Norrvalla Fotbollsförening

Norrvalla Fotbollförening

Full name	Norrvalla Fotbollförening
Nickname(s)	Norrvalla FF
Founded	1996
Ground	Vörå Centralplan, Vörå, Finland
Chairman	Holger Södergård
Coach	Sami Mannil Mikael Ström
League	Kolmonen
Home colours

Norrvalla Fotbollförening (abbreviated Norrvalla FF) is a football club from Vörå, Finland. The club was formed in 1996 and their home ground is at the Vörå Centralplan. The men's football first team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division).

Background

Norrvalla Fotbollförening was founded in 1996 after several meetings between representatives from the Vörå IF, Oravais IF, Maxmo Sportklubb and Hellnäs Bollklubb clubs. The idea was to create an organisation specialising in football.^[1]

The formal decision to found the club was finally made at a meeting held on 24 November 1996. A business plan was approved with the following objectives for 1997:

- To achieve an efficient organization
- To create their own identity so that all might know: "This is my football club"
- To create a working relationship with the parent clubs
- To create a sustainable economy for the new club
- On a sporting basis to create a solid platform to stand on for the coming year^[2]

Over the years the club has achieved these initial goals although many challenges remain. Norrvalla FF has its base at the Norrvalla Folkhälsans Rehabilitation Centre, where the bulk of training takes place, especially during winter, spring and autumn. Matches are played on artificial turf.^[3]

In their early years Norrvalla FF played in the lower levels of Finnish football. They played 3 seasons in the third tier, the Kakkonen (Second Division), in 2007 to 2009.^[4] However the 2009 season ended in disappointment when they were relegated back to the Kolmonen (Third Division).

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) Prelim. - 3rd Upper Section -3rd – Play-offs 2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) Prelim. - 1st Upper Section -7th 2005 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) Prelim. - 2nd Upper Section -1st – Play-offs 2006 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) Prelim. - 3rd Upper Section -3rd – Play-offs - Promoted 2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th 2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 13th Relegated 2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa (SPL Vaasa) 3 seasons in Kakkonen 5 seasons in Kolmonen

Club structure

Norrvalla Fotbollförening run a number of teams including 2 men's teams, 1 ladies team, 1 boys team and 1 girls team.^[5]

2010 season

Norrvalla FF Men's Team are competing in the Kolmonen (Third Division) section administered by the Vaasa SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Norrvalla FF finished in 13th place in Group C of the Kakkonen (Second Division) and were relegated.

Norrvalla FF /2 are participating in Section 1 of the Kutonen (Sixth Division) administered by the Vaasa SPL.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

1 Andrei Fedorov 2 Eirik Ingman 3 Mikael Ström 4 Veli-Matti Pentilä 5 John Kaustinen 6 Per-Axel Karlsson 8 Alban Shkreta 9 Robert Forss 10 Carl-Anton Karlsson 11 Ronnie Ludén 13 Magnus Backlund

14 Mikael Klemets 15 Oleksandr Androchcuk 16 Anton Ninburg 17 Tobias Björkström 18 Mathias Södergård 19 Christian Karv 20 Tobias Hanner 21 Magnus Bengs 22 Conny Nyman 23 Sami Mannil 30 Simon Björklund

^[6]

Notable Former Players

• Tim Sparv
• Tomas Nygård
• Dmytro Oleksandrovych Voloshyn

Footnotes

1. ^ "Norrvalla FF - Historik". http://www.norrvallaff.com/historik. Retrieved 08.07.2010. 
2. ^ "Norrvalla FF - Historik". http://www.norrvallaff.com/historik. Retrieved 08.07.2010. 
3. ^ "Fotbollsföreningen Norrvalla FF". http://www.norrvallaff.com/foereningen. Retrieved 08.07.2010. 
4. ^ "Finland - Divisional Movements 1930-2009". RSSSF Archives. 2010. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/finall.html. Retrieved 08.07.2010. 
5. ^ "Fotbollsföreningen Norrvalla FF". http://www.norrvallaff.com/foereningen. Retrieved 08.07.2010. 
6. ^ "Norrvalla FF - Herr 1". http://www.norrvallaff.com/herrar. Retrieved 08.07.2010. 

External links

• Official Club Website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup
• Norrvalla FF Facebook