Røa IL
Encyclopedia
Røa IL is a Norwegian
sports club from Røa
in the borough of Vestre Aker
, Oslo
. It was founded on 11 November 1900, and has sections for football
, gymnastics
, bandy
and cross-country skiing
. Football, bandy and nordic skiing has been dominant in Røa. In bandy, the team has twice made it to the finals in the Norwegian cup, losing both to arch-rivals Stabæk
. In skiing, the two foremost names are Olav Hansson
, world champion team large hill ski jumping in the 1982 World Ski Championships and Martin Johnsrud Sundby
, a Norwegian national team cross-country skier with one individual world cup victory.
The biggest success so far is probably the women's football team. While Røa was open for women participating in handball
and gymnastics
, football was frowned upon for quite some time. Women's football was started outside the club by Røa legend Ole Bjørn Edner and his daughter Kristine with friends. The team was finally recognized when they started winning the Norway Cup
in 1993. The team started in the fourth tier in 1994, and spent two years in each tier before they qualified for the first tier, Toppserien, in 2000. As the bandy team were relegated the same season, the football team took over as the main success. In an attempt to brand the team, a former bandy player came up with the nickname "Dynamite Girls", which has stuck since.
Røa's first season in Toppserien was a fierce battle to avoid relegation. In the last match the team saw it through. The next two seasons were a dramatic improvement, the team finished fourth (out of ten) both times. In 2004 Røa won both league and cup. After an abysmal 2005 season, they continued their dominance with a cup victory in 2006, a league victory in 2007, and a Double in 2008 and 2009. With in all eight trophies, Røa is the third most successful team in women's football in Norway (joint with Sprint-Jeløy
if one counts the proto-national league from 1984.1986).
The team has a host of current and former national team players. Among them are the 2007 World Cup players Siri Nordby
(captain), Guro Knutsen Mienna
, Lene Mykjåland
, Marie Knutsen
and Marit Fiane Christensen
.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division (fourth tier).
UEFA Women's Cup
UEFA Women's Champions League
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...
sports club from Røa
Røa
Røa was a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the Vestre Aker district.Røa is also a suburb of Oslo, located approximately 7 kilometers away from downtown Oslo. It primarily consists of duplex houses and apartment blocks as well as single-family...
in the borough of Vestre Aker
Vestre Aker
Vestre Aker is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.The previous municipality Aker was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.The borough of Vestre Aker was organized as part of the 1 January 2004 reform. Previous boroughs...
, Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. It was founded on 11 November 1900, and has sections for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
and cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
. Football, bandy and nordic skiing has been dominant in Røa. In bandy, the team has twice made it to the finals in the Norwegian cup, losing both to arch-rivals Stabæk
Stabæk IF Bandy
Stabæk Bandy is the bandy section of Stabæk IF, a Norwegian sports club from Stabekk/Bekkestua in Bærum, founded in 1912.They are a domestically successful club however they have failed to make a big impact in the Bandy World Cup.-Squad:...
. In skiing, the two foremost names are Olav Hansson
Olav Hansson
Olav Hansson is a Norwegian ski jumper from Vestre Aker in Oslo who competed from 1982 to 1987. At the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, he won a gold medal in the team large hill and a silver medal in the individual large hill.Hansson was known as "Stilhopperen fra Røa", and always...
, world champion team large hill ski jumping in the 1982 World Ski Championships and Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Martin Johnsrud Sundby is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2003. He won the team sprint event at the test event in Liberec, Czech Republic on February 17, 2008....
, a Norwegian national team cross-country skier with one individual world cup victory.
The biggest success so far is probably the women's football team. While Røa was open for women participating in handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
and gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, football was frowned upon for quite some time. Women's football was started outside the club by Røa legend Ole Bjørn Edner and his daughter Kristine with friends. The team was finally recognized when they started winning the Norway Cup
Norway Cup
Norway Cup is an international youth football tournament held annually in Oslo, Norway since 1972.The world's largest arenaNorway Cup has in modern times developed into the world's biggest football tournament with 1400 - 1600 participating teams every year...
in 1993. The team started in the fourth tier in 1994, and spent two years in each tier before they qualified for the first tier, Toppserien, in 2000. As the bandy team were relegated the same season, the football team took over as the main success. In an attempt to brand the team, a former bandy player came up with the nickname "Dynamite Girls", which has stuck since.
