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{{short description|Norwegian football club}}
{{Infobox football club
|  clubname = Mo
|  image    = Mo IL logo.svg
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|  fullname = Mo Idrettslag
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|  founded  = 5 May 1904
|  ground   = Sagbakken stadion
|  capacity = 1,000
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'''Mo Idrettslag''' is a [[association football|football]] club from [[Mo i Rana]], [[Norway]].<ref name="merger">{{cite news|url=https://www.an.no/rana/sport/fotball/stalkam-og-mo-il-slar-seg-sammen/s/5-4-645916|title=Stålkam og Mo IL slår seg sammen|last=Høgseth|first=Viktor Leeds|date=29 November 2017|work=Avisa Nordland|language=no|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
Mo IL was founded in 1904, as the first football club in Nord-Norge. In the first couple of years, Mo only played against teams with Englishmen working in the area, but on 7 June 1907 ''Ranen Kompani'' was beaten 2–1 in the first match between two teams from Nord-Norge.<ref>{{cite web |first=Per Bjørn |last=Pedersen |url=http://www.nrk.no/nordland/fylkesleksikon/index.php/Da_fotballen_kom_til_Nord-Norge |language=no |title=Da fotballen kom til Nord-Norge |work=nrk.no |publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]] |access-date=12 January 2012}}</ref>

One of the most memorable moments from the 2004-season was the 0–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=match&matchId=63694&tournamentId=110&seasonId=326 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718154301/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=match&matchId=63694&tournamentId=110&seasonId=326 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=Mo - Tromsø - NM, menn - 3. runde, 09.06.2004 |website=Altomfotball.no |date=2014-10-13 |access-date=2016-01-31}}</ref> loss against [[Tromsø IL]], fielding players such as [[Morten Gamst Pedersen]] in their starting eleven, in the third round of the [[2004 Norwegian Football Cup]]. On their way to the third round, they beat the second-tier team [[Strømsgodset IF]] 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=match&matchId=63428&tournamentId=110&seasonId=326 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719060924/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=match&matchId=63428&tournamentId=110&seasonId=326 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |title=Mo - Strømsgodset - NM, menn - 2. runde, 26.05.2004 |website=Altomfotball.no |access-date=2016-01-31}}</ref>

Mo IL narrowly missed out on promotion to [[1. divisjon]] in the [[2005 2. divisjon|2005 season]]. Having led the table for much of the season, their promotion chances were ruined due to form declination during the season-ending fixtures.

Before the start of [[2006 2. divisjon]], there was a media-hype around Mo's chances for promotion. Mo IL got off to a horrendous start of the season, going through the eight first matches without one single victory. Media was speculating whether the current manager, [[Thor André Olsen]], was going to be sacked. In an unlikely turn of events, a giant form leap during the autumn of 2006 took Mo from the very bottom of the table to a worthy fifth place at the season's end.

Mo was relegated from the [[2. divisjon]] in [[2010 2. divisjon|2010]], but won their group in the [[3. divisjon]] and won promotion in [[2011 3. divisjon|2011]]. Again relegated in [[2014 2. divisjon|2014]], a victory in the 3. divisjon in [[2015 3. divisjon|2015]] led to another spell in the [[2016 2. divisjon]].

Notable former members include the football coaches [[Trond Sollied]], [[Thor André Olsen]] and [[Charles Berstad]], as well as the former [[Referee (association football)|football referee]] [[Jonny Ditlefsen]].

