| Clubname: | Sogndal |
| Fullname: | Sogndal Fotball |
| Current: | 2024 Sogndal Fotball season |
| Ground: | Fosshaugane Campus Sogndal |
| Capacity: | 5,622 |
| Chairman: | Tor Arne Ness |
| Manager: | Tore André Flo |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| League: | 1. divisjon |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Position: | 1. divisjon, 7th of 16 |
| Website: | http://www.sogndalfotball.no/ |
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Sogndal Fotball is the association football department of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Vestland. The club was founded in 1926. The men's team currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club's home matches are played at the 5,622 capacity Fosshaugane Campus.[1]
In 1976, the men's team were runners-up in the Norwegian Cup, losing 2–1 against SK Brann.[2] Sogndal became the first third-tier side to play a Norwegian Cup final. The 2017 season is Sogndal's most recent in Eliteserien, the top division.[3]
Sogndal IL was founded 19 February 1926. The club's breakthrough in Norwegian football came in 1976, when they as a third-tier side reached the final of the 1976 Norwegian Cup. Sogndal lost the final against Brann at Ullevaal Stadion with the score 2–1, Knut Christiansen scored Sogndal's goal.[4] They played their first top division season in 1982, a season which the team ended the season in 11th position and relegation back to the second tier.[4]
In the 1988 season, Sogndal's second season in the first tier, Sogndal finished in sixth place, their best ever finishing position. The club was relegated to the second tier in the following 1989 season. Sogndal won group A in the 1990 2. divisjon and won promotion. During the 1990s, Sogndal played five season in the first tier. In 1999, Sogndal received a transfer fee reported to be around NOK 40 million when Eirik Bakke was sold to Leeds United.[4] From 2001 to 2004, Sogndal played four consecutive seasons in the top division, an achievement they repeated in the seasons 2011–14. The men's team was promoted to the 2011 Tippeligaen after winning the 2010 1. divisjon. In 2015, Sogndal won the 1. divisjon, their sixth second tier title. HamKam and Lyn are the other clubs with six Norwegian second tier titles.
In 2017, Sogndal relegated from Eliteserien, their eighth relegation from the top division, after losing the relegation play-offs on a penalty shoot-out against Ranheim.[5]
See main article: Fosshaugane Campus. The club's stadium is Fosshaugane Campus. The stadium was renovated and reopened in 2006 and the name Campus was added because the local Sogn og Fjordane University College and high school is located in the stadium. The capacity is 5,622.
The attendance record of 7,025 spectators dates from the 1976 Norwegian Cup quarter-final against Start.
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Tippeligaen | align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 14 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 57 | 22 | Third round | Relegated to 1. divisjon | |
| 2005 | 1. divisjon | 7 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 51 | 41 | Third round | |||
| 2006 | 1. divisjon | 6 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 41 | 44 | Fourth round | |||
| 2007 | 1. divisjon | 7 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 44 | 44 | First round | |||
| 2008 | 1. divisjon | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 36 | 54 | Fourth round | |||
| 2009 | 1. divisjon | 4 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 54 | Fourth round | |||
| 2010 | 1. divisjon | align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 28 | 56 | Quarter-final | Promoted to Tippeligaen | |
| Tippeligaen | align=right | 14 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 34 | Fourth round | |||
| 2012 | Tippeligaen | align=right | 12 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 34 | First round | ||
| Tippeligaen | align=right | 12 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 48 | 33 | Fourth round | |||
| Tippeligaen | align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 15 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 24 | Fourth round | Relegated to 1. divisjon | ||
| 1. divisjon | align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 31 | 62 | Third round | Promoted to Tippeligaen | ||
| Tippeligaen | align=right | 11 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 36 | Third round | |||
| Eliteserien | align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 14 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 48 | 32 | Third round | Relegated to 1. divisjon | ||
| 1. divisjon | align=right | 4 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 31 | 51 | Second round | |||
| 1. divisjon | align=right | 6 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 38 | 45 | Third round | |||
| 1. divisjon | align=right | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 36 | 51 | Cancelled | |||
| 1. divisjon | align=right | 6 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 42 | Third round | |||
| 2022 | 1. divisjon | align=right | 7 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 53 | 43 | Fourth round | ||
| 1. divisjon | align=right | 7 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 43 | Fourth round |
| Head coach | Tore André Flo | |
| Assistant coach | Rune Bolseth | |
| Assistant coach | Marius Lenni Bøe | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Geir Stenehjem | |
| Head of medical/Physical Coach | Didrik Sundsbø | |
| Chairman | Rolf Navarsete | |
| Director | Yngve Hallèn | |
| Director Sport | Anders Giske |