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Sandnes Ulf
Sandnes Ulf logo.svg
Full name Sandnes Ulf
Nickname(s)
Ulf
Ulvane (The Wolves)
Di lyseblå (The Light Blues)
Founded 1 June 1911; 107 years ago (1 June 1911), as Ulf
Ground
Sandnes Stadion,
Sandnes
Capacity 4,969[1]
Chairman Stig Ravndal
Manager Bengt Sæternes
League 1. divisjon
2018 1. divisjon, 10th of 16

















Home colours














Away colours







Sandnes Stadion


Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian association football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, currently playing in the 1. divisjon, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. The club play their home matches at Sandnes Stadion in Sandnes idrettspark, but are working on plans for a new modern football stadium. The club was founded on 1 June 1911 as SK Ulf, and today has over 80 registered teams, making it the largest football club in Rogaland.


Sandnes Ulf play in light blue jerseys, white shorts and light blue socks. Sandnes Ulf is an open member association and the annual general meeting is the highest policy-making body. The meeting approves the accounts and elects the chairman and board. Stig Ravndal is the current chairman, elected in 2012. Daily operations are run by a managing director who liaises with the chairman.


The main rivals of the club are Viking FK and Bryne FK. Sandnes Ulf's official fan club is known as Gaukereiret ("The Cuckoo's Nest"), reflecting on the nickname for people from Sandnes; Sandnes-cuckoos.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Recent history


  • 3 Managers


  • 4 Current squad


    • 4.1 Out on loan




  • 5 Notes


  • 6 Literature


  • 7 External links





History


The sport of football came directly to Sandnes from its home country, England, when two British brothers Arnold and Hubert Thomas moved to the town in 1907. It didn't take long before Sandnes' first football club was established, Sandnes Fodboldforening, but the club was dissolved a few years later when the two brothers moved back to England. The interest and love for football, however, had found its place in Sandnes, and in the summer of 1911 the new football club, Sportsklubben Ulf, was founded.


Nils Voss, a 1912 Olympic gold-medal winner in gymnastics, became the club's first President. In its inaugural year the club had a turnover of 88 crowns and 84 ears (approximately $14US). In 1916 the club's board decided to introduce a new uniform, choosing the light blue jersey and white shorts we see today.


In 1919 the club was promoted to class A in Landsdelsserien, which at the time was the highest level. In June 1927 the club opened Sandnes stadion, the arena where the club still plays today.


The 1930s was a successful decade for the club with top-3 positions six years in a row, and qualifying for the newly established top division Norgesserien in 1937. The club played at this level until 1940 when the season was cancelled due to World War II. When the league started again in 1947 the club failed to qualify.


SK Ulf had spells on the second highest level during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, but have mostly been playing at level three or four in the 80s and 90s.


In 1997 the 11 football clubs of Sandnes founded Sandnes FK in an attempt to form a potential top club. The project however only succeeded partly, with a couple of seasons in Second Division. In 2003 Sandnes FK was on the verge of bankruptcy when they won their Third Division group, whereas Ulf-Sandnes was relegated to Fourth Division. This increased the keenness of both parts to cooperate, and during the winter of 2003/04 Sandnes FK incorporated into Ulf, with Ulf thus changing its name to Sandnes Ulf.


With Asle Andersen arriving at the club in 2006 as a player-manager he revitalised and professionalised the club and immediately brought on-field success. In 2007, Sandnes Ulf won promotion to Adeccoligaen (2008 1. divisjon), the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They won their 2. divisjon group three points ahead of Stavanger IF. This sparked renewed interest in the club, with increased press coverage and attendances at Sandnes stadion.


Prior to the 2008 season, the signings of Paul Oyuga and Artur Kotenko brought even more experience from professional football to the club. They were relegated back to 2. divisjon in 2008, but recovered and returned to the 1. divisjon for the 2010 season.


The club finished the 2010 1. divisjon at a relegation spot once again. However, Follo FK, a team which had managed to avoid relegation, was forced to withdraw from the league because of financial difficulties, and Sandnes Ulf kept its place in the division for the 2011 1. divisjon.


The 2011 season turned out to be very successful for the club: On 23 October 2011, one hundred years after its formation and one year after it was supposed to be relegated from the 1. divisjon, Sandnes Ulf gained promotion to the Norwegian top flight. Until that date, Sandnes had been the only city amongst the 10 largest cities in Norway which had not had a team in the top flight after World War Two.



