Tornado Måløy FK

Tornado Måløy Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Vågsøy, Sogn og Fjordane. It plays in both Måløy and Refvik, and the men's team is situated in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.

Tornado Måløy FK
Full nameTornado Måløy Fotballklubb
Founded1 January 2003
GroundRefvik stadion,
Refvik
Måløy stadion,
Måløy
LeagueThird Division
2011Third Division / 8, 5th[1]

History

The foundation of the club was agreed to in December 2002, as a merger between Tornado FK and Måløy IL. The merger was decided on the annual conventions of Tornado and Måløy, and 100% and 85% of the convention-goers in the respective clubs agreed to the merger. The team started its existence in the Third Division, and had both Refvik stadium and Måløy stadium as home fields.[2]

Tornado was the better team before the merger. Måløy was a Fourth Division team at the time.[3] Tornado had in the past fielded players like Geir Televik[4] and the prolific goalscorer Eivind Iversen. After scoring 41 goals in 26 games in the 1996 season, Iversen had offers to join eleven clubs on higher levels.[5] Iversen joined SK Brann,[6] and Tornado stayed in the Third Division until 1998, when it won its group and was promoted to the 1999 Norwegian Second Division.[7] The team remained there until 2002, when it was relegated. It was the seventh best home team, but the second worst away team.[8] It was speculated that a bankruptcy of fellow Second Division team FK Lofoten might save Tornado Måløy, but the bankruptcy was avoided.[9]

Tornado Måløy's first official match was a 2003 Norwegian Football Cup match (first preliminary round), which they won 3–0 against Sandane TIL.[10] In the second preliminary round they lost 0–5 to Stryn TIL.[11] The team ended in third place in its first season, behind IL Jotun and Stryn.[12] In 2004 they came in fourth behind Førde IL, Stryn and Fjøra FK.[13] They dropped another place, to fifth behind Stryn, Sogndal 2, Førde and Fjøra, in 2005.[14] In 2006 they were back at fourth again, behind Stryn, Førde and Sogndal 2.[15] In 2007 they ended in eighth place, their lowest ever placement.[16] A fifth place in 2008, behind Førde, Årdal FK, Sogndal 2 and Fjøra, followed.[17] In 2009 they achieved their best placement so far, with a second place, three points behind Førde.[18] In 2010, they went one better, winning the Sogn og Fjordane section of the Third Division. However, they lost out on promotion after losing the playoff matches against Jevnaker. In 2011, there was 12 Third Division groups instead 24, and Tornado Måløy finished fifth in their group, behind Fana, Bjarg, FBK Voss and Årdal.[1]

Results, men's team
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2003 3. Division, section 16 3 221417 723943 2nd qualifying round
2004 3. Division, section 16 4 221237 764839 1st qualifying round
2005 3. Division, section 16 5 221048 664834 1st qualifying round
2006 3. Division, section 16 4 221066 534236 1st qualifying round
2007 3. Division, section Sogn og Fjordane 8 228212 526926 1st qualifying round
2008 3. Division, section Sogn og Fjordane 5 221138 583836 1st round
2009 3. Division, section Sogn og Fjordane 2 221525 682947 1st round
2010 3. Division, section Sogn og Fjordane 1 221912 862155 1st qualifying round Lost playoffs for promotion
2011 3. Division, section 8 5 261349 514743 1st round
2012 3. Division, section 8 10 2610214 426232 1st round
2013 3. Division, section 8 1st round
[19]

References
  1. "Tabell 3. divisjon, avdeling 8 2011". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  2. "Klubb med to heimebaner". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 22 December 2002. p. 18.
  3. "Fusjon ga opprykk". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 24 December 2002. p. 21.
  4. "Hødd vant på teknikken". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 13 June 1996. p. 26.
  5. Hagen, Vegard Jansen (19 October 1996). "Ettertraktet Eivind". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 29.
  6. "Brann må tenke nytt i vinter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 1 November 1996.
  7. Johansen, Tore (ed.). Sportsboken 98–99 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted. p. 268. ISBN 82-516-1710-3.
  8. "Tabell og resultat - 2.div Menn avd 3 (2002)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  9. "Konkurs-Lofoten reddar Tornado". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 5 February 2003. p. 23.
  10. "Fotball: Kvalifisering NM menn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2003.
  11. "Fotball: 2. runde NM-kvalifisering menn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 30 April 2003.
  12. "Tabell og resultat - 3.div Menn avd 16 (2003)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  13. "Tabell og resultat - 3.div Menn avd 16 (2004)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  14. "Tabell og resultat - 3.div Menn avd 16 (2005)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  15. "Tabell og resultat - 3.div Menn avd 16 (2006)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  16. "Tabell og resultat - Firdaligaen Menn avd 16 (2007)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  17. "Tabell og resultat - Firdaligaen Menn avd 16 (2008)". Speaker.no. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  18. "Tabell og resultat - Firdaligaen (2009)". Speaker.no. Archived from the original on 2010-05-20. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  19. "Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian).
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