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's largest football club. The club won the Norwegian Cup 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 third tier of the Norwegian football league system.

Ørn Horten
Full nameFotballklubben Ørn Horten
Nickname(s)Ørn, Ørnane
Founded4 May 1904; 120 years ago (1904-05-04)
GroundLystlunden
Horten
Capacity1,000
ChairmanKjetil Ramberg
Head coachKjell André Thu
League3. divisjon
20242. divisjon group 1, 13th of 14 (relegated)

Ørn Horten's current head coach is Kjell Andre Thu, a former player at the club. Ørn has developed several talents, recent examples include Adnan Hadzic to Start, Benjamin Zalo to Swedish football and Julian Kristoffersen to Danish football.[1]

Previously, the club also had an active bandy department.

Honours

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 15 April 2024[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NOR Kristoffer Bjørløw Solberg
2 DF   NOR Seihou Leroy Sillah Nilsen
3 DF   NOR Noah Riise
4 DF   NOR Arnar Førsund
5 DF   NOR Sebastian Pop
6 DF   NOR Fredrik Døhlen Tørnby
8 DF   NOR Thomas Søderstrøm Knutsen
9 FW   NOR Adrian Rogulj
10 MF   KOS Alban Kadriu
11 FW   NOR Gustav Helling
12 GK   NOR Daniel Skretteberg
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   NOR Vetle Skullestad
14 MF   NOR Alex Krawiec
17 MF   NOR Christian Hargott
18 DF   NOR Nikolai Nilsen
19 MF   NOR Daniel Hamde
23 MF   NOR Steffen Wivestad
24 FW   NOR Philip Schie
25 MF   NOR Frank Bamenye
26 DF   NOR Lenny Sørensen
27 DF   NOR Erik Skulstad-Hansen
28 DF   NOR Yonas Larsen

Notable former players

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Recent seasons

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Season League Cup Notes
Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P
2011 2. divisjon 4 26 15 3 8 50 38 48 Second round
2012 2. divisjon 12 26 8 4 14 42 50 28 First round Relegated
2013 3. divisjon 1 26 20 3 3 88 30 63 First round Promoted
2014 2. divisjon 10 26 10 1 15 50 57 31 Second round
2015 2. divisjon 11 26 6 6 14 29 48 24 Second round
2016 2. divisjon 13 26 3 2 21 28 78 11 First round Relegated
2017 3. divisjon 2 26 16 4 6 60 29 52 Third round
2018 3. divisjon 2 26 15 7 4 66 24 52 Second round
2019 3. divisjon 5 26 14 8 4 57 29 50 First round
2020 Season cancelled
2021 3. divisjon 1 13 9 2 2 32 12 29 First round Promoted
2022 2. divisjon 8 24 7 8 9 37 38 29 First round

Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "FK Ørn Horten". FK Ørn Horten. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Senior Herrer". orn-horten.no (in Norwegian). FK Ørn Horten. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ "FK Ørn Horten". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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