The Haugesund Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Sory Diarra runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
William Videhult will not be coming to Haugesund
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Falkenberg is saying, and nobody at Haugesund is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pyry Hannola signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pyry Hannola and Haugesund agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Haugesund
Miika Koskela and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Haugesund make their move for Marius Nordal
$13.0K on the table at IK Start. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Haugesund rebuffed over Kotaro Uchino
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brondby have kept their man, and Haugesund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Haugesund come up short against Stabaek
Stabaek left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
Stefan Daehli steps up from the Haugesund academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Daehli has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Haugesund promote Birger Ajer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Birger Ajer has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Patrick Pedersen steps up from the Haugesund academy
- Market One of our own: Marcus King joins the Haugesund first team
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Amund Wichne