Eirik Horneland

Eirik Horneland
Horneland with Saint-Étienne in 2025
Personal information
Full name Eirik Horneland
Date of birth (1975-03-14) 14 March 1975
Place of birth Haugesund, Norway
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Saint-Étienne (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2005 Vard Haugesund
2000Haugesund (loan) 3 (0)
2006–2009 Haugesund 87 (4)
Total 90 (4)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Norway U19
2016–2019 Haugesund
2019–2020 Rosenborg
2021–2024 Brann
2024– Saint-Étienne
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eirik Horneland (born 14 March 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne. He played as a defender and spent most of his playing years at Vard Haugesund before finishing his career at Haugesund. After retiring as a player, Horneland moved into coaching, first as an assistant manager at Haugesund, before becoming the coach of the Norway national under-19 football team.

Horneland returned to Haugesund as manager in 2016, where strong league finishes earned him a move to Rosenborg in 2019. Horneland resigned from his position after a run of poor results in June 2020 and became assistant manager at Brann in October of that year. He was later promoted to head coach and won the Norwegian Football Cup with the club in 2023. After finishing runners-up in the league two years in a row, Horneland left Brann following the 2024 season and joined French club Saint-Étienne.