Fotballklubben Ørn Horten, formerly Ørn fotballklubb, abbreviated Ørn FK, popularly known as ''De brune'' or ''Ørnane'', was founded on 4 May 1904, and is

Horten Horten () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Horten (town) ...

's largest

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club. The club won the

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

four times in the 1920s and '30s and played in the top division during the 1950s and '60s. Since 2022, Ørn plays in the

Norwegian Second Division The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

, the third tier of the

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. Ørn has developed several talents, recent examples include Adnan Hadzic to

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, Benjamin Zalo to Swedish football and

Julian Kristoffersen Julian Kristoffersen (born 10 May 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Lecco. Club career Born in Horten, Kristoffersen began his career in Norway with Ørn-Horten, before signing with Danish cl ...

to Danish football. Previously, the club also had an active

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

department.

Honours

Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

: ** Winners (4):

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

** Runners-up (4):

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

Players

Current squad

Notable former players

* Bjørn Odmar Andersen * Trym Bergman *

Harry Boye Karlsen Harry Boye Karlsen (14 March 1920 – 8 January 1994) was a Norwegian international footballer. He was born in Horten, and played 58 games for Norway, scoring four goals, between 1946 and 1956. He was a member of the Norwegian squad that competed ...

Per Bredesen Per Bredesen (22 December 1930 – 3 October 2022) was a Norwegian footballer. He played as an inside forward for a number of Italian clubs, and was one of the first Norwegian footballers to achieve success in a foreign league. Club career Bred ...

* Arnar Førsund * Ardian Gashi *

Jørgen Jalland Jørgen Jalland (born 9 September 1977) is a Norwegian former footballer. Career Club In August 2003, Jalland joined Vålerenga from Sandefjord. In February 2007, Jalland returned to Vålerenga from Rubin Kazan. Jalland was transferred to ...

* Dag Riisnæs *

Harald Strøm Harald Strøm (14 October 1897 – 25 December 1977) was a Norway, Norwegian Speed skating, speed skater, world champion, European champion and world record holder on 5000 metres. He was also a Association football, football player, national cham ...

* Glenn Andersen

Recent seasons

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References

External links

Official Website

Fans Website
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