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{{Short description|Norwegian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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 |capacity = 14,563
 |manager  = [[Azar Karadas]]
 |mgrtitle = Head coach
 |league   = [[Norwegian First Division]]
 |season   = [[2025 Norwegian First Division|2025]]
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'''Idrettsklubben Start''' (or simply '''IK Start''') is a Norwegian [[Association football|football]] club from the city of [[Kristiansand]] that currently plays in the [[Norwegian First Division]], the second tier of the [[Norwegian football league system]]. The club was founded on 19 September 1905. The club's current head coach is [[Azar Karadas]]. The team plays in yellow jerseys, black shorts and socks at home, and black jerseys, yellow shorts and socks away.

They play their home matches at [[Sør Arena]], opened in 2007. Before moving to Sør Arena, IK Start played their games at [[Kristiansand Stadion]]. The team’s official supporter club, “Tigerberget,” existed until 2017, when the IK Start board decided to discontinue having an official supporter club.

==History==
Start were Norwegian champions in 1978 and 1980. They participated in the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in 1979 and 1981, as well as being qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]] 2006–07. The years since 1995 have been turbulent, but recent investments have given greater expectations for the future. In 2004 they won the Norwegian 1. divisjon and were promoted to the [[Eliteserien|top flight]].

In 2005 they reached second place, following [[Vålerenga I.F. Fotball|Vålerenga]], after a strong comeback season in the [[Eliteserien|Tippeligaen]]. For this, Start earned a place in the [[UEFA Cup]] 2006.

In 2006, after beating [[Skála ÍF|Skála]] of the [[Faroe Islands]] in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, and [[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]] of [[League of Ireland|Ireland]] in the second qualifying round (after penalties), they reached the first round of the UEFA Cup, where they were knocked out by [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] of the [[Netherlands]].

2007 was a bad year for Start, with problems working as a team and management issues. It led to a disappointing 13th place, leading to Start's relegation to [[1. divisjon]]. In 2008 the club got financial problems. The local government saved the club from bankruptcy. The financial difficulties has plagued Start for several seasons, due to the financial crisis and the Norwegian footballteams overspending, Start being no exception. The last couple of seasons, Start has downsized and saved money, for example by changing the turf on Sør Arena, the hopes being that the savings will keep the wheels turning in Start.

Ahead of the 2009 season, [[Knut Tørum]] was appointed head coach of Start. The next two seasons, Start was positioned at the lower half of [[Tippeligaen]] although achieving some strong results, like being the only team to beat Rosenborg in 2009, at Rosenborgs homeground Lerkendal, delaying their gold celebration. On 22 June 2011, Start had 13 points in 12 matches, and Tørum decided to resign hours before a cup-match against [[Strømsgodset IF|Strømsgodset]], a match Start won without Tørum. [[Mons Ivar Mjelde]] replaced Tørum as head coach, but was not able to save Start from relegation. Start started the [[2012 1. divisjon]] in strong fashion, leading the division and winning important matches and won promotion at the end of the season.

Start defeated [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]] 4–1 on 4 July 2015. From 12 July 2015 to 18 September 2016, Start played 39 consecutive games without a win in [[Tippeligaen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tv2.no/a/8615450/ |title=Start med sin første seier siden 4. juli i fjor: – Det kom en tåre i øyekroken |work=tv2.no |publisher=TV2 |language=no |date=25 September 2016 |access-date=13 November 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170024/https://www.tv2.no/a/8615450/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This is the longest run without winning a single game across any top division in Europe.

