Molde FK

Molde

Full name	Molde Fotballklubb
Short name	MFK
Founded	19 June 1911
Ground	Aker Stadion, Molde, Norway
Capacity	11,800
Chairman	Odd Ivar Moen
Manager	Tom Wonderley
League	Tippeligaen
2015	Tippeligaen, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Molde Fotballklubb is a football club from Molde [ˈmɔlˈdɛ], Norway, that currently plays in the Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division. Founded on 19 June 1911, Molde was originally known as International. Molde are three-time league champions (2011, 2012, 2014) and four-time Norwegian Cup winners (1994, 2005, 2013, 2014), and have finished 2nd in the league a further seven times. Molde is one of only two Norwegian clubs to have participated in the UEFA Champions League.

Its home matches are played at Aker Stadion, which has a maximum capacity of 11,800. The stadium was inaugurated in 1998, and was a gift from the local businessmen Ole Brumm and Bjørn Rune Gjelsten. The club was formerly based at Molde stadion, which hosted the club's record attendance of 14,615. Molde's supporter club is called Tornekrattet ("Thorn bush", a reference to the city's nickname "The Town of Roses") and were started after the 1994 Cup Final victory.^[1]

Until the beginning of the 1970s, the club mainly played in local lower division leagues, except for a short visit in the Hovedserien in the 1957–58 season. In 1974 Molde was back in the top division and finished second in the league, and have since then become one of Norway's leading clubs and generally stayed in the top division. Molde also finished second in the league in 1987, when the club lost the championship to Moss in the decisive match of the season.

During the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, Molde was the second best team in Norway (behind 13-times in a row champions Rosenborg), with league silver medals in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2002 and cup championship in 1994 and 2005, and the participation in the Champions League in the 1999–2000 season, when Real Madrid, Porto and Olympiacos visited Molde.

The club was the first professional club of former Manchester United player Ole Gunnar Solskjær, and in October 2015 he returned to manage the club. In his first season as manager, which also was the club's centenary season, Molde won the league championship for the first time. The next season Solskjær and Molde retained the championship. Today the club has approximately 900 members and around 55 teams in three departments.^[2]

History

Early years (1911–63)

Molde FK was founded on 19 June 1911 by a group gathered by Klaus Daae Andersen (born 30 September 1873); they named J. Ferdinand Dahl as the inaugural chairman.^[3] On a general election 24 April 1912, it was decided that the club would be named "International",^[4] perhaps because the opponents were primarily visitors from cruise ships or trading vessels,^[5] or that it was to make room for the many Danes who worked on the engine factory Gideon.^[4] The same year, on 5 August, the club played its first competitive match. The match away against Kristiansund ended 2–2.^[4] The rising interest and activity in football in neighbouring towns caused the club to change its name to "Molde Fotballklubb" in 1915.^[6]

The breakthrough (1964–77)

On 2 August 1964, Molde shocked nine-time Norwegian Cup champions and nine-time Norwegian League Champions Fredrikstad by eliminating them from the 1964 Norwegian Cup in the Third Round with a 3–2 win at home. Jan Fuglset, Torkild Brakstad, and Harry Hestad, amongst others, played at Molde at that period.^[7] The club played in local lower leagues, except for a short visit to the top division in the 1957–58 season. In 1970, Molde was promoted to the second tier and played there for three seasons until its promotion to the First Division with a 5–1 win against Sogndal Fotball in Sogndal on 16 September 1973.^[8]

In 1974, Molde returned to the premier division following the debut of several talented players in the first team, which coincided with the return of top level players like Fuglset, Brakstad and Hestad. Molde shocked the established clubs in their first season of the Norwegian First Division, leading the league in nine of 22 league-rounds. Before the last match, Molde would win the league if they beat Sarpsborg and Viking lost against Strømsgodset. Both Molde and Viking won their last match, so Molde won the silver medals, one point behind Viking.^[7]

Since then, Molde has generally stayed in the top division and has become one of the nations leading clubs. The club has produced a respectable number of national team players, and players who have gone professional in foreign leagues.