Recent history


("Ulf-Sandnes" until, and including, 2003)













































































































































































































































































Season

Pos.
Pl.
W
D
L
GS
GA
P

Cup
Notes

2001

2. divisjon

relegated12
26 9 4 13
47 56
31
First round

Relegated to the 3. divisjon

2002

3. divisjon

6
22 10 3 9
42 40
33



2003

3. divisjon

promoted1
22 18 2 2
61 25
56
First round

Promoted to the 2. divisjon

2004

2. divisjon

8
26 10 4 12
38 47
34
Second round


2005

2. divisjon

4
26 11 9 6
57 43
42
Second round


2006

2. divisjon

2
26 15 7 4
50 32
52
First round


2007

2. divisjon

promoted1
26 17 4 5
66 30
55
First round

Promoted to the 1. divisjon

2008

1. divisjon

relegated15
30 5 10 15
36 55
25
Third round

Relegated to the 2. divisjon

2009

2. divisjon

promoted1
26 19 4 3
88 28
61
Second round

Promoted to the 1. divisjon

2010

1. divisjon

13
28 8 7 13
33 40
31
Third round

Escaped relegation due to the demotion of Follo FK for financial reasons

2011

1. divisjon

promoted2
30 18 2 10
58 32
56
Third round

Promoted to the Tippeligaen

2012

Tippeligaen

14
30 8 8 14
44 56
32
First round


2013

Tippeligaen

13
30 9 6 15
36 58
33
Second round


2014

Tippeligaen

relegated16
30 4 10 16
27 53
22
First round
Relegated to the 1. divisjon

2015

1. divisjon

7
30 13 8 9
49 40
47
Second round


2016

1. divisjon

4
30 15 6 9
55 28
51
Fourth round


2017

1. divisjon

5
30 14 9 7
44 39
51
Second round


2018

1. divisjon

10
30 11 9 10
43 47
42
Third round


[2]



Managers

























































































Manager

Period
Magne Hetland
1946
Ludvig Oppedal
1946–47

Reidar Kvammen/Reidar Berger d.e.
1948
Petter Strøm/Willy Nilsen
1949
Jens Opsal
1950
Finn Tøgaard
1951
Reidar Berger d.e./Magne Hetland/Odd Thorsvik
1952
Gunnar Stensland
1953
Odd Thorsvik/Jon Larsen
1954
Odd Thorsvik/Torgil Gunneng
1955
Odd Thorsvik
1956
Gunnar Stensland
1957–58
Odd Thorsvik
1959–65
Tor Kyllingstad & John Oftedal/Gaute Skrudland
1966
Otto Hermansen
1967

Anders Svela
1968–69
Odd Thorsvik
1970–71
Rolf Stangeland
1972
John Oftedal
1973–74

 























































































Manager

Period

Roald Bergsaker
1975–76
Arvid Knutsen
1977–79

Roald Bergsaker
1980
Clive Baker
1981–82
Marvid Skjæveland
1983
Trond Tengesdal
1984–85
Kjell Arne Håland & Johnny Gilje
1986–87
Inge Thulin
1988–90
Trond Tengesdal
1991

Tony Knapp
1992–93
Arild Ravndal
1994–95
Torjus Sivertsen
1996

No team due to Sandnes FK
1997
Kjell Erga
1998
Kåre Nygaard
1999–03
Øystein Tveit
2004–05

Asle Andersen & Johan Selvig
March 23, 2006–08

Asle Andersen
2009–2014

Tom Nordlie
2014

Bengt Sæternes
2014–



Current squad


As of 14 January 2019[3]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.










































































No.

Position
Player
1

Finland

GK

Saku-Pekka Sahlgren
2

Norway

MF

Akinbola Akinyemi
3

Faroe Islands

DF

Ári Jónsson
4

Norway

DF

Axel Kryger
5

Norway

DF

Daniel Edvardsen
6

Norway

MF

Christian Landu Landu
8

Finland

MF

Johannes Laaksonen
9

Nigeria

FW

Kachi
10

Denmark

FW

Sanel Kapidžić
14

Norway

DF

Akinshola Akinyemi






































































No.

Position
Player
15

Norway

MF

Vegard Erlien
16

Finland

DF

Tapio Heikkilä
17

Norway

MF

Ingvald Sandvik Halgunset
18

Norway

DF

Bjørnar Holmvik
20

Norway

MF

Adrian Berntsen
21

Norway

MF

Herman Kleppa
22

Bosnia and Herzegovina

DF

Jasmin Bogdanovic
23

Norway

GK

Pål Vestly Heigre
27

Norway

MF

Vegard Aasen
30

Norway

FW

Kent Håvard Eriksen



Out on loan


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








No.

Position
Player



Notes




  1. ^ "Stadion" (in Norwegian). Sandnes Ulf. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).


  3. ^ "Spillertropp 2012" (in Norwegian). sandnesulf.no. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.



Literature



  • Frank Bertelsen m. fl. (2011). 100 år med lyseblå kjærlighet; Sandnes Ulf 1911-2011. Dreyer Bok.

  • Olav Kåre Nygaard & Lars Strusshamn (2001): Ulf-Sandnes gjennom 15 år, 1986-2001

  • Odd Fladen, Petter Tjessheim & Lars Strusshamn (1986): Sportsklubben Ulf gjennom 75 år, 1911-1986



External links



  • Sandnes Ulf's homepage

  • Gaukereiret supporterklubb - Sandnes Ulf Supporter's Club










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