Torvastad IL is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

sports club from the district

Torvastad Torvastad is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Haugesund (from 1838 until 1855), and after that it was the village of Torvastad on the i ...

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on ...

. 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 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...

and

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

, and was founded on 6 August 1945. The men's football team currently resides in the Fourth Division (fifth tier), having last played in the Third Division in

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. Before that they had a Third Division run from

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

. Notable former players include

Egil Østenstad Egil Johan Østenstad (; born 2 January 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started and ended his career at Viking, before going on to play in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers an ...

. The women's team has existed since 1974, and young players from Torvastad who have gone on to bigger clubs include

Janne Stange Janne Stange (born 24 June 1986) is a Norwegian football defender who grew up on the west-coast island of Karmøy near Haugesund. Later she moved to Oslo, and in the top women's league, the Toppserien, she played for Asker, and then in 2009 for ...

and

Solfrid Andersen Solfrid Annette Andersen Dahle (born 13 May 1982) is a Norwegian football striker who mostly played for Trondheims-Ørn of the Norwegian Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 19 ...

. The orienteerer

Anne Margrethe Hausken Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg (born 23 January 1976) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, World champion and European champion. She took the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup. World championships Hausken finished second in ''sprint'' ...

also represents the club.

External links

Official site

Club history
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