2011 SK Brann season

Brann

2011 season
Manager	Rune Skarsfjord
Stadium	Brann Stadion
Tippeligaen	4th
Norwegian Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Kim Ojo (15) All: Kim Ojo (18)
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The 2011 season was SK Brann's 103rd season and their 25th consecutive season in the Tippeligaen.

Information

Head coach	Rune Skarsfjord
League	Tippeligaen
Shirt supplier	Kappa
Shirt sponsor	Sparebanken Vest
Average league attendance	12977 (-5,58%)
League result	4th
Norwegian Cup	Finale (1-2 against Aalesunds FK)
Top goalscorer	Kim Ojo (15 in league, 3 in cup, 18 in total)
Player of the year	Rudolph Austin

Season events

• January 6: Brann signed the Polish goalkeeper Piotr Leciejewski in a trade deal that sent Kenneth Udjus and Cato Hansen to the newly promoted Tippeligaen club Sogndal ^[1]
• January 13: Zsolt Korcsmár signed a three-year deal with Brann. The Hungarian center back spent the last half of the 2010 season on loan at Brann Stadion. ^[2]
• January 14: Christian Kalvenes signed a one-year extension to his contract. The local lad started his third spell with the club in June 2010 after a free transfer from Burnley. ^[3]
• January 26: Brann signed Juninho on a 6-month loan deal. The young Brazilian spent the last half of the 2010 season on loan at the club. ^[4]
• January 31: Erik Huseklepp was sold to the Serie A club Bari while Tijan Jaiteh went on a one-year loan to Danish side Randers. ^{[5] [6]}
• February 24: Brann signed Chukwuma "Bentley" Akabueze on a four-year deal. The young Nigerian spent four seasons at Odd Grenland before transferring to Brann. ^[7]
• February 8: Brann signed Nicolás Mezquida on a five-month loan deal from the Uruguayan champions C.A. Peñarol. ^[8]
• March 11: Erik Mjelde was announced as Brann's new Captain. The midfielder took over the armband from goalkeeper Håkon Opdal. ^[9]
• March 17: Brann announced the club's youth squad for the 2011 season. The five junior players are allowed to play up to three matches in the Premiership without a professional contract and the club does not have to pay training compensations (link) to the players former clubs. ^[10] This was a new rule set by the Norwegian FA to make it easier for clubs to utilise young national players on the highest level of Norwegian football.
• March 20: Brann opened the season with a 2-1 upset win against reigning champions Rosenborg. While Rosenborg were considered contenderes for the title by most experts before the season, Brann was deemed to have a tough season by most pundits, and many considered them relegation bound after losing key players like Erik Huseklepp, Petter Vaagan Moen and Jan Gunnar Solli and replacing them with Bosman players and youngsters. Kim Ojo scored and made an assist in his debut. ^[11]
• July 6: Brann signed Tadas Labukas on a six-month contract. The Lithuanian striker came on a free transfer from Arka Gdynia. ^[12]
• July 13: Nicolás Mezquida returned to C.A. Peñarol after Brann opted not to extend his loan deal. ^[13]
• July 15: Juninho returned to Desportivo Brasil after spending six months on loan at Brann. ^[14]
• July 18: Brann signed Maximiliano Bajter on a six-month loan deal from C.A. Peñarol. ^[15]

Squad

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   ISL Birkir Sævarsson 3 DF   NOR Christian Kalvenes 4 DF   NOR Lars Grorud 5 MF   JAM Rudolph Austin 6 MF   NOR Carl-Erik Torp 7 MF   NOR Hassan El Fakiri 8 MF   NOR Fredrik Haugen 9 FW   NGA Kim Ojo 10 MF   NOR Erik Mjelde (C) 11 FW   NGA Bentley 12 GK   NOR Håkon Opdal

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW   URU Diego Gustavino 16 MF   NOR Bjarte Haugsdal 18 MF   URU Maximiliano Bajter 19 FW   LTU Tadas Labukas 20 FW   BRA Juninho 21 DF   HUN Zsolt Korcsmár 24 GK   POL Piotr Leciejewski 23 FW   URU Nicolás Mezquida 25 DF   NOR Yaw Ihle Amankwah 26 DF   NOR Bjørnar Holmvik

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GAM Tijan Jaiteh (on loan to Randers)

Youth squad

Five players without professional contracts who are allowed to play three league matches each season for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   NOR Lars Henrik Skage 27 MF   NOR Kjetil Kalve 28 FW   NOR Kristoffer Barmen

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF   NOR Eirik Birkelund 36 GK   NOR Øystein Øvretveit

Team kit

The team kits for the 2011 season are produced by Kappa and the main shirt sponsor is Sparebanken Vest. Other sponsors featured on the kit are BKK (shoulders), JM (chest), AXA (left arm), Chess (upper back), Norne Securities (front of shorts), Coop Obs! (back of shorts) and Tide (socks). As of the 2011 season the Norwegian FA has made it compulsory for all Premiership teams to feature player names on the back of the shirts. On Brann's shirts the player's names are printed below the squad number.

