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54-596: FK Haugesund previously played in the top division in 1996–1998 and 2000. The club have been runners-up in the Norwegian Cup in 2007 and 2019 as well as having competed in the qualifying stages for the UEFA Europa League in 2014–15, 2017–18 and 2019–20. The club's best achievement in the national league is the bronze medal in Eliteserien in 2013, and fourth place in the 2016 and 2018-seasons. It

108-458: A 3–2 win at home over Polish team Lech Poznan thus followed by a 2–0 loss away and exit from the qualifying stages. In 2019 FK Haugesund got qualified for the UEFA Europa League qualification and went out with the lowest possible margin against PSV in the third qualifying round 0–1 at home, and 0–0 away. FK Haugesund beat Northern Irish Cliftonville in the first round, winning 6-1 overall, before beating Sturm Graz of Austria 2–0 at home in

162-481: A final in the cup - previously the city has been represented by Sportsklubben Haugar ( 1961 , 1979 ), SK Vard Haugesund ( 1962 , 1975 ). However, all four previous finals in the Norwegian Cup has ended with losses. After the promotion in 2009, FKH did relatively well both in terms of sporting results and financially. This meant the team were able to compete on the upper half of the table most seasons, with

216-432: A fixture result in a draw after normal time, the winner is settled by a period of extra time , and if still necessary, a penalty shootout . Earlier, fixtures resulting in a draw (after normal time) would go to a replay , played at the venue of the away team. The first Cup Final to go to a replay was the 1945 final, between Lyn and Fredrikstad . The initial tie finished 1–1 and the first replay also finished 1–1. Lyn won

270-429: A market revenues, ticket revenues of NOK 57.5 million in 2013, revenue was almost NOK 10 million more than budgeted (66.3 million). In 2012, the equity was estimated to NOK 6.8 million. At the end of the year it had risen to NOK 11.6 million. In 2019 FK Haugesund could once again present very good financial results, as one of 7 clubs in the Eliteserien. The Norwegian Football Association's presentation of club operations for

324-555: A passionate supporter of the Fotballklubben Haugesund. FK Haugesund is involved in various community activities, most notably the UngJobb-project. UngJobb is a collaboration project between FK Haugesund, Haugesund municipality, NAV and Haugaland Industri for youth that is outside the school and labor market. The project provides youth with training, work practices and individual guidance. The project aims

378-979: A scale from one to five. Haugesund Stadion was previously a multi-purpose stadium , but the running track was removed after the 2012 season. The venue has hosted Norway national under-21 football team matches twice, playing 1–2 against Denmark on 23 June 1976 and 1–0 against Portugal on 19 April 1994. As of the end of the 2013 season , Haugesund Stadion has been used for 122 top-league matches. These include 11 games with Djerv 1919 in 1976 , Vard in 1988 and FK Haugesund in 1997–98, 2000 and since 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. For season transfers, see transfers winter 2023–24 . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( Norwegian : Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer )

432-500: A team that in large part consisted of homegrown players from the Haugesund/Haugalandet-area. In financial terms, the club has frequently been praised by sport commentators and journalists for being an effective, meticulous and well-driven club. This is due to the clubs focus on bringing up local talents rather than buying players elsewhere. In 2013 the club presented a profit of NOK 6.6 million NOK before tax, and

486-551: A temple for football in Haugesund . Maakeberget is a non-profit organization with strong democratic principles. There are no criteria that must be met to be a member, nor any age limit. The supporter club holds several member meetings a year, and the Board meets once a month. The board has a certain link to the management of the club, but still strives to keep the board / administration at arm's length. The supporter club also deals with

540-713: Is Viking FK , and to a lesser degree SK Brann . Viking is located in Stavanger, Rogaland, the same county as FK Haugesund. Viking is therefore the geographically closest rival to FK Haugesund, excluding Vard Haugesund. Viking is therefore considered the FKH's most important and biggest rival. Historically, SK Vard Haugesund have been perceived as minor local rivals due to their resistance in forming FK Haugesund in 1993. The rivalries with Brann and Viking are often referred to as Vestlandsderbyet (the derby of Western Norway ). The stadium has an official capacity of 8,754. The stadium

