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SK Brann is a Norwegian football club from Bergen, Norway. The club was founded in 1908 and is one of the most popular in Norway. They have won Eliteserien three times, and the Norwegian Football Cup seven times. As of 2024 Brann have played in the top tier of Norwegian football for 67 seasons, the second most of any club.

The list includes major honors won by Brann, as well as records set by the club and its players and managers.

Honours

League

• Eliteserien:
  • Winners (3): 1961–62, 1963, 2007
  • Runners-up (8): 1951–52, 1975, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2016, 2023, 2024
  • Third place: (4): 1976, 1999, 2004, 2018
• Norwegian First Division:
  • Winners (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
• Kretsserien:
  • Winners (22): 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937
  • Runners-up (5): 1911, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1936

Cup

• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winners (7): 1923, 1925, 1972, 1976, 1982, 2004, 2022
  • Runners-up (9): 1917, 1918, 1950, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1999, 2011

Awards

• Eliteserien Club of the Year
  • Winners (1): 2024

• Eliteserien Kit of the Year
  • Winners (5): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023

Players

All current players are in bold.
All stats accurate as of the end of the 2024 season.

Appearances

• Youngest first-team player: Håkon Lorentzen – 15 years, 280 days (against Start, Eliteserien, 9 May 2013)
• Oldest first-team player: Håkon Opdal – 39 years, 78 days (against Haugesund, Eliteserien, 28 August 2021)
• Most consecutive league appearances: 107 – Steinar Aase, 28 April 1974 – 1 October 1978

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, appearances as a substitute in brackets.

Players with most appearances for SK Brann

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Tore Nordtvedt	1963–1979	304 (3)	83 (5)	10 (1)	0	397 (9)
2	Geirmund "Geddi" Brendesæter	1991–2003	254 (21)	54 (4)	23 (0)	4 (2)	335 (27)
3	Erlend Hanstveit	1998–2008 2014–2015	231 (20)	39 (1)	30 (2)	16 (2)	316 (25)
4	Erik Huseklepp	2005–2010 2012–2016	248 (59)	28 (5)	23 (8)	9 (1)	308 (73)
5	Håkon Opdal	2001–2011 2019–2021	234 (7)	28 (2)	20 (0)	14 (0)	296 (9)
6	Fredrik Haugen	2011–2020	249 (51)	20 (7)	4 (0)	3 (0)	276 (58)
7	Azar Karadas	1999–2001 2007–2009 2014–2019	206 (134)	31 (10)	24 (11)	2 (1)	263 (156)
8	Ruben Kristiansen	2015–2024	228 (8)	12 (1)	14 (0)	1 (0)	255 (9)
9	Kristoffer Barmen	2011–2021	225 (40)	22 (6)	2 (0)	1 (0)	250 (46)
	Roy Wassberg	1989–1993 1998–2004	201 (14)	33 (4)	13 (1)	3 (0)	250 (19)

Goalscorers

• Most goals in a season in all competitions: 35 – Roald "Kniksen" Jensen and Rolf Birger "Pesen" Pedersen, 1961–62
• Most league goals in a season: 26 – Rolf Birger "Pesen" Pedersen, 1961–62 Hovedserien
• Top league scorer with fewest goals in a season: 3
  • Frode Larsen and Harald Johannessen, 1970 Norwegian First Division
• Most goals scored in a match: 8
  • Bjarne Johnsen v Aalesund, 26 August 1917
  • Bjarne Johnsen v Nornen, 5 May 1918
  • Trygve Titlestad v Årstad, 2 June 1932
• Goals in consecutive league matches: 8 consecutive matches – Rolf Birger "Pesen" Pedersen, 22 May 1960 to 31 August 1960
• Fastest goal: 11 seconds – Erik Mjelde v Haugesund, Tippeligaen, 15 April 2011
• Fastest hat-trick: 2 minutes – Kåre Kongsvik v Ny-Solheim, 22 September 1929
• Fastest four goals: 20 minutes – Bjarne Johnsen v Nornen, 5 May 1918
• Most hat-tricks: 20 – Finn Berstad (19 September 1920 – 12 May 1932)

Most goals

Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.

