2016 Molde FK season

Molde

2016 season
Chairman	Odd Ivar Moen
Manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Stadium	Aker Stadion
Europa League	Round of 32 vs Sevilla
Top goalscorer	League: Fredrik Aursnes (1) All: Two players (1)
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The 2016 season is Molde's ninth consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 38th season in the top flight of Norwegian football.

Squad

As of 1 April 2016^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ethan Horvath 2 FW Joshua Gatt 4 DF Ruben Gabrielsen 5 DF Joona Toivio 7 MF Harmeet Singh 8 FW Fredrik Gulbrandsen 9 MF Mattias Moström 11 FW Sander Svendsen 13 MF Thompson Unachi Ekpe 14 MF Petter Strand 15 DF Per Egil Flo 16 MF Dulee Johnson 17 MF Fredrik Aursnes 19 MF Eirik Hestad 20 FW Thomas Amang

No. Position Player 21 MF Agnaldo 22 FW Eiður Guðjohnsen 23 DF Knut Olav Rindarøy 24 FW Mohamed Elyounoussi 25 DF Vegard Forren 26 GK Andreas Linde 27 FW Mushaga Bakenga (loan from Club Brugge) 28 MF Stian Rode Gregersen 30 FW Pape Paté Diouf 31 FW Ben Spencer 32 DF Isak Ssewankambo 34 GK Neydson 52 MF Tobias Svendsen 53 DF Martin Ove Roseth

Players on loan

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

No. Position Player 3 MF Amidou Diop (at Kristiansund) 10 MF Thomas Kind Bendiksen (at Elfsborg) 18 DF Roni Peiponen (at Åsane) 33 DF Ole Martin Rindarøy (at Lillestrøm)

Reserve squad

As of 2 March 2016^[2]

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

No. Position Player 39 MF Eskil Rønningen 40 GK Isak Gangeskar 41 GK Erik Iversen 42 MF Erik Rotlid 43 DF Mats Aambø 44 FW Jan Tidjani Aboubacar 45 FW Sivert Gussiås 46 DF Simen Hagbø 47 MF Kjetil Holand Tøsse 48 FW Erlend Hustad 49 MF Ola Ormset Husby 50 GK Jonatan Strand Byttingsvik

No. Position Player 51 DF Kristian Fredrik Aasen Strande 54 FW Elias Mordal 55 MF Jesper Kjølstad Nyheim 56 MF Tobias Kjølstad Nyheim 57 MF Eman Markovic 58 DF Thor-Olav Moe 59 DF Adnan Dudić 60 FW Elias Arntsen 61 MF Hermann B. Svendsen 62 DF Leo S. Østigård 63 FW Lars J. Ranheim FW Jonas S. Frøystad

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
6 November 2015	DF		Roni Peiponen	HJK Helsinki	[3]
1 December 2015	MF		Fredrik Aursnes	Hødd	[4]
9 December 2015	FW		Ben Spencer	Toronto II	Loan return[5]
15 December 2015	MF		Stian Rode Gregersen	Kristiansund	Loan return[6]
9 January 2016	MF		Dulee Johnson	Moss	[7]
11 January 2016	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	Tromsø	Loan return[8]
11 January 2016	FW		Pape Paté Diouf	Odd	Loan return[8]
11 January 2016	DF		Ole Martin Rindarøy	Start	Loan return[8]
28 January 2016	MF		Petter Strand	Sogndal	[9]
9 February 2016	FW		Thomas Amang	Rainbow Sports Investment	[10]
12 February 2016	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	[11]
3 March 2016	DF		Isak Ssewankambo	Derby County	[12]
11 March 2016	MF		Harmeet Singh	Midtjylland	Free[13][14]
23 March 2016	MF		Thompson Unachi Ekpe		[15]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
16 December 2015	DF		Fredrik Semb Berge	Brøndby	Loan return[16]
3 January 2016	MF		Andreas Hollingen	Start	[17]
7 January 2016	FW		Ola Kamara	Austria Wien	Loan return[18]
7 January 2016	MF		Etzaz Hussain	Sivasspor	[19]
13 January 2016	DF		Martin Linnes	Galatasaray	[20]

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
8 February 2016	Season Long[21]	DF		Ole Martin Rindarøy	Lillestrøm
18 March 2016	21 July 2016[22]	MF		Amidou Diop	Kristiansund
31 March 2016	22 July 2016[23]	DF		Roni Peiponen	Åsane
31 March 2016	Season Long[24]	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	Elfsborg

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club
11 January 2016[25]				Samson Hussaini
11 January 2016[25]				Thompson U.Ekpe
January 2016[26]	9 February 2016[10]	FW		Thomas Amang	Rainbow Sports Investment