Ups and downs (1978–93)

Between 1978 and 1984, Molde did not play on the same level in two consecutive years. Molde was relegated from the First Division in every even-numbered year, and promoted to the First Division in every odd-numbered year, making it three consecutive promotions and relegations. In fact, Molde and Brann did not play at the same level these years, as Brann were promoted when Molde was relegated and the other way around.^[9]

In 1982, Molde played in their first cup final, despite being relegated from the 1982 Norwegian First Division. They lost the final at Ullevaal Stadion 3–2 against Brann.^[10]

The 1987 season was the closest Molde came to winning the league championship before winning it in 2011, when a draw at home against Moss would have ensured the title. Despite numerous opportunities, Moss won the game 2–0 at Molde stadium, thus winning the league championship, while Molde won their second silver-medals.^[11] The attendance of 14,615 set the record at the old Molde stadion.

Molde played their second cup final in 1989. The first match against Viking ended in a 2–2 draw, and the subsequent replay was won 2–1 by Viking.^[12]

When Molde again was relegated from Norwegian Premier League in 1993, the club was in major economic difficulties following a number of projects, the most notably of which was an extension of the main stand at Molde stadion.^[13] The local businessmen Kjell Inge Røkke and Bjørn Rune Gjelsten started to invest in the club, and have since 1993 invested approximately NOK 500 million on old debts, new players and the new stadium.^[14][15][16]

The silver generation (1994–2000)

Åge Hareide was the main coach of Molde in 1994, when they finished second in their First Division group and was thus re-promoted to Tippeligaen. Molde also met their main rivals Rosenborg in the semi-final of the 1994 Norwegian Cup, and with 4–3 on aggregate, Molde qualified for their third cup final. After having lost for Molde, Rosenborg's coach Nils Arne Eggen called Molde's playing-style for "arse-football" (rævvafotball). Molde won their first title by defeating Lyn 3–2 at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.^[17][18]

Molde striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær was signed by Manchester United after his successful two-season spell at Molde

During the 1995 season, Molde got known for their three strikers Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Arild Stavrum and Ole Bjørn Sundgot. In their first league-match, Molde won 6–0 against Brann in Bergen, with Solskjær scoring two goals, while Stavrum and Sundgot also contributed to one of Brann's biggest losses at home.^[19] With six straight wins, Molde stayed in the top two positions of the league throughout the season, but eventually finished second 15 points behind Rosenborg.^[20]

Solskjær scored thirty-one goals in forty-two matches for Molde and was sold to Manchester United on 29 July 1996, and Molde finished 8th that season. In 1997, Molde finished 4th in the league, and Erik Brakstad replaced Åge Hareide as coach ahead of the 1998 season.^[21] Hareide has since then been in charge of Helsingborg, Brøndby, Rosenborg, Norway, Örgryte, and Viking.

In 1998, Molde played the first 21 matches without losing, which was a Norwegian record until Rosenborg managed 26 matches without losing in 2009.^[22] In the 22nd round, Molde lost against Vålerenga while Rosenborg beat Kongsvinger and surpassed Molde on the top of the table and the Rosenborg-player Mini Jakobsen said: "It was fun as long as you managed to keep up. Thank you for helping to create tension in the Premier League!" On 26 September 1998, Rosenborg won 2–0 against Molde in the 23rd round and won the championship, while Molde had to settle with silver.

In 1999, Molde has a successful season, finishing second in the league and reaching the semifinal of the 1999 Norwegian Cup, where they were eliminated by Brann. They participated in the Champions League, in which Molde was drawn against CSKA Moscow in the second qualifying round of 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. In the first match in Moscow, Molde lost 2–0. In the second leg, a 19-year-old Magne Hoseth had his big break-through with two goals when CSKA Moscow was beaten 4–0^[23] and qualified for the third qualifying round where they met Mallorca. The first leg against Mallorca ended 0–0 at home, and Andreas Lund became the big hero when he equalized on a penalty and with 1–1 aggregate Molde qualified for the group stage on away goals,^[21] and Molde became the team from the smallest city to have qualified for the group stage of Champions League until Unirea Urziceni repeated the feat in 2009–10.^[24] In the group stage, Molde was drawn against Real Madrid, Porto and Olympiacos, and with one win and five losses, Molde finished last in their group. On the occasion of Molde's 100-year anniversary in 2011, the readers of the local newspaper Romsdals Budstikke voted 1999 as the best year in the history of the club.^[25]