594-423: Is a popular figure among the supporter club of FK Haugesund, Maakeberget , having named club anthem after him ( "Connys Englar" ) After having played four consecutive seasons in the first division after the club's relegation in 2000 from Tippeligaen, FK Haugesund relegated from the 1st division in 2004. The team thus spent the 2005 season in the 2nd division, however, FK Haugesund moved right back up after becoming

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648-577: Is by some considered pejorative. A typical "maake" is often described as being born in the city, raised in the Flotmyr -part of the city of Haugesund , has little sympathy for rivals Viking FK and SK Brann , votes for right-wing Høyre or Progress Party (Norway) and has a passion, not only for the football team, but also for the city of Haugesund and the Haugalandet-area as a whole. However, one does not have to be "typical maake" at all to be

702-524: Is colloquially referred to as "Gamlå" (the Old One). Discussions of a new stadium or an upgrade have been carried out since the mid 2000s. In 2005 there was a proposal to build an all-new 8,000-seat stadium at Flotmyr. In a 2012 survey carried out by the Norwegian Players' Association among away-team captains, Haugesund Stadion was ranked ninth amongst league stadiums, with a score of 3.20 on

756-586: Is not in the Norwegian top flight. In the past, if the Cup winning team also qualified for the following season's Champions League or Europa League through their league position, then the losing Cup finalist were given this European berth instead. Norwegian Cup winners enter the Europa League at the second qualifying round. Losing finalists, if they haven't qualified for Europe via the league, began earlier, at

810-530: 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 is commonly known as Cupen ("The Cup"), NM or NM Cup ( NM Cupen ), an acronym formed from Norgesmesterskap (" Norwegian Championship "). These terms are used to describe both

864-497: Is very popular in Norway, and tickets for the final match are hard to get hold of, as the game usually sells out quickly. The supporters of the two teams playing in the final match are seated at the two short-ends of the pitch, while the more neutral supporters are seated by the long-ends. The match is also televised on national television. Most entrants from level 4 and all entrants from level 5 have to play to qualifying rounds to join

918-484: The 1. divisjon after being beaten by Bodø/Glimt in the relegation play-offs. In 2008, with three games still to play, Odd secured the promotion back to the Tippeligaen after winning 4–0 at home against Hødd . On 25 September 2011, Odd player Jone Samuelsen scored what is claimed to be the longest headed goal ever scored in a match, in a match against Tromsø , when he headed the ball from within his own half of

972-596: The Norwegian Football Association decided that the Women's final would be played at Bislett Stadium instead of Ullevaal Stadion , which caused some debate. The Football Association claimed that two matches over one weekend would cause too much wear on the Ullevaal pitch, while representatives for the clubs claimed that the move was discriminating against women's football. When the semi-finals of

1026-489: The Norwegian Football Association , and the top flight teams are usually pitted against fairly weak amateur teams, often in rural areas, on the amateur team's home pitch. Early upsets, where an amateur team knocks a professional team out of the tournament do happen occasionally. For example, in 2012 the Eliteserien teams Sandnes Ulf and Sogndal were knocked out in the first round by the third division (fourth tier) teams Staal Jørpeland IL and Florø SK respectively. Even if

1080-577: The 1948 cup final. Before the proper rounds take place, two qualifying rounds are played in March and April. 176 clubs from tier 4 and 5 enter the first qualifying round and 44 of these advance to the first round where they are joined by 84 teams from tiers 1, 2 and 3. The first round of the cup are played in April, around the same time as the Eliteserien season starts. The first two rounds are set up by

1134-458: The 2006 cup were drawn, all 4 clubs boycotted the draw in a protest against the move. [1] Odd Grenland Odds Ballklubb , commonly known as Odd , is a Norwegian professional football club from Skien . Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. Most sports other than football and gymnastics were discontinued and the club became dedicated primarily to football. Odd plays in

