2026 SK Brann season

Brann
2026 season
Chairman	Arild Mjøs Andersen
Head coach	Freyr Alexandersson; (until 1 June)
Stadium	Brann Stadion
Eliteserien	11th
2025–26 Norwegian Cup	Runners-up
2026–27 Norwegian Cup	Pre-season
2025–26 Europa League	Knockout phase play-offs
2026–27 Conference League	Second qualifying round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2025

The 2026 season is the 118th season in the history of Sportsklubben Brann and the fourth consecutive season in the Eliteserien. In addition, Brann will participate in the 2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup and the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League. The team completed its participation in the 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup as runners-up.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Martin Hellan	Stabæk	Loan return	31 December 2025
MF	Kristall Máni Ingason	Sønderjyske	€1,400,000	26 January 2026	^[1]^[2]
FW	Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson	Hertha BSC	Loan	2 February 2026	^[3]
GK	Simen Vidtun Nilsen	Ranheim		4 February 2026
MF	Kristian Eriksen	Molde	~NOK 7.5 million	30 March 2026	^[4]^[5]
DF	Cheikh Mbacké Diop	Lokomotiva Zagreb	~NOK 30 million	30 March 2026	^[6]
FW	Rabbi Matondo	Rangers	Undisclosed	3 April 2026	^[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Tom Bramel	RKC Waalwijk	Loan	8 January 2026	^[8]
DF	Japhet Sery Larsen	Philadelphia Union	~NOK 15 million	13 January 2026	^[9]^[10]
DF	Eivind Helland	Bologna	~€8.5 million	16 January 2026	^[11]
MF	Emil Kornvig	Widzew Łódź	€3,500,000	23 January 2026	^[12]^[13]
FW	Mads Hansen	IF Brommapojkarna	Undisclosed	8 February 2026	^[14]
MF	Lars Remmem	Haugesund	Loan	18 March 2026	^[15]
FW	Mads Sande	Kongsvinger	Undisclosed	25 March 2026	^[16]

Pre-season and friendlies

20 February 2026

Brann

2–2

Sotra

26 June 2026	Aarhus Fremad	v	Brann	Aarhus, Denmark
14:00				Stadium: Riisvangen Stadium

3 July 2026	Brann	v	Kristiansund	Bergen
15:00				Stadium: Nymarksbanene

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eliteserien	15 March 2026		Matchday 1		12	4	1	7	24	20	+4	033.33
2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup	8 March 2026	9 May 2026	Fourth round	Runners-up	4	3	1	0	10	7	+3	075.00
2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
2025–26 UEFA Europa League	19 February 2026	26 February 2026	Knockout phase play-offs	Knockout phase play-offs	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	000.00
2026–27 UEFA Conference League	23 July 2026		Second qualifying round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					18	7	2	9	34	29	+5	038.89

Last updated: 29 May 2026
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Vålerenga	11	4	2	5	13	17	−4	14
10	Fredrikstad	11	4	2	5	15	20	−5	14
11	Brann	12	4	1	7	24	20	+4	13
12	KFUM	11	3	3	5	12	17	−5	12
13	Aalesund	11	2	5	4	15	20	−5	11

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2026. 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 goals scored.^[17]

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
12	4	1	7	24	20	+4	13	2	0	3	7	7	0	2	1	4	17	13	+4

Last updated: 29 May 2026.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L						W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was issued on 19 December 2025.^[18]

15 March 2026 1

Kristiansund

3–2

Brann

22 March 2026 2

Brann

1–2

Tromsø

6 April 2026 3

HamKam

1–5

Brann

12 April 2026 4

Brann

0–1

Sandefjord

18 April 2026 5

Viking

3–2

Brann

25 April 2026 6

Rosenborg

1–1

Brann

29 April 2026 17

Tromsø

0–5

Brann

2 May 2026 7

Brann

3–1

Fredrikstad

16 May 2026 9

Brann

2–1

KFUM Oslo

20 May 2026 8

Aalesund

2–1

Brann

24 May 2026 10

Bodø/Glimt

3–1

Brann

29 May 2026 11	Brann	1–2	Sarpsborg 08	Bergen
19:00				Stadium: Brann Stadion

Norwegian Football Cup

2025–26

8 March 2026 Fourth round

Tromsdalen

2–3 (a.e.t.)