From "Gunder method" to relegation (2001–2006)

On 6 November 2000, after the sacking of Erik Brakstad, Gunder Bengtsson was announced head coach for two years.^[26] After one season, Bengtsson and his assistant Kalle Björklund was signed for three more years.^[27] In 2002, Gunder Bengtsson led Molde to second place in the league, but like when he won the league with Vålerenga in 1983 and 1984, there weren't much enthusiasm around the club's sixth silver medals, because of the defensive tactics and lack of local players.^[28]

In the first six matches of the 2003-season, Molde collected five points, and on 22 May 2003 Bengtsson got fired and was replaced by Odd Berg.^[29][30] In the third round of 2003 Norwegian Cup Molde was eliminated by the second tier team Skeid,^[31] Despite the change in the coaching staff, Molde was struggling in the relegation zone throughout the season, but after a 3–2 win away against Sogndal in the last match of the season, Molde avoided the relegation-playoffs.^[32] In 2004, the team led by Reidar Vågnes, former assistant coach under Erik Brakstad, but Molde only managed 11th place, four points clear of relegation.

In 2005, Bosse Johansson was the main coach of Molde, and on 15 June 2005 Molde won 3–2 against Nybergsund and qualified for the fourth round of the Norwegian Cup, having lost in the third round for three consecutive years.^[33] Molde finished 12th in the league, and had to play relegation-playoff against Moss, which Molde won 5–2 on aggregate. Molde won their second Norwegian Cup title on 6 November 2005, when they won 4–2 after extra time against Lillestrøm in the final.^[34] Bo Johansson left Molde after only one season in the club, and on Christmas Eve was Arild Stavrum announced as the new Molde-coach.^[35]

Following the Norwegian Cup champions, Molde played in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup. On 25 August 2006, they were drawn to face Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Cup first round. They were knocked out 2–0 on aggregate after holding Rangers to a 0–0 draw at the Aker stadion.^[36] The same year, Molde was relegated, after having been in the relegation zone for the last four seasons. The relegation became final after losing 8–0 against Stabæk at Nadderud, in the second last round of the season. Arild Stavrum was fired at the end of the season^[37]

A new era (2007–present)

In December 2006, Kjell Jonevret became head coach after Stavrum got fired, even though Ove Christensen was their first choice.^[38] With Jonevret as coach, Molde won the 2007 First Division and was again promoted to Tippeligaen.

After the promotion to Tippeligaen, Molde recorded a 5–1 win against Vålerenga on the last day of Moldejazz 2008,^[39][40] as well as eliminating Brann from the cup with an impressive 8–0 win at home four days later.^[41] Regardless of these strong results, Molde finished ninth in their comeback-season in the top flight.

Molde was again the second best team in Norway in 2009 after Rosenborg, who overtook Molde unbeaten record from 1998.^[22] Conversely, Molde ruined Rosenborg's march for the double with a 5–0 win at Aker Stadion in the quarter-final of 2009 Norwegian Cup. In the final, Molde met their local rivals Aalesund, but Aalesund won the cup on penalty shoot-out.

After only 20 points during the first 22 matches in the 2010 Tippeligaen, Kjell Jonevret was fired and replaced by Uwe Rösler.^[42] With Rösler as the head coach, Molde collected 20 points in the last 8 matches and avoided relegation.^[43] Despite the poor performance by the team, Baye Djiby Fall who spent the season on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow, became the first Molde-player since Jan Fuglset in 1976 to be the top goalscorer in Tippeligaen.^[44]

Prior to the club's 100-year anniversary, the former Molde and Manchester United player Ole Gunnar Solskjær returned to Molde to manage the team.^[45] In the opening match of 2011 Tippeligaen, which was his first competitive match, Molde lost 3–0 away against newly promoted Sarpsborg 08.^[46] On 19 June 2011, Molde celebrated their anniversary with a 2–0 win against Sogndal^[47] and positioned themselves on the top of the league. Molde was leading the league until they eventually won their first championship on 30 October 2011, when Rosenborg, the only team that could mathematically have still beaten them to first place with two rounds of matches remaining, lost 6–3 at home to Brann.^[48]

Molde successfully defended their title in 2012 by beating Hønefoss 1–0, on 11 November, with one game remaining.