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1188-434: The 2nd Division, and Haugar and Djerv in 1919 started again in the lower divisions. In the first season in the divisional system, 1994, FK Haugesund got promoted from the second division, under head-coach Conny Karlsson . Karlsson who unexpectedly did not get his contract renewed at Landskrona after promotion to Allsvenskan , went to take over the newly formed FK Haugesund. This became a formidable success with promotion in

1242-403: The Norwegian Cup has been won by 27 different teams. Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. Since 1978, an official cup for women's clubs has also been played. The women's cup final is usually played on a Saturday, the day before the men's cup final. The 1978 cup final between BUL and Trondheims-Ørn was the only Norwegian cup final to be decided on penalties. Before the 2006 final,

1296-622: The Norwegian top division, Eliteserien , and holds the record of winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times with twelve wins, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. Founded in 1894, Odd is the oldest football club in Norway . As of 13 May 2017 the club was granted a membership in Club of Pioneers . It then became the first Nordic football club to be granted this membership. IF Odd

1350-467: The amateur team loses, squaring off against a professional team may well be the highlight of their season. From the third round to the semi-final, matchups are drawn at random, the teams face off once, and the winner goes on to the next round. The final match is played at Ullevaal Stadium (national stadium) in November or December, and takes place near the end of the Norwegian football season. The cup

1404-424: The best team to advance from the 2nd division. The seasons 2006-2009 the club established itself as a stable team in the first division, under head coach Rune Skarsfjord , with growing potential of promotion to the Tippeligaen. In 2008 however, Rune Skarsfjord became extremely disliked by both players and members of the club and unpopular among fans, due to his brash and unfriendly persona and eventually got sacked and

1458-413: The bronze, the results have been poorer, with 11th and 12th place in the following two years, before there was a rise in 2016 with 4 place. 2018 was again a strong year with either good placement in the series with a strong fourth place. In 2019 FK Haugesund reached the cup final for the second time after beating Odd 3–0, but in the final Viking became too strong with a 1–0 victory. In 2014 FK Haugesund for

1512-466: The city by sea. FK Haugesund has a strong presence in the city of Haugesund as well as in the Haugalandet-area, in general. Maakebergets residence is the West Stand ( "Vestre Stå" ) at Haugesund Stadion . The West stand is considered sacred ground among the supporters, not because there is anyone buried there, but because the supporters, who have their presence in the said stand, view this terrace as

1566-400: The club reached the final, as a 2nd division team. However the final at the Norwegian national arena, Ullevaal Stadium , on 11 November 2007, Lillestrøm SK won 2-0 after two goals by Canadian striker Olivier Occean . On their way to the final, FK Haugesund beat Nybergsund in the quarterfinals and Odd Grenland in the semi-final. This was also the fifth time a team from Haugesund has played

1620-497: The competition proper. Reserve teams of Eliteserien clubs, who are eligible to play in 2. divisjon (level 3) cannot enter. Depending on the number of reserve teams, the first round proper will be filled with the best clubs from level 4 until the number of teams from levels 1–4 is 84. Clubs from higher levels are then added in the first round, as per the table below. The months in which rounds are played are traditional, with exact dates subject to each year's calendar. In all rounds, if

1674-630: The debut season in 1994, a great debut in the 1st division with a 4th place in his second season, before promotion to Tippeligaen in 1996. After an impressive 9th place in Karlssons debut season in the top division, Haugesund got relegated in Karlsson's fifth season in 1998. However, the team again got promoted the following year, but ended with only one year in Tippeligaen . Even if Conny Karlsson's stay at FK Haugesund ended with relegation, he still

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1728-606: The district of Grenland . In conjunction with the name change, a public limited company named Grenland Fotball was founded. Pors Grenland withdrew from the cooperation in December 2009, and in January 2013 Odd Grenland decided to change its name back to Odds BK because they wanted to be a club for the entire county of Telemark . Odd won the Norwegian Football Cup in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1931 and 2000, more than any other team in Norway. In

