Amazon Grimstad FK is a Professional Norwegian

women's football Women's football most often refers to: * Women's association football Women's football may also refer to: * Women's gridiron football * Women's Australian rules football * Ladies' Gaelic football * Women's rugby league * Women's rugby union ...

club from

Grimstad Grimstad () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the Grimstad (to ...

. It is named after the

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of Greek mythology. It was founded in 1999 when the women's football section split from

FK Jerv Fotballklubben Jerv is a Norwegian Association football, football club from Grimstad. ''Jerv'' is the Norwegian name for wolverine. They currently play in the Norwegian Second Division, 2. divisjon, the third tier of Norwegian football. History ...

. The senior team currently plays in the

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with :no:OBOS, OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon ...

following relegation from the

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

at the conclusion of the

2015 Toppserien The 2015 Toppserien was the 32nd season of top-tier women's football in Norway. A total of 12 teams contested for the league, eleven returning from the 2014 season and the one teams promoted from the First Division, Sandviken. The season started ...

Recent history

2015 squad

Lag
Amazon Grimstad FK

References

External links

Official site
{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Women's football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1999 Sport in Grimstad 1999 establishments in Norway