Misplaced Pages

Eirik Horneland (born 14 March 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne. He played as a defender and spent most of his playing years at Vard Haugesund before finishing his career at Haugesund. After retiring as a player, Horneland moved into coaching, first as an assistant manager at Haugesund, before becoming the coach of the Norway national under-19 football team.

Horneland returned to Haugesund as manager in 2016, where strong league finishes earned him a move to Rosenborg in 2019. Horneland resigned from his position after a run of poor results and became assistant manager at Brann in 2020. He was later promoted to head coach and won the Norwegian Football Cup with the club in 2023. After finishing runners-up in the league two years in a row, Horneland left Brann following the 2024 season.

Club career

Horneland started his professional playing career at Vard Haugesund in 1993. He spent twelve years at the club, which included a short loan spell at Haugesund, before moving to the latter in 2006. Horneland retired after the 2009 season.

Managerial career

FK Haugesund and Norway U–19

In 2010, he become the assistant manager of Haugesund, whilst occasionally featuring in friendlies for the club and matches with the reserves team. After five seasons at the club, Horneland left to become the coach of the Norway national under-19 football team in 2015.

He returned to Haugesund as head coach in October 2016 and led the team to several strong league finishes.

Rosenborg

In January 2019, Horneland was appointed new manager of Rosenborg. In June 2020, he resigned from his position shortly after the start of the 2020 Eliteserien due to poor results.

SK Brann

On 18 October, 2020, Horneland was appointed new assistant manager of Brann. After the sacking of Kåre Ingebrigtsen in July 2021, Horneland was appointed caretaker manager and later promoted to the role of head coach on 10 August. Following Brann's play-off relegation to the Norwegian First Division in 2021, Horneland led the team to a promotion to Eliteserien in the next season, where they broke the league record for points and goals, and received the league's Coach of the Year award. In 2023, Horneland led Brann to their seventh Norwegian Football Cup title and a UEFA Conference League play-off round, where they lost to AZ Alkmaar on penalties. After finishing second in the league for a second year in a row, Horneland left Brann in December 2024.

Saint-Étienne

On 20 December 2024, Horneland signed with Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne. He will lead his first training session with the club on 29 December. His debut will be against Reims in the league on 4 January 2025.

Managerial statistics (all official matches)

As of match played 1 December 2024

Honours

Manager

Brann

• Norwegian First Division: 2022
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2022–23

Individual

• Norwegian First Division Coach of the Year: 2022

References

1. Folvik, Herman; Stenersen, Steffen; Solheim, Eric Kjerstad (10 December 2024). "Eirik Horneland ferdig i Brann". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
2. "Avviser Horneland-comeback". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 25 January 2010. p. 23.
3. "Eirik Horneland blir i Norges Fotballforbund". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 27 July 2016. p. 17.
4. "Vender tilbake til FKH". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 13 August 2016. p. 40.
5. Sagbakken, Ole K.; Stendal, Christian Skare (21 December 2018). "Kun detaljer unna å bli presentert som Rosenborg-trener". Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
6. "Horneland ny RBK-trenee". RBK.no (in Norwegian). 3 January 2019.
7. "Enige om å avslutte samarbeidet". Rosenborg BK (in Norwegian). 25 June 2020.
8. Bøyum, Mads; Otterlei, Simen Sundfjord (10 August 2021). "Klubben bekrefter: Eirik Horneland er Brann-trener ut sesongen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
9. Hamre, Iris Katrine (29 October 2022). "Brann satte poengrekord i siste seriekamp - Kongsvinger og Ulf på kvalik". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
10. "Disse vant de gjeve prisene". OBOS-ligaen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
11. VG, Foto: Bjørn S. Delebekk / (20 May 2023). "Formspillerne avgjorde cupfinalen og sendte Brann til himmels". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
12. Bucher, Jonas; Jørgensen, Andreas; Arntzen, Mats (31 August 2023). "Horneland fly forbannet etter AZ-triks da Brann ble slått ut etter straffedrama". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
13. "Nå har han bestemt seg". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
14. "Saint-Étienne : le Norvégien Eirik Horneland officiellement nommé à la tête de l'équipe première" [Saint-Étienne: Norwegian Eirik Horneland officially appointed head of the first team] (in French). L'Équipe. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
15. Greenwood og Rabiot sentrale da Hornelands nye klubb ble knust

This biographical article relating to Norwegian football is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1975 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Haugesund
• Norwegian men's footballers
• Norwegian First Division players
• Eliteserien players
• SK Vard Haugesund players
• FK Haugesund players
• Norwegian football managers
• Norwegian expatriate football managers
• FK Haugesund managers
• Rosenborg BK managers
• SK Brann managers
• AS Saint-Étienne managers
• Eliteserien managers
• Ligue 1 managers
• Men's association football defenders
• Norwegian football biography stubs