Monday, December 24, 2012



Bot to FFK after Molde match

Adjudication and Sanctions Committee has decided to fine Fredrikstad FK for the supporters use of flares.


NFF prosecution committee Reviewed Fredrikstad FK to adjudication and sanctions range performance due to the club's supporters during the Premier League match between Fredrikstad and Molde 18 november 2012, where after the game should have been fired 3-4 flare from Fredrikstad supporters.

Pyrotechnic materials can only be used by the home team's supporters has been granted a special permit, and such use is in accordance with the NFF's instructions.

The reason for the general prohibition, application procedure and the strict guidelines for the use of pyrotechnic materials is that it is highly flammable and can cause injury.

The Committee finds that there was Fredrikstad supporters fired flares in the stands after the game, and the club is therefore responsible for the infringement that these people have committed.

Both general deterrence and individual deterrence considerations indicate that the relationship must be sanctioned.

Commission takes action constitutes a security risk and a danger, and that it must react harshly against such offenses.

In aggravating emphasizes that the use of pyrotechnics was happening on the battlefield, and thus the audience. This means that the action had a greater potential for injuries.

As a mitigating circumstance the joints is placed on pyro technique was of limited extent, and that Fredrikstad FK not previously been sanctioned for similar conditions, and that the club intensified surveillance and confiscated pyrotechnics at input control.

Fredrikstad, Football



Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football. The club was founded in 1903.
After suffering relegation from the then first division in 1984, Fredrikstad spent 18 years outside the top flight, before returning to the Premier League in 2003 after two successive promotions.
Fredrikstad stadion was FFK's home ground between 1914 and 2006. However, its facilities where outdated and the club moved to a new stadium on the other side of river Glomma. Their new ground is located in a former shipyard, incorporating parts of the old buildings in the two sidestands. FFK draw great support from their area and the official supporter club's name is Plankehaugen. More than 100 coaches filled with fans followed FFK to the cupfinal of 2006. The club's supporters also includes an Ultras section, Superas Fredrikstad.

FFK, Fredrikstad