{{short description|Norwegian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Modum FK | image = ModumFK.png | alt = logo | fullname = Modum Fotballklubb | nickname = MFK | founded = 30 May 2007 | ground = Rolighetsmoen | capacity = | chairman = Eivind Kopland | manager = Benny Olsen, Øyvind Kjølstad | league = [[3. divisjon|Third division]] | season = [[2012 Norwegian Third Division|2012]] | position = Third Division/ 3, 2nd<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=1&t=18&u=7800 |language=Norwegian |title=Tabell 3. divisjon, avdeling 3 2012 |work=nifs.no |publisher=[[A-pressen]]}}</ref> | pattern_la1 = |pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1 = FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=000050|socks1=FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = |pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2 = 000050|body2=000050|rightarm2=000050|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=000050 }} '''Modum Fotballklubb''' is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club from [[Modum]], founded in 2007 as a merger between the first teams of [[Åmot IF]], IL Moingen, [[Vikersund IF]], Haugfoss IF, Bingen BK and [[Geithus IL]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Øystein |last=Sørumshagen |title=Stiftet Modum Fotballklubb |url=http://www.bygdeposten.no/Sport/article2798739.ece |newspaper=[[Bygdeposten]] |date=31 May 2007 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-10-10 }}</ref> The merger plans had been ongoing for some time.<ref>{{cite news |first=Thormod R. |last=Hansen |title=Ønsker ett fotball-lag i Modum |url=http://www.bygdeposten.no/lokale_nyheter/article2442486.ece |newspaper=[[Bygdeposten]] |date=30 November 2006 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-10-10 }}</ref>
It entered the league system for the 2008 season, taking the place of Åmot IF in the [[Norwegian Second Division|Second Division]]. Åmot started anew in the Fourth Division. However, already in the [[2008 Norwegian Second Division|first season]] Modum were relegated. In addition, Åmot won promotion, so in [[2009 Norwegian Third Division|2009]] the teams faced each other in the [[Norwegian Third Division|Third Division]]. However, Åmot was relegated after one season, while Modum have been playing in the Third Division since.
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==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130113013125/http://www.modumfk.no/ Official site]
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