Norrvalla Fotbollsförening

Norrvalla Fotbollförening
Full nameNorrvalla Fotbollförening
Nickname(s)Norrvalla FF
Founded1996
GroundVörå Centralplan,
Vörå,
Finland
ChairmanAndreas Gammelgård
CoachYankuba Ceesay
LeagueKolmonen

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.

Background

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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 specializing 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

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Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2000 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 8th
2001 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 3rd Promoted
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 6th
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 Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 7th
2011 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 6th
2012 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 6th
2013 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 7th
2014 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 9th
2015 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 2nd
2016 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 13th Relegated
2017 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 2nd
2018 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 4th
2019 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1st Promoted
2020 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa)

Club structure

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Norrvalla Fotbollförening run a number of teams including adult teams and a number of junior teams for boys and girls.[5]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Norrvalla FF – Historik". Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Norrvalla FF – Historik". Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Fotbollsföreningen Norrvalla FF". Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF. 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Fotbollsföreningen Norrvalla FF". Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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