2020 SK Brann season

The 2020 season was Brann's fifth season back in Eliteserien since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.

Brann

2020 season
President	Eivind Lunde
Manager	Lars Arne Nilsen (until 26 June) Kåre Ingebrigtsen (from 8 August)
Stadium	Brann Stadion
Eliteserien	10th
Norwegian Cup	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Top goalscorer	League: Gilbert Koomson (10) All: Gilbert Koomson (10)
Home colours Away colours
← 2019 2021 →

Season events

On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.^[1]

On 26 June, Lars Arne Nilsen left Brann by mutual consent.^[2] On 8 August, Kåre Ingebrigtsen was announced as Brann's new manager.^[3]

On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.^[4]

On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.^[5]

Squad

As of 22 September 2020^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Håkon Opdal 2 DF  EST Taijo Teniste 3 DF  NOR Vegard Forren 4 DF  ISL Jón Guðni Fjóluson 5 DF  NOR Thomas Grøgaard 7 MF  NOR Mathias Rasmussen 8 MF  NOR Fredrik Haugen 9 MF  NOR Petter Strand 10 MF  BIH Amer Ordagić 11 FW  CIV Daouda Bamba 14 FW  NOR Erlend Hustad 15 DF  CRC Bismar Acosta 16 MF  FIN Robert Taylor

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FRO Gilli Rólantsson 18 DF  NOR Ole Blomberg 19 DF  NOR Jon-Helge Tveita 20 FW  NOR Marcus Mehnert 21 DF  NOR Ruben Kristiansen 22 DF  NOR Vegard Skeie 23 MF  DEN Daniel A. Pedersen 24 GK  NOR Markus Olsen Pettersen 25 DF  NOR Ole Martin Kolskogen 27 FW  NOR Sander Svendsen (on loan from OB) 29 MF  NOR Kristoffer Barmen 30 GK  COM Ali Ahamada 41 FW  NOR Mikal Kvinge

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  SWE Jesper Löfgren (on loan to Mjällby) 12 GK  NOR Eirik Johansen (on loan to Kristiansund) 39 MF  NOR Aune Selland Heggebø (on loan to Øygarden)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2019–20 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2020

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 December 2019	DF		Ole Martin Kolskogen	Åsane	Undisclosed	[7]
12 January 2020	MF		Daniel Pedersen	Lillestrøm	Undisclosed	[8]
20 January 2020	MF		Robert Taylor	Tromsø	Undisclosed	[9]
3 February 2020	DF		Jon-Helge Tveita	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed	[10]
9 June 2020	DF		Vegard Forren	Molde	Free	[11]
9 June 2020	GK		Ali Ahamada	Kongsvinger	40000 EUR	[12]
17 September 2020	DF		Ole Didrik Blomberg	Åsane	200000 Eur	[13]
17 September 2020	DF		Vegard Skeie	Os	Free Transfer	[13]
22 September 2020	DF		Jón Gudni Fjóluson	Krasnodar	Free Transfer	[14]
2 October 2020	MF		Mathias Rasmussen	Nordsjælland	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
10 March 2020	GK		Ralf Fährmann	Schalke 04	9 June 2020	[16][17]
8 October 2020	FW		Sander Svendsen	OB	End of season	[18]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
18 December 2019	DF		Vito Wormgoor	Columbus Crew	Free Transfer	[19]
13 January 2020	FW		Veton Berisha	Viking	Undisclosed	[20]
18 January 2020	MF		Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Tromsø	Undisclosed	[21]
24 January 2020	MF		Eirik Moldenes	Øygarden	Undisclosed	[22]
20 February 2020	MF		Marius Bildøy	Lysekloster	Undisclosed	[23]
9 September 2020	DF		Christian Eggen Rismark	Ranheim	Undisclosed	[24]
2 October 2020	FW		Gilbert Koomson	Kasımpaşa	Undisclosed	[25]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
30 January 2020	DF		Nicholas Marthinussen	Notodden	End of season	[26]
5 February 2020	DF		Jesper Löfgren	Mjällby	End of season	[27][28]
20 February 2020	DF		Emil Kalsaas	Åsane	End of season	[23]
15 June 2020	GK		Eirik Johansen	Kristiansund	End of season	[29]
30 June 2020	FW		Aune Heggebø	Øygarden	End of season	[30]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
7 February 2020	MF		Andreas Mjøs	Retired[31]