==Badge==
[[File:IK Start new logo.svg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Former logo of IK Start, used between 2018 and 2021.]]
Since the club was founded in 1905, the club badge had been a blue and white pennant. In November 2017, the badge was replaced with a more modernised version in all black.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/start-snur-etter-supporterstorm-_-endrer-logo-1.13776872|title=Start snur etter supporterstorm – endrer logo|work=NRK|first=Line|last=Haus|date=13 November 2017|access-date=13 March 2022|language=no|archive-date=13 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313231622/https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/start-snur-etter-supporterstorm-_-endrer-logo-1.13776872|url-status=live}}</ref> The new crest was in use for four years, before Start decided to return to the old one in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/tilbake-til-bla-og-hvit-vimpel-1.15887858|title=Tilbake til blå og hvit vimpel|work=NRK|date=10 March 2022|access-date=13 March 2022|language=no|archive-date=13 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313035915/https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/tilbake-til-bla-og-hvit-vimpel-1.15887858|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Honours ==
* '''[[Eliteserien]]:'''
** '''Winners (2):''' [[1978 1. divisjon|1978]], [[1980 1. divisjon|1980]]
** Runners-up (1): [[2005 Tippeligaen|2005]]
** Third place (7): [[1973 1. divisjon|1973]], [[1975 1. divisjon|1975]], [[1979 1. divisjon|1979]], [[1983 1. divisjon|1983]], [[1984 1. divisjon|1984]], [[1991 Tippeligaen|1991]], [[1992 Tippeligaen|1992]]
* '''[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]:'''
** Semi finalist (7): 1975, 1978, 1988, 2000, 2006, 2011, 2018
* '''[[1. divisjon]]:'''
** '''Winners (4):''' [[1968 2. divisjon|1968]], [[1972 2. divisjon|1972]], [[2004 1. divisjon|2004]], [[2012 1. divisjon|2012]]
** Promotion: 1958–59, 1988, [[1999 1. divisjon|1999]], [[2001 1. divisjon|2001]], [[2008 1. divisjon|2008]], [[2017 1. divisjon|2017]]