Although Molde could only finish Sixth behind champions Stromgodset in the 2013 Tippeligaen, they beat Rosenborg 4-2 on November 24 to take the Norwegian Football Cup for the third time in their history (the others were in 1994 and 2005).

Ole Gunnar Solskjær signed for the Premier League side Cardiff City on January 2, 2014. Under new manager Tor Ole Skullerud Molde won their first domestic league and cup double in 2014, however Skullerud was fired in August 2015 due to a run of mediocre results and Solskjær (whose run at Cardiff lasted just nine months) was brought back to the team.

Kjell Jonevret, Molde manager 2007–2010  Uwe Rösler, Molde manager 2010  Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Molde manager 2011–2014, 2015–  Tor Ole Skullerud, Molde manager 2014–2015

Stadium

Aker Stadion

Molde's current stadium is the Aker Stadion, formerly known as "Molde Stadion", located at Reknes, by the seashore of central Molde. The NOK 212 million cost was mostly paid for by investor Kjell Inge Røkke, after whom the ground has been nicknamed "Røkkeløkka". The official name of the new stadium was Molde Stadion until 3 May 2006, when the stadium name changed to Aker Stadion following a sponsorship deal with Røkke's company Aker. The stadium was inaugurated on 18 April 1998, when the stadium was officially opened by Prime Minister and Molde-fan Kjell Magne Bondevik.^[49] In the opening match, Molde beat Lillestrøm 4–0 in their first home game of the season, attracting 13,010 spectators.^[50] Tommy Berntsen scored the first goal on Aker Stadion with an own goal, while Daniel Berg Hestad was the first Molde-player to score a goal on the new stadium.^[51] The all-time spectator record was set on 26 September, when Molde hosted Rosenborg in front of 13,308 people.^[52] When Molde qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage the stadium was converted to an all-seater, with seats being installed on the lower sections of the short end stands. This reduced the attendance capacity permanently, because the club chose to not remove the seats afterwards.^[53] Today the capacity of Aker Stadion is 11,800.^[49]

Before moving to Aker Stadion in the beginning of the 1998 season, Molde had been playing their home games at Molde Idrettspark (at the time called Molde stadion, currently Molde Idrettspark), a municipal-owned multi-use venue,^[54] since 1955. Molde Idrettspark was inaugurated on 28 August 1955, when Kristiansund was beaten by 1–0.^[13] About 2,500 spectators attended the inaugural match.^[13] The first top-tier league match was played here on 28 July 1957, when Molde managed a 1–1 draw against Sandefjord in the first round of 1957–58 Norwegian Main League.^[13] When Molde earned a promotion to the 1974 Norwegian First Division, the main stand got expanded.^[13] The unsurpassed record attendance at Molde Idrettspark is 14,615 in a match against Moss in 1987^[55][56] Today Molde Idrettspark is used by Træff and Molde 2.

Players and staff

Current squad

As of 25 April 2016^[57]

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 (Captain) 7 MF Harmeet Singh 8 FW Fredrik Gulbrandsen 9 FW Mattias Moström 11 FW Sander Svendsen 13 MF Thompson Unachi Ekpe 14 DF 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 MF Mohamed Elyounoussi 25 DF Vegard Forren 26 GK Andreas Linde 27 FW Mushaga Bakenga (on loan from Club Brugge) 28 MF Stian Rode Gregersen 30 MF Pape Paté Diouf 31 FW Ben Spencer 32 DF Isak Ssewankambo 34 GK Neydson 51 DF Kristian Fredrik Aasen Strande 52 MF Tobias Svendsen 53 DF Martin Ove Roseth

For transfers, see transfers winter 2014–15.

Reserve squad

As of 2 March 2016^[58]

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 51 DF Kristian Fredrik Aasen Strande

No. Position Player 52 MF Tobias Svendsen 53 DF Martin Ove Roseth 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 45 FW Jonas S. Frøystad

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 until 21 July 2016) 10 MF Thomas Kind Bendiksen (at Elfsborg until 31 December 2016) 18 DF Roni Peiponen (at Åsane until 22 July 2016) 33 DF Ole Martin Rindarøy (at Lillestrøm until 31 December 2016)

Coaching Staff

Parts of Molde's coaching staff in 2011. Rear from left: Are Lervik, Petter Rudi, Odd Berg, Mark Dempsey, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, and Richard Hartis. Front from left: Erling Moe, Knut Hallvard Eikrem, and Per Magne Misund.

