FK Athene Moss
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| Athene Moss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Fotballklubben Athene Moss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 27 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Melløs stadion, Moss (Capacity ca. 10,000) |
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| Chairman | Merete Kronseth Wilberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FK Athene Moss is a Norwegian women's football club from Moss. It is named after Athena in Greek mythology.
It was founded in 1996, replacing SK Sprint-Jeløy which was a former successful club from Moss. Athene Moss played in the Toppserien until 2001, when it was relegated. The club was later disbanded, but resurfaced on 1 January 2006, fielding teams on youth level.
During its first period of existence Athene Moss fielded such players as Heidi Støre, Agnethe Carlsen, Birthe Hegstad, Bente Nordby, Marianne Pettersen and later national team players such as Ingvild Stensland, Lene Storløkken, Lise Klaveness and Christine Colombo Nilsen.
