the club's goal was promotion to the 1. divisjon, and in March 2010 Kristiansund BK and Surnadal IL started a partnership with Molde FK for developing local players. In August 2010 Molde FK loaned out Elias Valderhaug and Jacob Falch Meidell to Kristiansund BK to help out in the race for promotion, but the team finished second behind Hødd. After suffering bad results in the beginning of the 2011 season, Midtsian decided to withdrew as head coach in July 2011, while his assistants Per Eirik Bentz and Torgeir Fredly were left in charge until the club hired a new head coach. From July 2011, Erling Moe took charge of the team in the second half of the season and the team's results improved, leading to a second-place finish behind Bærum. On 10 November 2011, Kristiansund BK announced that they had hired Geir Bakke, who had previously worked as assistant coach at the first-tier clubs Vålerenga and Stabæk, as head coach starting from 1 January 2012. After playing 21 matches without losing, the club was promoted to the 1. divisjon on 16 September 2012, as winners of their 2012 2. divisjon group. Christian Michelsen succeeded Bakke as head coach in 2014. The club moved to Kristiansund Stadion in 2014 after several years playing at Idrettsplassen. After making the play-offs rounds in the 2014 and 2015 seasons of the 1. divisjon, Kristiansund BK were promoted to Eliteserien after finishing in first place in 2016. 2017– : First Eliteserien seasons Kristiansund began their spell in the top division with a surprising seventh-place finish in their debut season. The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup, the first time in club history they played the quarter-finals stage, where they were eliminated by local rivals Molde on away ground. The 2018 Eliteserien saw Kristiansund record their best ever league achievement: A fifth place with 46 points. Recent seasons {|class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#efefef" ! Season ! Division ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! Pts. !Cup !Notes |- |2010 |2. divisjon |align=right |2 |align=right|26||align=right|17||align=right|4||align=right|5 |align=right|60||align=right|35||align=right|55 ||Second round | |- |2011 |2. divisjon (gr. 2) |align=right |2 |align=right|24||align=right|15||align=right|3||align=right|6 |align=right|55||align=right|29||align=right|48 ||Second round | |- |2012 |2. divisjon (gr. 2) |align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1 |align=right|26||align=right|22||align=right|2||align=right|2 |align=right|77||align=right|18||align=right|68 ||Second round |Promoted |- |2013 |1. divisjon |align=right |9 |align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|6||align=right|12 |align=right|47||align=right|44||align=right|42 ||Second round | |- |2014 |1. divisjon |align=right |4 |align=right|30||align=right|13||align=right|10||align=right|7 |align=right|53||align=right|39||align=right|49 ||Third round