History of Molde FK
They finished third in the District VII table, but was relegated to the second tier due to a reconstruction of the league system.
Molde won only one of their fourteen games back in the top division, and was relegated after finishing in seventh place out of eight teams in Hovedserien's group B.
The club had limited success in the UEFA tournaments, never coming past the group stage, until reaching the round of 32 of the Europa League in the 2015–16 season.
The club was founded by a group of people gathered at Utstillingsplassen in Molde by Klaus Daae Andersen on 19 June 1911.
[2] On a general election on 24 April 1912, it was decided that the club would be named International,[3] perhaps because the opponents were primarily visitors from cruise ships or trading vessels,[4] or that it was to make room for the many Danes who worked in the Gideon engine factory.
The rising interest and activity in football in neighbouring towns caused the club to change its name to Molde Fotballklubb in 1915.
[5] During the World War I, Molde played few games due to lack of money, problems with their pitch and that eight of their players were called up to military duty.
[6] The poor economic situation in Molde Fotballklubb saw a change after a successful market held by the club in 1919.
Molde won only one of their fourteen games back in their top division comeback in, 1957–58 and was relegated after finishing in seventh place out of eight teams in Hovedserien's group B.
Jan Fuglset, Torkild Brakstad, Odd Berg and Harry Hestad, amongst others, played at Molde during this period.
[10] The club played in local lower leagues, save for a short visit in the top division in the 1957–58 season.
Ahead of the final match of the season, Molde would win the league if they defeated Sarpsborg and Viking lost against Strømsgodset.
Molde won the UEFA Cup first round first leg 1–0 at home against Swedish opponent Öster.
Åge Hareide was the head coach of Molde in the 1994 season, when they finished second in their 1. divisjon group and was thus re-promoted to Tippeligaen.
[21][22] Tarje Nordstrand Jacobsen, Ole Bjørn Sundgot and Arild Stavrum scored Molde's goals in the final.
[23] With six-straight wins, Molde stayed in the top two positions of the league throughout the season, but eventually finished second, 15 points behind Rosenborg.
In 1997, Molde finished fourth in the league, and Erik Brakstad replaced Åge Hareide as head coach ahead of the 1998 season.
The all-time attendance record at Aker Stadion dates from the 1998 rivalry game against Rosenborg on 26 September 1998, which was followed by 13,308 spectators.
Away at Mallorca were Molde one goal behind for a long time, but Andreas Lund became the big hero when he equalized on a penaltyin the 84th minute.
On the occasion of Molde's 100-year anniversary in 2011, the readers of the local newspaper Romsdals Budstikke voted 1999 as the best year in the history of the club.
[37] In 2004, the team led by Reidar Vågnes, former assistant coach under Erik Brakstad, but Molde only managed 11th place, four points clear of relegation.
[39] Bo Johansson left Molde after only one season with the club, and on Christmas Eve, Arild Stavrum was announced as the new head coach.
[42] In December 2006, Kjell Jonevret became head coach after Stavrum was fired, though Ove Christensen was the club's first choice.
[26] Conversely, Molde ruined Rosenborg's march for the double with a 5–0 win at Aker Stadion in the quarter-final of 2009 Norwegian Cup.
[48] Despite the poor performance by the team, Baye Djiby Fall, who spent the season on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow, became the first Molde player since Jan Fuglset in 1976 to be the top goalscorer in Eliteserien.
[53] However, Molde won the league later that evening, when Rosenborg, the only team that could mathematically have still beaten them to first place with two matches remaining, lost 6–3 at home to Brann.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær left the club to sign for Premier League side Cardiff City on 2 January 2014.
In the 2014 season, Molde won their first ever domestic league and cup double under new manager Tor Ole Skullerud.
On 29 April 2019 it was announced that Moe signed a contract as permanent head coach till the end of the 2020 season.
[59] Under Moe's lead, Molde brought in several key players with Eliteserien routine ahead of the 2019 season, such as Martin Bjørnbak, Ohi Omoijuanfo, Kristoffer Haraldseid and Erling Knudtzon.