Top goalscorers for SK Brann

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Finn Berstad	1918–1935	57 (39)	78 (66)	0 (0)	0 (0)	135 (105)
2	Rolf Birger "Pesen" Pedersen	1957–1968 1972	86 (168)	42 (55)	0 (0)	2 (3)	130 (226)
3	Gunnar Skagen	1945–1956	69 (93)	48 (41)	0 (0)	6 (3)	123 (137)
4	Thorstein Helstad	1998–2002 2006–2008	89 (147)	10 (17)	4 (23)	1 (4)	104 (191)
5	Steinar Aase	1973–1978 1984–1985	63 (154)	27 (40)	3 (6)	0 (0)	93 (200)
6	Bjørn Tronstad	1974–1982	62 (124)	28 (35)	2 (6)	0 (0)	92 (165)
7	Roald "Kniksen" Jensen	1960–1964 1971–1973	61 (122)	24 (32)	1 (4)	1 (2)	87 (160)
8	Bjarne Johnsen	1916–1928 1930–1932	33 (21)	51 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	84 (71)
9	Bård Finne	2012–2013 2021–present	50 (127)	27 (22)	3 (10)	0 (1)	80 (160)
10	Kåre Kongsvik	1921–1922 1925–1932	39 (26)	35 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)	74 (59)

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

	Player	From	Fee	Date
1	Martin Andresen	Stabæk	12 million NOK	December 2004
2	Rodolph Austin	Portmore United	10 million NOK	February 2009
3	Petter Vaagan Moen	HamKam	10 million NOK	June 2005
4	Njogu Demba-Nyrén	Esbjerg	9.5 million NOK	January 2008
5	Daouda Bamba	Kristiansund	8 million NOK	August 2018
6	Magnus Warming	Torino	8 million NOK	July 2023
7	Stéphane Badji	Sogndal	7 million NOK	February 2013
8	Jan Gunnar Solli	Rosenborg	6 million NOK	March 2007
9	Joachim Soltvedt	Sarpsborg	6 million NOK	August 2023
10	Sakarias Opsahl	Tromsø	5.5 million NOK	July 2024

Highest transfer fees received

	Player	To	Fee	Date
1	David Møller Wolfe	AZ Alkmaar	30 million NOK	May 2023
2	Paul Scharner	Wigan Athletic	30 million NOK	December 2005
3	Seyi Olofinjana	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22 million NOK	July 2004
4	Thorstein Helstad	Le Mans	16 million NOK	July 2008
5	Mathias Rasmussen	Union Saint-Gilloise	14 million NOK	June 2023
6	Erik Huseklepp	Bari	14 million NOK	January 2011
7	Kim Ojo	Genk	8 million NOK	January 2013
8	Claus Lundekvam	Southampton	7 million NOK	July 1996
9	Stéphane Badji	İstanbul Başakşehir	6.5 million NOK	February 2015
10	Ragnvald Soma	Viking	6 million NOK	March 2006

Honours

Players with the most titles won at the club

• Roald "Kniksen" Jensen (3)
  • 1961–62 Hovedserien, 1963 Norwegian First Division, 1972 Norwegian Football Cup
• Tore Nordtvedt (3)
  • 1963 Norwegian First Division, 1972 Norwegian Football Cup, 1976 Norwegian Football Cup