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2020 Eliteserien

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	9	9	12	40	49	−9	36	4	5	6	20	18	+2	5	4	6	20	31	−11

Last updated: 22 December 2020.
Source: Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W
Position	3	2	3	5	3	4	3	5	6	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	9	10	10	10	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	10

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2020. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Haugesund v Brann

17 June 2020 1	Haugesund	1–2	Brann	Haugesund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Krygård  45' Sandberg 60'	Report	Taylor 50' Barmen  57' Koomson  59' Acosta  65' Teniste  71' Pedersen 90+6'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Brann v Viking

21 June 2020 2	Brann	3–0	Viking	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamba 52' Koomson 61' Pedersen  72' Ahamada  79' Hustad 90+4'  90+4'	Report	Vevatne  69' Høiland 78'  87'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Aalesunds v Brann

24 June 2020 3	Aalesunds	2–2	Brann	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sæthre  11' Castro 30'  87' Friðjónsson 72' Uzochukwu  75'	Report	Forren  34' Bamba 53', 59'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Espen Eskås

Brann v Rosenborg

28 June 2020 4	Brann	1–2	Rosenborg	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koomson 5'  51' Strand  45+1'	Report	Hovland 45+2' Islamović  72' Holse 90'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tore Hansen

Sarpsborg 08 v Brann

2 July 2020 5	Sarpsborg 08	0–1	Brann	Sarpsborg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsen  50'	Report	Koomson 42' Kolskogen  50'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Bodø/Glimt v Brann

5 July 2020 6	Bodø/Glimt	5–0	Brann	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Junker 7', 12', 54' Zinckernagel 32' (pen.) Saltnes 34'	Report	Ordagić  41'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Espen Eskås

Brann v Sandefjord

12 July 2020 7	Brann	3–1	Sandefjord	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Taylor 7' Koomson 9', 12' Forren  10' Ahamada  23' Acosta  41' Ordagić  50'	Report	Rufo 20' Celorrio 22' (pen.) Kurtovic  51' Jónsson  81'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Odd v Brann

15 July 2020 8	Odd	1–0	Brann	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaasa 53' Lunding  77'	Report	Ordagić  64' Hustad  85'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Mohammad Aslam

Brann v Start

19 July 2020 9	Brann	1–1	Start	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koomson 41' Kolskogen  59'	Report	Ahamada 28' (o.g.) Kabran  34' Schulze  45' Twum  85' Segberg  86'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Brann v Kristiansund

25 July 2020 10	Brann	1–1	Kristiansund	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ordagić  17' Bamba  28' Kristiansen  46' Koomson 73'  73' Acosta  90+4'	Report	D.Ulvestad 87'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Espen Eskås

Strømsgodset v Brann

29 July 2020 11	Strømsgodset	3–1	Brann	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Teniste 8' (o.g.) Gunnarsson  21' Mawa 54' Mølvadgaard 90+3'	Report	Koomson 72'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Brann v Vålerenga

1 August 2020 12	Brann	1–2	Vålerenga	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Barmen 10' (pen.) Taylor  30'	Report	Finne 30' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Myhre  70' Camara  83' Klaesson  90+4'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Molde v Brann

10 August 2020 13	Molde	1–2	Brann	Molde
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brynhildsen 17' Eikrem  77'	Report	Pedersen 12' Forren  29' Bamba  34' Tveita 54'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Espen Eskås