==Recent history==
:{|class="wikitable"
! Season
!
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
![[Norwegian Cup|Cup]]
!Notes
|-
|[[2002 Tippeligaen|2002]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#FFCCCC" |{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''14'''
|style="text-align:right"|26||style="text-align:right"|2||style="text-align:right"|5||style="text-align:right"|19
|style="text-align:right"|21||style="text-align:right"|72||style="text-align:right"|'''11'''
|Fourth round
|Relegated to the [[1. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2003 1. divisjon|2003]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right"|'''9'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|12||style="text-align:right"|4||style="text-align:right"|14
|style="text-align:right"|53||style="text-align:right"|50||style="text-align:right"|'''40'''
|Third round
|
|-
|[[2004 1. divisjon|2004]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#DDFFDD"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''1'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|24||style="text-align:right"|2||style="text-align:right"|4
|style="text-align:right"|71||style="text-align:right"|28||style="text-align:right"|'''74'''
|Third round
|Promoted to the [[Tippeligaen]]
|-
|[[2005 Tippeligaen|2005]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right; background:silver"|'''2'''
|style="text-align:right"|26||style="text-align:right"|13||style="text-align:right"|6||style="text-align:right"|7
|style="text-align:right"|47||style="text-align:right"|35||style="text-align:right"|'''45'''
|Fourth round
||
|-
|[[2006 Tippeligaen|2006]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''6'''
|style="text-align:right"|26||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|7||style="text-align:right"|9
|style="text-align:right"|29||style="text-align:right"|32||style="text-align:right"|'''37'''
|Semi-final
|
|-
|[[2007 Tippeligaen|2007]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''13'''
|style="text-align:right"|26||style="text-align:right"|6||style="text-align:right"|8||style="text-align:right"|12
|style="text-align:right"|34||style="text-align:right"|44||style="text-align:right"|'''26'''
|Fourth round
|Relegated to the [[1. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2008 1. divisjon|2008]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#DDFFDD"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''3'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|17||style="text-align:right"|8||style="text-align:right"gv|5
|v|58||style="text-align:right"|34||style="text-align:right"|'''59'''
|Fourth round
|Promoted to the [[Tippeligaen]]
|-
|[[2009 Tippeligaen|2009]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''9'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|10
|style="text-align:right"|46||style="text-align:right"|52||style="text-align:right"|'''40'''
|Third round
||
|-
|[[2010 Tippeligaen|2010]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''8'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|11||style="text-align:right"|9||style="text-align:right"|10
|style="text-align:right"|57||style="text-align:right"|60||style="text-align:right"|'''42'''
|Quarter-final
|
|-
|[[2011 Tippeligaen|2011]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''15'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|7||style="text-align:right"|5||style="text-align:right"|18
|style="text-align:right"|39||style="text-align:right"|61||style="text-align:right"|'''26'''
|Semi-final
|Relegated to the [[1. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2012 1. divisjon|2012]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#DDFFDD"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''1'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|20||style="text-align:right"|6||style="text-align:right"|4
|style="text-align:right"|71||style="text-align:right"|35||style="text-align:right"|'''66'''
|Fourth round
|Promoted to the [[Tippeligaen]]
|-
|[[2013 Tippeligaen|2013]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''9'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|8||style="text-align:right"|12
|style="text-align:right"|43||style="text-align:right"|46||style="text-align:right"|'''38'''
|Quarter-final
|
|-
|[[2014 Tippeligaen|2014]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''12'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|5||style="text-align:right"|15
|style="text-align:right"|47||style="text-align:right"|60||style="text-align:right"|'''35'''
|Fourth round
|
|-
|[[2015 Tippeligaen|2015]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''14'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|5||style="text-align:right"|7||style="text-align:right"|18
|style="text-align:right"|35||style="text-align:right"|64||style="text-align:right"|'''22'''
|Second round
|
|-
|[[2016 Tippeligaen|2016]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''16'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|2||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|18
|style="text-align:right"|23||style="text-align:right"|59||style="text-align:right"|'''16'''
||Third round
||Relegated to the [[1. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2017 1. divisjon|2017]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#DDFFDD"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''2'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|16||style="text-align:right"|7||style="text-align:right"|7
|style="text-align:right"|57||style="text-align:right"|36||style="text-align:right"|'''55'''
||Second round
||Promoted to the [[Eliteserien]]
|-
|[[2018 Eliteserien|2018]]
|[[Eliteserien]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''15'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|8||style="text-align:right"|5||style="text-align:right"|17
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|54||style="text-align:right"|'''29'''
||Semi-final
||Relegated to the [[1. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2019 1. divisjon|2019]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#DDFFDD"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''3'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|19||style="text-align:right"|5||style="text-align:right"|6
|style="text-align:right"|54||style="text-align:right"|31||style="text-align:right"|'''62'''
||First round
||Promoted to the [[Eliteserien]]
|-
|[[2020 Eliteserien|2020]]
|[[Eliteserien]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#FFCCCC"|{{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} '''15'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|6||style="text-align:right"|9||style="text-align:right"|15
|style="text-align:right"|33||style="text-align:right"|56||style="text-align:right"|'''27'''
||Cancelled
||Relegated to the [[1. divisjon]]
|-
|[[2021 1. divisjon|2021]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''9'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|8||style="text-align:right"|12
|style="text-align:right"|59||style="text-align:right"|59||style="text-align:right"|'''38'''
||Fourth round
||
|-
|[[2022 1. divisjon|2022]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''3'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|16||style="text-align:right"|6||style="text-align:right"|8
|style="text-align:right"|63||style="text-align:right"|38||style="text-align:right"|'''54'''
||Fourth round
||
|-
|[[2023 1. divisjon|2023]] 
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''5'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|12||style="text-align:right"|10||style="text-align:right"|8
|style="text-align:right"|49||style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|'''46'''
||Third round
||
|-
|[[2024 1. divisjon|2024]] 
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right" |'''12'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|9||style="text-align:right"|8||style="text-align:right"|13
|style="text-align:right"|45||style="text-align:right"|57||style="text-align:right"|'''35'''
||First round
||
|-
|[[2025 Norwegian First Division|2025]] 
|[[1. divisjon]]
|style="text-align:right; background:#DDFFDD"|{{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} '''2'''
|style="text-align:right"|30||style="text-align:right"|16||style="text-align:right"|7||style="text-align:right"|7
|style="text-align:right"|58||style="text-align:right"|35||style="text-align:right"|'''55'''
||Second round
||Promoted to the [[Eliteserien]]
|}

Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nifs.no/lagprofil.php?lag_id=37|title=IK Start|work=NIFS|language=no|access-date=30 October 2022|archive-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314111620/https://www.nifs.no/lagprofil.php?lag_id=37|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Current squad==
{{Updated|10 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ikstart.no/lag |language=no |title=Start sin spillerstall |access-date=19 April 2019 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403134152/http://www.ikstart.no/lag |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=DEN|pos=GK|name=[[Jacob Pryts]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Fredrik Pålerud}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Altin Ujkani}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=Sivert Sira Hansen}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=TUN|pos=DF|name=Omar Jebali}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=[[John Olav Norheim]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Ahmed Adebayo}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=CMR|pos=MF|name=[[Stève Mvoué]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Eirik Schulze]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Sebastian Griesbeck]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=EST|pos=MF|name=[[Markus Soomets]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Marius Nordal}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Tom Strannegård]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Benjamin Sundo}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Mikael Ugland]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Deni Dashaev}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=[[Håkon Lorentzen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Sander Sjøkvist]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=NOR|pos=GK|name=Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Terry Benjamin}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Elias Jemal]]|other=on loan from [[Sandefjord Fotball|Sandefjord]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=LBR|pos=FW|name=Emmanuel Gono|other=on loan from [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]}} 
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=Lukas Gausdal}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Ousmane Diallo Toure}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Felix Kutsche Eriksen}}

{{Fs end}}

=== Out on loan ===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=Adrian Nilsen|other=at [[Arendal Fotball|Arendal]] until 31 December 2025}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Stousland|first=Vetle|date=9 September 2025|title=Adrian Eftestad Nilsen lånes ut til Arendal Fotball|url=https://www.ikstart.no/nyheter/adrian-eftestad-nilsen-lanes-ut-til-arendal-fotball|language=no|publisher=IK Start|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=GK|name=Jasper Silva Torkildsen|other=at [[Strømsgodset Toppfotball|Strømsgodset]] until 31 December 2025}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Jasper Silva Torkildsen avslutter låneoppholdet sitt i FK Haugesund – lånes til Strømsgodset|url=https://www.ikstart.no/nyheter/jasper-silva-torkildsen-avslutter-laneoppholdet-sitt-i-fk-haugesund--lanes-til-stromsgodset|language=no|publisher=IK Start|date=29 August 2025|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=Jonas Seim|other=at [[Flekkerøy IL|Fløy]] until 31 December 2025}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Stousland|first=Vetle|date=27 July 2025|title=Jonas Seim går på lån til Fløy|url=https://www.ikstart.no/nyheter/jonas-seim-gar-pa-lan-til-floy|language=no|publisher=IK Start|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Sander Richardsen|other=at [[Flekkerøy IL|Fløy]] until 31 December 2025}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Stousland|first=Vetle|date=16 February 2025|title=Sander Richardsen lånes ut til Fløy|url=https://www.ikstart.no/nyheter/sander-richardsen-lanes-ut-til-floy|language=no|publisher=IK Start|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
{{Fs end}}

=== Coaching staff ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head coach ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Azar Karadas]]
|-
| Assistant coach || {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Jóhannes Harðarson]]
|- 
| Goalkeeping coach || {{flagicon|Norway}} Alexander Aaser
|- 
| Fitness coach || {{flagicon|Norway}} Kristian Gjøstøl
|- 
| Sports coordinator || {{flagicon|Norway}} Øyvind Evjen