Røa's first season in Toppserien was a fierce battle to avoid relegation. In the last match the team saw it through. The next two seasons were a dramatic improvement, the team finished fourth (out of ten) both times. In 2004 Røa won both league and cup. After an abysmal 2005 season, they continued their dominance with a cup victory in 2006, a league victory in 2007, and a Double in 2008 and 2009. With in all eight trophies, Røa is the third most successful team in women's football in Norway (joint with Sprint-Jeløy
FK Athene Moss
FK Athene Moss is a Norwegian women's football club from Moss. It is named after Athena 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, when it was relegated...
if one counts the proto-national league from 1984.1986).
The team has a host of current and former national team players. Among them are the 2007 World Cup players Siri Nordby
Siri Nordby
Siri Nordby is a Norwegian football defender who plays for Røa in Norway's Toppserien league. She also plays for the Norway women's national football team....
(captain), Guro Knutsen Mienna
Guro Knutsen
Guro Knutsen Mienna is a Norwegian football player who plays for the club Røa IL in the Toppserien and for the Norway women's national football team....
, Lene Mykjåland
Lene Mykjåland
Lene Mykjåland is a Norwegian football striker.She currently plays for Røa. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team, having made her debut for the senior team on March 7, 2007, in a 1–2 loss against Germany.She started her career in Randesund IL, a district club in...
, Marie Knutsen
Marie Knutsen
Marie Knutsen is a Norwegian football midfielder.She currently plays for Røa in Norway's Toppserien league. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team.-Club career:...
and Marit Fiane Christensen
Marit Fiane Christensen
Marit Fiane Christensen is a Norwegian football central back.She currently plays for Røa in Norway's Toppserien league. She is member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team, having made her debut for the senior team on March 16, 2003, in a match against USA.- Club career :She started her...
.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division (fourth tier).
Recent history
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup Norwegian Women's Cup Since 1978, an official cup for women's clubs has also been played. The women's cup final is usually played on a Saturday, the day before the men's cup final... |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 2005 in Norwegian football Results from Norwegian football in 2005.-Norwegian Premier League :Vålerenga won the 2005 Premier League, while Aalesunds FK and FK Bodø/Glimt were relegated. Molde FK had to play two qualification matches against number Moss in the first division Results from Norwegian football in 2005.-Norwegian... |
Toppserien | 6 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 28 | semi-final |
| 2006 | Toppserien | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 24 | 39 | Winner |
| 2007 | Toppserien | 1 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 24 | 53 | semi-final |
| 2008 | Toppserien | 1 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 10 | 61 | Winner |
| 2009 2009 Toppserien The 2009 Toppserien was the twenty-third season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon. Running from 13 April to 31 October... |
Toppserien | 1 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 16 | 56 | Winner |
| 2010 2010 Toppserien The 2010 Toppserien was the twenty-fourth season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon. The season ran from 5 April to 11... |
Toppserien | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 33 | 48 | Winner |
| 2011 2011 Toppserien The 2011 Toppserien is the twenty-fifth season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon... |
Toppserien | 1 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 18 | 54 | Final |
Current squad
European history
Røa has participated in four seasons of UEFA competitions with their best result reaching the quarter-finals in 2009/10 losing in those to Turbine Potsdam, the eventual champion.UEFA Women's Cup
UEFA Women's Cup
The UEFA Women's Champions League is the first international women's association football club competition for teams that play in UEFA nations. Initially known as the UEFA Women's Cup, the competition has been re-branded since the 2009-2010 edition as the UEFA Women's Champions League...
- 2005/06: First qualifying round
- 2008/09: Second qualifying round
UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2009/10: Quarter-finals
- 2010/11: Round of 16