Our home ground is Solahallen which is
located at a little town named Sola. The town has 18.000 inhabitants. Sola has its own
mayor, but is really more
like a suburb to Stavanger. Stavanger is a city with a
population of 110.000, including the surrounding areas
nearly 200.000. The city is located at the south-west
coast of Norway. Sola Innebandyklubb is one of the
oldest floorball teams in Norway. The club was founded
November the tenth 1988. We started as a group of pals
with approximately 20 members. The local leagues started
the following year. From the beginning Sola
Innebandyklubb have worked hard to get the sport known
and accepted in the community. As time past on we got
more ambitious. In the season of 1992/93 we won the local
county league and made it to the National Championship.
Here we got an unexpected 2nd place. That made
us aware of the possibility to reach further. We sat our
goal to reach the new-started elite league, and made it.
In the season of 1994/95 we played in the elite league.
At that time Sola Innebandyklubb had two men's teams and
one women's team with approximately 70 members
altogether. Even though we kept our position in the elite
league, we had to withdraw the team due to financial
problems. Nearly all the other teams in the elite league
were from the eastern part of the country, due to this we
had to travel long distances. As a result of this some
players chose to leave the club, but we managed a 4th
place in 1st division 1995/96.
The season of 1996/97 Sola Innebandyklubb started the
process of building a new strong team. After a bad start
with many losses we finally got the players to work
together as a team. With a great finish we got a 3rd
place in 1st division West. We are optimistic
about the future and our goal is to play in the elite
league within few years, this time with better financial
resources.
The season of 1997/98 organised leagues for young
players will finally be a reality also in Rogaland county. This is something we have worked hard to
achieve.
Sola Innebandyklubb will participate with a boy/girl-team
(age 12-16). This season Sola Innebandyklubb hope for an
income at about 70.000 Norwegian kroner (approximately
10.000 USD) which will give us a small surplus. This
season (97/98) Sola Innebandyklubb have got two boy's
team (age 12-16) and two men's teams, one in 1st
division West and the other in 3rd division
Rogaland. Altogether we got 66 licensed players.
