Arne Erlandsen

Arne Erlandsen ( born December 20, 1959 in Kløfta, Norway ) is a former Norwegian football player and current coach.

Playing career

Arne Erlandsen started his career in 1979 at the Norwegian first division club Lillestrøm SK. From 1981 to 1982, the Norwegians played at Djurgårdens IF in neighboring Sweden. The team was relegated in the previous season as a Table in the second division. In both years, Erlandsen reached with his Tam The qualifying matches for the climb and then failed there. For the 1983 season, he returned to his former club Lillestrøm. Behind Vålerenga Oslo was the midfielder with his team still runner-up and thus also qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1984/85. The following season Lillestrøm failed internationally already in the first round on 1 FC Locomotive Leipzig and was also in the championship not repeat the good performances of the previous year. In the end, it was enough for 5th place in the table. 1985 Erlandsen with his team behind Rosenborg Trondheim was runner-up and won the national cup. Lillestrøm thus secured the qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup 1986/87. While the club failed here again in the first round to Benfica, Lillestrøm should finally enter his first title in the league in 1986 and become champion. The following year, it managed Erlandsen with his club until the second round of the European Champions' Cup 1987/88, where you can then failed because of the French representatives Girondins Bordeaux. In the Norwegian league there was then a further drop in performance and Lillestrøm could avoid relegation just barely. More surprising that the team in 1988 again starred for the title and was runner-up behind Rosenborg. At that time with the team was among other things, the later Eintracht Frankfurt player Jan Åge Fjørtoft.

While Erlandsens team in the UEFA Cup in 1989/90 once again failed in the first round to Werder Bremen reached the club on the national arena another title. After this success, the midfielder joined the newly promoted Strømsgodset IF. After 1990, could reach the league, his team was relegated a year later as a Table again. The only positive of this season was the surprising cup victory. 1992 played Arne Erlandsen once a season for Lillestrøm SK before he ended his career as a football player final.

National

From 1978 to 1987 Arne Erlandsen also completed 22 games for the Norwegian national football team. Despite other well-known players such as Tom Lund, Hallvar Thoresen or Åge Hareide managed the national selection at this time not to qualify for a major tournament.

Coaching career

In 1998, Arne Erlandsen took over the fate of coach at his last club Lillestrøm SK. Under his reign, the club played up to the runner-up in 2001 mostly in the midfield of the league and also the international games were less successful. So Lillestrøm failed in the UEFA Cup 2000/ 01 in the second round at Deportivo Alavés from Spain. Also in the UEFA Champions League 2002/ 03 did not come to the club beyond the second qualifying round and was beaten to the FK Željezničar Sarajevo. In 2005, the Norwegians took over as coach of IFK Göteborg in Sweden. According to the vice championship in 2005, he joined there back to a streaky second season and internal differences with the new sporting director Håkan Mild. The team was also eliminated early after two defeats against Derry City from the UEFA Cup 2006/ 07. In 2007, Erlandsen the coaching job at Ham -Kam, who were previously relegated from the first to the second division. With his new team, he celebrated the direct resurgence. But the joy lasted only a year because Ham -Kam rose again from the second division. Due to very poor performance in 2009, the team now also slid in the second division in the basement table and Erlandsen was dismissed as a coach.

In summer 2010, Erlandsen took over the third division located in a relegation battle Ullensaker / Kisa IL. After the successful league, he led the team at the end of the following season in the second-class Adecco Ligaen. It even managed to almost the walkover in the first-class Tippeligaen. According to a sixth place in the table and winning the promotion round one failed only in the crucial playoff games against Sandnes Ulf, the 14th of the first league.

Achievements

  • As a player: Norwegian Cup winners: 1985 and 1991
  • Norwegian Champion: 1986 and 1989
  • Kniksenprisen: 2001
Ham-Kam 1984–85 UEFA Cup 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup S.L. Benfica 1987–88 European Cup FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1989–90 UEFA Cup 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2002–03 UEFA Champions League 2006–07 UEFA Cup Derry City F.C. Adeccoligaen 1986 Norwegian First Division 1989 Norwegian First Division Kniksen Award
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