SK Brann

SK Brann (162021)
managed by Eilanda
Full name	Sportsklubben Brann
Abbreviation	SKB
Nickname	The Reds
Founded	26.10.07 as S.K BRANN
Location	Troms, Norge
Ground	Brann Stadion
Size	60.000
Fanclub	Brann Bataljonen Bergen
President	Morten Bjørge
Coach	Hauke Palombini
League	V.35
Pos. (last season)	2
Homepage	[hattrickunited.org/skbrann]
updated on: 15.03.14

Team kits

Home kit Away kit

Trophies

Season 42 Season 39 Season 37

History

SK Brann is a hattrick club founded by Eilanda. This historical moment happened on October 26, 2007. Brann is located in Troms, Norge, and they play their matches at the honorable Brann Stadion. Future stars are coming from their youth club SK Brann Football Academy. The biggest star of SK Brann, Jes 'Kniksen' Steinicke, came from their own youth club. He was born as a natural leader, and has been the captain of SK Brann since he was only 18 years old. The highlight of Brann's history must be in Global Season 51, when Brann managed to secure their place in the fifth division, after going through a qualification game. Unfortunately, they relegated back down to the sixth division the season after. In the over twenty seasons long history of SK Brann, they have only won two official trophies. In the early seasons, Brann didn't have the economical muscles they have today, and most of the players were Norwegian amateur players which almost hadn't touched a football their entire life. But some of them were motivated, and can today look at themselves as some true club legends, like Jørgen Bråthen or Noah Kløvedal.

Early seasons (GS 34-36)

Sportsklubben Brann was founded at a late October evening in 2007 at the local pub by Eilanda, and Eilanda didn't have any high qualification demands, the only thing he was looking for was players that were able to kick a football. There were only twenty men present at the pub that evening, so Eilanda decided to offer everyone a place at his new team. Everyone accepted the offer, and Sportsklubben Brann was born. Brann originally took over the spot of GS 1905, and played their first season in VII.851. Their first season went exceptionally well, and they ended on the third place, and had the same amount of points as the second place, but had a worse goal difference. The next season went far better, and Brann promoted to the sixth division, with a twelve point gap to the third place.

Their debut season in the sixth division wasn't exactly a relaxing holiday for the Brann squad, and they got more or less slaughtered in every fixture. And their cup fixtures didn't go much better, they lost 0-7 at home against storhøvgen fk in the first round, and got eliminated.

The breakthrough (GS 37-38)

Back in the seventh division again, Brann wanted to promote as fast as possible, and immediately started to gather points, winning three of their four first fixtures. But Stringfield and Nordskot United were much stronger, and had the upper hand over Brann in their respective games. Brann managed to stay at the second place until the 13th round, but after losing to the already crowned champions Stringfield in the 14th round, Brann fell down to the third place, and had to spend another season in the mud.

Brann hoped the next season would become easier, and hopefully to take the league title. But one of the teams that relegated to Brann's division, were Bjartyparty, a team that had won the third division only six seasons earlier. The struggle for the title was pretty much straight forward, Brann stayed at the 1st place for the four first league games, and got replaced by Bjartyparty after that, until the season was over. But Brann managed to promote, and to leave the seventh division for good.

The long regatta (GS 39-48)

This period can be described as many things, like a stagnation, a crash, a lot of panic, and even as a crisis. Because for the nine seasons Brann stayed in the sixth division, nothing seemed to happen. Players came in, other players left, and at the end, Brann was one of the dinosaurs of their division. Already after only four seasons, Brann were really close to promote to the fifth division, but were three points short at the end of the season. The following season Brann ended at the fourth place, and jumped like this back and forth for many seasons. But in GS 47, when Brann also ended at the second place, no stronger team than Brann relegated down, giving Brann the perfect chance to pull theirselves out from the quicksand. Brann used their chance, and finished first the season after, taking home their very first trophy.

The tough establishment in div. V (The yo-yo years) (GS 49-present)

The recent seasons have been tough for Brann, both for the fans and the players. The first promotion to div. V was more or less horrible, and Brann were sent straight back to the sixth division after ending at the eight place. Brann managed to win their division the season after, and get a new chance to establish in the fifth division. And after ending at the fifth place in the upcoming season, they also won their qualification game, meaning they had renewed their contract. But when the fans looked forward to be among the top four, Brann relegated back down to the sixth division after once again ending at the eight place.

Memorable matches

Throughout the history of Brann, they have faced some challenges, both strong teams and skilled managers. Here's a collection of the most memorable of them.

SK Brann 2 - 0 Isbjørn BK (V.35)

After losing to Isbjørn BK 1-3 the week before, Brann had to win this match in order to still have a chance to win the league title. The Isbjørn squad was on the paper much stronger than the Brann squad, and should have taken the victory easily. But with captain Jes Steinicke in the lead, Brann resisted the force of Isbjørn, and sent them back to Sør-Trøndelag with none of the points.