Home [16]

Away [17]

Goalkeeper 1

Transfers

Players in Only first team squad transfers Winter 2010/11 Lars Grorud from Sogndal. [18] Fredrik Haugen from Løv-Ham. [19] Carl-Erik Torp from Kongsvinger. [20] Kim Ojo from Nybergsund-Trysil. [21] Piotr Leciejewski from Sogndal. [1] Zsolt Korcsmár from Újpest. [2] Juninho from Desportivo Brasil (loan). [4] Chukwuma "Bentley" Akabueze from Odd Grenland. [7] Nicolás Mezquida from C.A. Peñarol (loan). [8] Summer 2010/11 Tadas Labukas from Arka Gdynia. [12] Maximiliano Bajter from C.A. Peñarol (loan). [15]

Players out Only first team squad transfers Winter 2010/11 Cato Guntveit retired from professional football. [22] Eirik Bakke to Sogndal. [23] David Nielsen retired. [24] Gylfi Einarsson to Fylkir. [25] Jan Gunnar Solli to New York Red Bulls. [26] Petter Vaagan Moen to Queens Park Rangers. [27] Matias Møvik to Løv-Ham. [28] Kenneth Udjus to Sogndal. [1] Cato Hansen to Sogndal. [1] Erik Huseklepp to Bari. [5] Tijan Jaiteh to Randers (loan). [6] Summer 2010/11 Nicolás Mezquida to C.A. Peñarol (loan return). [13] Juninho to Desportivo Brasil (loan return). [14]

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2011 Tippeligaen

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	6	10	51	49	+2	48	9	3	3	21	15	+6	5	3	7	30	34	−4

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L
Position	6	2	3	5	9	4	2	5	3	8	6	6	7	5	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2011. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Brann v Rosenborg

20 March 20111	Brann	2–1	Rosenborg	Bergen
20:00	Ojo 11' Holmvik 42'	Report	Bakenga 68'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 16,732 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Lillestrøm v Brann

4 April 20112	Lillestrøm	1–4	Brann	Lillestrøm
19:00	Ujah 29'	Report	Ojo 7' Guastavino 10' Korcsmár 43' Sævarsson 69'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 7,416 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Brann v Fredrikstad

9 April 20113	Brann	0–1	Fredrikstad	Bergen
16:00		Report	Borges 5'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

Haugesund v Brann

15 April 20114	Haugesund	3–3	Brann	Haugesund
19:00	Sørum 8', 9' Mæland 26'	Report	Mjelde 1' Ojo 35' (pen.) Guastavino 39'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Brann v Molde

25 April 20115	Brann	1–3	Molde	Bergen
18:00	Mjelde 67'	Report	Diouf 10', 21' Chima 90+2'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,537 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Vålerenga v Brann

7 May 20116	Vålerenga	0–2	Brann	Oslo
16:00		Report	Ojo 14', 75'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 16,674 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Brann v Start

16 May 20117	Brann	2–1	Start	Bergen
18:00	Ojo 49' Austin 86' (pen.)	Report	Årst 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 17,237 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

Strømsgodset v Brann

19 May 20118	Strømsgodset	1–0	Brann	Drammen
19:00	Andersen 87'	Report		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 6,012 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Tromsø v Brann

29 May 201110	Tromsø	4–0	Brann	Tromsø
20:00	Rushfeldt 37', 75', 82' Høgli 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 4,844 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Brann v Sogndal

10 June 201111	Brann	2–0	Sogndal	Bergen
19:00	Guastavino 76' Haugsdal 82'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 11,503 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Viking v Brann

16 June 201112	Viking	3–0	Brann	Stavanger
20:00	Sæternes 6', 43', 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 5,623 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Brann v Aalesund

19 June 201113	Brann	1–1	Aalesund	Bergen
18:00	Ojo 28'	Report	Barrantes 48'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 10,814 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Sarpsborg 08 v Brann

27 June 201114	Sarpsborg 08	3–5	Brann	Sarpsborg
19:00	Roberts 20' Giæver 61' (pen.) Breive 63'	Report	Korcsmár 38' Mjelde 46' Guastavino 52' Ojo 76' Austin 78'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,472 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

Brann v Odd Grenland

30 June 20119	Brann	2–0	Odd Grenland	Bergen
19:00	Mjelde 30' Bentley 30'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,043 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen
Note: The match was postponed from 22 May 2011 due to the player strike.