Position	Staff
Manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær[59]
Assistant Manager	Erling Moe
Goalkeeping Coach	Per Magne Misund
Fitness Coach	Børre Steenslid
Physiotherapist	Lars Håvard Sæbø
Manual Therapist	Rune Roksvåg
Doctor	Endre Skjølberg
Doctor	Kjell Erik Strømskag
Doctor	Dag Sunde
Player Coordinator	Marcus Andreasson
Equipment Manager	Tore Monsen
Analysis Manager	Petter Rudi
Performance Analyst	Thomas Ulven
Performance Analyst	Jonas Lian Hansen

^[60]

Administrative staff

Position	Staff
Chairman	Odd Ivar Moen
Managing Director	Øystein Neerland

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Achievements

Domestic

• Norwegian Premier League:^[2]
  • Champions (3): 2011, 2012, 2014
  • Runners-up (7): 1974, 1987, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009
  • Third (3): 1977, 1988, 1990
• Norwegian Football Cup:^[2]
  • Winners (4): 1994, 2005, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up (3): 1982, 1989, 2009

Doubles

• League And Cup: 2014

Non-official

• La Manga Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2010

Records

Accomplishment	Record
Most matches	Daniel Berg Hestad 814 (at the end of the 2013 season)
Most goals	Jan Fuglset 164
Most goals scored in a league-game	6, Jan Fuglset vs. Strømsgodset in 1976
Longest unbeaten run	21 games in 1998
Greatest victory in Tippeligaen	8–0 Moss in 1996
Heaviest loss in Tippeligaen	0–8 Stabæk in 2006

Source:^[56]

European history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1R	Öster	1–0	0–6	1–6
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1R	FC Torpedo Moscow	3–3	0–4	3–7
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1R	K.S.V. Waregem	0–0	1–5	1–5
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Dinamo-93 Minsk	2–1	1–1	3–2
		1R	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	0–3	2–6
1996–97	UEFA Cup	QR	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	1–2	1–2
1998–99	UEFA Cup	2Q	PFC CSKA Sofia	0–0	0–2	0–2
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	2Q	CSKA Moscow	4–0	0–2	4–2
		3Q	Mallorca	0–0	1–1	1–1(a)
		Group E	Porto	0–1	1–3	4th
			Real Madrid	0–1	1–4
			Olympiacos	3–2	1–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	1–1	1–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	KÍ Klaksvík	2–0	4–0	6–0
		1R	União de Leiria	3–1	0–1	3–2
		2R	Benfica	0–2	1–3	1–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	2Q	Skonto	0–0	2–1	2–1
		1R	Rangers	0–0	0–2	0–2
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Jelgava	1–0	1–2	2–2(a)
		3Q	Stuttgart	2–3	2–2	4–5
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Ventspils	3–0	1–1	4–1
		3Q	Basel	0–1	1–1	1–2
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Heerenveen	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Group E	Copenhagen	1–2	1–2	4th
			Stuttgart	2–0	1–0
			Steaua București	1–2	0–2
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Sligo Rovers	2–0	1–0	3–0
		3Q	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–0	1–1(a)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	PO	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3	0–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	ND Gorica	4–1	1–1	5–2
		3Q	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	1–1	2–3
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Pyunik	5–0	0–1	5–1
		3Q	Dinamo Zagreb	3–3	1–1	4–4(a)
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Standard Liège	2–0	1–3	3–3(a)
		Group A	Fenerbahçe	0–2	3–1	1st
			Ajax	1–1	1-1
			Celtic	3–1	2–1
		R32	Sevilla	1-0	0–3	1–3

Source:^[61]