Honours

For a more detailed article about SK Brann's results, both international and domestic, please check out List of SK Brann records and statistics
League

Season	Competition	Trophy
GS 48	League	League champions of VI.832
GS 50	League	League champions of VI.435
GS 53	League	League champions of VI.505

Tournaments

Season	Competition	Trophy
GS 38	Cup	Bronze winners of 2007'erne cupen
GS 41	Cup	Bronze winners of 2007'erne cupen
GS 52	Cup	Champions of Landa League II

Fan Club

Brann's fan club is called Brann Bataljonen Bergen, and are often abbreviated to only BBB. Currently there are about two thousand members in BBB, but the number have earlier been as high as 2,500 members. BBB have been involved in only a few rivalries through the years, but their clashes with the Stord supporter group Vika-mafiaen are known considered to be one of the worst in the lower divisions of Norway.

Badge and colours

Logo

The base of the badge has always been what it is today, a red coloured, eye shaped figure with "BRANN" written in the middle of it. But through the seasons, the badge has gone through some minor outer modifications, in order to keep it fresh, and to mark some anniverseries.

The official colours of SK Brann have always been red, white, and black. Traditionally, the home kit has always been red and white, and the away kit have been all black.

Historical kits

This is how SK Brann's kits have evolved over the seasons, from GS 50, when Brann started to use their own unique kits. Traditionally, the home kit have stayed mainly red and partly white, and the away kit have been all black. But in the recent seasons, the away kit have changed it's main colour to white or marine blue.

Season	Home kit	Away kit	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
54			Adidas	Statoil
53			Adidas	DNB
52			Adidas	Canon
51			Umbro	DNB

Arena

For a more detailed article about Brann Stadion, please check out the article Brann Stadion.

Brann Stadion is the home ground of Brann, and the construction was finished on the 26th of October 2007. The capacity of the stadium was only 12.000 at the beginning, but after the last reconstruction the 4th of July 2011, the capacity have been 60.000. Brann have never been able to fill the newly built stadium at any occasions, but managed to sell 58.000 tickets to a league game once.

Players

Current squad

Nat.	Player	Goals	Hattricks	NT	U20
	Sabino Fernando de Sousa	0	0	0	0
	Nils Götterup	53	1	0	0
	Floor Leenaers	18	0	0	0
	Salvatore Cotellessa	29	1	0	0
	Seth Verstappen	57	0	0	0
	Jes Kniksen Steinicke	56	2	0	0
	Benjamin Hervouet	42	0	0	0
	Beniamin Kijas	14	0	0	0
	Daniel Errea	122	5	0	0
	Robbert Jan Bertieaux	83	4	0	0
	Alejandro Cassillas	0	0	0	0
	Alexey Sereda	40	0	0	0
	Fridtjof Pesen Wegdahl	47	1	0	0
	Lars Hårstad	14	1	0	0
	Gastone Ceretta	2	0	0	0
	Rune Husi Sandve	165	18	0	0
	Tom Aarhus	28	3	0	0
	Chrisostomos Kouris	0	0	0	0
	Olivio Couceiro	26	1	0	0
	Jordi Esteva	0	0	0	0
	Tomaž Kresnik	14	0	0	0
	Eldar Vederhus	0	0	0	0
	Bobby Wunderlin	3	0	0	0
	Ilija Kurtov	32	2	0	0
	Eugen Grogg	17	0	0	0
	Thomas Fjelblad	30	0	0	0
	Eufemio Lunas	12	0	0	0
	Hauke Palombini	0	0	0	0
	John Bugge Pettersen	0	0	0	0

Records

Most loyal players

Nat.	Player	Position	Matches	Goals
	Jes 'Kniksen' Steinicke	Winger	368	92
	Rune 'Husi' Sandve	Forward/Winger	291	213
	Alejandro Cassillas	Goalkeeper	229	0
	Jørgen Bråthen	Goalkeeper	169	1
	Enric Ortiz	Wing back	167	36

Most expensive transfers

Highest transfer fee paid

Nat.	Player	From	Fee	Date
	Florian Tasiemski	Turbowinns	1 500 000 £	29/06/11
	Tobias Bethusy-Huc	Tres Cantos Storm	1 377 000 £	29/03/14
	Floor Leenaers	FC Salin	1 152 000 £	26/01/13
	Sascha Alexander Hammermayer	Stade Rennais (SRFC)	1 100 000 £	08/04/10
	Atle Mathiesen	FBC Liberec	1 100 000 £	21/03/10

Highest transfer fee received

Nat.	Player	To	Fee	Date
	Gastone Ceretta	Puzzle Calcio	1 500 000 £	16/03/14
	Juan Sastre Martin	UBP	1 479 000 £	11/12/12
	Ambròs Mir	NWFC Spijker	1 478 000 £	20/06/11
	Jordi Esteva	Pimp Verein	1 300 000 £	18/05/14
	Egil Vinding	Poli Timisiora 2009	1 250 000 £	09/11/11

Staff

Sportsklubben Brann consists of more than only the players on the pitch and the manager, they have employed assistant coaches, sports psychologists, spokespersons, physiotherapists, and even some doctors, in order to help the first team to perform at their best.

Wall of Fame

Here are the players which have shown themselves as a great team player, or are a true club legend. This list is meant to be exclusive, and have no connection to the Hall of Fame of SK Brann.

	Morten Jolla Bjørge
	First day with the club	2010-09-25
	Current occupation	Marketing Director
	Was inducted in the Wall of Fame at age 40 in November 17, 2013.

	Jes Kniksen Steinicke
	First day with the club	2009-04-13
	Current occupation	Plays for SK Brann
	Was inducted in the Wall of Fame at age 32 in November 17, 2013.