FK Athene Moss is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 women's football

Women's football (soccer)

Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

 club from Moss

Moss, Norway

is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

. It is named after Athena

Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...

 in Greek mythology.

It was founded in 1996, replacing SK Sprint-Jeløy which was a former successful club from Moss. Athene Moss played in the Toppserien until 2001

Toppserien 2001

The 2001 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football league in Norway, began on 21 April 2001 and ended on 27 October 2001.18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

, when it was relegated. The club was later disbanded, but resurfaced on 1 January 2006, fielding teams on youth level.

During its first period of existence Athene Moss fielded such players as Heidi Støre

Heidi Støre

Heidi Støre is a former Norwegian footballer and world champion as captain for the national team.She played for the clubs Sprint-Jeløy , Trollhättan , Kolbotn , Nikko and Athene Moss...

, Agnethe Carlsen, Birthe Hegstad

Birthe Hegstad

Birthe Hegstad is a former Norwegian football player who played for Klepp IL and for Norway women's national football team....

, Bente Nordby

Bente Nordby

Bente Nordby is a former Norwegian football goalkeeper, who last played for Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France. She played with the Norwegian Women's National Football Team from 1991 to 2007.- Career :...

, Marianne Pettersen

Marianne Pettersen

Marianne Iren Pettersen is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches. For the Norwegian national team, she debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy....

 and later national team players such as Ingvild Stensland

Ingvild Stensland

Ingvild Stensland is a Norwegian football player who plays for Stabæk Fotball in the Toppserien. She plays as a midfielder and is currently a member of the Norway women's national team having made her debut in 2003...

, Lene Storløkken

Lene Storløkken

Lene Glesåsen Storløkken is a Norwegian football player who played for the LSK Kvinner FK.-Career:Storløkken is a midfielder and her former clubs are Athene Moss, Setskog/Høland FK and Kurland FK.-International career:...

, Lise Klaveness

Lise Klaveness

Lise Klaveness is a Norwegian football player who has played more than fifty matches for the Norway women's national football team....

, Camilla Huse

Camilla Huse

Camilla Huse is a Norwegian football player. She made her debut on the Norway women's national football team in 2005.She played in all matches in the Norwegian team that finished in fourth place behind USA, Brazil and Germany at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.Huse won the Norwegian...

 and Christine Colombo Nilsen

Christine Colombo Nilsen

Christine Colombo Nilsen is a Norwegian football goalkeeper. She currently plays for Lyon. She is also a member of the Norway women's national football team....

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