Brann

19 March 2026 Quarter-finals

Bryne

1–2

Brann

22 April 2026 Semi-finals

Brann

2–1

Aalesund

9 May 2026 Final

Bodø/Glimt

3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)

Brann

2026–27

22–23 August 2026 First round

Fyllingen

v

Brann

2025–26 UEFA Europa League

19 February 2026 First leg	Brann	0–1	Bologna	Bergen
18:45	Kwame Boakye 30'		Castro 9' Bernardeschi 14'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 15,680 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

26 February 2026 Second leg	Bologna	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Brann	Bologna, Italy
21:00	Vitík 28' Bernardeschi 41' João Mário 56' Orsolini 80'		Sørensen 37' Holten 78'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 19,710 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

2026–27 UEFA Conference League

References

^ "Tidligere RBK-spiller klar for Brann". VG. 26 January 2026.
^ Abolhosseini, Farzam (25 January 2026). "Afsløring: Sønderjyske laver tocifret millionsalg".
^ "Brann låner islandsk landslagsspiller". NRK. 2 February 2026.
^ Mossing, Julianne (30 March 2026). "Molde-profil Kristian Eriksen har signert med SK Brann". NRK.
^ Vatne, Lauritz Rushfeldt; Øgar, Sindre; Almli, Andreas (29 March 2026). "Opplysninger til VG: Kristian Eriksen på vei til Brann". VG.
^ "Brann med rekordsignering – henter ny midtstopper". NRK. 30 March 2026.
^ "Brann signerer Rabbi Matondo". NRK. 3 April 2026.
^ "Brann sender keeper Tom Bramel tilbake ut i den store verden". Sporten.com – Premier League, Eliteserien, Serie A og Bundesliga på ett sted. 8 January 2026.
^ "Brann-stopper solgt til USA". NRK. 13 January 2026.
^ Røssland, Ole Martin (12 January 2026). "Dansk nettavis: Sery Larsen har signert for MLS-klubb". Bergensavisen.
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^ "Emil Kornvig forlater Brann – klar for polsk fotball". NRK. 23 January 2026.
^ Kałuzski, Alek (24 January 2026). "Kolejny wielki transfer Widzewa! 3.5 mln euro za pomocnika".
^ Røssland, Ole Martin (8 February 2026). "Svensk klubb kjøper Mads Hansen". Bergensavisen.
^ "Går på utlån til FK Haugesund". Brann.
^ Bergersen, Johan Patrick Bredesen, Tormod (25 March 2026). "Her er Brann-spilleren på plass i Kongsvinger". Bergensavisen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2026". VG. 19 December 2025.

[1] "Tidligere RBK-spiller klar for Brann". VG. 26 January 2026.

[2] Abolhosseini, Farzam (25 January 2026). "Afsløring: Sønderjyske laver tocifret millionsalg".

[3] "Brann låner islandsk landslagsspiller". NRK. 2 February 2026.

[4] Mossing, Julianne (30 March 2026). "Molde-profil Kristian Eriksen har signert med SK Brann". NRK.

[5] Vatne, Lauritz Rushfeldt; Øgar, Sindre; Almli, Andreas (29 March 2026). "Opplysninger til VG: Kristian Eriksen på vei til Brann". VG.

[6] "Brann med rekordsignering – henter ny midtstopper". NRK. 30 March 2026.

[7] "Brann signerer Rabbi Matondo". NRK. 3 April 2026.

[8] "Brann sender keeper Tom Bramel tilbake ut i den store verden". Sporten.com – Premier League, Eliteserien, Serie A og Bundesliga på ett sted. 8 January 2026.

[9] "Brann-stopper solgt til USA". NRK. 13 January 2026.

[10] Røssland, Ole Martin (12 January 2026). "Dansk nettavis: Sery Larsen har signert for MLS-klubb". Bergensavisen.

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[12] "Emil Kornvig forlater Brann – klar for polsk fotball". NRK. 23 January 2026.

[13] Kałuzski, Alek (24 January 2026). "Kolejny wielki transfer Widzewa! 3.5 mln euro za pomocnika".

[14] Røssland, Ole Martin (8 February 2026). "Svensk klubb kjøper Mads Hansen". Bergensavisen.

[15] "Går på utlån til FK Haugesund". Brann.

[16] Bergersen, Johan Patrick Bredesen, Tormod (25 March 2026). "Her er Brann-spilleren på plass i Kongsvinger". Bergensavisen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[17] "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.

[18] "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2026". VG. 19 December 2025.

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