Helge Haugen is a Norwegian football midfielder playing for Hønefoss, on loan from Tromsø IL.

With the August 2006 arrival of Eirik Bakke

Eirik Bakke

Eirik Bakke is a Norwegian football player. He plays on the right-hand side or centre of midfield. He currently plays for Sogndal.-Sogndal :Bakke played 99 matches for Sogndal...

 and Ardian Gashi

Ardian Gashi

Ardian Gashi is an a Norwegian football midfielder. His current club is Helsingborg.-Career:Gashi was born in Kosovo, but his family moved to Norway as refugees when he was eight years old. Gashi is now a Norwegian citizen, and has played for the Norwegian national team.Gashi started his career in...

 to Brann

S.K. Brann

SK Brann is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26, 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen 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...

, both capped a number of times for Norway in recent years, Haugen faced strongly increased competition for the central midfield spot. He often found himself off the team, and in July 2007 he signed a contract with Tromsø. Haugen played 129 official matches for Brann, scoring 5 goals.

Norway

• Norwegian Premier League
  Norwegian Premier League
  Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
  
  : 2007
  Norwegian Premier League 2007
  The 2007 season of the Norwegian Premier League began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation....
  
  
• Norwegian Cup
  Norwegian football cup
  The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...
  
  : 2004
  2004 Norwegian Football Cup
  The Norwegian men's football cup 2004 started on May 5. It was contested by 128 teams, going through 7 rounds before a winner could be declared. The final match was played on November 7....