The 2025 season was the 99th season in the history of Bryne FK and marks their return to the top flight of Norwegian football following promotion in 2024. The club competed in the Eliteserien and the Norwegian Football Cup.
Following a good start in the league, the club dipped into 14th place in August. After the penultimate round had been played, it was certain that Bryne would finish 14th, and thus enter the playoff against a team from the First Division. The opponent being Aalesunds FK, Aalesund shocked by winning the first leg, played in Bryne, 4–0. It therefore did not help that Bryne won the second leg 1–0, and the team was relegated following a single season in Eliteserien.
The latter half of the eseason was marked by turmoil. In September 2025, three players abruptly had their contracts terminated: Axel Kryger, Jens Husebø and Robert Undheim. The latter is described as a "Bryne legend", having played for the team since 2014. The reason for the termination was an open disagreement with manager Kevin Knappen. In the media, it surfaced that more than ten players voiced explicit discontent with Knappen; however, the board of directors chose to continue with Knappen. Anonymous players alleged "fear-based leadership" and "mental violence". Erling Braut Haaland published on Snapchat that "its chaos in my hometown club and it pisses me off so now i cant sleep". After Bryne was relegated, Kevin Knappen was sacked ayway. Released player Axel Kryger claimed that the team did not survive the blow of losing three key players. On 16 December 2025, the club announced the departure of head coach Kevin Knappen following a tenure of nearly four years.
In the last league round, Lithuanian reserve goalkeeper Igor Spiridonov was substituted in, making his debut on the highest level at the age of 37 and 3 months.
Transfers
Friendlies Pre-season
Competitions Overview
Eliteserien
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The match schedule was announced on 20 December 2024.
Relegation play-offs
Norwegian Football Cup 2025
2025–26
The remaining rounds took place during the 2026 season.
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="16"|Players away from Bryne on loan: |- |colspan="16"|Players who appeared for Bryne no longer at the club:
Goal scorers RankPlayerEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 FW18 Duarte Moreira4042 FW9Sanel Bojadzic213MF19 Nicklas Strunck213MF22 Heine Åsen Larsen0335 Own goal202DF26 Axel Kryger1127 FW11 Alfred Scriven101DF5 Jacob Haahr Steffensen011MF8 Lars Erik Sødal011TOTALS12820
Clean sheets RankPlayerEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GK12Jan de Boer101GK99Igor Spiridonov011TOTALS112
Disciplinary record NameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal2 DFLuis Görlich2000203 DFSondre Norheim0011118 MFLars Erik Sødal20103011FWAlfred Scriven10102012GKJan de Boer10001014DFEirik Saunes10001015DFJon-Helge Tveita10001017DFLasse Qvigstad00101019MFNicklas Strunck30104022MFHeine Åsen Larsen10102024DFJens Husebø10001026DFAxel Kryger201030Players away from Bryne on loan:Players who appeared for Bryne no longer at the club:TOTALS15071221
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