The Sandnes Oilers were an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
team based in
Sandnes
Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. They were members of the
Norway American Football Federation (NoAFF). The team was founded in 1991 and was based in
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
before moving to Sandnes in 1992. The team played its first season in 1993, winning all its games in the NoAFF Division II. The team played its home games at
Giskebanen Field in Sandnes. The Oilers competed in NoAFF Division I between 1994 and 1998 followed by three seasons in Division II before returning to Division I play in 2002 and continuing until 2007.
In addition to fielding a team at the senior level (ages 18 and above), the Oilers fielded an U-19 team from 1995 until 2002, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1998 with an 8-0 record (136 points for, 0 points against).
Currently, the only American Football team in Stavanger/Sandnes area is th
Lura Bulls
Notable players
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Håkon Strande Henriksen
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Raymond Rød
External links
NoAFF Official WebsiteLura Bulls Official Website
American football teams in Norway
1991 establishments in Norway
American football teams established in 1991
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