FK Mjølner

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FK Mjølner
Full nameFotballklubben Mjølner
Founded2 March 1932; 92 years ago (1932-03-02)
GroundNarvik Stadion
Narvik
Capacity8,000 (1999)
ChairmanTage Karlsen
Head coachJan Tore Bakli
League3. divisjon
20233. divisjon Group 6, 8th of 14

FK Mjølner is a Norwegian football club from Narvik. It currently plays in the 3. divisjon, after having been relegated from the 2. divisjon in 2019. The club played at the top tier in 1972 and 1989.

History[edit]

Logo of Narvik FK.

It is named after Mjöllnir in Norse mythology. It was formed in 1932 when Støa Mjølner (until 1926: FK Steady 1919 Mjølner) and King Mjølner (until 1921: FK Freidig 1918 Mjølner) merged.[citation needed] The club was called Mjølner until 1994, when the name was changed to Mjølner-Narvik. In October 1997 the club merged with local rivals FK Narvik/Nor. The merger club took the name Narvik FK. In February 2005 Narvik FK changed the name back to FK Mjølner.

FK Mjølner was the first club from Northern Norway allowed to play in the Norwegian top division. Before the 1972 season clubs from the north could not gain promotion to the top division. Mjølner played against the best in the 1972 and 1989 seasons, but were relegated both times after just one season.

With the exception of those two seasons, FK Mjølner stayed on the second tier from 1970 to 1991. 1992 saw Mjølner at the third level, which by then was called the 2. divisjon. They got promoted back to the second tier, where they stayed for three seasons from 1993 until they got relegated again in 1995. They played in the 2. divisjon in 1996 and 1997, then merged with Narvik/Nor, and continued playing in that division as Narvik FK until 2001, when they were relegated to the 3. divisjon (fourth tier). After one season at that level they were promoted back to the 2. divisjon again, but in 2004 they were again relegated to the 3. divisjon. With their old name FK Mjølner started the 2005 season in 3. divisjon. In 2010 it won all 26 matches in the 3. divisjon, contested a playoff to win promotion, and succeeded by beating IL Stålkameratene 8–2 on aggregate.

The club has a record 13 Northern Norwegian Cup championships, 9 as Mjølner, and 4 as Narvik/Nor.

Recent history[edit]

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2009 3. divisjon 2 20 18 2 0 109 11 56
2010 3. divisjon 1 22 22 0 0 113 11 66 Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2011 2. divisjon 8 26 12 4 10 39 32 40 First round
2012 2. divisjon 12 26 7 6 13 26 41 27 Second round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2013 3. divisjon 2 22 17 3 2 75 25 54 First round
2014 3. divisjon 1 22 18 3 1 76 15 57 First round Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2015 2. divisjon 13 26 5 3 18 21 67 18 Second round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2016 3. divisjon 4 22 12 6 4 54 31 42 Second round
2017 3. divisjon 1 26 20 2 4 72 31 62 First round Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2018 2. divisjon 7 26 13 5 8 41 41 44 Third round
2019 2. divisjon 14 26 6 5 15 30 54 23 First round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2020 Season cancelled
2021 3. divisjon 7 13 5 4 4 23 16 19 First round
2022 3. divisjon 5 26 13 3 10 59 43 42 First round

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of 26 February 2020[1]

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 Norway NOR Joakim Evjen
12 GK Norway NOR Daniel Christensen
DF Norway NOR Øyvind Normann Storsveen
8 DF Latvia LVA Nikita Kalinins
DF Norway NOR Truls Torblå
DF Norway NOR Simon Bakke
DF Norway NOR Johan Evjen
DF England ENG Chris John
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Norway NOR Johannes Aase
6 MF Norway NOR Johan Aanes Andersen
23 MF Norway NOR Sander Rørvik
MF Norway NOR Marcus Johnsen
MF Norway NOR Tobias Mikalsen
MF Norway NOR Thomas Åsheim
30 MF Norway NOR Mathias Nicolaisen
MF Latvia LVA Edgars Vērdiņš
MF Norway NOR Matias Claeson
10 FW Norway NOR Marchus Kajander

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Teams". Retrieved 25 February 2020.

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