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.
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| Full name | Fotballklubben Ørn Horten | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Ørn, Ørnane | ||
| Founded | 4 May 1904 | ||
| Ground | Lystlunden Horten | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Kjetil Ramberg | ||
| Head coach | Kjell André Thu | ||
| League | 2. divisjon | ||
| 2023 | 2. divisjon group 1, 7th of 14 | ||
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
Players
Current squad
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Recent seasons
| 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 | |
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