Sotra SK

Sotra Sportsklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Sotra, Hordaland. Founded as Idrettslaget Øygard on 7 June 1945, the club's current activities consist of athletics, basketball, boxing, football, handball and gymnastics.^[1]

Sotra SK

Full name	Sotra Sportsklubb
Founded	7 June 1945; 80 years ago (1945-06-07), as IL Øygard 2009; 16 years ago (2009), as Sotra SK
Ground	Straume Idrettspark
Chairman	Dan Helge Christensen
Head coach	Renate Blindheim
League	2. divisjon
2024	2. divisjon group 2, 7th of 14
Home colours Away colours

History

IL Øygard

Idrettslaget Øygard was founded 7 June 1945 in Fjell municipality at Sotra. 13 June 2007, IL Øygard met Brann in the second round of the 2007 Norwegian Cup. Brann won the game with the score 5–0.^[2]

In 2009, IL Øygard merged with Foldnes IL and Brattholmen IL to become Sotra SK. Before the merger, IL Øygard's men's football team played in 3. divisjon (fourth tier), and played their home games at Straume Idrettspark. Their home kits were all-blue and their away kits were all-white.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in 2. divisjon, the third tier of the Norwegian football league system. They promoted from 3. divisjon in the 2018 season. In 2019, Sotra SK's senior football team were offered to join a merger with fellow Øygarden and Sotra clubs Nordre Fjell, Sund SK, Skogsvåg IL, Telavåg IL, Skjergard IL and Nest-Sotra to become a part of the new club Øygarden FK from 2020, but rejected because they wanted to continue on their own.^[3]

Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2013	3. divisjon	10	24	8	4	12	48	57	28	First round
2014	3. divisjon	2	26	16	6	4	64	26	54	Second qualifying round
2015	3. divisjon	2	26	20	5	1	85	15	65	Second qualifying round
2016	3. divisjon	2	24	16	4	4	66	32	52	First round
2017	3. divisjon	5	26	12	6	8	57	48	42	First round
2018	3. divisjon	↑ 1	26	17	5	4	80	32	56	Second round	Promoted to 2. divisjon
2019	2. divisjon	9	26	8	6	12	34	37	30	Second round
2020	2. divisjon	7	18	6	2	10	21	34	20	Cancelled
2021	2. divisjon	10	26	10	3	13	41	48	33	First round
2022	2. divisjon	7	24	8	5	11	46	43	29	Second round
2022	2. divisjon	3	26	15	5	6	56	29	45	Third round

Source:^[4]

Current squad

As of 25 July 2025^[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 Morten Grasmo 2 DF  NOR Kristian Ree 3 DF  NOR Anders Johan Johansen 5 MF  NOR Ole Martin Dåvøy Skår 6 MF  NOR Henrik Nyland 7 FW  NOR Frederic Falck 8 DF  NOR Håvard Foldnes 9 FW  NOR Joar Høviskeland 10 FW  NOR Lars Kilen 11 MF  NOR Tobias Heltne 12 GK  NOR Ole Balevik Pamer 13 MF  NOR Lars Kristian Osa

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  NOR Sander Wik 17 MF  NOR John Phillipe Koko 18 DF  NOR Olav Arre Hånes 19 MF  NOR Isak Hjorteseth 20 DF  NOR Daniel Tørum 21 MF  NOR Ingvar Kolbjørnsen 22 MF  NOR Magnus Eide Bildøy 23 MF  NOR Markus Linesson Ottesen 24 DF  NOR Erlend Larsen — MF  NOR David Øren — MF  NOR Oscar Elias Syversen

Head coaches

Sotra SK head coaches from 2017 to present
Tommy Knarvik (January 2017 – December 2019) Renate Blindheim (June 2020 – present)

Handball

As of the 2019–20 season, the men's handball team plays in the third tier,^[6] and the women's team plays in the fifth tier.^[7]