FK Ørn Horten

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 name	Fotballklubben Ørn Horten
Nickname(s)	Ørn, Ørnane
Founded	4 May 1904; 121 years ago (1904-05-04)
Ground	Lystlunden Horten
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Kjetil Ramberg
League	3. divisjon
2024	2. divisjon group 1, 13th of 14 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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

• Norwegian Football Cup:
  • Winners (4): 1920, 1927, 1928, 1930
  • Runners-up (4): 1916, 1926, 1929, 1932

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2025^[2]

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 2 DF  NOR Seihou Leroy Sillah Nilsen 4 DF  NOR Arnar Førsund 5 DF  NOR Sebastian Pop 6 DF  NOR Fredrik Døhlen Tørnby 7 DF  NOR Christopher Lindquist 8 DF  NOR Thomas Søderstrøm Knutsen 10 MF  KOS Alban Kadriu 11 FW  NOR Gustav Helling 12 GK  NOR Daniel Skretteberg 13 DF  NOR Vetle Skullestad 14 MF  NOR Alex Krawiec

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 FW  NOR Sander Werni — GK  NOR Adam Anmarkrud — MF  NOR Jakob Johannes Auby

Notable former players

• Bjørn Odmar Andersen
• Trym Bergman
• Harry Boye Karlsen
• Per Bredesen
• Arnar Førsund
• Ardian Gashi
• Jørgen Jalland
• Dag Riisnæs
• Harald Strøm
• Glenn Andersen

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

Source:^[3]