Verdal Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from

Verdalsøra Verdalsøra or Verdal is a town in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva. The village of Vinne ...

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

. 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 ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

weightlifting Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

and

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

. It was established on 21 May 1920 as a merger between ''Værdalens SL'', founded 12 December 1916, and ''FK Falken''. The club counts 1916 as its founding year. In 1984 the

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

section formed its own club ''Verdal FIK''.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It contested a playoff to win promotion to the First Division in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, but failed. It last played in the Second Division in

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. It then won its Third Division group and contested playoffs to the Second Division in

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, but failed both times. In 2011 they signed former Tippeliga player Trond Viggo Toresen from Levanger FK, he played a role as Playing Coach along with Head Coach Nils Petter Austad. He proved to be an important figure in the battle for promotion to Second Division, which ended in a 3rd place and no promotion. The women's football team played in the Norwegian Premier League in

and

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. In December 2004 the women's section started a cooperation team in the region, named Verdal FK. This was later disclosed after little success and internal disputes.

Recent history

References

Official site
{{Eliteserien teamlist Football clubs in Norway Sport in Trøndelag Verdal Association football clubs established in 1916 Defunct athletics clubs in Norway 1916 establishments in Norway