Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen.
It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from IL Bjørnar and Arna T&IL, and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The women's team has played since then in the Toppserien apart from the 2005 season when it was in the 1.divisjon.
Prominent members of the women's team (2009) are goalkeepers Reidun Seth and Erika Skarbø, and Nigerian keeper Precious Dede brought in to cover while Skarbø recovers from a long-term wrist injury. Arna-Bjørnar has earned a reputation for developing young players and the squad includes the former and current Norway Under-19 captains, Maren Mjelde and Kristine Hegland, and prominent former Under-19 players Caroline Walde and Ingrid Ryland, both now Under-23 players, as well as senior international Madeleine Giske who played in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007. The team has players in Norway's Under-17 team also.
Arna-Bjørnar's women's team is trained by Morten Kalvenes, brother of former Burnley player Christian Kalvenes.
In February 2011 the club had 13 players selected for Norway's international teams at senior level, Under-23, Under-19 and Under-17.Bergen's national team
The men's team currently plays in the 4. divisjon. They last played in the Norwegian Football Cup in 2019, losing 6-1 to Brann in the first round.
Women's team
Recent history {|class="wikitable" ! Season ! ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Cup !Notes |- |2001 |TS |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|18||align=right|13||align=right|2||align=right|3 |align=right|41||align=right|27||align=right|41 |Semi-final
|2002 |TS |align=right |5 |align=right|18||align=right|8||align=right|2||align=right|8 |align=right|44||align=right|38||align=right|26 |Runner-up
|2003 |TS |align=right |6 |align=right|18||align=right|6||align=right|4||align=right|8 |align=right|43||align=right|48||align=right|22 |Third round
|2004 |TS |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 9 |align=right|18||align=right|4||align=right|1||align=right|13 |align=right|31||align=right|54||align=right|13 |Quarter-final |Relegated to 1. divisjon |- |2005 |1D |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1 |align=right|18||align=right|17||align=right|1||align=right|0 |align=right|89||align=right|10||align=right|52 |Third round |Promoted to Toppserien |- |2006 |TS |align=right |5 |align=right|18||align=right|11||align=right|2||align=right|5 |align=right|60||align=right|26||align=right|35 |Quarter-final
|2007 |TS |align=right |4 |align=right|22||align=right|12||align=right|4||align=right|6 |align=right|47||align=right|34||align=right|40 |Semi-final
|2008 |TS |align=right |5 |align=right|22||align=right|12||align=right|5||align=right|5 |align=right|58||align=right|26||align=right|41 |Quarter-final
|2009 |TS |align=right |5 |align=right|22||align=right|9||align=right|6||align=right|7 |align=right|37||align=right|35||align=right|33 |Quarter-final
|2010 |TS |align=right |4 |align=right|22||align=right|14||align=right|1||align=right|7 |align=right|55||align=right|26||align=right|43 |Semi-final
|2011 |TS |align=right |4 |align=right|22||align=right|16||align=right|1||align=right|5 |align=right|64||align=right|19||align=right|49 |Quarter-final
|2012 |TS |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|22||align=right|14||align=right|5||align=right|3 |align=right|61||align=right|21||align=right|47 |Semi-final
|2013 |TS |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|22||align=right|10||align=right|8||align=right|4 |align=right|39||align=right|24||align=right|38 |Quarter-final
|2014 |TS |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|22||align=right|14||align=right|0||align=right|8 |align=right|58||align=right|21||align=right|42 |Second round
|2015 |TS |align=right |7 |align=right|22||align=right|7||align=right|5||align=right|10 |align=right|35||align=right|45||align=right|26 |Third round
|2016 |TS |align=right |8 |align=right|22||align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|11 |align=right|22||align=right|38||align=right|25 |Third round
|2017 |TS |align=right |6 |align=right|22||align=right|9||align=right|8||align=right|5 |align=right|39||align=right|28||align=right|35 |Semi-final
|2018 |TS |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|22||align=right|11||align=right|6||align=right|5 |align=right|53||align=right|26||align=right|39 |Quarter-final
|2019 |TS |align=right |9 |align=right|22||align=right|6||align=right|5||align=right|11 |align=right|26||align=right|41||align=right|23 |Semi-final
|2020 |TS |align=right |8 |align=right|18||align=right|5||align=right|2||align=right|11 |align=right|13||align=right|29||align=right|17 |Quarter-final
|2021 |TS |align=right |5 |align=right|18||align=right|6||align=right|3||align=right|9 |align=right|27||align=right|44||align=right|21 |Third round