Brann v Mjøndalen

16 August 2020 14	Brann	0–1	Mjøndalen	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hellum 85'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Stabæk v Brann

24 August 2020 15	Stabæk	0–2	Brann	Bærum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Botheim  68' Bohinen  83'	Report	Taylor 62' Barmen  74' Bamba 90+4'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tore Hansen

Brann v Strømsgodset

29 August 2020 16	Brann	1–1	Strømsgodset	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Strand 33'	Report	Hove 42'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Vålerenga v Brann

13 September 2020 17	Vålerenga	5–1	Brann	Oslo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sahraoui 4', 35' Kjartansson 14', 16', 23'	Report	Strand 8'  65'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Tore Hansen

Brann v Bodø/Glimt

20 September 2020 18	Brann	1–3	Bodø/Glimt	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barmen  45' Grøgaard 78'	Report	Fet  19' Zinckernagel 51', 67' J.Hauge 71' Boniface  90+2'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Kristiansund v Brann

27 September 2020 19	Kristiansund	1–1	Brann	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop  41' Pellegrino 63' (pen.)	Report	Tveita  29' Pedersen  47' Taylor  57' Opdal  61' Bamba 73'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Espen Eskås

Brann v Molde

4 October 2020 20	Brann	1–2	Molde	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamba 14'	Report	Hestad 13' Bolly  82' Kristiansen 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[1] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Mjøndalen v Brann

17 October 2020 21	Mjøndalen	2–0	Brann	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ovenstad 13' Twum 37'  66' Liseth  90+3'	Report	Kristiansen  29' Grøgaard  90+6'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Brann v Stabæk

24 October 2020 22	Brann	1–1	Stabæk	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haugen  43' Barmen 75'  84'	Report	Edvardsen 51' Bohinen  59'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Sandefjord v Brann

1 November 2020 23	Sandefjord	3–3	Brann	Sandefjord
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kreuzriegler 18' Singh 60' Jónsson 63' Pálsson  70'	Report	Pedersen  33' Taylor 60' Strand 68' Haugen 90+5'	Stadium: Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Brann v Haugesund

7 November 2020 24	Brann	1–2	Haugesund	Bergen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Strand 61' Fjóluson  67'	Report	Ahamada 56' (o.g.) Sandberg 66' (pen.) Stølås  75' Therkildsen  81' Sandvik  90+3'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Rosenborg v Brann

24 November 2020 25	Rosenborg	2–3	Brann	Trondheim
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zachariassen 81' Eyjólfsson 90+3'	Report	Taylor 22'  90+4' Bamba 23' Svendsen 47' Strand  90+1'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Tore Hansen

Brann v Aalesunds

28 November 2020 26	Brann	3–1	Aalesunds	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barmen 21' Bamba 36', 44', 61' Kolskogen  88'	Report	Ólafsson  16' Kongshavn  28' Fiskerstrand 39'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Viking v Brann

2 December 2020 27	Viking	2–0	Brann	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berisha 17' Ibrahimaj 67'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Brann v Sarpsborg 08

6 December 2020 28	Brann	1–1	Sarpsborg 08	Bergen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barmen 75' Fjóluson  85'	Report	Utvik  7' Vetti 52' Jarl  64' Halvorsen  66'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Start v Brann

9 December 2020 29	Start	1–1	Brann	Kristiansand
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Markovic  65' Schulze 69' Segberg  85'	Report	Strand 60' Bamba 85'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Brann v Odd

22 December 30	Brann	2–1	Odd	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Taylor 45+4' (pen.) Forren  54' Tveita 71'	Report	Jørgensen  45+4' Bakenga 65' Lauritsen  69'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Espen Eskås

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Stabæk	30	9	12	9	41	45	−4	39
9	Haugesund	30	11	6	13	39	51	−12	39
10	Brann	30	9	9	12	40	49	−9	36
11	Sandefjord	30	9	8	13	31	43	−12	35
12	Sarpsborg 08	30	8	8	14	33	43	−10	32

