Kvik Halden FK

Kvik Halden
Full nameKvik Halden Fotballklubb
Nickname(s)Kvik
Founded19 June 1906 (1906-06-19)
GroundHalden stadion, Halden
Capacity5,000 (4,000 seated)
ChairmanJohn Erik Eriksen
League3. divisjon
20242. divisjon group 1, 14th of 14 (relegated)

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

Recent history

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

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
1 GK  NOR Petter Bønøgård
3 DF  NOR Markus Grimstad
7 FW  NOR Harmohan Singh
8 MF  NOR Jonas Antonio Halsne
9 FW  NOR Øystein Næsheim
10 FW  NOR Fabian Ness
11 DF  KOS Adhurim Mjekiqi
12 GK  NOR Sander Lund
16 DF  NOR Kevin Nilsen Pereira
17 DF  NOR Dardan Mehmeti
21 FW  NOR Markus Manirakiza
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  NOR Henrik Hagen
27 FW  NOR Erlend Cantona Vidtun-Olsen
42 MF  NOR Mohammed Jatta
47 MF  NOR Kristian Lorentzen
58 MF  GNB Seco Sani
70 MF  NOR Lucas Buraas Gabrielsen
77 MF  NOR Christoffer Skårn
99 GK  NOR Orhan Simsek
MF  NOR Marius Ophaug
MF  NOR Sebastian Svenningsen-Grøn
MF  NOR Marcus Moberg

Out on loan

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

References

  1. ^ "Kvik Halden FK". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ "A-lag 2024" (in Norwegian). Kvik Halden. Retrieved 31 May 2024.