2012 Stabæk Fotball season

The 2012 season was Stabæk's 7th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 17th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Petter Belsvik's first season as the club's manager after Jörgen Lennartsson joined IF Elfsborg at the end of the previous season.^[1][2] Stabæk also competed in the UEFA Europa League after qualifying through the Fair Play rankings. They entered, and were knocked out, in the first qualifying round against JJK of Finland. On 28 October, Stabæk were relegated from the Tippeligaen to the Adeccoligaen with three games still remaining.^{[citation needed]}

Stabæk

2012 season
Chairman	Kjell Johnsen
Manager	Petter Belsvik
Stadium	Nadderud Stadion
Tippeligaen	16th
Norwegian Cup	Third Round vs Asker
Europa League	First Qualifying Round vs JJK
Top goalscorer	League: Fredrik Brustad (4) All: Fredrik Brustad (9)
Highest home attendance	5,508 vs Aalesund 25 March 2012
Lowest home attendance	693 vs JJK 12 July 2012
Average home league attendance	3,70421 November 2012
← 2011 2013 →

Squad

As of 7 August 2012^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CIV Sayouba Mandé 2 DF  ISL Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson 3 DF  ISL Elfar Freyr Helgason 4 DF  USA Sean Cunningham (on loan from Molde) 5 DF  NOR Jørgen Hammer 6 FW  NOR Fredrik Brustad 7 FW  NOR Torstein Andersen Aase 8 FW  NOR Stian Sortevik 10 MF  LBN Adnan Haidar 11 FW  CIV Franck Boli 13 MF  NOR Bjarte Haugsdal 14 MF  NOR Herman Stengel

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  FIN Ville Jalasto 17 DF  NOR Kim Hunstad 18 FW  NOR Mads Stokkelien 20 FW  ISL Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 21 FW  NOR Abdurahim Laajab (on loan from Vålerenga) 22 GK  NOR Jan Kjell Larsen 24 MF  NOR Anders Trondsen 25 MF  NOR Erik Benjaminsen 26 DF  NOR Thor Søndergaard Lange 27 MF  NOR David Hanssen 28 MF  CIV Luc Kassi 81 MF  NOR Christer Kleiven

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2011–12

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CIV Sayouba Mandé (from Sporting Consultant)[4] 4 DF  USA Sean Cunningham (loan from Molde)[5] 8 MF  NOR Stian Sortevik (from Hønefoss) 10 MF  LBN Adnan Haidar (from Vålerenga)[6] 11 FW  CIV Franck Boli (from Sporting Consultant)[7] 13 MF  NOR Bjarte Haugsdal (from Brann)[8] 18 FW  NOR Mads Stokkelien (from Start)[9] 26 MF  USA Ricardo Clark (loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)[10] 81 MF  NOR Christer Kleiven (from Start)[11]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Jon Knudsen (to Fredrikstad)[12] 8 MF  CMR Alain Junior Ollé Ollé (to Åtvidaberg)[13] 9 FW  GAB Gilles Mbang Ondo (to Sandnes Ulf) 13 MF  ISL Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (to Lillestrøm) 15 DF  NOR Morten Skjønsberg (to Norrköping)[14] 17 MF  SWE Pontus Farnerud (to Göteborg) 18 MF  SWE Marcus Bergholtz (loan return to Helsingborg) 19 MF  SWE Johan Andersson (to Lillestrøm) 21 MF  USA Mix Diskerud (loan to Gent)[15] 29 DF  BIH Haris Skenderović (to Syrianska)

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2012

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ISL Elfar Freyr Helgason (from AEK Athens) 15 DF  FIN Ville Jalasto (from Aalesund)[16] 20 FW  ISL Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (from Vålerenga) 21 MF  USA Mix Diskerud (loan return from Gent) 21 FW  NOR Abdurahim Laajab (on loan from Vålerenga)[17] 28 MF  CIV Luc Kassi

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  NOR Tor Marius Gromstad (Died)[18][19] 21 MF  USA Mix Diskerud (to Rosenborg) 23 DF  NOR Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (to Freiburg) 26 MF  USA Ricardo Clark (loan return to Eintracht Frankfurt)

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2012 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
30	5	2	23	26	64	−38	17	3	1	11	10	28	−18	2	1	12	16	36	−20

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	11	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2012. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Stabæk v Aalesund