Brann v Stabæk

3 July 201115	Brann	2–1	Stabæk	Bergen
18:00	Ojo 28' Mjelde 41'	Report	Hedenstad 72'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,010 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Fredrikstad v Brann

18 July 201116	Fredrikstad	4–2	Brann	Fredrikstad
19:00	Borges 8', 11', 68' Hansen 83'	Report	Grorud 18' Guastavino 32'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 10,304 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

Odd Grenland v Brann

31 July 201118	Odd Grenland	2–3	Brann	Skien
18:00	Brenne 59' Addo 84'	Report	Ojo 23' Guastavino 37' Haugen 63'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,575 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Brann v Viking

3 August 201117	Brann	3–2	Viking	Bergen
19:00	Austin 44' Guastavino 45+1' Haugen 85'	Report	Nevland 66' Sæternes 80'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,589 Referee: Tommy Skjerven
Note: The match was postponed from 24 July 2011 due to the 2011 Norway attacks.

Brann v Strømsgodset

7 August 201119	Brann	0–0	Strømsgodset	Bergen
18:00		Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,470 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

Stabæk v Brann

21 August 201120	Stabæk	1–1	Brann	Bærum
20:00	Andersson 62'	Report	Ojo 36'	Stadium: Telenor Arena Attendance: 7,246 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Brann v Tromsø

26 August 201121	Brann	1–1	Tromsø	Bergen
19:00	Austin 23' (pen.)	Report	Abdellaoue 45'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 11,639 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Molde v Brann

11 September 201122	Molde	2–2	Brann	Molde
21:10	Eikrem 8', 37'	Report	Grorud 66', 90'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,151 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Brann v Haugesund

16 September 201123	Brann	1–0	Haugesund	Bergen
19:00	Ojo 83'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 13,032 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Sogndal v Brann

25 September 201124	Sogndal	1–0	Brann	Sogndal
18:00	Hopen 37'	Report		Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 5,623 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

Brann v Vålerenga

2 October 201125	Brann	1–4	Vålerenga	Bergen
18:00	Korcsmár 79'	Report	Gunnarsson 21' Berre 35', 90' Ogude 83'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 13,942 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Start v Brann

17 October 201126	Start	3–1	Brann	Kristiansand
19:00	Hoff 39' Årst 43' Børufsen 49'	Report	Ojo 1'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Brann v Sarpsborg 08

23 October 201127	Brann	1–0	Sarpsborg 08	Bergen
18:00	Sævarsson 4'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 10,120 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Rosenborg v Brann

30 October 201128	Rosenborg	3–6	Brann	Trondheim
20:00	Lustig 21' Bakenga 86' Prica 90'	Report	Sævarsson 9', 58' Austin 15' (pen.), 18' Ojo 48' Mjelde 62'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 15,343 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Brann v Lillestrøm

20 November 201129	Brann	2–0	Lillestrøm	Bergen
18:00	Austin 27' (pen.) Ojo 72'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 13,004 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Aalesund v Brann

27 November 201130	Aalesund	3–1	Brann	Ålesund
18:00	Olsen 12', 81' Phillips 51'	Report	Mjelde 54'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,793 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Tromsø	30	15	8	7	56	34	+22	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rosenborg	30	14	7	9	69	44	+25	49	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Brann	30	14	6	10	51	49	+2	48
5	Odd Grenland	30	14	6	10	44	44	0	48
6	Haugesund	30	14	5	11	55	43	+12	47

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2011 Norwegian Football Cup

Tertnes v Brann

1 May 2011Round 1	Tertnes	0–3	Brann	Bergen
18:00		Report	Mezquida 18', 56' Austin 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Åstveit Idrettspark Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jon Ophuus

Fana v Brann

11 May 2011Round 2	Fana	2–3	Brann	Fana
18:00	Engeset 23' Dankertsen 42'	Report	Mjelde 77' (pen.) Ojo 89' Bentley 90+2'	Stadium: Nesttun Kunstgress Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Åsane v Brann

26 May 2011Round 3	Åsane	0–1	Brann	Åsane
18:00		Report	Ojo 30'	Stadium: Myrdal Gress Attendance: 1,204 Referee: Petter Kristiansen Toppe

Brann v Sogndal

22 June 2011Round 4	Brann	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Sogndal	Bergen
18:00	Guastavino 89' Bentley 116'	Report	Hovland 35' Halvorsen 102' (pen.)	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 11,503 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås
	Penalties
	Mjelde Guastavino Bentley Grorud Ojo		Solheim Halvorsen Flo Kader Hovland

Viking v Brann

14 August 2011Quarter Final	Viking	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Brann	Stavanger
19:45	Sigurðsson 65'	Report	Haugen 74'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 9,086 Referee: Tommy Skjerven
	Penalties
	Sigurðsson Val. Berisha Nisja Bertelsen		Haugen Ojo Labukas

Fredrikstad v Brann

21 September 2011Semi Final	Fredrikstad	0–2	Brann	Fredrikstad
19:00		Report	Guastavino 71' Ojo 85'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 12,068 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Brann v Aalesund

6 November 2011 Final	Brann	1–2	Aalesund	Oslo
13:15	Korcsmár 21'	Report	Barrantes 19', 38'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 25,032 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

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