2015 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season

Strømsgodset Toppfotball
2015 season
Chairman Trond Esaiassen
Manager David Nielsen (-26 May)
Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen (26 May-)
Tippeligaen 2nd
Norwegian Cup 3rd Round vs Kvik Halden
Europa League 3rd qualifying round vs Hajduk Split
Top goalscorer League: Iver Fossum (12)
All: Iver Fossum (13)
Highest home attendance 8,468
Lowest home attendance 6,180
Average home league attendance 7,030
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The 2015 season was Strømsgodset's 9th season in Tippeligaen following their promotion back to the top flight in 2006.

David Nielsen started the season as the manager, but was sacked after league round 10, having only secured 12 points.[1] He was replaced by assistant manager Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen on 26 May 2015.[2][3] Ingebretsen achieved immediate success, and took the team from 9th to 2nd after a 20-match run that secured 45 points.

In the cup they were knocked out by 2. Divisjon side Kvik Halden on a penalty shootout in the third round.[4] In the UEFA Europa League qualifications, they eliminated FK Partizani and FK Mladá Boleslav in the 1st and 2nd qualifying rounds, but lost 0–4 on aggregate versus Hajduk Split in the third qualifying round.

Review and events

Pre-season transfers

Three important players left in the winter transfer window, as well as several players who had been on loan spells.

Former Ghana international Adam Larsen Kwarasey, who had been in the club since 2007, and was the first choice goalkeeper for the last five seasons, signed for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers after his contract expired.[5] He was replaced by the experienced former Norway international Espen Bugge Pettersen, who had become back-up goalkeeper at Molde in the two previous seasons.[6]

In defence, former Norway international Jarl André Storbæk , who had arrived mid-season in 2012 and been crucial to the title win in 2013, left the club after his contract expired, to become playing assistant manager for Nybergsund.[7] He was replaced by French left back Florent Hanin, who had been released by Lierse.[8]

Most importantly, the hugely talented 16-year-old Norway international Martin Ødegaard was sold to Real Madrid for the record selling fee of 35 million NOK (which could rise to 70 million NOK).[9]

Pre-season

Strømsgodset went on two training tours abroad. On 30 January, they played 0–0 in a Copa X match vs Dinamo Zagreb at La Manga, Murcia.[10] On 6 February, they won 3–1 against Hammarby in the same cup and location.[11]

Next, the team moved to Belek, Turkey, where they played three friendlies. They won 2–1 against CSKA Sofia on 15 February,[12] lost 0–1 to Spartak Moscow on 21 February[13] and lost 1–3 to Torpedo Moscow on 25 February.[14]

In March, Strømsgodset played four friendlies on home soil against Norwegian teams. They lost 3–5 in an away match against Odd at Skagerak Arena on 6 March, having trailed 1–5 at half-time. On 14 March, they won 3–0 at home to newly promoted Sandefjord, and repeated the score against Vålerenga one week later, when Iver Fossum scored a hattrick. Their final pre-season friendly was a 2–1 away win at Lillestrøm.

Season

League

Strømsgodset had a difficult start of the season, with away games at four of the best teams from the 2014 Tippeligaen in the first five away matches. They also hosted the long-awaited derby vs rivals Mjøndalen IF in the first home game. After just one win in the first six rounds, Strømsgodset was at 13th place in the league. After two home wins and two away losses, manager David Nielsen was fired from his job,[1] and assistant Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen, also known as «BP», was hired as interim manager for the remainder of the season.[2][3]

Ingebretsen had more luck, and the team won five of their next six matches in the league, rising to 6th position in the table after half the season had been played. The team went undefeated for the eleven final games of the season, and secured the silver medals.

Norwegian Cup

In the cup, Strømsgodset easily won the First and Second Round matches against FK Tønsberg and Kjelsås Fotball, 5–0 and 4–0, respectively. After a goalless draw in the Third Round, Strømsgodset were surprisingly eliminated by Kvik Halden on a 2-4 penalty shootout. The latter club thus won its third match on penalties, and advanced to the Fourth Round, whereas Strømsgodset yet again failed to advance from the Third Round.