1782-543: The final 5–4 on penalties. Prior to 2020, the Cup winners qualified for the following season's UEFA Europa League (formerly named the UEFA Cup; from its launch in 1960 until 1998, they entered the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup instead). Effecting from the 2020 Norwegian Cup, winners qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League . This European place applies even if the team is relegated or

1836-461: The first qualifying round. From the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season, however, UEFA does not allow the runners-up to qualify for the Europa League through the competition. If the winner – and until 2015, the runner-up – has already qualified for Europe through their league position (with the exception of the UEFA Cup until 1998), the Cup berth was then given to the highest-place team in the league who has not yet qualified. Since its establishment,

1890-399: The first six months of the year. This means that they were back in the green category after falling into the yellow category in the previous two reports. In the first few years the team ended up in the middle of the table: Two sixth places in the 2010 and 2011 season were followed by a seventh place in 2012. In the 2013 season, the team's preliminary ranking came third, with third place. After

1944-480: The first time participated in the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League , UEFA Europa League . Welsh team Airbus UK Broughton was beaten 3-2 overall. In the second round Bosnian team FK Sarajevo won 3-2 overall. In 2017 FK Haugesund once again got to participate in the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League . This time, the Northern-Irish team Coleraine easily got beaten 7-0 overall, before

1998-480: The goal of establishing a team, with strong local roots, from the Haugaland-region in the top division in Norway. Teams in age-appropriate classes and for women was originally not a part of the deal in the merger. As of 2017 there have been talks of incorporating a women's team with uncertain future prospects, but with the possibility of a merger with Avaldsnes IL . The local football club SK Vard Haugesund

2052-412: The late 20th century, the men's team struggled in the lower divisions for many years, but made it back to the Tippeligaen in 1999 and stayed there until they were relegated in 2007. The team had survived relegation twice; first in 2005 after a dreadful start of the campaign, then in 2006 when the team only survived relegation by beating Bryne in the relegation play-offs. In 2007 the team was relegated to

2106-472: The men's and women's competitions. The equivalent competition for women's teams is the Norwegian Women's Football Cup . The Norwegian Football Cup is a national championship, meaning that while the Eliteserien may be the most prestigious competition to win, it is the winners of the Cup who are awarded the title "Norwegian football champions". This differs from, for example, English football , where

2160-671: The most successful clubs with 12 titles each. The first cup was played in 1902, and Oscar II presented the King's Cup to the inaugural tournament. This was an invitation tournament organised by Kristiania IF and the Norwegian Football Association, which was later given official status. Five teams joined the competition, and Odd reached the final without playing a match. Grane won the first Norwegian Cup after they defeated Odd 2–0 at Gamle Frogner Stadion , Kristiania . The first tournament who had official status at

2214-410: The outbreak of World War II , the competition was not played between the 1940 and 1945 editions. The competition was not nationwide until 1963. 1963 was the first year clubs from Northern Norway were allowed to participate, this was due to a poor communication system in the northern parts of Norway and to the belief that the clubs in the three northern counties could not compete on the same level as

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2268-407: The pitch into Tromsø's open goal, the goalkeeper having come forward for a late corner in the match. Norwegian police were invited to measure the distance, and calculated the length as to be 58.13 metres. Club's home ground is Skagerak Arena (capacity 12,000), has seen the largest crowd (approx 12,500 people) at the 1984 Cup semi-final against Viking, though the official number is 8854. Officially,

2322-514: The provide training for young people and show what it takes to get to work, as well as good values, attitudes, interactions, affiliation and motivation. The goal of the project is permanent work for all young people who are involved. FK Haugesund has also been involved in the Abrac project. The project involves fundraising and support for the Abrac orphanage in Brazil. The main rival of FK Haugesund

2376-578: The sale of supporter equipment in its own supporter shop, at the stadium and at Stamstedet on match days. All sales are based on dugnad , with a small profit to the Maakeberget, which goes back in full to the members with the main emphasis on support for away matches. Maakeberget and supporters of FK Haugesund are often called " Maaker " (" Seagulls "), and sometimes " Arabs " by outside fans and commentators. However, FKH-supporters and people from Haugesund very rarely refer to themselves as "Arabs", and it

