List of SK Brann seasons

Brann supporters with a tifo during the home leg against Barcelona in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals.

SK Brann is a Norwegian football club from Bergen, Norway. ^[1] 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. Since 2022 Brann have had a women's team playing in Toppserien.

Key

Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

QR = Qualifying round Q1 = First qualifying round Q2 = Second qualifying round Q3 = Third qualifying round PO = Play-off round GS2 = Second group stage

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R32 = Round of 32 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals

Winners

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Top scorer in Brann's division ♦

Men's team

Regional league era (1911–1937)

Results of league and cup competitions by season ^{[2] [3]}

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
1911	Kretsserien	6	4	1	1	28	11	9	2nd	—
1912	Kretsserien	3	2	0	1	17	4	4	1st	—
1913	Kretsserien	4	3	1	0	17	5	7	1st	R1
1914	Kretsserien	4	4	0	0	25	2	6	1st	R2
1915	Kretsserien	6	5	1	0	30	9	11	1st	R2
1916	Kretsserien	6	6	0	0	30	7	12	1st	R1
1917	Kretsserien	2	2	0	0	4	23	0	1st	Runners-up
1918	Kretsserien	6	6	0	0	31	1	12	1st	Runners-up
1919	Kretsserien	2	2	0	0	22	1	4	1st	R2
1920	Kretsserien	3	3	0	0	9	0	6	1st	QF
1921	Kretsserien	3	3	0	0	19	4	6	1st	SF
1922	Kretsserien	3	3	0	0	9	3	6	1st	R4
1923	Kretsserien	3	3	0	0	14	1	6	1st	Winners
1924	Kretsserien	3	2	0	1	11	0	4	1st	SF
1925	Kretsserien	3	2	0	1	5	3	4	2nd	Winners
1926	Kretsserien	3	3	0	0	12	2	6	1st	QF
1927	Kretsserien	8	8	0	0	59	11	16	1st	QF
1928	Kretsserien	5	4	0	1	29	8	8	1st	QF
1929	Kretsserien	5	4	0	1	21	4	8	1st	QF
1930	Kretsserien	5	4	0	1	25	4	8	1st [a]	R2
1931	Kretsserien	5	4	0	1	17	4	8	2nd	QF
1932	Kretsserien	5	4	0	1	23	3	8	1st [b]	R3
1933	Kretsserien	5	3	2	0	12	5	8	2nd	R4
1934	Kretsserien	5	5	0	0	23	2	10	1st	R2
1935	Kretsserien	7	6	0	1	28	6	12	1st [b]	R2
1936	Kretsserien	6	4	1	1	23	4	9	2nd	R2
1937	Kretsserien	6	4	1	1	10	7	9	1st	R3

National league era (1937–present)

Results of league and cup competitions by season ^[4]

