Alta IF
Alta Idrettsforening is a sports club from Alta, Norway. The club is most known for its association football department, which played in the 1. divisjon until 2014. Alta currently plays in 2. divisjon, the third tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was newly promoted for the 2008 season; its last stint up to that time in the division came in 2005, when they finished last. The team finished 14th in the 2009 season. In 2012 a new relegation came after finishing last once again. It took them only one year to come back.
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| Full name | Alta Idrettsforening | ||
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| Founded | 29 May 1927 | ||
| Ground | Alta Idrettspark, Finnmarkshallen | ||
| Capacity | 3,000, 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Tron Møller Natland | ||
| Head coach | Vidar Johnsen | ||
| League | 2. divisjon | ||
| 2019 | 2. divisjon Group 2, 6th of 14 | ||
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They play at Alta Idrettspark, or indoor at Finnmarkshallen when snow and other weather conditions render the pitch unusable. Their attendance record of about 3,000 was set in 1995 against Rosenborg. Notable former players include Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen and Tore Reginiussen.
On December 11, 2018 Alta I.F signed Bryant Lazaro as the head coach, appointed to start January 1 2019.[1]
Recent history
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2001 2. divisjon 5 26 13 1 12 60 57 40 Second round 2002 2. divisjon 
26 18 2 6 79 38 56 Third round Promoted to the 1. divisjon 2003 1. divisjon 
30 3 4 23 31 76 13 Second round Relegated to the 2. divisjon 2004 2. divisjon 26 21 0 5 95 21 63 First round Promoted to the 1. divisjon 2005 1. divisjon 30 5 5 20 28 62 20 Fourth round Relegated to the 2. divisjon 2006 2. divisjon 2 26 16 6 4 75 36 54 First round 2007 2. divisjon 26 16 4 6 71 37 52 Third round Promoted to the 1. divisjon 2008 1. divisjon 14 30 8 2 20 49 66 26 Third round 2009 1. divisjon 6 30 12 6 12 50 49 42 Fourth round 2010 1. divisjon 8 28 10 6 12 41 51 36 Third round 2011 1. divisjon 11 30 10 9 11 45 51 39 Quarter-final 2012 1. divisjon 30 4 10 16 30 61 21 Third round Relegated to the 2. divisjon 2013 2. divisjon 26 18 3 5 71 35 57 Fourth round Promoted to the 1. divisjon 2014 1. divisjon 30 9 7 14 33 51 34 Second round Relegated to the 2. divisjon 2015 2. divisjon 6 26 12 6 8 65 43 42 First round 2016 2. divisjon 7 26 12 4 10 58 44 40 Third round 2017 2. divisjon 4 26 13 7 6 42 24 46 Second round 2018 2. divisjon 5 26 14 3 9 39 28 45 Third round 2019 2. divisjon 6 26 12 5 9 44 41 41 Third round
Current squad
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Out on loan
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References
- NRK (2018-12-11). "Har funnet Floviks erstatter". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2018-12-15.