Start Kristiansand (officially Idrettsklubben Start ) is a football club from Kristiansand , Norway . The club was founded on September 19, 1905. Home since 2007 has been the Sparebanken-Sør-Arena with a capacity of 14,500 seats. The team plays at home in yellow and black and away in blue and white.
In 1978 and 1980 Start won the Norwegian championship. In 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978 they took part in the UEFA Cup , in 1979 and 1981 in the European Cup . In the 1977/78 season they were eliminated after victories over the Icelandic representative Fram Reykjavík in the 2nd round against Eintracht Braunschweig . The following years were less successful. The best placement in the league was a 3rd place in 1991 and 1992. From 1995 the club got into financial difficulties. Recently, however, investors have been won again, and sporting success has also returned. Since the 2005 season, Start has been playing in the Tippeligaen , the highest Norwegian league, and was able to achieve 2nd place in the first season. After the relegations in 2007 and 2011, the direct return to the top division followed.
The club's most successful player is Svein Mathisen , who played a total of 663 games for IK Start. Of these, 327 games were in the top division, in which he scored a total of 106 goals. Mathisen thus holds the club record for goals scored and games played.
NorwegianSvein Mathisen (19 ?? - 1973) youth, (1973–1989) player, 327 first division appearances for start, a total of 663 games.
NorwegianTrond Pedersen (1969–1984) player, 269 first division appearances for start, 41 international matches for Norway
NorwegianPål Lydersen (19 ?? - 1985) youth, (1985–1991, 1994–1995, 1996–1997) player, was passively involved in a tangible scandal in English football.
NorwegianTore André Dahlum (1987-1991, 1994-1996, 2002), 1990 Norwegian top scorer.
Dag Andersen
Jóhannes Harðarson
Djurgårdens IF
SSW Innsbruck
Eintracht Braunschweig
Esbjerg fB
Racing Strasbourg
AZ'67 Alkmaar
Skála ÍF
Drogheda United
Dumitru Moraru (1990–1991), former player for Dinamo Bucharest .
Sebastian Schindzielorz (2006), active in the Bundesliga for VfL Bochum , 1. FC Cologne and VfL Wolfsburg .