Hønefoss Ballklubb is a

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club from

Hønefoss __NOTOC__ Hønefoss is a town and the administrative center of the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Hønefoss is an industrial center of inner Østlandet, containing several factories and other industry. As of 1 January 2008, ...

, founded in 1895. The club was a part of the multi-sports club L/F Hønefoss, which folded in 2008. After 11 years in 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football, Hønefoss was promoted to

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, where they finished 14th in

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and was relegated after a relegation-playoff against

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. In

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, Hønefoss won the 1. divisjon and was promoted to the Tippeligaen for the second time in three years. Their second spell in Tippeligaen lasted for two seasons, and they were again relegated to the 1. divisjon in 2013.

History

''IF Liv'' multi-sports club was founded on 4 February 1895, and it merged with ''Fossekallen'' sports club in 1986 to create ''Liv/Fossekallen'', which in 1997 changed name to L/F Hønefoss multi-sports club. The same year, the football branch of the sports club became economic and organisationally independent under its new name ''L/F Hønefoss Fotball''. In 2002, the football club changed name to its current name ''Hønefoss Ballklub'', and in 2009 the football club was completely separated from the defunct L/F Hønefoss sports club. Hønefoss competed in the

in 2010, the top tier of Norwegian football after promotion at the end of the 2009 season. Hønefoss got a tough start in their first season in

and lost their first six matches, something that ended in head coach Ole Bjørn Sundgot being fired. Tom Guldbrandsen immediately took over the job as head coach, Hønefoss won their next match 1–0 away against Stabæk. The 2010 season ended in 14th place, which resulted in relegation playoff matches to stay in Tippeligaen. In the first match, Hønefoss won the semi-final against

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, but lost the final later on against

, and therefore got relegated to the 1. divisjon. In the 2011 season they won the 1. divisjon, one point ahead of

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, and was again promoted to the

. Remond Mendy was the team's top scorer with 14 goals. The team's second season in the

started much better than in 2010, and after five games, they had two wins and three draws, and was fifth in the table. Hønefoss eventually finished the 2012 season in 13th place. In the 2013 season, the club collected 29 points and finished the season in 16th place and was relegated to the 1. divisjon along with

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Recent seasons

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Current squad

Managers

* Ole Asbjørn Underdal (1987) * Per Ulseth (1987–88) * Terje Liknes (1989–91) * Kjell Ramberg (1992) * Terje Liknes (1993) * Paul Berg (1994–96) * Roy Arild Fossum (1997–00) * Per Brogeland (2001) * Lars Tjærnås (2002–03) * Peter Engelbrektsson (2004–06) * Kjell Sverre Hansen Wold (2007) * Ole Bjørn Sundgot (2008–10) * Reidar Vågnes (2010) *

Leif Gunnar Smerud Leif Gunnar Smerud (born 24 January 1977) is a Norwegian professional football manager, former player and psychologist. He held the position of head coach for Norwegian under-21 side since 2014. In June 2022, he led the team into 2023 UEFA Eur ...

(2011–2013) * Roar Johansen (2013–2014) *

Rune Skarsfjord Rune Skarsfjord (born 23 May 1970, in Narvik) is a Norwegian football coach and former manager of SK Brann. He was promoted to head coach after Steinar Nilsen was dismissed. Before signing for Brann, Skarsfjord worked as head coach for FK Haug ...

(2014–2015) * René Skovdahl (2016) * Frode Lafton (2016–)

References

External links

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Fosseberget – Supporter club
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