Vålerenga Fotball Damer

Vålerenga Fotball Damer is the women's football branch of Vålerenga Fotball. Based in Oslo, the team plays in Norway's top league, Toppserien.

This article is about Vålerenga Fotball's women's section. For the men's section, see Vålerenga Fotball.
Vålerenga Fotball
Full nameVålerenga Fotball Damer
GroundIntility Arena
Oslo
Capacity16,555
CoachNils Lexerød
LeagueToppserien
2023Toppserien, 1st (champions)

The team first won promotion to Toppserien in 2011 after earning promotion from the First Division. This made Vålerenga the third Norwegian club with both a men's team and a women's team in the top-tier league, and the first club to have its own women's team win promotion to Toppserien, as the two other clubs, Stabæk Fotball and Lillestrøm SK, inherited another club's women's team.[1]

In 2020, the club made record by winning the Toppserien and the NM Kvinner, their first major titles after finishing runners-up at the previous editions.[2][3]

Players

Current squad
As of 14 March 2024[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 Sweden SWE Tove Enblom
3 DF United States USA Michaela Kovacs
4 DF Norway NOR Iselin Sandnes Olsen
5 DF Norway NOR Selma Pettersen
6 MF Sweden SWE Tilde Lindwall
7 MF Denmark DEN Janni Thomsen
8 MF Sweden SWE Linn Vickius
9 FW Norway NOR Elise Thorsnes
10 MF Norway NOR Olaug Tvedten
11 MF Norway NOR Emma Stølen Godø
13 FW Sweden SWE Mimmi Löfwenius
14 FW Norway NOR Mawa Sesay
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Norway NOR Ylinn Tennebø
16 MF Norway NOR Ronja Arnesen
17 DF Norway NOR Ane Jørgensen
18 MF Norway NOR Thea Bjelde
19 MF Iceland ISL Sædís Rún Heiðarsdóttir
20 FW Norway NOR Tuva Espås
21 FW Norway NOR Karina Sævik
22 FW Sweden SWE Felicia Rogic
27 DF Norway NOR Lina Klech
30 MF Norway NOR Stine Brekken
32 GK United States USA Jalen Tompkins
41 GK Norway NOR Pia Grinde Hansen

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Norway NOR Mari Nyhagen (at Røa)

Coaching staff
Position Name
Director of footballSteinar Pedersen
Head coachNils Lexerød
First team coachJoakim Klæboe
Player developer and analysisSimon Hansen
Goalkeeper coachAndreas Thorsen Schoute
Fitness coachLuciano Arias
Head of medicalHelene Moa
PhysioSiri Nesheim
Mental coachPeder Daviknes
Equipment managerHenning Aamodt

Notable former players

Managers
Period Manager
2005–2007 Norway Kjell Gustad
2008Norway Arne Berger
2009–2013Norway Cecilie Berg-Hansen
2014Norway Glenn Rostad
2015Norway Leif Tsolis
2016Belgium David Brocken
2016–2017Norway Kjell Gustad
2018–2019Norway Monica Knudsen
2020–2021 Denmark Jack Majgaard Jensen
2022–present Norway Nils Lexerød

Recent seasons
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2010 1. divisjon 3 221165 382439 Second round
2011 1. divisjon ↑ 1 201433 522245 Third round Promoted to Toppserien
2012 Toppserien 8 226511 274723 Third round
2013 Toppserien 5 22886 413732 Semi-final
2014 Toppserien 7 229310 274530 Third round
2015 Toppserien 10 226313 224221 Third round
2016 Toppserien 9 226511 254823 Third round
2017 Toppserien 7 221048 383334 Final
2018 Toppserien 6 221039 373533 Quarter-final
2019 Toppserien 2 221444 412446 Final
2020 Toppserien 1 181152 391438 Winners
2021 Toppserien 4 181125 461735 Winners
2022 Toppserien 2 181233 481239 Quarter-final
6411 16315
2023 Toppserien 1 271782 682859 Final

Source:[5]

Honours
  • Toppserien:
    • Winners: 2020, 2023
    • Runners-up: 2019, 2022
  • 1. divisjon:
    • Winners: 2011
  • Norwegian Women's Cup:
    • Winners: 2020, 2021
    • Runners-up: 2017, 2019, 2023

References
  1. "Vålerengas kvinnelag rykket opp til Toppserien" (in Norwegian). TV2. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. "Vålerenga wins first Toppserien title". Kick442.com. 6 December 2020.
  3. "Vålerenga complete historic domestic double". Goal.com. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. "A-laget - spillere". vif-damefotball.no. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. "Vålerenga Fotball Damer". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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