Staal Jørpeland IL

Staal Jørpeland Idrettslag, also known as just Staal, is a Norwegian sports club from Jørpeland, Rogaland. It has sections for association football, team handball and track and field. The club was founded in 1919, and the club colors are green and black. Their home matches are played at Jørpeland Stadion.

Staal Jørpeland

Full name	Staal Jørpeland Idrettslag
Founded	1919
Ground	Jørpeland Stadion, Jørpeland^[1]
League	3. divisjon
2022	2. divisjon group 1, 13th of 14 (relegated)
Home colours

The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, after being relegated from the 2022 Norwegian Second Division.^[1]

Football

The men's football team played in the Norwegian Third Division consecutively from 1999 until 2021. In the 2010 season, they were close to moving up to the Second Division. They finished the season in first place, but lost to Viking 2 in the promotion play-offs. In 2021, the club earned promotion to the Second Division after beating Express 4–0 in the last game of the 2021 season.^[2]

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Notes
	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P
2011	3. divisjon	3	26	20	3	3	76	24	63	Second round
2012	3. divisjon	2	26	16	3	7	75	33	51	Second round
2013	3. divisjon	2	24	15	4	5	64	35	49	First round
2014	3. divisjon	2	26	16	3	7	69	39	51	First qualifying round
2015	3. divisjon	9	26	10	7	9	52	53	37	Second qualifying round
2016	3. divisjon	1	26	16	4	6	59	28	52	First qualifying round
2017	3. divisjon	9	26	10	3	13	59	63	33	First round
2018	3. divisjon	8	26	10	7	9	52	46	37	First round
2019	3. divisjon	8	26	9	7	10	45	40	34	Second qualifying round
2020	Season cancelled
2021	3. divisjon	1	13	8	3	2	30	18	27	First round	Promoted
2022	2. divisjon	13	24	3	7	14	34	68	16	First round	Relegated

Source:^[1]

Current squad

As of 9 April 2022^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NOR Helge Bjørheim 2 DF   NOR Vidar Harestad 3 DF   NOR Espen Helland 4 DF   NOR Daniel Pollen 6 DF   NOR David Eie 7 MF   NOR Ørjan Bjørlo 8 MF   NOR Kristoffer Ramsland 9 FW   NOR Cairo Lima 10 FW   NOR Lars Edvard Danielsen 11 MF   NOR Aleksander Hinna 13 DF   BIH Jasmin Bogdanovic 14 DF   NOR Pål Fjelde

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   NOR Sivert Seljeskog 16 FW   NOR Even Østensen 17 DF   POL Daniel Ciach 18 MF   NOR Georg André Danielsen 19 MF   NOR Leo Buochentouf 21 DF   NOR Isak Tobias Asheim 22 DF   NOR Mats Gresvik Lunde 23 DF   NOR Josef Abinet Årvik 25 MF   NOR Jonas Antonio Halsne 29 FW   NOR Reino Rantasalo 30 GK   POL Rafal Zygmunt Dobrolinski — GK   NOR Magnus Bjørheim Mæland

References

1. "Staal Jørpeland IL". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
2. Haugland, Mats (30 October 2021). "Ventetiden er over - stadion eksploderte i lykkerus". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
3. "Staal Jørpeland A-lag herrer". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 April 2022.

• Official site (in Norwegian)