== Recent history ==
:{|class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! 
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
![[Norwegian Cup|Cup]]
!Notes
|-
|[[2004 2. divisjon|2004]]
|[[2. divisjon]]
|align=right |'''4'''
|align=right|26||align=right|15||align=right|5||align=right|6
|align=right|51||align=right|30||align=right|'''50'''
|Third round
|
|-
|[[2005 2. divisjon|2005]]
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''2'''
|align=right|26||align=right|15||align=right|2||align=right|9
|align=right|59||align=right|44||align=right|'''47'''
|Second round
|
|-
|[[2006 2. divisjon|2006]]
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''5'''
|align=right|26||align=right|12||align=right|3||align=right|11
|align=right|60||align=right|48||align=right|'''39'''
|First round
|
|-
|[[2007 2. divisjon|2007]]
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''8'''
|align=right|26||align=right|11||align=right|4||align=right|11
|align=right|38||align=right|43||align=right|'''37'''
|Third round
|
|-
|[[2008 2. divisjon|2008]]
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''8'''
|align=right|26||align=right|11||align=right|3||align=right|12
|align=right|54||align=right|45||align=right|'''36'''
||Second round
|
|-
|[[2009 2. divisjon|2009]]
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''11'''
|align=right|26||align=right|6||align=right|10||align=right|10
|align=right|40||align=right|55||align=right|'''28'''
||First round
|
|-
|[[2010 2. divisjon|2010]]
|2. divisjon
|  style="text-align:right; background:#fcc;"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''14'''
|align=right|26||align=right|3||align=right|4||align=right|19
|align=right|26||align=right|85||align=right|'''13'''
||First round
|Relegated to the [[3. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2011 3. divisjon|2011]] 
|[[3. divisjon]]
|  style="text-align:right; background:#dfd;"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''1'''
|align=right|22||align=right|17||align=right|3||align=right|2
|align=right|79||align=right|22||align=right|'''54'''
||First round
|Promoted to the [[2. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2012 2. divisjon|2012]] 
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''9'''
|align=right|26||align=right|9||align=right|4||align=right|13
|align=right|41||align=right|49||align=right|'''31'''
|Second round
|
|-
|[[2013 2. divisjon|2013]]
|2. divisjon
|align=right |'''6'''
|align=right|26||align=right|12||align=right|4||align=right|10
|align=right|47||align=right|44||align=right|'''40'''
|First round
|
|-
|[[2014 2. divisjon|2014]] 
|2. divisjon
|  style="text-align:right; background:#fcc;"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''13'''
|align=right|26||align=right|3||align=right|4||align=right|19
|align=right|22||align=right|87||align=right|'''13'''
|Second round
|Relegated to the [[3. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2015 3. divisjon|2015]] 
|3. divisjon
|  style="text-align:right; background:#dfd;"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''1'''
|align=right|22||align=right|18||align=right|3||align=right|1
|align=right|82||align=right|25||align=right|'''57'''
||First round
|Promoted to the [[2. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2016 3. divisjon|2016]] 
|2. divisjon
|  style="text-align:right; background:#fcc;"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''14'''
|align=right|26||align=right|3||align=right|1||align=right|22
|align=right|31||align=right|94||align=right|'''10'''
||Second round
|Relegated to [[3. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2017 3. divisjon|2017]] 
|3. divisjon
|  style="text-align:right; background:#fcc;"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''11'''
|align=right|26||align=right|10||align=right|4||align=right|12
|align=right|54||align=right|63||align=right|'''34'''
||First round
|Relegated to [[4. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2018 4. divisjon|2018]] 
|[[4. divisjon]]
|align=right |'''3'''
|align=right|16||align=right|10||align=right|2||align=right|4
|align=right|58||align=right|19||align=right|'''32'''
||First round
|
|}

==Other sections==
In the past, Mo IL has had sections in other sports than football. From their now-defunct athletics section, [[Marit Hemstad]] participated in the European Championships. Famous politician [[Gerd-Liv Valla]] was a middle-distance runner for Mo IL as a teenager.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.footlive.com/team/mo-il/ Mo Idrettslag results]

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Defunct football clubs in Norway]]
[[Category:Defunct athletics clubs in Norway]]
[[Category:Sport in Nordland]]
[[Category:Rana, Norway]]
[[Category:1904 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:2018 disestablishments in Norway]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1904]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2018]]