2430-492: The second replay 4–0. The only other time the final has taken three matches to settle was the 1965 final between Oslo rivals Skeid and Frigg (2–2, 1–1, 2–1). The last replayed final was the 1995 final , when Rosenborg and Brann fought a 1–1 draw. The replay saw Rosenborg win the Cup, with the score 3–1. The first final to be decided by a penalty shootout was the 2009 final between Molde and Aalesund . The score ended 1–1 after normal time and 2–2 after extra time. Aalesund won

2484-417: The second round, and 1-2 losses away, and thus 3-2 further overall. Maakeberget ( The Seagull Mountain or The Mountain of Seagulls ) is the official but independent supporter club for FK Haugesund. The supporter club was founded on 8 May 1996. The origin of the name "Maakeberget" comes from the 3 gulls in the city's coat of arms and " The mountain inward the fjord and along the sea " when arriving to

2538-511: The southern clubs ( Bodø/Glimt – one of the two northern newcomers – did stay in the cup to the fourth round that year). Until 1963, teams from Northern Norway competed in their own Northern Norwegian Championships. Before the 2004 cup final, NRK awarded the 1986 final between Tromsø and Lillestrøm with the title Tidenes Cupfinale (Best cup final ever), and ex- Rosenborg striker Gøran Sørloth with Tidenes Cuphelt (Best cup hero ever). The final has been played at Ullevaal Stadion since

2592-402: The time of the events was the 1904 Norwegian Cup and was won by Odd. In the beginning, the cup was open for county champions only. This continued until 1917, when the cup was opened for all clubs of a certain standing. League football began with the 1937–38 season , and Fredrikstad became the first team to win a domestic double by winning both the league and the cup in the same year. Due to

2646-637: The winners of the Premier League are the ones who become English champions. Winners receive the King 's trophy. Winners also qualify for the Europa League second qualifying round and a place in the Mesterfinalen , the Norwegian super cup match. The current Norwegian champions and holders of the cup are Molde , who defeated Bodø/Glimt 1–0 in the 2023 final . Odd and Rosenborg are

2700-437: Was also present to participate in the merger, but in the first general meeting of the newly formed club, Vard chose to not to be part of the project. In the autumn of 2005, however, talks and negotiations to incorporate Vard were resumed, and since the 2007-season Vard has played the role as a farmer club for FK Haugesund. After FK Haugesund was established as a new club, it swapped places on the table with Sportsklubben Haugar in

2754-406: Was founded in 1885, and is thus one of the older sports clubs in Norway still in existence. The name derives from Viktor Rydberg 's novel Seierssverdet , where one of the main characters was a Norwegian athlete called Orvar Odd. In the beginning, IF Odd was mainly focused on gymnastics, and also had a department for Nordic skiing and track and field . A department for football, named Odds BK,

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2808-424: Was founded on 31 March 1894. This was the club's second effort to do so, some time after English workers at nearby Skotfoss brought the game of football to Skien, and the city decided to buy a football. Odd is counted as Norway's oldest football team still in existence. Odd started a cooperation with the local club Pors in 1994, and changed their names to Odd Grenland and Pors Grenland, in an effort to represent

2862-652: Was originally founded on 28 October 1993 after a merger between the Haugesund-based football clubs Djerv 1919 and SK Haugar . The club plays its home matches at the Haugesund Stadion near the city-centre of Haugesund. The stadium has a capacity of 8,754. Maakeberget is the official but independent supporter club of FK Haugesund. Fotballklubben Haugesund was originally founded on 28 October 1993 after local Haugesund-based football clubs Sportsklubben Haugar and Djerv 1919 merged their elite teams with

2916-467: Was replaced with former long time-FK Haugesund-player Jostein Grindhaug. The 2009 season was a great success as the team won promotion once again the Tippeligaen. From the 2010 season the team has played in the Tippeligaen, now renamed Eliteserien . At the end of 2009, the club chose to start its own corporation for financial purposes. The club's best performance in the Norwegian Cup came in 2007 when

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