# 2005 SK Brann season

The 2005 season was SK Brann's 97th season as a club and their 19th consecutive season in the Tippeligaen. The year started with a 2-0 loss to Malmø in Royal League 2004-2005, and the Norwegian league opened with a win 2-0 home at Brann Stadion over Molde, in a match best remembered by Paul Scharners efforts for Brann even though his wife was expecting a baby at any minute. Paul Scharner scored and was appointed Man of the match - his daughter was born the following day. On October 29 Brann finished the season with a draw against Ham-Kam and finished 6th in the Tippeligaen. After the season finished Scharner was named Player of the year. The Norwegian cup ended by being eliminated by Vålerenga at Ullevaal Stadion in the Quarterfinals. After the season ended in October construction work started in The Clock End at Brann stadion, where a new stand was built during the winter.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Johan Thorbjørnsen |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jan Tore Ophaug |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Ragnvald Soma |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Cato Guntveit (C) |
| 5 | MF | NOR | Martin Knudsen |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Helge Haugen |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Robbie Winters |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Martin Andresen |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Dylan Macallister |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Bengt Sæternes |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Kristian Ystaas |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Håkon Opdal |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Erik Huseklepp |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Erlend Storesund |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Arve Walde |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Erlend Hanstveit |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Charlie Miller |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Christian Kalvenes |
| 18 | DF | ISL | Ólafur Örn Bjarnason |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Tom Sanne |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Kristján Örn Sigurðsson |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Michael Helegbe |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Steffen Haraldsen |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Raymond Kvisvik |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Klock |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Nicolai Misje |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Thor Jørgen Spurkeland |

## Competitions
### Royal League
#### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | Advanced to second group stage |
| 2 | SK Brann | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advanced to second group stage |
| 3 | Halmstads BK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Odense BK | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advanced to final |
| 2 | Vålerenga IF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | SK Brann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Tippeligaen
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 42 | |
| 5 | Viking | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 41 | |
| 6 | Brann | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 7 | Rosenborg | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 34 | |
| 8 | Tromsø | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 34 | |
* ↑ Brann qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.