Recent history

Season	League									Cup	Europe	Top goalscorer
	Division	Pos	G	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts			Name	Goals
2007	1. Divisjon	1	30	22	3	5	62	28	69	First round		Mame Biram Diouf	10
2008	Tippeligaen	9	26	8	6	12	39	43	31	Semifinal		José Mota	12
2009	Tippeligaen	2	30	17	5	8	62	35	56	Final		Mame Biram Diouf	16
2010	Tippeligaen	11	30	10	10	10	42	45	40	Third round	UEFA Europa League – Third qualifying round	Baye Djiby Fall	16
2011	Tippeligaen	1	30	17	7	6	54	38	58	Quarterfinal		Pape Paté Diouf	12
2012	Tippeligaen	1	30	19	5	6	51	31	62	Semifinal	UEFA Champions League – Third qualifying round UEFA Europa League – Group stage	Davy Claude Angan	13
2013	Tippeligaen	6	30	12	8	10	47	38	44	Winner	UEFA Champions League – Third qualifying round UEFA Europa League – Play-off round	Daniel Chima	9
2014	Tippeligaen	1	30	22	5	3	62	24	71	Winner	UEFA Europa League – Third qualifying round	Mohamed Elyounoussi	13
2015	Tippeligaen	6	30	15	7	8	62	31	52	Quarterfinal	UEFA Champions League – Third qualifying round UEFA Europa League - Group stage	Ola Kamara	14
2016 (in progress)	Tippeligaen	3	7	4	2	1	14	10	14			Petter Strand Sander Svendsen Mohamed Elyounoussi	2

List of Molde FK managers

As of match played 17 April 2016^[62]

Manager	Period	Record
		G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
Jan Fuglset	1982–84
Åge Hareide	1990–91
Ulrich Møller	1991–93
Jan Fuglset	1992–93
Åge Hareide	1994–97
Erik Brakstad	1 Jan 1998 – 31 Dec 2000
Gunder Bengtsson	1 Jan 2001 – 22 May 2003
Odd Berg	22 May 2003 – 31 Dec 2003
Reidar Vågnes	1 Jan 2004 – 5 March 2005	59	19	14	26	77	86	32.20
Bo Johansson	18 March 2005 – 31 Dec 2005	33	15	6	12	57	55	45.45
Arild Stavrum	1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006	31	8	6	17	54	73	25.81
Kjell Jonevret	1 Jan 2007 – 30 Aug 2010	125	61	27	37	233	172	48.80
Uwe Rösler	31 Aug 2010 – 31 Dec 2010	8	6	2	0	11	3	75.00
Ole Gunnar Solskjær	1 Jan 2011 – 2 Jan 2014	125	69	25	31	236	143	55.20
Tor Ole Skullerud	13 Jan 2014 – 6 Aug 2015	65	42	12	11	146	56	64.62
Erling Moe (interim)	7 Aug 2015 – 21 Oct 2015	15	7	4	4	24	17	46.67
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	21 October 2015 – Present	15	10	3	2	32	16	66.67

History of league positions (since 1963)

	1963– 1970	1971– 1973	1974– 1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984– 1993	1994	1995– 2006	2007	2008–
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3

Molde also briefly appeared among the championship contestants in 1958, but the league was differently organized at the top levels until 1963.^[63]

Notable former players

Most matches played The following is a list of the ten Molde players with the most appearances in the top league.[64] Player Years Matches Daniel Berg Hestad 1993–2002, 2005-2016 473 Magne Hoseth 1999–2004, 2006-2014 260 Ulrich Møller 1980–1994 250 Stein Olav Hestad 1971–1989 249 Trond Strande 1991–2007 238 Morten Bakke 1991–2001 235 Vegard Forren 2007–2013, 2013-present 212 Mattias Moström 2007-present 204 Petter Rudi 1991–2006 199 Knut Olav Rindarøy 2004-present 197 Last updated: 10 April 2016

Most goals scored The following is a list of the eleven Molde players who have scored the most top league goals.[65] Player Years Goals Magne Hoseth 1999–2004, 2006-2014 84 Daniel Berg Hestad 1993–2002, 2005-2016 79 Jan Fuglset 1973–1982 57 Ole Bjørn Sundgot 1991–1999 47 Andreas Lund 1996–2000 42 Odd Inge Olsen 1996–2001 41 Øystein Neerland 1987–1993 35 Pape Paté Diouf 2006–2011, 2012, 2014-present 34 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 1995–1996 31 Bernt Hulsker 1999–2004 31 Åge Hareide 1975–1987 31 Last updated: 18 September 2015

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External links

• Molde F.K.
• MFKWeb – Frequently updated independent supporter site
• Tornekrattet supporter club — formerly official, now independent