SK Haugar

SK Haugar
Full nameSportsklubben Haugar
Nickname(s)Terrierne
Founded19 October 1939; 85 years ago (1939-10-19)
GroundSakkestad Idrettspark, Haugesund
ChairmanJohn-Steinar Pedersen
Head coachesKent Michael Bøe (Men) and Hellen Cathrine Våge (Ladies)
League2. Divisjon (women)
5. Divisjon (men)[1]
Fourth Division / 3, 7th (men)[2]
Websitehttps://haugar.spoortz.no/

Sportsklubben Haugar is an association football club from Haugesund, Norway, established in 1939. Its top women's team plays in the Second Division and the top men's team plays in the Fifth Division.

The men's team has played two Norwegian Football Cup Finals, losing 0–7 against Fredrikstad in 1961[3] and 2–1 against Viking in 1979.[4] This qualified the team for the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup: in the first round, Haugar drew Sion 1–1 away and then beat them 2–0 at home.[5] In the second round, Haugar tied Newport County 0–0 at home, but lost 0–6 away.[6]

The team played their last season in the top division in 1981.[7] In 1993, it merged its elite teams with Djerv 1919 to create FK Haugesund. Haugar continued to compete in lower divisions.

  1. ^ "2 div. Kvinner avd 04 - Hordaland Fotballkrets". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Menn 4. div. avd. 03 - Rogaland Fotballkrets". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Cup final in Oslo, October 22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Cup final in Oslo, October 22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  5. ^ "First round". UEFA. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Second round". UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  7. ^ Fagerli, Arnfinn; Nilsen, Christian Lunde (1999). Norsk fotball-leksikon (in Norwegian). Orion. p. 350. ISBN 82-458-0398-7.