Europe

Through their 4th place in 2014 Tippeligaen, Strømsgodset had secured a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. On 22 June 2015, Strømsgodset was drawn against Albanian club FK Partizani Tirana, who had qualified through their 3rd place in the 2014–15 Albanian Superliga.[15] The original draw had the Albanians playing at home first, but this was reversed by UEFA due to security reasons. The first leg, played at home on 2 July, ended with a 3–1 win to Strømsgodset.[16] The second leg ended with a 1–0 win for Strømsgodset, after a late goal by Petter Vaagan Moen.[17]

FK Mladá Boleslav awaited in the 2nd qualifying round. After a 2–1 win away, the 0–1 home defeat meant that Strømsgodset advanced to the third round on the away goals rule. They faced Hajduk Split, but were eliminated win 0–2 defeats both away and home.

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Pre-Season

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2015 Tippeligaen

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 30 21 6 3 73 27 +46 69 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Strømsgodset 30 17 6 7 67 44 +23 57 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Stabæk 30 17 5 8 54 43 +11 56 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Odd 30 15 10 5 61 41 +20 55
5 Viking 30 17 2 11 53 39 +14 53
Source: nifs, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (between two teams).[18]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup, Rosenborg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League second qualifying round) is passed to the second-placed team, Strømsgodset, and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the fourth-placed team, Odd.

Norwegian Cup

Europa League

Player details

As of 8 November 2015[19][20]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalTippeligaen Norwegian Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Norway Espen Bugge Pettersen 39 0 30 0 3 0 6 0
2 DF Norway Mounir Hamoud 18 1 12 1 2 0 4 0
4 DF Norway Kim André Madsen 11 0 7 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Norway Jørgen Horn 16 0 14 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF France Florent Hanin 30 1 26 1 1 0 3 0
7 FW Denmark Bassel Jradi 18 4 12 2 2 1 4 1
8 MF Norway Petter Vaagan Moen 11 2 6 0 1 1 4 1
9 FW Norway Øyvind Storflor 32 5 27 4 1 1 4 0
10 FW Hungary Péter Kovács 14 4 10 2 3 2 1 0
10 FW Norway Marcus Pedersen 10 11 10 11 0 0 0 0
11 MF Norway Martin Rønning Ovenstad 31 0 27 0 1 0 3 0
12 GK Norway Borger Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Norway Anders Gundersen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Norway Iver Fossum 38 13 30 12 2 1 6 0
15 FW Kosovo Flamur Kastrati 29 2 21 2 2 0 6 0
17 FW Norway Thomas Lehne Olsen 13 2 7 1 2 1 4 0
18 DF Norway Henrik Bredeli 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 FW Norway Gustav Wikheim 37 9 28 9 3 0 6 0
20 MF Ghana Mohammed Abu 36 2 27 1 3 1 6 0
21 MF Norway Mathias Gjerstrøm 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Ghana Bismark Adjei-Boateng 25 5 21 4 3 1 1 0
23 FW Norway Thomas Sørum 17 4 12 3 0 0 5 1
26 DF Norway Lars Vilsvik 33 6 24 4 3 0 6 2
28 DF Norway Marius Høibråten 21 0 15 0 3 0 3 0
30 GK Poland Łukasz Jarosiński 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Nigeria Marco Tagbajumi 10 4 10 4 0 0 0 0
40 GK Norway Morten Sætra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF Norway Harald Danielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 MF Norway Knut Ahlander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 DF Norway Christopher Lindquist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 DF Norway William Nessjøen Solheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 FW Norway Rasmus Gjemmestad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 DF Norway Gustav Valsvik 36 0 29 0 2 0 5 0
75 FW Belgium Marvin Ogunjimi 11 5 8 4 1 0 2 1
93 FW Norway Tokmac Nguen 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
–   Own Goal 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
  • Source:

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Norway GK Espen Bugge Pettersen (from Norway Molde)[6]
6 France DF Florent Hanin (free agent)[8]
8 Norway MF Petter Vaagan Moen (from Norway Lillestrøm)[21]
12 Norway GK Borger Thomas (loan return from Norway Stabæk)
17 Norway FW Thomas Lehne Olsen (loan return from Norway Ull/Kisa)
18 Norway DF Henrik Bredeli (promoted)
58 Norway DF Christoffer Lindquist (promoted)
92 Norway MF Tokmac Nguen (loan return from Norway Bærum)
Norway FW Abdul-Basit Agouda (from Norway Skeid)[22]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 United States DF Jeb Brovsky (loan return to United States New York City FC)
6 Norway MF Simen Brenne (released)[23]
12 Ghana GK Adam Larsen Kwarasey (to United States Portland Timbers)[5]
16 Norway MF Martin Ødegaard (to Spain Real Madrid)[9][24]
18 Ghana MF Divine Naah (loan return to England Manchester City)
27 Norway DF Jarl-André Storbæk (to Norway Nybergsund IL-Trysil)[7][23]
30 Norway GK Hermann Rhodén (to Norway Drammen FK)[23]
44 Republic of Macedonia DF Stefan Aškovski (loan return to Serbia Partizan)
90 Denmark MF Patrick Olsen (loan return to Italy Inter)
Norway FW Abdul-Basit Agouda (on loan to Norway Skeid)[22]

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
10 Norway FW Marcus Pedersen (from Norway Brann)[25]
30 Poland GK Łukasz Jarosiński (from Norway Hønefoss)[26]
33 Nigeria FW Marco Tagbajumi (on loan from Cyprus Limassol)[27]
Norway FW Abdul-Basit Agouda (loan return from Norway Skeid)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
10 Hungary FW Péter Kovács (to Norway Sarpsborg 08)[28]
12 Norway GK Borger Thomas (on loan to Norway HamKam)[29]
13 Norway GK Anders Gundersen (on loan to NorwaySandefjord)[30]
58 Norway DF Christoffer Lindquist (on loan to Hønefoss)[31]
93 Norway FW Tokmac Nguen (on loan to Norway Mjøndalen)[32]

Team kit

The official kit manufacturer for Strømsgodset is Diadora. This is the final year of the five-year-deal from 2011.[33] The home shirt is deep blue, while the shorts and socks are white. The away kit has the reverse colours, with a white shirt and deep blue shorts and socks.[34]

The main sponsor since June 2014 is the nationwide bank DNB in June.[35]

2015 home colours
2015 away colours

See also

Associated Wikipedia articles

References

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  2. 1 2 "- Gratulerer med dagen! Du får trenerjobben til David Nielsen". http://www.nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. 1 2 "Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen er ny hovedtrener i Strømsgodset". http://www.dt.no/ (in Norwegian). 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "Tre eliteserielag ute av cupen". NRK. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Kwarasey klar for amerikansk klubb" [Kwarasey signs for american club] (in Norwegian). 1 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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  7. 1 2 "Storbæk er klar for Sundet" [Storbæk are ready for Sundet]. www.ostlendingen.no (in Norwegian). Østlendingen. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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  10. ↑ "Strømsgodset imponerte i første kamp uten Ødegaard". http://www.aftenposten.no/ (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ Arentz Enger, Sigmund (6 February 2015). "Seier mot Hammarby" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Velfortjent seier til Godset". http://www.dt.no (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  13. ↑ "Godset gikk på årets første tap". http://www.dt.no (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  14. ↑ "Damer fra Lier kom for å heie på Madsen". http://www.dt.no (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  15. ↑ "Largest draw starts new UEFA Europa League season". UEFA.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Match Report". UEFA. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Godset videre i Europa". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Turneringsbestemmelser Tippeligaen 2015" (pdf) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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  21. ↑ "Petter Vaagan Moen er klar for Strømsgodset" [Petter Vaagan Moen signs for Strømsgodset]. http://www.godset.no/ (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  22. 1 2 "Stortalent signerte for Strømsgodset" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  23. 1 2 3 "Hyggelig sesongavslutning". Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Official announcement: Martin Odegaard". Real Madrid CF. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  25. ↑ "Velkommen tilbake, Marcus!" (13 August 2015) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Klar for Godset" (in Norwegian). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  27. ↑ "Tagbajumi joins Stromsgodset on loan". 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "Kovacs forlater Godset" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  29. ↑ "Spilleklar mot Byåsen" (in Norwegian). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "Gundersen til Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  31. ↑ Nilsen, Magne J. (17 August 2015). "Leies ut til Hønefoss" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Leies ut til MIF". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "Signerte med ny utstyrsleverandør". http://www2.godset.no (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. External link in |website= (help)
  34. ↑ "Drakter". http://www2.godset.no/ (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Retrieved 31 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  35. ↑ "DNB – ny GENERALSPONSOR!". http://www.godset.no/ (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
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