Kvik Halden FK

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Kvik Halden Fotballklubb
Full nameKvik Halden FK
Nickname(s)Kvik
Founded19 June 1906; 117 years ago (1906-06-19)
GroundHalden stadion, Halden
Capacity5,000 (4,000 seated)
ChairmanJohn Erik Eriksen
League2. divisjon
20232. divisjon group 2, 8th of 14

Kvik Halden FK is a Norwegian football club, founded on 19 June 1906.

The club plays in the 2. divisjon after their promotion from the 2018 3. divisjon. In 2010 they contested a playoff to win promotion, and succeeded by beating Eik-Tønsberg 5–1 on aggregate.

In 1997, a merger between the two Halden-based clubs FK Kvik and Halden FK resulted in the formation of Kvik Halden FK. Long before the merger, FK Kvik was informally known as Kvik Halden anyway, to avoid confusion with the other FK Kvik from Trondheim. FK Kvik was the older and better of the two, but Halden FK had a rather large base of young players. The merger was controversial, and has been criticized by some who claim that the result of the merger was that FK Kvik simply took over Halden FK.

Kvik Halden's only major trophy came in 1918, when the club (then FK Kvik) won the Norwegian Cup, defeating Brann in the final. FK Kvik also played two other Cup Finals, in 1915 and 1922, but lost both, each time to Odd.

The 1910s and 20s was Kvik's glory days. In this period, the club had several players on the national team, and was one of the top clubs in Norwegian football. However, since the end of World War II, the team has never played in the highest football division, making Halden the second-largest town in Norway (behind Arendal) that has never had a top-division football team since a national league competition was established in 1948.

Honours[edit]

Recent history[edit]

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2009 3. divisjon 1 26 23 2 1 99 9 71 Second round Lost play-off match for promotion
2010 3. divisjon 1 26 22 3 1 125 31 69 First qualifying round Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2011 2. divisjon 5 26 12 6 8 52 34 42 Second round
2012 2. divisjon 5 26 11 6 9 53 40 39 Third round
2013 2. divisjon 5 26 12 5 9 34 35 41 Third round
2014 2. divisjon 10 26 9 4 13 37 51 31 First round
2015 2. divisjon 3 26 16 5 5 59 25 53 Fourth round
2016 2. divisjon 9 26 10 6 10 47 50 36 Second round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2017 3. divisjon 3 26 15 4 7 77 36 49 Second round
2018 3. divisjon 1 26 20 3 3 65 16 63 First round Promoted to the 2. divisjon
2019 2. divisjon 2 26 18 4 4 57 26 58 Second round
2020 2. divisjon 5 17 9 2 6 37 31 29 Cancelled
2021 2. divisjon 7 26 12 5 9 46 48 41 First round
2022 2. divisjon 5 24 10 4 10 43 36 34 Second round
2023 2. divisjon 8 26 9 4 13 43 51 31 Second round

Source:[1]

Current squad[edit]

As of 14 September 2023.[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
3 DF Norway NOR Adi Markovic
4 DF Norway NOR Tarik Mrakovic (on loan from Fredrikstad)
6 DF Norway NOR Ole Strømsborg
8 DF Norway NOR Marcus Moberg
9 FW Norway NOR Øystein Næsheim
10 FW Norway NOR Fabian Ness
11 MF Norway NOR Sebastian Svenningsen-Grøn
13 MF Norway NOR Filip Stensland (on loan from Fredrikstad)
14 DF Norway NOR Johannes Lindquist
15 FW Norway NOR Lucas Fritzen
16 MF Norway NOR Filip Johansen Westgaard
17 DF Norway NOR Dardan Mehmeti
18 MF Norway NOR Jesper Wichstrøm Johansen
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Norway NOR Marius Ophaug
20 FW Norway NOR Kastriot Murseli
22 GK Norway NOR Petter Bønøgård
23 MF Norway NOR Mathias Engebretsen
24 MF Norway NOR Anwar Elyounossi
25 DF Norway NOR Henrik Hagen
27 FW Norway NOR Harmohan Singh
28 MF Norway NOR Konrad Thorvaldsen
33 DF Norway NOR Benjamin Stensland
34 DF Norway NOR Trim Shabi
42 MF Norway NOR Mohammed Jatta
45 FW Norway NOR Chimaobi Ifejilika
99 GK Norway NOR Orhan Simsek

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kvik Halden FK". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ "A-lag 2023" (in Norwegian). Kvik Halden. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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