Vålerenga Fotball facts for kids

Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Oslo. It was founded in 1913. They are named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga. They finished as runners-up in the 2010 Norwegian Premier League, the last time they won was in 2005. Vålerenga's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion, the national stadium for Norway. Their current coach is Martin Andresen.

Current squad

As of January 15th 2010

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Lars Hirschfeld
3	DF	Andreas Nordvik
4	DF	André Muri
6	MF	Freddy dos Santos
10	MF	Lars Iver Strand
11	FW	Morten Berre
13	MF	Fegor Ogude
14	FW	Bengt Sæternes
17	MF	Mohammed Fellah
19	MF	Dawda Leigh
20	FW	Mostafa Abdellaoue

No.	Position	Player
21	FW	Luton Shelton
22	DF	Birger Madsen
23	MF	Kristofer Hæstad (Captain)
24	DF	Stefan Strandberg
26	MF	Bojan Zajić
27	MF	Adnan Haidar
28	MF	Harmeet Singh
30	GK	Frode Larsen
31	MF	Kristian Brix
33	DF	Amin Nouri
34	GK	Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn

Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
—		MF	Christer Jensen (on loan to Strømmen until the end of 2010)
		MF	Haakon Farstadvoll (on loan to Frigg until the end of 2010)

Images for kids

VIF players at Sotahjørnet in 1946.
Leif Eriksen was part of the group of players known as Bohemene.
Kjetil Rekdal joined Vålerenga in 2000 and became player-manager in 2001.
Morten Berre holds the record for most matches in the highest division for Vålerenga.
Vålerenga supporters in the stand nicknamed "The West Bank"
Klanen celebrating the bronze medal after the final game of the 2006 season