|rowspan=2|2022 |rowspan=2|TS |rowspan=1 align=right| 8 |align=right|18||align=right|4||align=right|2||align=right|12 |align=right|18||align=right|53||align=right|14 |rowspan=2|Third round |rowspan=2| |- |rowspan=1 align=right| 2 |align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|2||align=right|1 |align=right|17||align=right|6||align=right|14 |- |2023 |TS |align=right |10 |align=right|27||align=right|4||align=right|4||align=right|19 |align=right|32||align=right|70||align=right|16 |Third round |Avoided relegation |- |2024 |TS |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 10 |align=right|27||align=right|2||align=right|9||align=right|16 |align=right|17||align=right|62||align=right|15 |Second round |Relegated to 1. divisjon |- |2025 (in progress) |1D |align=right|5 |align=right|17||align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|6 |align=right|28||align=right|29||align=right|25 |Third round
Players
Current women's squad
Former players
Honours Toppserien Third (5): 2001, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 Norwegian Women's Cup Runners-up (2): 2000, 2002
Men's team Recent seasons {|class="wikitable" ! Season ! ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Cup !Notes |- |2001 |3. divisjon |align=right|7 |align=right|22||align=right|8||align=right|3||align=right|11 |align=right|37||align=right|50||align=right|27
|2002 |3. divisjon |align=right |9 |align=right|22||align=right|6||align=right|3||align=right|13 |align=right|37||align=right|51||align=right|21 |First round
|2003 |3. divisjon |align=right |8 |align=right|22||align=right|8||align=right|4||align=right|10 |align=right|45||align=right|55||align=right|28 |First qualifying round
|2004 |3. divisjon |align=right |6 |align=right|22||align=right|10||align=right|3||align=right|9 |align=right|37||align=right|49||align=right|33 |First round
|2005 |3. divisjon |align=right |3 |align=right|22||align=right|12||3||align=right|7 |align=right|49||align=right|38||align=right|39 |First qualifying round
|2006 |3. divisjon |align=right |2 |align=right|20||align=right|12||align=right|1||align=right|7 |align=right|41||align=right|30||align=right|37 |First qualifying round
|2007 |3. divisjon |align=right |7 |align=right|22||align=right|9||align=right|2||align=right|11 |align=right|44||align=right|53||align=right|29 |Second qualifying round
|2008 |3. divisjon |align=right |10 |align=right|22||align=right|7||align=right|3||align=right|12 |align=right|48||align=right|58||align=right|24 |Second qualifying round
|2009 |3. divisjon |align=right |4 |align=right|22||align=right|11||align=right|2||align=right|9 |align=right|41||align=right|43||align=right|35 |First qualifying round
|2010 |3. divisjon |align=right |3 |align=right|22||align=right|14||align=right|1||align=right|7 |align=right|67||align=right|36||align=right|43 |First round
|2011 |3. divisjon |align=right |6 |align=right|26||align=right|12||align=right|4||align=right|10 |align=right|52||align=right|41||align=right|42 |Second qualifying round
|2012 |3. divisjon |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1 |align=right|26||align=right|19||align=right|4||align=right|3 |align=right|83||align=right|32||align=right|61 |Second round |Promoted to the 2. divisjon |- |2013 |2. divisjon |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 14 |align=right|26||align=right|8||align=right|1||align=right|17 |align=right|28||align=right|67||align=right|25 |First round |Relegated to the 3. divisjon |- |2014 |3. divisjon |align=right| 11 |align=right|26||align=right|7||align=right|6||align=right|13 |align=right|36||align=right|57||align=right|27 |Second qualifying round
|2015 |3. divisjon |align=right| 8 |align=right|26||align=right|9||align=right|4||align=right|13 |align=right|39||align=right|63||align=right|31 |First qualifying round
|2016 |3. divisjon |align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 8 |align=right|24||align=right|7||align=right|6||align=right|11 |align=right|43||align=right|57||align=right|27 |Second qualifying round |Relegated to 4. divisjon |- |2017 |4. divisjon |align=right| 2 |align=right|22||align=right|15||align=right|6||align=right|1 |align=right|65||align=right|31||align=right|34 |Second qualifying round
|2018 |4. divisjon |align=right| 2 |align=right|22||align=right|13||align=right|7||align=right|2 |align=right|61||align=right|32||align=right|46 |First round
|2019 |4. divisjon |align=right| 2 |align=right|22||align=right|14||align=right|3||align=right|5 |align=right|55||align=right|31||align=right|45 |First round
|2020 |4. divisjon |align=center colspan=10| No season due to Corona Virus Pandemic
|2021 |4. divisjon |align=right| 2 |align=right|10||align=right|7||align=right|0||align=right|3 |align=right|29||align=right|12||align=right|21
|2022 |4. divisjon |align=right| 4 |align=right|22||align=right|12||align=right|2||align=right|8 |align=right|51||align=right|40||align=right|38 |Second Qualifying round
|2023 |4. divisjon |align=right| 2 |align=right|22||align=right|15||align=right|4||align=right|3 |align=right|72||align=right|32||align=right|49 |Second Qualifying round
|2024 |4. divisjon |align=right| 2 |align=right|22||align=right|13||align=right|3||align=right|6 |align=right|53||align=right|35||align=right|42 |First Qualifying round
References
External links Official site