Kristiansund BK is a Norwegian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club located in
Kristiansund
Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of ...
that currently plays in
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...
. The team plays its home matches in the 4,444-capacity
Kristiansund Stadion
Kristiansund stadion, until 2014 known as Gressbanen is a football stadium located at Karihola in Kristiansund, Norway, and is the home of both Norwegian Eliteserien club Kristiansund Ballklubb and 4. divisjon (fifth tier) club Kristiansund Fotb ...
.
Kristiansund BK was formed in the autumn of 2003, when two rival clubs of Kristiansund,
Kristiansund FK
Kristiansund Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal.
The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of the Norwegian football league system. The team last playe ...
and
Clausenengen FK
Clausenengen Fotballklubb (CFK) is a football club located in Kristiansund, Norway. Many famous players have played at this club, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Jan Erlend Kruse, Andre Flem, Arild Stavrum an ...
, agreed to establish a new elite team.
History
Background
Since
Magnar Isaksen won a bronze medal in the
1936 Summer Olympics
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, many footballers from
Kristiansund
Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of ...
have played for the
Norwegian national team, including
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward who last managed Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Solskjær spent the majority of his car ...
,
Øyvind Leonhardsen
Øyvind Leonhardsen (born 17 August 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He retired after the 2007 season, ending a career with nine years in English football at clubs Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham ...
,
Trond Andersen
Trond Andersen (born 6 January 1975) is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a central defender or holding midfielder. He played professional for Molde, Wimbledon, AaB and Brøndby.
Club career
Andersen was born in Kristiansund and ...
,
Ole Stavrum
Ole Einar Stavrum (born 22 May 1940) is a Norwegian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Ca ...
and
Georg Hammer.
In addition, players like
Ola Lyngvær
Ola may refer to:
Places Panama
*Olá, a subdistrict in Coclé Province
*Olá District
Russia
*Ola, Russia, an urban settlement in Magadan Oblast
*Ola District, an administrative division in Magadan Oblast
*Ola (river), a river in Magadan Obla ...
,
Jan Erlend Kruse,
Arild Stavrum,
Ole Erik Stavrum,
André Flem and
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857 – 29 June 1925), better known as Christian Michelsen, was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first prime minister of independent Norway and Norway's 9th prime minis ...
have played for different clubs in the
Norwegian top division
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...
, and
Clausenengen
Clausenengen Fotballklubb (CFK) is a football club located in Kristiansund, Norway. Many famous players have played at this club, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Jan Erlend Kruse, Andre Flem, Arild Stavrum an ...
has been called a "talent factory". Nevertheless, the football clubs from Kristiansund have had limited success,
with
Kristiansund FK
Kristiansund Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal.
The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of the Norwegian football league system. The team last playe ...
's spell in the
1. divisjon in
1991
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and Clausenengen in
1999
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as the most recent.
2003–2004: Founding and development
In 2003, the local bank
Sparebank 1
SpareBank 1 is a Norwegian alliance and brand name for a group of savings banks. The alliance is organised through the holding company ''SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS'' owned by the participating banks. In total the alliance is Norway's second largest ba ...
Nordvest initiated a merge between Kristiansund FK and Clausenengen, with the bank as the main sponsor of the new club paying per year.
Kristiansund BK was founded on 2 September 2003 and replaced Kristiansund FK in the
3. divisjon
The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...
,
with the other two clubs continuing to play in the lower divisions.
Atlanten Stadion
Atlanten stadion is a multi-use stadium in Kristiansund, Norway. It is currently used mostly for football matches and track-and-field competitions, and is the former home ground of Eliteserien team Kristiansund BK. Kristiansund BK played at Atl ...
was chosen as the club's first home ground and
Erik Brakstad was appointed as the club's first head coach.
The club finished their
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
debut season in second place behind
Træff in their 3. divisjon group 18.
2005–2016: Promotions
In
2005
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, Kristiansund won promotion to the
2. divisjon
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 ...
after beating
Volda
Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Fyrde, Straumshamn, Leira, Bjørke, and ...
in the 4–2 win on aggregate in the
promotion play-offs
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. Brakstad left his position as head coach after the promotion and Ole Gunnar Iversen took over. In
2006
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, Kristiansund finished seventh in their first season in the 2. divisjon. In 2007, Kristiansund moved to Omsundet at
Frei
Frei is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2008 when it was incorporated into Kristiansund Municipality. It was located between the Kvernesfjorden and Freifjo ...
due to the poor turf conditions at Atlanten Stadion. Ahead of the
2007 season, Geir Midtsian replaced Ole Gunnar Iversen as head coach
and with
New Zealand
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international
Kris Bright on the team, who scored 23 goals in 26 matches for the club, Kristiansund BK started to look like a contender for promotion and finished fifth in 2007 and fourth in
2008
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.
The team also eliminated
Rosenborg in the second round of the
2008 Norwegian Football Cup.
After finishing third in
2009
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, the club's goal was promotion to the 1. divisjon, and in March 2010 Kristiansund BK and
Surnadal IL
Surnadal Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Surnadal. It has sections for association football, team handball, alpine skiing and Nordic skiing.
General history
It was founded on 13 April 1913 as ''IL Framtid''. The name Surnadal IL was ta ...
started a partnership with
Molde FK
Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...
for developing local players. In August 2010 Molde FK loaned out
Elias Valderhaug and Jacob Falch Meidell to Kristiansund BK to help out in the race for promotion, but the team finished second behind
Hødd.
After suffering bad results in the beginning of the
2011 season, Midtsian decided to withdrew as head coach in July 2011,
while his assistants Per Eirik Bentz and Torgeir Fredly were left in charge until the club hired a new head coach. 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
Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
.
On 10 November 2011, Kristiansund BK announced that they had hired
Geir Bakke
Geir Bakke (born 23 October 1969) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of Eliteserien club Lillestrøm.
Geir Bakke was born at Hamar, where he spent his infant years, before his family relocated to Rælin ...
, who had previously worked as assistant coach at the first-tier clubs
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...
and
Stabæk, as head coach starting from 1 January 2012. 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.
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857 – 29 June 1925), better known as Christian Michelsen, was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first prime minister of independent Norway and Norway's 9th prime minis ...
succeeded Bakke as head coach in 2014. The club moved to
Kristiansund Stadion
Kristiansund stadion, until 2014 known as Gressbanen is a football stadium located at Karihola in Kristiansund, Norway, and is the home of both Norwegian Eliteserien club Kristiansund Ballklubb and 4. divisjon (fifth tier) club Kristiansund Fotb ...
in 2014 after several years playing at Idrettsplassen. After making the play-offs rounds in the
2014
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and
2015
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seasons of the 1. divisjon, Kristiansund BK were promoted to
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...
after finishing in first place in
2016
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.
2017– : 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 2017 Norwegian Football Cup was the 112th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. It began with qualification matches in March and April 2017. The first round was played on 26 April 2017 and the tournament concluded wit ...
, the first time in club history they played the quarter-finals stage, where they were eliminated by local rivals
Molde
Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord.
The administrative centre of the m ...
on away ground. The
2018 Eliteserien saw Kristiansund record their best ever league achievement: A fifth place with 46 points.
Recent seasons
:
Players
Current squad
Kristiansund BK squad
kristiansundbk.no
''For season transfers, see transfers winter 2021–22 and transfers summer 2022.''
Out on loan
History of head coaches
History of league positions
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kristiansund BK
Eliteserien clubs
Sport in Kristiansund
Association football clubs established in 2003
2003 establishments in Norway