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Vålerenga Fotball
Full name	Vålerenga Fotball Damer
Ground	Intility Arena; Oslo
Capacity	16,555
Head coach	Nils Lexerød
League	Toppserien
2024	Toppserien, 1st (champions)
Website	https://www.vif-damefotball.no

Vålerenga Fotball Damer is the women's football branch of Vålerenga Fotball. Based in Oslo, the team plays in Norway's top league, Toppserien.

The team first won promotion to Toppserien in 2011 after earning promotion from the First Division. This made Vålerenga the third Norwegian club with both a men's team and a women's team in the top-tier league, and the first club to have its own women's team win promotion to Toppserien, as the two other clubs, Stabæk Fotball and Lillestrøm SK, inherited another club's women's team.^[1]

In 2020, the club made record by winning the Toppserien and the NM Kvinner, their first major titles after finishing runners-up at the previous editions.^[2]^[3]

History

Founded in 1913, Vålerenga established a women's team for the first time in 1982. After several seasons in lower divisions, Vålerenga decided to make a restart in 1991. They temporarily put down their women's first team, and focused on building youth teams for the next five years. Based on the players coming through their youth teams, they restarted their women's first team in 1996 at the fifth tier of Norwegian football. They were promoted several times the following years, and played at the second tier in the 2000 season.^[4]

After spending years at the second and third tier, The team won promotion from the First Division to Toppserien in 2011. This made Vålerenga the third Norwegian club with both a men's team and a women's team in the top-tier league, and the first club to have its own women's team win promotion to Toppserien, as the two other clubs, Stabæk Fotball and Lillestrøm SK, inherited another club's women's team.^[5]

In the following years, Vålerenga established itself at the top tier of Norwegian football. In 2015, the board of Vålerenga Fotball stated that by 2020 the club should be a leading club in women's football.^[6]

After playing indoors in Vallhall Arena for several years, Vålerenga moved into the newly built Intility Arena in 2017. The first match played at the stadium was the Toppserien game against Kolbotn, which Vålerenga won 2–0.^[7] In 2017 they also reached the Norwegian Cup Final for the first time, which they lost 0–1 to Avaldsnes.

In 2020, the club won the Double, winning both the Toppserien and the NM Kvinner for the first time in the club's history.^[8]^[9] They won 2–0 against LSK Kvinner in the Cup Final, and were also ending LSK Kvinner's streak of six consecutive league titles. In 2023, Vålerenga won their second league title.^[10]

Vålerenga qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage for the first time in the 2024–25 season.^[11]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 September 2024^[12]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Tove Enblom
2	DF	NOR	Sara Hørte
3	DF	USA	Michaela Kovacs
4	DF	NOR	Iselin Sandnes Olsen
5	DF	NOR	Selma Pettersen
6	MF	SWE	Tilde Lindwall
7	MF	DEN	Janni Thomsen (captain)
8	MF	SWE	Linn Vickius
9	FW	NOR	Elise Thorsnes
10	MF	NOR	Olaug Tvedten
11	MF	NOR	Emma Stølen Godø
13	FW	NOR	Mimmi Löfwenius
14	FW	NOR	Mawa Sesay


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	NOR	Ylinn Tennebø
16	MF	NOR	Ronja Arnesen
18	MF	NOR	Thea Bjelde (vice-captain)
19	MF	ISL	Sædís Rún Heiðarsdóttir
20	FW	NOR	Tuva Espås
21	FW	NOR	Karina Sævik
22	MF	NOR	Tomine Enger
27	DF	NOR	Lina Klech
30	MF	NOR	Stine Brekken
31	GK	NOR	Thiril Erichsen
32	GK	USA	Jalen Tompkins
41	GK	NOR	Pia Grinde-Hansen
—	FW	SWE	Felicia Rogic

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	NOR	Ane Jørgensen (at Hønefoss)
29	FW	NOR	Mari Nyhagen (at Røa)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Director of football	Steinar Pedersen
Head coach	Nils Lexerød
Assistant coach	Aleksander Olsen
Player developer and analysis	Simon Hansen
Goalkeeper coach	Andreas Thorsen Schoute
Fitness coach	Luciano Arias
Head of medical	Helene Moa
Physio	Siri Nesheim
Equipment manager	Henning Aamodt

Notable former players

Managers

Period	Manager
2005–2007	Kjell Gustad
2008	Arne Berger
2009–2013	Cecilie Berg-Hansen
2014	Glenn Rostad
2015	Leif Tsolis
2016	David Brocken
2016–2017	Kjell Gustad
2018–2019	Monica Knudsen
2020–2021	Jack Majgaard Jensen
2022–present	Nils Lexerød

Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2010	1. divisjon	3	22	11	6	5	38	24	39	Second round
2011	1. divisjon	↑ 1	20	14	3	3	52	22	45	Third round	Promoted to Toppserien
2012	Toppserien	8	22	6	5	11	27	47	23	Third round
2013	Toppserien	5	22	8	8	6	41	37	32	Semi-final
2014	Toppserien	7	22	9	3	10	27	45	30	Third round
2015	Toppserien	10	22	6	3	13	22	42	21	Third round
2016	Toppserien	9	22	6	5	11	25	48	23	Third round
2017	Toppserien	7	22	10	4	8	38	33	34	Final
2018	Toppserien	6	22	10	3	9	37	35	33	Quarter-final
2019	Toppserien	2	22	14	4	4	41	24	46	Final
2020	Toppserien	1	18	11	5	2	39	14	38	Winners
2021	Toppserien	4	18	11	2	5	46	17	35	Winners
2022	Toppserien	2	18	12	3	3	48	12	39	Quarter-final
2022	Toppserien	2	6	4	1	1	16	3	15	Quarter-final
2023	Toppserien	1	27	17	8	2	68	28	59	Final