Stabæk Fotball

Stabæk Fotball

Stabæk Fotball is a club based in Bærum, near Oslo. Founded in 1912, it plays in Eliteserien, the Norwegian first division.

Stabæk is a club that takes social responsibility towards all ages. In recent years, they have strengthened their effort even further. After all, like most, they think that society is more than 90 minutes of football every weekend. The club works within the local area and tries to address its problems with humanity.

Its motto is “Always. No matter what.” 

Through the combined use of football and curricular activities, Stabæk wants to promote education and social cohesion. Some example of the projects that it Staebek FC carries on are:

One very important project carried out by Stabæk is their Street Football programme, which occurs two days a week, the whole year-round. It includes tournaments, leagues, and matches. All involved eat together, travel together and learn how to be a part of something larger than themselves. By being in this project over time, participants get the opportunity to work in the club on a matchday as volunteers and be in a position for work within the clubs’ partner companies or in other companies in the area, through their municipality collaboration. Whether participants carry out a short or long period of job training within the club,  Stabæk’s ultimate goal is to move players from the Street Football programme, after being addicts back into work, through taking part in this programme.

Another project is Match with VIVIL, an annual event targeted to people with disabilities.

The club works with the child welfare department of the municipality so that children can have free tickets and it also organizes one match a year, both for women and men, to celebrate the national Pride day in Norway.

One very important project of Stabæk is MOT. This is a life skills concept which aims to improve the social environment and basic quality of life of young people, by teaching them vital life and social skills in diverse environments. MOT works both for and together with the youth. Its main objective is to promote the development of strong young individuals within a safe and natural environment. MOT offers a comprehensive model for how the local municipality can work together with its members. This model consists of programmes designed to improve contact with young people at secondary and upper secondary schools as well as encompassing the arena of their leisure time activities. By the means of youthful interaction, exercises, stories, dialogues and role-plays young people become more conscious of the importance of making their own decisions, taking care of each other showing courage.
In 1997, MOT was founded by Norwegian top athletes. The two main pioneers were the speed skaters Atle Varvik and Johan Olav Koss. MOT’s 28 employees coordinate almost 4440 local representatives in Norway who are responsible for organizing MOT activities at the local level in their respective municipalities. About 65000 youth have taken part in the MOT programmes in Norway.