Season	League										Cup	UEFA / Other		Top goalscorer(s) [c]
	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos		Competition	Result	Player(s)	Goals
1937–38	Norgesserien (VI)	1	10	5	2	3	31	21	12	2nd	R3	N/A [d]		Tom Faye	9
1938–39	Norgesserien (VI)		10	4	2	4	14	18	10	3rd	R1			Reidar Zahl	5
1939–40	Norgesserien (VI) [e]		7	3	0	4	15	16	6	3rd	R4			Leiv Naustdal Finn Strøm-Erichsen Reidar Zahl	5
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to World War II
1945	Kretsserien [f]	N/A	6	3	2	1	11	4	8	3rd	R2	N/A [d]		Sigurd Zachariassen Reidar Zahl	4 [g]
1946–47	Norgesserien qualifiers↑ [h]		14	9	3	2	53	15	21	1st	R4			Gunnar Skagen	22
1947–48	Norgesserien (VI)	1	10	9	1	0	38	5	19	1st [i]	QF			Sigurd Zachariassen	17
1948–49	Hovedserien (A)↓		14	1	2	11	25	43	4	8th	R4			Gunnar Skagen	9
1949–50	First Division (VI)↑	2	10	8	0	2	39	14	16	1st	R4			Gunnar Skagen	20
1950–51	Hovedserien (A)	1	14	5	3	6	24	30	13	5th	Runners-up			Gunnar Skagen	17
1951–52	Hovedserien (A)		14	8	1	5	27	21	17	1st [j]	R2			Sigurd Zachariassen	9
1952–53	Hovedserien (A)↓		14	2	3	9	9	36	7	7th	SF			Gunnar Skagen	9
1953–54	Landsdelsserien (B)↑	2	12	9	3	0	40	8	21	1st	R4			Gunnar Skagen	12
1954–55	Hovedserien (A)	1	14	5	4	5	23	24	14	5th	R4			Odd Mjåtvedt	8
1955–56	Hovedserien (A)↓		14	4	3	7	27	27	11	7th	R4			Gunnar Skagen	11
1956–57	Landsdelsserien (B)↑	2	12	9	1	2	40	10	19	1st	QF			Odd Mjåtvedt Roald Paulsen	8
1957–58	Hovedserien (A)	1	14	8	1	5	26	28	17	4th	R4			Hilmar Paulsen	15
1958–59	Hovedserien (A)		14	5	2	7	21	27	12	5th	QF			Thor Hafsås Rolf Birger Pedersen	8
1959–60	Hovedserien (A)↓		14	4	3	7	19	29	11	7th	QF			Rolf Birger Pedersen	9
1960–61	Landsdelsserien (C)↑	2	12	9	3	0	45	9	21	1st	R4	—		Rolf Birger Pedersen	22
1961–62	Hovedserien [k]	1	30	21	4	5	94	44	46	1st	SF QF	—		Roald Jensen Rolf Birger Pedersen [l]	35♦
1963	First Division		18	10	4	4	46	27	24	1st	R4	—		Roald Jensen	17
1964	First Division↓		18	3	6	9	17	32	12	9th	QF	—		Rolf Birger Pedersen	9
1965	Second Division (B)	2	14	7	5	2	25	19	19	3rd	QF	—		Knut Vatle	9
1966	Second Division (B)		14	7	2	5	19	13	16	3rd	R4	—		Harald Johannessen	9
1967	Second Division (B)↑		14	9	2	3	39	18	20	1st	SF	—		Jan Erik Osland	15
1968	First Division	1	18	8	3	7	31	32	19	5th	QF	—		Johan Johannessen	11
1969	First Division		18	6	6	6	20	26	18	6th	R4	—		Endre Blindheim	13
1970	First Division		18	9	5	4	18	11	23	4th	QF	—		Egil Austbø Harald Johannessen	5
1971	First Division		18	3	5	10	14	31	11	9th	R3	—		Kjell Øyasæter	4
1972	First Division		22	7	6	9	22	23	20	8th	Winners	—		Jan Erik Osland Kjell Øyasæter	9
1973	First Division		22	9	5	8	31	27	23	5th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Endre Blindheim Kjell Øyasæter	12
1974	First Division		22	9	9	4	36	20	27	4th	SF	—		Kjell Øyasæter	13
1975	First Division		22	10	7	5	36	27	27	2nd	R4	—		Bjørn Tronstad	12
1976	First Division		22	11	6	5	38	29	28	3rd	Winners	UEFA Cup	R1	Steinar Aase	21
1977	First Division		22	8	6	8	40	35	22	6th	R4	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Bjørn Tronstad	22
1978	First Division		22	11	3	8	52	42	25	5th	Runners-up	—		Steinar Aase	20
1979	First Division↓		22	3	4	15	18	40	10	12th	SF	—		Bjørn Tronstad	10
1980	Second Division (B)↑	2	22	14	6	2	40	21	34	1st	SF	—		Øyvind Pettersen	10
1981	First Division↓	1	22	5	7	10	26	40	17	10th	R4	—		Ingvar Dalhaug	7
1982	Second Division (B)↑	2	22	13	6	3	44	21	32	1st	Winners	—		Ingvar Dalhaug	14