Individual awards

Kniksen Honorary Award

• Per Egil Ahlsen – 1992

Kniksen Award for Goalkeeper of the Year

• Håkon Opdal – 2006, 2007
• Piotr Leciejewski – 2016

Kniksen Award for Defender of the Year

• Tore Pedersen – 1993

Kniksen Award for Midfielder of the Year

• Per Egil Ahlsen – 1990

Kniksen Award for Attacker of the Year

• Mons Ivar Mjelde – 1996
• Thorstein Helstad – 2000, 2007

First Division Player of the Year

• Mathias Rasmussen – 2022

Bataljonen's Brann Player of the Year

• Roy Wassberg – 2000
• Raymond Kvisvik – 2001, 2003
• Tommy Knarvik – 2002
• Ragnvald Soma – 2004
• Paul Scharner – 2005
• Håkon Opdal – 2006, 2019
• Thorstein Helstad – 2007
• Ólafur Örn Bjarnason – 2008
• Erik Huseklepp – 2009
• Petter Vaagan Moen – 2010
• Rodolph Austin – 2011
• Piotr Leciejewski – 2012, 2013
• Stéphane Badji – 2014
• Vadim Demidov – 2015, 2016
• Vito Wormgoor – 2017
• Fredrik Haugen – 2018
• Ole Martin Kolskogen – 2020
• Ruben Kristiansen – 2021
• Mathias Rasmussen – 2022
• Bård Finne – 2023
• Felix Horn Myhre – 2024

Bataljonen's Young Brann Player of the Year

• Arve Walde – 2004
• Kristoffer Larsen – 2012
• Henrik Gjesdal – 2013
• Kasper Skaanes – 2014
• Markus Olsen Pettersen – 2018
• Ole Martin Kolskogen – 2020
• David Møller Wolfe – 2022
• Jonas Torsvik – 2023
• Eivind Helland – 2024

International

First international:

• Sigurd Wathne against Sweden (26 May 1918)

Most international caps (total):

• Birkir Már Sævarsson – 103

Most international caps as a Brann player

• Birkir Már Sævarsson – 38

Managers

• First manager: Donald Colman
• Longest-serving manager: Oddvar Hansen (1955–1957, 1960–1963, 1965–1968)

Individual awards

Kniksen Award for Manager of the Year

• Mons Ivar Mjelde – 2007
• Lars Arne Nilsen – 2016

Eliteserien Manager of the Year

• Eirik Horneland – 2023

First Division Manager of the Year

• Eirik Horneland – 2022

Team records

Matches

• First match: 1–1 v Bergens FK, 1 January 1909
• First competitive match: 8–0 v Bergens SK, 21 June 1911
• First Norwegian Football Cup match: 4–6 v Stavanger, 14 September 1913
• First competitive match at Brann Stadion: 2–1 v Trygg, 10 August 1919
• First Norgesserien match: 1–2 v Djerv, 3 August 1937
• First Hovedserien match: 3–4 v Vålerenga, 31 July 1948
• First 1. divisjon match: 0–2 v Gjøvik-Lyn, 28 April 1963
• First Tippeligaen match: 1–0 v Strømsgodset, 28 April 1990
• First Eliteserien match: 1–1 v Tromsø, 2 April 2017
• First European match: 2–0 v Gżira United, 19 September 1973

Record wins

• Record win: 17–0 v Hardy, Kretsserien, 18 May 1919
• Record league win: 17–0 v Hardy, Kretsserien, 18 May 1919
• Record Norwegian Football Cup win:

14–0 v Aalesund, 26 August 1917

14–0 v Hovding, 17 April 2013

• Record European win: 8–0 v Carmarthen Town, Europa League first qualifying round, first leg, 19 July 2007
• Record home win: 17–0 v Hardy, Kretsserien, 18 May 1919
• Record away win:

14–0 v Aalesund, Norwegian Football Cup, 26 August 1917

14–0 v Hovding, Norwegian Football Cup, 17 April 2013

Record defeats

• Record defeat: 0–10 v Rosenborg, Tippeligaen, 5 May 1996
• Record league defeat: 0–10 v Rosenborg, Tippeligaen, 5 May 1996
• Record Norwegian Football Cup defeat: 0-8

v Kvik Halden, 26 September 1915

v Molde, 23 July 2008

• Record European defeat: 0–7 v Queens Park Rangers, UEFA Cup, 29 September 1976
• Record home defeat:

1–8 v Skeid, Norwegian Football Cup, 3 July 1938

0–7 v Moss, Norwegian Football Cup, 8 September 1940

1–8 v Fredrikstad, Hovedserien, 24 August 1952

0–7 v Lyn, 1. divisjon, 8 August 1964

0–7 v Queens Park Rangers, UEFA Cup, 29 September 1976

• Record away defeat: 10–0 v Rosenborg, Tippeligaen, 5 May 1996

Streaks

• Longest winning streak (all competitions): 12 matches
  • 9 May 2022 to 7 July 2022
  • 18 July 2022 to 2 October 2022
• Longest unbeaten streak (all competitions): 29 matches, 3 April 2022 to 2 October 2022
• Longest winless streak (all competitions): 13 matches, 21 August 1948 to 26 May 1949
• Longest losing streak (all competitions): 6 matches
  • 10 September 1989 to 8 October 1989
  • 12 August 2002 to 1 September 2002
  • 9 May 2021 to 27 May 2021
• Longest winning streak (league): 12 matches, 18 July 2022 to 2 October 2022
• Longest unbeaten streak (league): 26 matches, 3 April 2022 to 2 October 2022
• Longest drawing streak (league): 8 matches, 16 August 1992 to 18 October 1992
• Longest winless streak (league): 12 matches, 24 June 1979 to 14 October 1979
• Longest losing streak (league): 6 matches
  • 6 August 1979 to 16 September 1979
  • 13 July 1981 to 23 August 1981
  • 9 May 2021 to 27 May 2021
• Longest scoring streak (league): 33 matches, 5 December 2021 to 10 April 2023
• Longest non-scoring streak (league): 5 matches, 14 June 1964 to 13 August 1964
• Longest clean sheet streak (league): 7 matches, 14 August 2022 to 2 October 2022
• Longest goal conceding streak (league): 27 matches, 21 August 1994 to 27 August 1995

Wins/draws/defeats in a season

• Most wins in a league season: 26 – 2022
• Most draws in a league season: 12 – 1992
• Most defeats in a league season: 17 – 2014
• Fewest wins in a league season: 1 – 1948–49
• Fewest draws in a league season: 0 – 1949–50
• Fewest defeats in a league season: 0 – 1947–48, 1953–54, 1960–61

Goals

• Most league goals scored in a season: 95 – 2022
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 9 – 1952–53
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 55 – 2021
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 5 – 1947–48

Points

• Most points in a season:

Two points for a win:

46 in 30 matches, 1961–62

35 in 22 matches, 1986

24 in 18 matches, 1963

21 in 14 matches, 1946–47

21 in 12 matches, 1953–54, 1960–61

19 in 10 matches, 1947–48

Three points for a win:

81 in 30 matches, 2022

54 in 26 matches, 2007

39 in 22 matches, 1990

• Fewest points in a season:

Two points for a win:

46 in 30 matches, 1961–62

10 in 22 matches, 1979

11 in 18 matches, 1971

4 in 14 matches, 1948–49

19 in 12 matches, 1956–57

10 in 10 matches, 1938–39

Three points for a win:

26 in 30 matches, 2021

27 in 26 matches, 2002

24 in 22 matches, 1992

Attendances

• Highest home game attendance: 24,800 v Fredrikstad, 1 October 1961
• Highest away game attendance: 55,000 v Marseille, 27 August 2008
• Highest season average attendance (league): 17,225 (2007)
• Lowest season average attendance (league): 5,531 (1948–49)
• Seasons with highest average league attendance in Norway: 17 (1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2023, 2024)

Season-by-season performance

Notes

1. Prior to the 1937–38 League of Norway the highest level of league play in Norway were various regional leagues organised by local footballing associations.
2. Excluding seasons affected by COVID-19 restrictions

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