# 2012 SK Brann season

The 2012 season was Brann's 26th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, It was Rune Skarsfjord's second full season as the club's manager. Brann competed in the Tippeligaen, finishing 6th, and the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup where they were knocked out by eventual winners IL Hødd at the semi-final stage .

## Squad

    As of 31 August 2012
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 | Jørgen Mohus |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Birkir Sævarsson |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Christian Kalvenes |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Hassan El Fakiri |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Haugen |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Kim Ojo |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Bentley |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Øystein Øvretveit |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Erik Huseklepp |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Nordkvelle |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Markus Jonsson (Captain) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Korcsmár |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Amin Askar |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski |
| 24 | GK | POL | Piotr Leciejewski |
| 27 | DF | SWE | Erdin Demir |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Barmen |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Jonas Grønner |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Nordkvelle (from Strømsgodset) |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse (from US Ouakam) |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Markus Jonsson (from Panionios) |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Amin Askar (from Fredrikstad) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski (from Viking) |
| 27 | DF | SWE | Erdin Demir (from Trelleborg) |
| 33 | GK | ISL | Hannes Þór Halldórsson (loan from KR) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NOR | Yaw Amankwah (to Sandefjord) |
| — | MF | NOR | Bjørnar Holmvik (to Sandnes Ulf) |
| — | FW | NOR | Bjarte Haugsdal (to Stabæk) |
| — | MF | URU | Maximiliano Bajter (to C.A Fenix) |
| — | FW | LTU | Tadas Labukas (to Skonto Riga) |
| — | FW | URU | Diego Guastavino (to Querétaro) |
| 33 | GK | ISL | Hannes Þór Halldórsson (loan return to KR) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg (from Rosenborg) |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Erik Huseklepp (from Portsmouth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud (to Fredrikstad) |
| 5 | MF | JAM | Rodolph Austin (to Leeds United) |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse (loan return to US Ouakam) |

## Competitions
### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Tromsø | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 49 | |
| 6 | Brann | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 42 | |
| 7 | Haugesund | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 42 | |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 41 | |
* ↑ Tromsø qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play ranking.

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Football Cup | Norwegian Football Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Jørgen Mohus | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Birkir Sævarsson | 35 | 4 | 30+0 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Christian Kalvenes | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg | 11 | 1 | 10+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Hassan El Fakiri | 15 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Haugen | 28 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Kim Ojo | 34 | 15 | 29+0 | 11 | 5+0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde | 30 | 5 | 18+7 | 2 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Bentley | 34 | 9 | 20+9 | 9 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Øystein Øvretveit | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Erik Huseklepp | 14 | 5 | 11+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Nordkvelle | 28 | 3 | 15+9 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Eirik Birkelund | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Heggeland | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Markus Jonsson | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen | 26 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Kjetil Kalve | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Korcsmár | 31 | 5 | 26+0 | 2 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Amin Askar | 27 | 8 | 22+1 | 8 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski | 16 | 2 | 13+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | POL | Piotr Leciejewski | 28 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Kasper Skaanes | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SWE | Erdin Demir | 27 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne | 9 | 3 | 1+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Barmen | 20 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Jonas Grønner | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Brann no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | JAM | Rodolph Austin | 16 | 4 | 12+0 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Oumar Niasse | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ISL | Hannes Þór Halldórsson | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Football Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Kim Ojo | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Bentley | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Amin Askar | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 13 | Erik Huseklepp | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Erik Mjelde | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 21 | Zsolt Korcsmár | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Birkir Sævarsson | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 28 | Bård Finne | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Rodolph Austin | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | 29 | Kristoffer Barmen | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | Tomasz Sokolowski | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Fredrik Nordkvelle | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | 18 | Markus Jonsson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Simen Wangberg | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | 19 | Kristoffer Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 57 | 19 | 76 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Birkir Sævarsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Christian Kalvenes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lars Grorud | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Simen Wangberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Rodolph Austin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Hassan El Fakiri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Fredrik Haugen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Kim Ojo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Erik Mjelde | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Fredrik Nordkvelle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Eirik Birkelund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Markus Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kristoffer Larsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Zsolt Korcsmár | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Amin Askar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Piotr Leciejewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Erdin Demir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Jonas Grønner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 2 |