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2006 SK Brann season

Field	Value
club	Brann
season	2006
manager	Mons Ivar Mjelde
stadium	Brann Stadion
league	Tippeligaen
league result	2nd
cup1	Norwegian Cup
cup1 result	4th round
cup2	UEFA Cup
cup2 result	Second qualifying round
league topscorer	Bengt Sæternes (10)
season topscorer	Bengt Sæternes (11)
highest attendance	19,348 (vs Rosenborg, 22 October 2006)
lowest attendance	13,528 (vs Lillestrøm, 18 April 2006)
prevseason	2005
nextseason	2007

The 2006 season was SK Brann's 98th season and their 20th consecutive season in the Tippeligaen. The season opened on 10 April, with a tie in Fredrikstad, in a match best remembered by an impressive scissor kick goal from Charlie Miller. 8 month later, on 10 December, Brann finished the season with a tie against Helsingborgs IF in their last group stage match in the 2006-07 Royal League.

Information

Manager: [[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|16px]] Mons Ivar Mjelde

League: Tippeligaen

Shirt supplier: Umbro (Kappa from 1 December)

Shirt sponsor: Sparebanken Vest

Highest league attendance: 19,348 (v Rosenborg, October 22)

Lowest league attendance: 13,528 (v Lillestrøm, April 18)

Average league attendance: 16,707

League: Silver

Norwegian Cup: 4th round

Europe: UEFA Cup, second qualifying round

Royal League: Quarter finals

Top goalscorer league: Bengt Sæternes, 10 goals

Top goalscorer season: Bengt Sæternes, 11 goals

Player of the year: Håkon Opdal

Season events

10 April: Opening day of the season. Brann plays a 1-1 draw against Fredrikstad FK in Fredrikstad, best remembered by a scissor kick goal from Charlie Miller.
30 April: Brann beats the reigning champions, Vålerenga 3-1 in Bergen.
5 June: Rosenborg-Brann 0-0 in front of 19,215 spectators.
8 June: After knocking FBK Voss out of the Norwegian Cup, SK Brann enters the summer break as undefeated league leaders. Their win–loss record in the league is 7-4-0 with 19 goals for and 7 goals against.
2 July: Brann resumes the season in the worst possible way. They lose 0-4 in Hamar against the relegation-fighting Ham-Kam.
20 July: Brann is eliminated from the Norwegian Cup after a 1-3 loss in Kristiansand against IK Start.
27 July: Brann advances to the 2nd UEFA Cup qualifying round, after winning 1-0 against Glentoran FC in both legs.
2 August: Brann loses 0-2 against their biggest rival in the race for Premiership-gold, Lillestrøm SK.
24 August: Brann gets knocked-out of the UEFA Cup after a defeat on aggregate against the amateurs from the Swedish Åtvidabergs FF.
17 September: Brann keeps the gold-dream alive with a 5-3 victory against Sandefjord Fotball.
15 October: Brann loses to FC Lyn Oslo. Their two previous matches gave them one victory and one defeat. The gold race seems to come down to the match between Rosenborg and Brann in Bergen. Brann have to win for gold, while Rosenborg is almost guaranteed the gold medal with a victory over Brann.
22 October: The Brann-Rosenborg showdown saw Rosenborg win 3-1, taking them six points clear of Brann with two rounds left. With an advantage of +13 over Brann in goal difference, Rosenborg are virtually assured of the title (99%), and can remove any doubt by picking up one point in either of their remaining matches.
29 October: Brann beats Ham-Kam 2-0 and secures the silver medals. Rosenborg beats Viking FK, and take home the Tippeligaen trophy for the 20th time.
2 November: Sport Director Per Ove Ludvigsen resigned after four year as chief in Brann.
5 November: Brann is defeated in Stavanger, when Viking F.K. won 5-0. Brann's Premiership statistics were. Win/loss: 14-4-7, goals scored: 39 goals against: 36, points: 46.
6 November: Brann prepares for the Royal League-group stage. Brann is in group 1 with the Norwegian champions Rosenborg, the bronzemedalist from Denmark, Odense Boldklub and the number 4 in the Swedish league, Helsingborgs IF.
9 November: Brann wins 3-1 at the Royal League 2006-07 opening game against Rosenborg.
24 November: Roald Bruun-Hanssen is hired as new sports director.
26 November: Brann-Helsingborg 2-2, in the 2nd round of the Royal League. Cato Guntveit played his first match since 24 August, after being troubled with injuries most of the season.
7 December: Brann qualified for the quarterfinals in the Royal League, after defeating Rosenborg 3-2 at home.
10 December: Brann tied with Helsingborg in the last group stage match in the 2006-07 Royal League. The match was also Henrik "Henke" Larsson's last match before his loan-transfer to Manchester United. Both Brann and Helsingborg qualified for the quarterfinal in the Royal League, while Odense finished 3rd and qualified to the quarterfinal as one of the two best 3rd placed teams in the group stage. Rosenborg was eliminated from the tournament.

