Florø Sportsklubb is a Norwegian sports club from the town of

Florø is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Kinn which is in Vestland county, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjord ...

in the

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Kinn Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality ...

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. It has sections for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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and

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. The club was founded in 1912 as Florø FK. Florø FK was later incorporated into Florø-Varg, founded in 1929. In 1945 Florø-Varg merged with Atgeir, a worker's football club founded in 1931, to form Florø SK.

Men's football

Florø Stadion is their home field. Their team colors are blue and black.

History

The men's football team currently plays in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the

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. Florø was relegated to the 4. divisjon (fifth tier) in 2005, and promoted back to 3. divisjon in the following 2006 season. They played in 3. divisjon from 2007 to their promotion from the 2013 3. divisjon. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, the team played in the 2. divisjon. Florø won their group in the 2016 2. divisjon and was promoted to the 2017 1. divisjon where they finished in 8th position. In 2018, they were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Recent history

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Florø SK2

In some seasons, a reserve squad, Florø SK2, has been one of the Norwegian reserve football teams to compete in the lower tiers of the

. While Florø SK2 competed in the 2019 4. divisjon (fifth-level of Norwegian football), as of December 2020, the reserve club's page on the Florø SK

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Floro Football clubs in Norway Sport in Sogn og Fjordane Association football clubs established in 1912 Kinn 1912 establishments in Norway