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).^[32]

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2020 Norwegian Football Cup

v

2020 First round		–
CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Cup cancelled on 10 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[4]

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 December 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Håkon Opdal	17	0	17	0	0	0
2	DF	EST	Taijo Teniste	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
3	DF	NOR	Vegard Forren	25	0	25	0	0	0
4	DF	ISL	Jón Guðni Fjóluson	11	0	11	0	0	0
5	DF	NOR	Thomas Grøgaard	24	1	19+5	1	0	0
7	MF	NOR	Mathias Rasmussen	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Haugen	21	1	12+9	1	0	0
9	MF	NOR	Petter Strand	29	5	27+2	5	0	0
10	MF	BIH	Amer Ordagić	11	0	11	0	0	0
11	FW	CIV	Daouda Bamba	30	10	30	10	0	0
14	FW	NOR	Erlend Hustad	18	1	0+18	1	0	0
15	DF	CRC	Bismar Acosta	10	0	4+6	0	0	0
16	MF	FIN	Robert Taylor	30	6	24+6	6	0	0
17	DF	FRO	Gilli Rólantsson	12	0	1+11	0	0	0
18	DF	NOR	Ole Blomberg	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
19	MF	NOR	Jon-Helge Tveita	19	2	12+7	2	0	0
20	FW	NOR	Marcus Mehnert	7	0	0+7	0	0	0
21	DF	NOR	Ruben Kristiansen	21	0	18+3	0	0	0
23	MF	DEN	Daniel Pedersen	19	2	19	2	0	0
24	GK	NOR	Markus Pettersen	3	0	3	0	0	0
25	DF	NOR	Ole Martin Kolskogen	21	0	19+2	0	0	0
27	FW	NOR	Sander Svendsen	10	1	8+2	1	0	0
29	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Barmen	26	3	21+5	3	0	0
30	GK	COM	Ali Ahamada	10	0	10	0	0	0
34	FW	NOR	Sondre Eide	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
41	FW	NOR	Mikal Kvinge	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players away from Brann on loan:
Players who left Brann during the season
4	DF	NOR	Christian Eggen Rismark	8	0	1+7	0	0	0
7	FW	GHA	Gilbert Koomson	17	8	17	8	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Daouda Bamba	10	0	10
2	FW		7	Gilbert Koomson	8	0	8
3	MF		16	Robert Taylor	6	0	6
4	MF		9	Petter Strand	5	0	5
5	MF		29	Kristoffer Barmen	3	0	3
6	MF		23	Daniel Pedersen	2	0	2
	MF		19	Jon-Helge Tveita	2	0	2
8	FW		14	Erlend Hustad	1	0	1
	DF		5	Thomas Grøgaard	1	0	1
	MF		8	Fredrik Haugen	1	0	1
	FW		27	Sander Svendsen	1	0	1
				TOTALS	40	0	40

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	GK		30	Ali Ahamada	2	0	2
2	GK		24	Markus Pettersen	1	0	1
				TOTALS	3	0	3

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Håkon Opdal	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Taijo Teniste	1	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Vegard Forren	4	0	0	0	4	0
4		DF	Jón Guðni Fjóluson	2	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Thomas Grøgaard	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Fredrik Haugen	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		MF	Petter Strand	3	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Amer Ordagić	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	Daouda Bamba	2	0	0	0	2	0
14		FW	Erlend Hustad	2	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Bismar Acosta	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Robert Taylor	3	0	0	0	3	0
19		MF	Jon-Helge Tveita	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Ruben Kristiansen	2	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Daniel Pedersen	3	0	0	0	3	0
25		DF	Ole Martin Kolskogen	3	0	0	0	3	0
29		MF	Kristoffer Barmen	4	0	0	0	4	0
30		GK	Ali Ahamada	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Brann during the season:
7		FW	Gilbert Koomson	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	45	0	0	0	45	0