32	Lyon	0–5	2–5 a	2–10
2017–2018	Qualifying round	Breznica Pljevlja (Host)	2–1	–	–
		Kiryat Gat	6–2	–	–
		Spartak Subotica	2–0	–	–
	Round of 32	Barcelona	0–2	0–4 a	0–6
2018-2019	Qualifying round	Sporting CP	3–2	–	–
		Dragon 2014	3–0	–	–
		Osijek (Host)	2–2	–	–
	Round of 32	Lyon	0–5	0–2 a	0–7

^a First leg.

Men's football

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, after relegation in 2012.^[7] The men's team also played in the Third Division between 2005 and 2010.