Kristiansund BK

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Kristiansund
Kristiansund BK logo.svg
Full nameKristiansund Ballklubb
Nickname(s)KBK, Uglan (The owls)
Founded2 September 2003;20 years ago (2 September 2003)
Ground Kristiansund Stadion
Capacity4,444 [1]
ChairmanVidar Solli
Head coach Amund Skiri
League Eliteserien
2023 1. divisjon, 4th of 16 (promoted)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Kristiansund BK is a Norwegian football club located in Kristiansund that currently plays in Eliteserien. The team plays its home matches in the 4,444-capacity Kristiansund Stadion.

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Kristiansund BK was formed in the autumn of 2003, when two rival clubs of Kristiansund, Kristiansund FK and Clausenengen FK, agreed to establish a new elite team.

History

Background

Since Magnar Isaksen won a bronze medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, many footballers from Kristiansund have played for the Norwegian national team, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Ole Stavrum and Georg Hammer. [2] In addition, players like Ola Lyngvær, Jan Erlend Kruse, Arild Stavrum, Ole Erik Stavrum, André Flem and Christian Michelsen have played for different clubs in the Norwegian top division, and Clausenengen has been called a "talent factory". [3] Nevertheless, the football clubs from Kristiansund have had limited success, [2] with Kristiansund FK's spell in the 1. divisjon in 1991 [4] and Clausenengen in 1999 [5] as the most recent.

2003–2004: Founding and development

In 2003, the local bank Sparebank 1 Nordvest initiated a merge between Kristiansund FK and Clausenengen, with the bank as the main sponsor of the new club paying 750,000 kr per year. [2] Kristiansund BK was founded on 2 September 2003 and replaced Kristiansund FK in the 3. divisjon, [6] with the other two clubs continuing to play in the lower divisions. Atlanten Stadion was chosen as the club's first home ground and Erik Brakstad was appointed as the club's first head coach. [7]

The club finished their 2004 debut season in second place behind Træff in their 3. divisjon group 18. [8]

2005–2016: Promotions

In 2005, Kristiansund won promotion to the 2. divisjon after beating Volda in the 4–2 win on aggregate in the promotion play-offs. [9] Brakstad left his position as head coach after the promotion and Ole Gunnar Iversen took over. In 2006, Kristiansund finished seventh in their first season in the 2. divisjon. [10] In 2007, Kristiansund moved to Omsundet at Frei due to the poor turf conditions at Atlanten Stadion. Ahead of the 2007 season, Geir Midtsian replaced Ole Gunnar Iversen as head coach [11] [12] and with New Zealand international Kris Bright on the team, who scored 23 goals in 26 matches for the club, [13] Kristiansund BK started to look like a contender for promotion and finished fifth in 2007 and fourth in 2008. [6] The team also eliminated Rosenborg in the second round of the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup. [14]

After finishing third in 2009, [15] the club's goal was promotion to the 1. divisjon, [16] and in March 2010 Kristiansund BK and Surnadal IL started a partnership with Molde FK for developing local players. [17] In August 2010 Molde FK loaned out Elias Valderhaug and Jacob Falch Meidell to Kristiansund BK to help out in the race for promotion, [18] but the team finished second behind Hødd. [19] After suffering bad results in the beginning of the 2011 season, Midtsian decided to withdraw as head coach in July 2011, [12] while his assistants Per Eirik Bentz and Torgeir Fredly were left in charge until the club hired a new head coach. [20] From July 2011, Erling Moe took charge of the team in the second half of the season and the team's results improved, leading to a second-place finish behind Bærum. [19] [21]

On 10 November 2011, Kristiansund BK announced that they had hired Geir Bakke, who had previously worked as assistant coach at the first-tier clubs Vålerenga and Stabæk, as head coach starting from 1 January 2012. [22] After playing 21 matches without losing, the club was promoted to the 1. divisjon on 16 September 2012, as winners of their 2012 2. divisjon group. [19] [23] Christian Michelsen succeeded Bakke as head coach in 2014. The club moved to Kristiansund Stadion in 2014 after several years playing at Idrettsplassen. After making the play-offs rounds in the 2014 and 2015 seasons of the 1. divisjon, Kristiansund BK were promoted to Eliteserien after finishing in first place in 2016.

2017–present : First Eliteserien seasons

Kristiansund began their spell in the top division with a surprising seventh-place finish in their debut season. The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup, the first time in club history they played the quarter-finals stage, where they were eliminated by local rivals Molde on away ground. The 2018 Eliteserien saw Kristiansund record their best ever league achievement: A fifth place with 46 points.

Recent seasons

SeasonDivisionPos.Pl.WDLGSGAPts. Cup Notes
2010 2. divisjon (gr. 2)2261745603555Second round
2011 2. divisjon (gr. 2)2241536552948Second round
2012 2. divisjon (gr. 2)1262222771868Second roundPromoted
2013 1. divisjon 93012612474442Second round
2014 1. divisjon 43013107533949Third round
2015 1. divisjon 3301479373049Fourth round
2016 1. divisjon 1301956473062First roundPromoted
2017 Eliteserien 730101010444640Quarter-final
2018 Eliteserien 53013710464146Third round
2019 Eliteserien 63011811414141Fourth round
2020 Eliteserien 53012126574548Cancelled
2021 Eliteserien 63014412414646Third round
2022 Eliteserien 15305817376023Third roundRelegated
2023 1. divisjon 4301488563850Third roundPromoted

Players

Current squad

As of 15 September 2023 [24]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael Lansing
3 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Christoffer Aasbak
4 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Marius Olsen
5 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Dan Peter Ulvestad
6 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Andreas Hopmark
7 FW Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Pape Habib Guèye (on loan from Aberdeen)
8 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ruben Alte
9 FW Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (on loan from Venezia)
11 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Franklin Nyenetue
12 GK Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Adrian Sæther
14 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Jesper Isaksen
15 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Mikkel Rakneberg
17 FW Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Brynjólfur Willumsson
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Sebastian Jarl
19 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Leander Alvheim
20 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Wilfred George Igor
22 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Håkon Sjåtil
23 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Heine Gikling Bruseth
24 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Awet Ermias Alemseged
26 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Max Normann Williamsen
29 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Marius Weidel
30 GK Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Serigne Mbaye
35 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Isak Aalberg
36 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Bendik Brevik
37 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Oskar Sivertsen

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2023–24 and transfers summer 2023.

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer

History of head coaches

Kristiansund BK head coaches from 2003 to present

History of league positions

2004–
2005
2006–
2012
2013–
2016
2017–
2022
20232024–
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4

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