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
5 December 2015[27]	DF		Magne Simonsen	Fredrikstad	1 February 2016[28]
7 January 2016[18]	MF		Harmeet Singh	Midtjylland	1 February 2016[29]
7 January 2016[18]	FW		Tommy Høiland	Strømsgodset	18 February 2016[30]
25 February 2016	MF		Daniel Berg Hestad	Retired

Friendlies

Molde v Kristiansund

24 January 2016	Molde	0 – 1	Kristiansund	Molde
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Summary	Kalludra  12'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Molde v Krylia Sovetov

1 February 2016	Molde	1 – 2	Krylia Sovetov	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diouf	Summary	Rodić Gabulov

AIK v Molde

5 February 2016	AIK	1 – 1	Molde	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brustad  37'	Summary	Elyounoussi  78'	Stadium: The Sevens Stadium

Molde v IFK Göteborg

9 February 2016	Molde	1 – 2	IFK Göteborg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Svendsen  73'	Summary	Boman  41' Johansson  70'	Stadium: The Sevens Stadium

Molde v Mjøndalen

1 March 2016	Molde	3 – 3	Mjøndalen	Molde
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diouf  42' Agnaldo  47', 53'	Summary	Gauseth  29' Boye  41' Lindseth  60'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Molde v Aalesunds

5 March 2016	Molde	2 – 0	Aalesunds	Molde
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gulbrandsen  43' 59' Agnaldo  72' Peiponen  75'	Summary	Kirkeskov  33' Skagestad  41'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Kristiansund v Molde

6 March 2016	Kristiansund	1 – 4	Molde	Kristiansund
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	D.Bamba  51'	Summary	Amang  69', 71' B.Rahhaoui  88', 90'	Stadium: Atlanten Stadion

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	4	2	1	14	10	+4	14	2	1	0	9	3	+6	2	1	1	5	7	−2

|} Last updated: 25 April 2016.
Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	9	4	2	2	3	2	3

Last updated: 22 April 2016.
Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Molde v Tromsø

13 March 2016 1	Molde	1 – 1	Tromsø	Molde
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aursnes  1' Hestad  41'	Summary	Nilsen  56' Sigurðarson  70'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,745 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Stabæk v Molde

20 March 2016 2	Stabæk	1 – 2	Molde	Bærum
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meling  27'	Summary	Elyounoussi  66', 75' Aursnes  83' Svendsen  90+3'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,289 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Molde v Lillestrøm

1 April 2016 3	Molde	4 – 2	Lillestrøm	Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Singh  3',  45' Moström  5' Svendsen  31' Hestad  33' Guðjohnsen  65' (pen.)	Summary	Friday  16' Mikalsen  39' Knudtzon  56' Faye-Lund  64' Jradi  89'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,693 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Start v Molde

10 April 2016 4	Start	1 – 1	Molde	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nwakali  60' Kristjánsson  79' Rasmussen  90+2'	Summary	Strand  27' 57' Aursnes  38' Svendsen  45' Elyounoussi  54'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Espen Eskås

Bodø/Glimt v Molde

17 April 2016 5	Bodø/Glimt	1 – 2	Molde	Bodø
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Furebotn  1' Babenko  66'	Summary	Amang  47' Flo  52' Singh  71', 86' Hestad  86'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 3,407 Referee: Tore Hansen

Molde v Vålerenga

21 April 2016 6	Molde	4 – 0	Vålerenga	Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Svendsen  15' Bakenga  34' Ssewankambo  45' Strand  64' Toivio  88'	Summary	Sakor  10' Wæhler  29' Larsen  90+1'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,775 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Sarpsborg 08 v Molde

24 April 2016 7	Sarpsborg 08	4 – 0	Molde	Sarpsborg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kirkevold  1', 54' (pen.) Rosted  25' Trondsen  37' Groven  87' Hovda  89'	Summary	Elyounoussi  38'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Kim Andre Johnsen

Molde v Aalesund

30 April 2016 8	Molde	1 – 0	Aalesund	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Forren  14' Toivio  83' Gulbrandsen  90+3'	Summary	A. Lie  6' O. Lie  81'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,661 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Haugesund v Molde

8 May 2016 9	Haugesund	–	Molde	Haugesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Haugesund Stadion

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg	8	6	1	1	14	3	+11	19	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Odd	8	5	2	1	10	4	+6	17	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Molde	8	5	2	1	15	10	+5	17
4	Strømsgodset	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14
5	Brann	8	4	2	2	8	7	+1	14
6	Lillestrøm	8	3	4	1	16	10	+6	13
7	Haugesund	8	4	1	3	15	12	+3	13
8	Viking	8	4	1	3	8	10	−2	13
9	Sarpsborg 08	8	3	3	2	11	7	+4	12
10	Tromsø	8	2	3	3	5	13	−8	9
11	Sogndal	8	2	2	4	4	8	−4	8
12	Aalesund	8	2	1	5	10	10	0	7
13	Bodø/Glimt	8	2	1	5	10	13	−3	7
14	Vålerenga	8	2	0	6	7	13	−6	6	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Stabæk	8	1	1	6	7	14	−7	4	Relegation to Norwegian 1st Division
16	Start	8	0	4	4	5	14	−9	4