1983	First Division↓	1	22	7	6	9	31	32	20	10th	R3	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Anders Giske	11
1984	Second Division (B)↑	2	22	14	4	4	61	28	32	1st	SF	—		Tore Hadler-Olsen	21
1985	First Division↓	1	22	8	3	11	26	34	19	11th	R4	—		Trygve Johannessen	12
1986	Second Division (B)↑	2	22	15	5	2	46	13	35	1st	R3	—		Halvor Storskogen	14
1987 [m]	First Division	1	22	7	3+3 [n]	9	25	28	30	8th	Runners-up	—		Odd Johnsen Halvor Storskogen	7
1988	First Division		22	7	4	11	16	30	25	9th	Runners-up	—		Odd Johnsen	12
1989	First Division		22	9	3	10	28	31	30	7th	R2	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Atle Torvanger	9
1990	Tippeligaen		22	11	6	5	34	25	39	4th	SF	—		Mons Ivar Mjelde	13
1991	Tippeligaen		22	6	8	8	21	24	26	10th	R4	—		Sten Glenn Håberg	7
1992	Tippeligaen		22	4	12	6	26	30	24	7th	R3	—		Trond Egil Soltvedt	8
1993	Tippeligaen		22	7	5	10	31	38	26	7th	SF	—		Trond Egil Soltvedt	18
1994	Tippeligaen		22	9	4	9	38	46	31	6th	QF	—		Trond Egil Soltvedt	17
1995	Tippeligaen		26	9	5	12	40	50	32	10th	Runners-up	—		Frank Strandli	13
1996	Tippeligaen		26	11	9	6	64	50	42	4th	R4	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Mons Ivar Mjelde	25
1997	Tippeligaen		26	15	5	6	59	37	50	2nd	R4	UEFA Cup	Q2	Mons Ivar Mjelde	20
1998	Tippeligaen		26	9	8	9	44	39	35	6th	SF	UEFA Cup	R1	Kjetil Løvvik	17
1999	Tippeligaen		26	16	1	9	45	40	49	3rd	Runners-up	Intertoto Cup	R2	Kjetil Løvvik	12
2000	Tippeligaen		26	14	5	7	53	40	47	2nd	R4	UEFA Cup	R1	Thorstein Helstad [o]	19♦
2001	Tippeligaen		26	12	5	9	63	48	41	7th	QF	Champions League	Q2	Thorstein Helstad [p]	20♦
2002	Tippeligaen		26	8	3	15	35	52	27	12th	R4	UEFA Cup	QR	Tommy Knarvik	9
2003	Tippeligaen		26	10	7	9	45	47	37	6th	R4	—		Petter Furuseth	10
2004	Tippeligaen		26	12	4	10	46	40	40	3rd	Winners	Royal League	GS2	Robbie Winters	26
2005	Tippeligaen		26	10	7	9	44	32	37	6th	QF	UEFA Cup	R1	Charlie Miller	13
2006	Tippeligaen		26	14	4	8	39	36	46	2nd	R4	UEFA Cup Royal League	Q2 QF	Bengt Sæternes	10
2007	Tippeligaen		26	17	3	6	59	39	54	1st	R4	UEFA Cup	R32	Thorstein Helstad [q]	27♦
2008	Tippeligaen		26	8	9	9	36	36	33	8th	R4	Champions League UEFA Cup	Q3 R1	Thorstein Helstad	13
2009	Tippeligaen		30	12	8	10	51	49	44	5th	QF	—		Erik Huseklepp	15
2010	Tippeligaen		30	8	10	12	48	50	34	13th	R2	—		Petter Vaagan Moen	15
2011	Tippeligaen		30	14	6	10	51	49	48	4th	Runners-up	—		Kim Ojo	18
2012	Tippeligaen		30	13	3	14	57	50	42	6th	SF	—		Kim Ojo	15
2013	Tippeligaen		30	11	6	13	46	46	39	8th	R3	—		Martin Pušić	13
2014	Tippeligaen↓		30	8	5	17	41	54	29	14th	QF	—		Jakob Orlov	10
2015	OBOS-ligaen↑	2	30	14	11	5	46	35	53	2nd	R4	—		Erik Huseklepp	10
2016	Tippeligaen	1	30	16	6	8	42	27	54	2nd	R1	—		Steffen Lie Skålevik	6
2017	Eliteserien		30	13	8	9	51	36	47	5th	R4	Europa League Mesterfinalen	Q2 Runners-up	Kristoffer Barmen	8
2018	Eliteserien		30	17	7	6	45	31	58	3rd	R4	—		Steffen Lie Skålevik	9
2019	Eliteserien		30	10	10	10	32	37	40	9th	R4	Europa League	Q1	Daouda Bamba	8
2020	Eliteserien		30	9	9	12	40	49	36	10th	Canceled [r]	—		Daouda Bamba	10
2021	Eliteserien↓		30	5	11	14	38	55	26	14th	R4	—		Aune Heggebø	11
2022	OBOS-ligaen↑	2	30	26	3	1	95	16	81	1st	Winners	—		Bård Finne [s]	23♦
2023	Eliteserien	1	30	19	4	7	55	35	61	2nd	QF	Conference League	PO	Bård Finne	29
2024	Eliteserien		30	17	8	5	55	33	59	2nd	R3	Conference League	PO	Aune Heggebø	15