Squad

Brann's most used line-up in 2006 (4-4-2).

(until October 2006) (injured whole season) (C) (from June 2006) (from September 2006) (until July 2006) (until August 2006) (from September 2006) (injured most of the season) (from August 2006)

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2006 Tippeligaen

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Sæternes Winters Moen Sigurðsson Nannskog Miller Bjarnason Miller Sæternes Sæternes Ringberg Øren Kienast Sæternes Sæternes Szekeres Berre Sæternes Miller Miller Bjarnason Andresen Mjelde Madsen Bernier Sokolowski Iversen Sapara Sigurðsson

Table

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2006 Norwegian Football Cup

Winters Ystaas Sæternes Memelli Nielsen Bärlin

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

Bergström Karlsson

Royal League

Main article: 2006–07 Royal League

Group stage

Huseklepp Ystaas Memelli Monkam Ludvigsen Riseth Larsson Bjarnason Last their match in the Group stage took place during the 2007 season.

Matches (goals)

Matches and goal are for matches in the Tippeligaen, Norwegian Cup, Royal League and European Cup/UEFA Cup, and was last updated after the seasons last game 10 December.

No.	Position	Player	Premiership	Norwegian Cup	Europe	Royal League	Total
1	GK	Johan Thorbjørnsen	1 (0)	2 (0)	3 (0)	2 (0)	8 (0)
12	GK	Håkon Opdal	25 (0)	2 (0)	1 (0)	3 (0)	31 (0)
24	GK	Steffen Haraldsen	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
2	DF	Janez Zavrl	7 (0)	0 (0)	3 (0)	0 (0)	10 (0)
3	DF	Bjørn Dahl	23 (0)	3 (0)	3 (1)	5 (0)	34 (1)
15	DF	Erlend Hanstveit	24 (0)	3 (0)	4 (0)	0 (0)	31 (0)
17	DF	Christian Kalvenes	5 (0)	2 (0)	2 (0)	0 (0)	9 (0)
18	DF	Ólafur Örn Bjarnason	25 (2)	4 (1)	4 (1)	5 (1)	38 (5)
21	DF	Kristján Örn Sigurðsson	24 (3)	4 (1)	3 (0)	0 (0)	31 (4)
28	DF	Ármann Smári Björnsson	2 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (1)	4 (1)
4	DF/MF	Cato Guntveit	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)	4 (0)	6 (0)
5	DF/MF	Martin Knudsen	21 (0)	3 (0)	4 (0)	5 (0)	33 (0)
6	MF	Helge Haugen	23 (1)	4 (0)	4 (0)	5 (0)	36 (1)
8	MF	Martin Andresen	24 (3)	2 (0)	2 (0)	0 (0)	28 (3)
11	MF	Petter Vaagan Moen	24 (3)	4 (0)	1 (0)	4 (0)	33 (3)
13	MF	Erik Huseklepp	11 (0)	4 (1)	3 (0)	5 (3)	23 (4)
14	MF	Maynor Suazo	1 (0)	1 (0)	1 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)
14	MF	Ardian Gashi	7 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (1)	12 (2)
17	MF	Eirik Bakke	7 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	8 (0)
19	MF	Nicolai Misje	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)
30	MF	Arnaud Monkam	1 (0)	3 (0)	2 (0)	5 (1)	11 (1)
16	MF/FW	Charlie Miller	20 (6)	2 (0)	3 (0)	1 (0)	26 (3)
20	MF/FW	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	4 (0)	2 (0)	1 (0)	4 (0)	11 (0)
7	FW	Robbie Winters	25 (7)	3 (1)	2 (0)	2 (0)	32 (8)
9	FW	Thorstein Helstad	12 (2)	1 (0)	2 (0)	2 (0)	17 (2)
10	FW	Bengt Sæternes	25 (10)	2 (1)	2 (0)	0 (0)	29 (11)
22	FW	Kristian Ystaas	0 (0)	2 (1)	0 (0)	4 (1)	6 (2)
25	FW	Migen Memelli	19 (1)	3 (3)	3 (4)	4 (1)	29 (9)

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