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. 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).^[31]

Norwegian Cup

Kristiansund v Molde

13 April 2016 First Round	Kristiansund	0 – 6	Molde	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	A.Havneraas  15', 57' J.Klinge  24' D.Dome  54'	Summary	Amang  17', 76',  62' Bakenga  32', 78' (pen.), 85' Ssewankambo  54' Moström  61' Strand  65'	Stadium: Gressbanen Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Even Myrheim

Grorud v Molde

27 April 2016 Second Round	Grorud	2 – 3	Molde	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M.Can  28' (pen.) F.Kastrati  80'	Summary	Svendsen  32' Diouf  33' 72' Elyounoussi  67' (pen.)	Stadium: Grorud Matchbane Attendance: 1,307 Referee: Henrik Andreas Grenå Pettersen

Stjørdals-Blink v Molde

4 May 2016 Third Round	Stjørdals-Blink	2 – 1	Molde	Stjørdal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	J.Sollihaug  6' T.Hønnås  79'	Summary	Amang  54' M.O.Roseth  90+4'	Stadium: Øvrelands Minde Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

UEFA Europa League

Knockout Rounds

Sevilla v Molde

18 February 2016 Round of 32 1st Leg	Sevilla	3 – 0	Molde	Seville, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Llorente  35', 49' Gameiro  72'	Summary	Gulbrandsen  10' Diouf  12'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Molde v Sevilla

25 February 2016 Round of 32 2nd Leg	Molde	1 – 0 (1 – 3 agg.)	Sevilla	Molde, Norway
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	E. Hestad  43' Forren  66'	Report	Carriço  80'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 4 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ethan Horvath	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Ruben Gabrielsen	11	0	7+1	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF		Joona Toivio	10	1	5+1	1	2	0	2	0
7	MF		Harmeet Singh	8	1	6+1	1	1	0	0	0
8	FW		Fredrik Gulbrandsen	6	1	3+1	1	1	0	1	0
9	MF		Mattias Moström	8	1	4+1	1	1	0	2	0
11	FW		Sander Svendsen	11	3	4+3	2	2	1	1+1	0
13	MF		Thompson Unachi Ekpe	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
14	MF		Petter Strand	11	3	6+2	2	0+2	1	0+1	0
15	DF		Per-Egil Flo	9	1	6	1	1	0	2	0
16	MF		Dulee Johnson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Fredrik Aursnes	12	1	7+1	1	0+2	0	2	0
19	MF		Eirik Hestad	11	1	4+2	0	2+1	0	1+1	1
20	FW		Thomas Amang	7	4	0+5	1	1+1	3	0	0
21	MF		Agnaldo	7	0	0+3	0	3	0	0+1	0
22	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	7	1	5+2	1	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Knut Olav Rindarøy	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
24	FW		Mohamed Elyounoussi	10	3	7	2	0+1	1	2	0
25	DF		Vegard Forren	10	0	7	0	1	0	2	0
26	GK		Andreas Linde	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
27	FW		Mushaga Bakenga	3	4	2	1	1	3	0	0
30	FW		Pape Paté Diouf	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0
32	DF		Isak Ssewankambo	9	0	6+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
51	DF		Kristian Strande	3	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
52	MF		Tobias Svendsen	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
52	DF		Martin Ove Roseth	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from Molde on loan:
3	MF		Amidou Diop	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
6	MF		Daniel Berg Hestad	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		27	Mushaga Bakenga	1	3	0	4
	FW		20	Thomas Amang	1	3	0	4
3	MF		14	Petter Strand	2	1	0	3
	FW		24	Mohamed Elyounoussi	2	1	0	3
	FW		11	Sander Svendsen	2	1	0	3
6	MF		7	Harmeet Singh	1	0	0	1
	FW		8	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	1	0	0	1
	MF		9	Mattias Moström	1	0	0	1
	DF		15	Per-Egil Flo	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Fredrik Aursnes	1	0	0	1
	FW		22	Eiður Guðjohnsen	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Joona Toivio	1	0	0	1
	FW		30	Pape Paté Diouf	0	1	0	1
	MF		19	Eirik Hestad	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	15	10	1	26

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Europa League		Total
5		DF	Joona Toivio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Harmeet Singh	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
8		FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9		MF	Mattias Moström	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Sander Svendsen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Petter Strand	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Fredrik Aursnes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Eirik Hestad	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		FW	Thomas Amang	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Mohamed Elyounoussi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		DF	Vegard Forren	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
30		FW	Pape Paté Diouf	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
32		DF	Isak Ssewankambo	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
53		DF	Martin Ove Roseth	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	16	1	5	0	3	0	24	1

See also

• Molde FK seasons

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