Stabæk Fotball

Stabæk Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo. It is part of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club's name is an archaic spelling of the suburban area Stabekk, from which it once originated. The club currently competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of Football in Norway. Their home stadium is the Nadderud Stadion after a three-year-long stay at the Telenor Arena. Their current chairman is Espen Moe. Kjell Andre Thu is the current head coach of the club since taking over in December 2024.

History

After years of lean seasons, they won their first title in 1998 as they emerged victorious in the Norwegian Cup, beating Rosenborg BK 3–1 in the final. After having been relegated to 1. divisjon after a poor 2004 season, they experienced a successful period under new manager Jan Jönsson, during which they returned to the league in 2005, won the 2008 Tippeligaen, their first, and reached the final of the Norwegian Cup, culminating in a very successful 2008 season for the club. Stabæk subsequently won the 2009 Norwegian Super Cup but finished a disappointing 12th and 10th place in the 2010 and 2011 league seasons, respectively, thus narrowly avoiding relegation both times.

Stabæk holds longstanding rivalries with Bærum SK, FK Lyn and Vålerenga, both in the league and by geographical location. The team's home colors, entirely blue, have earned them the nickname “De Blaa” (The Blue Ones). In 2009, Stabæk became the first Norwegian association football club with both their men's and women's teams in the premier divisions. Lillestrøm followed suit the next year.

On 30 November 2015, Billy McKinlay was appointed as manager of the club on a two-year contract.

Stabæk plans to move to a new stadium in 2026 called Nye Nadderud.

The club's record home attendance was set on 13 September 2009, when 13,402 spectators attended Telenor Arena to watch a game against Rosenborg BK. The record attendance at Nadderud Stadion of approximately 10,000 spectators dates from the quarter-final of the 1970 Norwegian Cup, a game Stabæk lost 2–4 against Strømsgodset.

