Medkila IL
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| Full name | Medkila Idrettslag | ||
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| Founded | 1944 | ||
| Ground | Harstad Stadion, Harstad, Norway | ||
| Chairman | Evan Didriksen | ||
| Manager | Margunn Haugenes (women) | ||
| League | 1. divisjon (women) (women) 2. divisjon (men) | ||
| 2020 | 1. divisjon, 2nd (women) [1] | ||
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Medkila IL is a football team from Harstad in North Norway, most notable for its women's football team, which plays in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian women's football.
Medkila first came to prominence after winning the 2003 Norwegian Women's Cup while playing in the First Division. Medkila knocked out Leknes FK (1–10), Grand Bodø (1–5), IF Fløya (2–1), IL Sandviken (6–1) and Team Strømmen (1–3), and beat Kolbotn (2–1) in the final.[2] That same year, they were promoted to Toppserien for the first time. Medkila couldn't avoid relegation in their first season in the top-flight and were back in 1. divisjon for the 2005 season.
Five years later, they were promoted for the 2011 Toppserien, but as last time, they were relegated after only one season.[3] In 2012, they finished second in the First division, earning a playoff against Kattem for the chance to win promotion. They lost the playoff, but subsequently, Kattem withdrew their team from the league, and after Fart declined the offer to remain in Toppserien, Medkila were promoted after all.[4] In 2013, Medkila's women survived comfortably in 9th place in the Toppserien.[5]
Medkila also fields a men's team, which played in the Third Division (fourth tier) from 1995 to 2010 and again from 2013.
Recent seasons
[edit]Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2003 1. divisjon ↑ 2 18 13 3 2 57 27 42 Winner Promoted to the Toppserien 2004 Toppserien ↓ 10 18 2 1 15 12 65 7 Third round Relegated to the 1. divisjon 2005 1. divisjon 6 18 6 2 10 24 42 20 Third round 2006 1. divisjon 5 18 8 4 6 35 25 28 Second round 2007 1. divisjon 5 18 7 6 5 24 16 27 Quarterfinal 2008 1. divisjon 4 18 8 4 6 22 25 28 Second round 2009 1. divisjon 6 22 9 5 8 35 30 32 Third round 2010 1. divisjon ↑ 2 22 14 2 6 39 18 44 Third round Promoted to the Toppserien 2011 Toppserien ↓ 11 22 3 3 16 20 63 12 Quarterfinal Relegated to the 1. divisjon 2012 1. divisjon ↑ 2 22 15 4 3 48 15 49 Third round Promoted to the Toppserien 2013 Toppserien 9 22 7 5 10 27 44 26 Quarterfinal 2014 Toppserien 10 22 4 3 15 18 62 15 Quarterfinal 2015 Toppserien 11 22 5 2 15 28 63 17 Quarterfinal 2016 Toppserien 11 22 2 5 15 21 50 11 Quarterfinal 2017 Toppserien ↓ 12 22 1 2 19 9 69 5 Second round Relegated to the 1. divisjon 2018 1. divisjon 5 22 10 4 8 29 26 34 Second round 2019 1. divisjon 4 18 12 5 5 37 33 41 Third round 2020 1. divisjon 2 18 12 0 6 33 21 36 First qualifying round
Honours
[edit]- Norwegian Women's Cup (1): 2003
Current women's squad
[edit]- As of 18 July 2016.[6]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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| 1 | GK | Megan Kufeld |  United States
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| 2 | DF | Anja Rasmussen |  Norway
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| 4 | FW | Emilie Kristiansen | Norway
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| 5 | MF | Anna Wulff Iversen | Norway
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| 6 | FW | Martine Olsen | Norway
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| 7 | DF | Alexandra Jean Quincey (Captain) | United States
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| 8 | DF | Mette Aasvik Skau | Norway
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| 9 | MF | Kristine Amundsen | Norway
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| 11 | FW | Lotte Fossem | Norway
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| 14 | MF | Maria Hustad | Norway
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| 16 | MF | Ida Marie Fossem | Norway
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| 17 | DF | Marianne Linaker | Norway
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| 18 | DF | Louise Normann | Norway
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| 19 | FW | Hedda Jakobsen | Norway
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| 20 | DF | Rebekka Hansen | Norway
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| 21 | DF | Fanny Johansson |  Sweden
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| 22 | DF | Sigrun Linaker Dybvik | Norway
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| 23 | DF | Silje Helen Johansen | Norway
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Former players
[edit]Recent history men
[edit]Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2010 3. divisjon ↓ 7 22 9 5 8 56 41 32 Not Qualified Relegated to the 3. divisjon 2011 4. Divisjon 3 22 14 3 5 74 43 45 Not Qualified 2012 4. Divisjon ↑ 1 20 18 1 1 100 23 55 Not Qualified Promoted to the 3. divisjon 2013 3. divisjon ↑ 1 22 17 4 1 71 24 55 First qualifying round Promoted to the 2. divisjon 2014 2. divisjon ↓ 14 26 2 1 23 13 91 7 First round Relegated to the 3. divisjon 2015 3. divisjon 10 22 4 4 14 20 52 16 First qualifying round 2016 3. divisjon ↓ 12 22 1 2 19 21 80 5 First qualifying round Relegated to the 4. Divisjon 2017 4. Divisjon 8 22 7 3 12 36 46 24 Second qualifying round 2018 4. Divisjon 5 22 12 1 9 49 37 37 First qualifying round
References
[edit]- ^ "Tabell Toppserien 2013". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Verdens Gang
- ^ Soccerway Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Karlsen, Thomas (6 February 2013). "Medkila til Toppserien". Fotballmagasinet.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Table 2013
- ^ "Medkila Kvinner Senior A". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 18 July 2016.