Sportsklubben Brann (most often called Brann, sometimes (incorrectly) Brann Bergen internationally) is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season. In October 2007, Brann won their first championship since the 1963 season.
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Sportsklubben Brann (most often called Brann, sometimes (incorrectly) Brann Bergen internationally) is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season. In October 2007, Brann won their first championship since the 1963 season.
Brann is historically one of the biggest clubs in Norway in terms of public interest, and hence there are high expectations for the club every season, expectations that notoriously have been let down. Brann won their first Norwegian Premier League titles in 1961/62 and 1963, but after this Brann was involved in the race for the league title only in seasons 1974-76, 1990 and 2006. In 2007, they reclaimed the league title and thus ended an 44 year long waiting period.
Despite the limited success, the club has never failed to spark considerable interest from the...
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