!scope=col|Season

!scope=col|League

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!Cup

!Notes

|1994

|1. divisjon

|bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2

|22||13||3||6

|43||32||42

|Third round

|Promoted to the Tippeligaen

|1995

|Tippeligaen

|26||9||6||11

|36||40||33

|Fourth round

|1996

|Tippeligaen

|26||9||9||8

|47||45||36

|Quarter-final

|UEFA Intertoto Cup

|1997

|Tippeligaen

|26||13||4||9

|33||35||43

|Quarter-final

|UEFA Intertoto Cup

|1998

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor=cc9966|3

|26||16||5||5

|63||29||53

|bgcolor=gold|Champions

|UEFA Cup

|1999

|Tippeligaen

|26||14||4||8

|58||49||46

|Fourth round

|UEFA Intertoto Cup

|2000

|Tippeligaen

|26||12||6||8

|59||33||42

|Third round

|2001

|Tippeligaen

|26||14||3||9

|45||39||45

||Fourth round

|UEFA Cup

|2002

|Tippeligaen

|26||12||6||8

|48||34||42

|bgcolor="#CC9966"|Semi-final

|2003

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor=cc9966|3

|26||11||9||6

|51||35||42

||Fourth round

|UEFA Cup

|2004

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 13

|26||7||6||13

|25||40||27

|bgcolor="#CC9966"|Semi-final

|Relegated to the 1. divisjon

|2005

|1. divisjon

|bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1

|30||20||7||3

|63||23||67

||Quarter-final

|Promoted to the Tippeligaen

|2006

|Tippeligaen

|26||10|||9|||7

|53||36|||39

|Third round

|2007

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor=silver|2

|26||14||6||6

|53||38||48

|bgcolor="#CC9966"|Semi-final

|UEFA Cup

|2008

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor=gold|1

|26||16||6||4

|58||24||54

|bgcolor=silver|Final

|UEFA Champions League

|2009

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor=cc9966|3

|30||15||8||7

|52||34||53

|Quarter-final

|UEFA Europa League

|2010

|Tippeligaen

|12

|30||11||6||13

|46||47||39

|Third round

|2011

|Tippeligaen

|10

|30||11||6||13

|44||50||39

|Third round

|UEFA Europa League

|2012

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 16

|30||5||2||23

|25||69||17

|Third round

|Relegated to the 1. divisjon

|2013

|1. divisjon

|bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2

|30||14||10||6

|51||46||52

|Fourth round

|Promoted to the Tippeligaen

|2014

|Tippeligaen

|30||11||6||13

|44||52||39

|bgcolor="#CC9966"|Semi-final

|2015

|Tippeligaen

|bgcolor=cc9966|3

|30||17||5||8

|54||43||56

|bgcolor="#CC9966"|Semi-final

|UEFA Europa League

|2016

|Tippeligaen

|14

|30||8||7||15

|35||42||31

|Fourth round

|Reprieved from relegation after play-off

|2017

|Eliteserien

|30||10||9||11

|46||50||39

|Quarter-final

|2018

|Eliteserien

|14

|30||6||11||13

|37||50||29

|Third round

|Reprieved from relegation after play-off

|2019

|Eliteserien

|30||10||10||10

|38||36||40

|Fourth round

|2020

|Eliteserien

|30||9||12||9

|41||45||39

|Cancelled

|2021

|Eliteserien

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 15

|30||6||7||17

|35||62||25

|Third round

|Relegated to the 1. divisjon

|2022

|1. divisjon

|bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2

|30||16||10||4

|62||28||58

|bgcolor="#CC9966"|Semi-final

|Promoted to the Eliteserien

|2023

|Eliteserien

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 15

|30||7||8||15

|30||48||29

|Second round

|Relegated to the 1. divisjon

|2024

|1. divisjon

|30||12||6||12

|57||59||42

|Quarter-final

|2025

|1. divisjon

|11

|30||7||10||13

|45||53||31

|Quarter-final

Records

Greatest home victory: 8–0 vs. Molde FK, 29 October 2006
Greatest away victory: 14–0 vs. Vestfossen IF, 12 May 2008
Heaviest home loss: 0–7 vs. Lillestrøm SK, 20 March 2011
Heaviest away loss: 1–8 vs. SK Brann, 24 May 2001
Highest attendance, Telenor Arena: 13 402 vs. Rosenborg BK, 13 September 2009
Highest average attendance, season: 9,472, 2009
Most appearances, total: 365, Morten Skjønsberg (2001–2011, 2014–2017)
Most appearances, league: 320, Morten Skjønsberg (2001–2011, 2014–2017)
Most goals scored, total: 111, Daniel Nannskog (2005–2009)
Most goals scored, league: 101, Daniel Nannskog (2005–2010)
Most goals scored, Eliteserien: 62, Daniel Nannskog (2006–2009)
Most goals scored, season: 32, Daniel Nannskog (2005)
Most goals scored, Eliteserien, season: 19, Petter Belsvik (1998), Daniel Nannskog (2006; 2007)

Players

Current squad

For season transfers, see List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2025–26, and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025.

Out on loan

Managers

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

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|Lars Tjernås

|1993

|1995

|Hans Backe

|1 January 1996

|31 December 1997

|Anders Linderoth

|1 January 1998

|26 May 2001

|Gaute Larsen

|26 May 2001

|28 September 2004

|Pål Berg (interim)

|29 September 2004

|30 November 2004

|Jan Jönsson

|1 December 2004

|31 December 2010

|Jörgen Lennartsson

|1 January 2011

|27 November 2011

|Petter Belsvik

|2 January 2012

|23 November 2013

|Bob Bradley

|3 January 2014

|10 November 2015

|Billy McKinlay

|30 November 2015

|8 July 2016

|Toni Ordinas

|8 July 2016

|27 June 2018

|Henning Berg

|4 July 2018

|6 June 2019

|Jan Jönsson

|11 June 2019

|4 July 2021

|Eirik Kjønø

|9 July 2021