|}

=== Former head coaches ===
{| class="wikitable centre" style="font-size:95%"
|-
!scope=col colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|IK Start coaching history from 1947 to present
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
* [[Håkon Hertzberg]] (1947–48)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1954 – Dec 31, 1955)
* [[Håkon Hertzberg]] (1956) ·
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1957 – Dec 31, 1957)
* [[Håkon Hertzberg]] (1958–60)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1961 – Dec 31, 1961)
* [[Håkon Hertzberg]] (1966)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1967 – 1968)
* [[Karl Durspekt]] (1970)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1971 – Dec 31, 1974)
* [[Tor Røste Fossen]] (1975–77)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1978 – Dec 31, 1981)
* [[Svein Hammerø]] (1982) ·
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1 Jan 1985 – Dec 31, 1985)
* [[Brian Green (footballer)|Brian Green]] (1986–87)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (1988 – Dec 31, 1989)
* [[Steve Perryman]] (1995)
* [[Teddy Moen]] (1 Jan 1996 – July 7, 1996)
* [[Karsten Johannessen]] (8 July 1996 – Dec 31, 1996)
|
* [[Jan Halvor Halvorsen]] (1 Jan 1999 – June 30, 2002)
* [[Guðjón Þórðarson]] (1 July 2002 – Dec 31, 2002)
* [[Bård Wiggen]] (2003)
* [[Tom Nordlie]] (1 Jan 2004 – July 14, 2006)
* [[Stig Inge Bjørnebye]] (15 July 2006 – Sept 5, 2007)
* [[Benny Lennartsson]] (Sept 9, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)
* [[Arne Sandstø]] (1 Jan 2008 – Dec 31, 2008)
* [[Knut Tørum]] (1 Jan 2009 – July 9, 2011)
* [[Mons Ivar Mjelde]] (10 July 2011 – Sept 4, 2015)
* [[Bård Borgersen]] (Sept 4, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015)
* [[Steinar Pedersen]] (1 Jan 2016 – Sep 29, 2017)
* [[Mick Priest]] (30 Sep 2017 – Dec 1, 2017)
* [[Mark Dempsey (English footballer)|Mark Dempsey]] (1 Dec 2017 – May 18, 2018)
* [[Mick Priest]] (18 May 2018 – 1 June 2018)
* [[Kjetil Rekdal]] (1 June 2018 – 2 April 2019)
* [[Jóhannes Harðarson]] (2 April 2019 – 14 June 2021)
* [[Sindre Tjelmeland]] (14 June 2021 – 9 January 2024)
* [[Azar Karadas]] (8 February 2024 – )
|}

== European record ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! {{Abbr|Agg.|Aggregate}}
|-
|[[1974–75 UEFA Cup|1974–75]]
|[[1974–75 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|First round
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]]
|1–2
|0–5
|1–7
|-
|[[1976–77 UEFA Cup|1976–77]]
|[[1976–77 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|First round
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[FC Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]]
|0–5
|1–2
|1–7
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1977–78 UEFA Cup|1977–78]]
|rowspan=2|[[1977–78 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|First round
|{{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Knattspyrnufélagið Fram|Fram]]
|6–0
|2–0
|8–0
|-
|Second round
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
|1–0
|0–4
|1–4
|-
|[[1978–79 UEFA Cup|1978–79]]
|[[1978–79 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|First round
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Esbjerg fB|Esbjerg]]
|0–0
|0–1
|0–1
|-
|[[1979–80 European Cup|1979–80]]
|[[1979–80 European Cup|European Cup]]
|First round
|{{flagicon|France}} [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]
|1–2
|0–4
|1–6
|-
|[[1981–82 European Cup|1981–82]]
|[[1981–82 European Cup|European Cup]]
|First round
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ (football club)|AZ]]
|1–3
|0–1
|1–4
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2006–07 UEFA Cup|2006–07]]
|rowspan=3|[[2006–07 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|First qualifying round
|{{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Skála ÍF|Skála]]
|3–0
|1–0
|4–0
|-
|Second qualifying round
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]]
|1–0
|0–1
|1–1 (11–10 {{Abbr|(p)|penalties}})
|-
|First round
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|2–5
|0–4
|2–9
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.ikstart.no/}} {{in lang|no}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310123307/http://menigheden.no/ Menigheden] – official fan club (archived 10 March 2016)

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