Women's team

Results of league and cup competitions by season ^[13]

Season	League										Cup	UEFA / Other		Top goalscorer(s) [c]
	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos		Competition	Result	Player(s)	Goals
2022	Toppserien [t]	1	18 6	14 4	3 2	1 0	53 10	13 4	45 20	1st	Winners	Champions League	Q2	Maria Brochmann	16
2023	Toppserien		27	13	7	7	52	30	46	4th	QF	Champions League	QF	Maria Brochmann	14
2024	Toppserien		27	19	1	7	70	24	58	2nd	SF	—		Anna Aahjem [u]	19♦

Notes

1. Ended equal on points with Djerv and Hardy, who they beat in play-off matches for the championship.
2. Ended equal on points with Hardy, who they beat in a play-off match for the championship.
3. Goals in all competitions are counted.
4. Norwegian teams were not invited to join European competition until the 1960–61 European Cup.
5. The 1939–40 Norgesserien was abandoned following the German invasion of Norway. ^[5]
6. The 1945 season only saw competitive football played at the regional level.
7. Goalscoring data for the 1945 season is incomplete.
8. Due to the long break caused by World War II, the 1946–47 season saw the 20 different regional footballing associations host qualifiers for the 1947–48 Norgesserien. ^[6]
9. Knocked out by Viking in the quarter-finals of the championship play-offs.
10. Lost the championship final against Fredrikstad.
11. The 1961 and 1962 seasons were combined into a single "Marathon League" as part of the process of unifying the first tier of Norwegian football into a single national division. ^[7]
12. Pedersen topscorer in Hovedserien with 26 goals. ^[8]
13. The 1987 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
14. During the 1987 season draws in the league were decided by penalty shoot-out, with the winner receiving two points and the loser one. ^[9] Brann drew six games, and both won and lost three shoot-outs.
15. 18 goals in Tippeligaen. ^[10]
16. 17 goals in Tippeligaen, joint top scorer with Frode Johnsen of Rosenborg and Clayton Zane of Lillestrøm. ^[10]
17. 22 goals in Tippeligaen. ^[10]
18. The 2020 Norwegian Football Cup was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. ^[11]
19. 16 goals in OBOS-ligaen, joint top scorer with Gift Orban of Stabæk. ^[12]
20. The 2022 Toppserien was played with a play-off system. The top numbers represent the league phase where all the teams met each other twice, while the bottom numbers represent the championship play-off phase where the four best teams entered with a pre-determined amount of points before facing each other twice. ^[14]
21. 18 goals in Toppserien. ^[15]

References

1. "Sportsklubben Brann" (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
2. Berstad, Jacob L. (1938). Brann gjennem 30 år (in Norwegian). A. Garnæs' Boktrykkeri. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
3. Nielsen, Atle. Sportsklubben Brann - 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet. ISBN   978-82-516-2658-3.
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5. "Norgesserien 1939/40". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
6. "Kretsserier 1936". RSSF. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
7. "50 år sidan «maratonserien»" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
8. "Branns største bragd". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 22 September 2002. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
9. "1987 - året da norsk fotball bommet". Verdens gang (in Norwegian). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
10. "Toppscorerliste". NIFS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
11. "NM kvinner gjennomføres - NM menn avlyses" (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
12. "2022 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort" (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
13. "Sesonger". branntall.no (in Norwegian). Branntall. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
14. "Slik blir Toppserien 2022" (in Norwegian). Toppserien. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
15. "2024 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort" (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 27 November 2024.