25 March 2012 1	Stabæk	0–0	Aalesund	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+01)		Summary		Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 5,508

Fredrikstad v Stabæk

1 April 2012 2	Fredrikstad	5–1	Stabæk	Fredrikstad
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elyounoussi 14' Hussain 41' Valencia 53' Landgren 76' Hagen 84'	Summary	Boli 4'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 7,624

Tromsø v Stabæk

9 April 2012 3	Tromsø	3–0	Stabæk	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersen 19' Mbodj 45' Norbye 76'	Summary		Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 3,903

Stabæk v Hønefoss

16 April 2012 4	Stabæk	0–2	Hønefoss	Bærum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Riku Riski 47' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,340

Sandnes Ulf v Stabæk

22 April 2012 5	Sandnes Ulf	2–1	Stabæk	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Þorsteinsson 51' Skjølsvik 58' (pen.) Aanestad  84'	Summary	Brustad 65' Gromstad  57'  85'	Stadium: Sandnes Idrettspark Attendance: 3,705

Stabæk v Odd Grenland

28 April 2012 6	Stabæk	0–2	Odd Grenland	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Johnsen 11' Børven 30'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,430

Rosenborg v Stabæk

4 May 2012 7	Rosenborg	3–1	Stabæk	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Midtsjø 70' Dočkal 75' Svensson 80'	Summary	Boli 86'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12,143 Referee: Andres Johansen

Stabæk v Molde

12 May 2012 8	Stabæk	0–5	Molde	Bærum
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Hestad 3' Angan 6', 66' Gatt 9' Berget 83'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,207

Stabæk v Haugesund

20 May 2012 9	Stabæk	0–2	Haugesund	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Søderlund 37', 65'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,721

Viking v Stabæk

23 May 2012 10	Viking	1–0	Stabæk	Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nisja 87'	Summary		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,132

Stabæk v Lillestrøm

28 May 2012 11	Stabæk	4–1	Lillestrøm	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aase 3' Brustad 15', 16' Hedenstad 19'	Summary	Knudtzon 10'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,001

Vålerenga v Stabæk

24 June 2012 12	Vålerenga	1–2	Stabæk	Oslo
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nordvik  33' Nielsen 90+2'	Summary	Hedenstad 50' Kleiven 71'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 13,025

Brann v Stabæk

30 June 2012 13	Brann	2–1	Stabæk	Bergen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Austin 4' (pen.) Ojo 18'	Summary	Kleiven 60'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,346

Stabæk v Strømsgodset

8 July 2012 14	Stabæk	1–2	Strømsgodset	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haugsdal 86'	Summary	Storflor 53' Kovács 79'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,698

Sogndal v Stabæk

15 July 2012 15	Sogndal	3–1	Stabæk	Sogndal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Flo 5', 53' Brochmann 65'	Summary	Stokkelien 14'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 3,128

Stabæk v Vålerenga

22 July 2012 16	Stabæk	1–3	Vålerenga	Bærum
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brustad 74'	Summary	Larsen 7' Pedersen 69', 74'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,476 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Aalesund v Stabæk

28 July 2012 17	Aalesund	3–1	Stabæk	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnefjord 43' Stewart 65' Ulvestad 88' (pen.)	Summary	Boli 45+4'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,066 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Stabæk v Brann

5 August 2012 18	Stabæk	0–4	Brann	Bærum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Bentley 36', 51' Sævarsson 46' Huseklepp 81'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,086 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Stabæk v Sandnes Ulf

12 August 2012 19	Stabæk	2–1	Sandnes Ulf	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleiven 6' Hammer 15'	Summary	Helgason 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,208 Referee: Anders Johansen

Haugesund v Stabæk

26 August 2012 20	Haugesund	4–1	Stabæk	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Søderlund 1' Fevang 3' Myrestam 23' Storbæk 50'	Summary	Haugsdal 45+2'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,349 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Stabæk v Rosenborg

3 September 2012 21	Stabæk	0–2	Rosenborg	Bærum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsen  86'	Summary	Iversen 49', 54'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Odd Grenland v Stabæk

16 September 2012 22	Odd Grenland	1–2	Stabæk	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Herolind Shala 80'	Summary	Eiriksson 3' Brustad 40'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Tom Hagen

Stabæk v Fredrikstad

23 September 2012 23	Stabæk	0–1	Fredrikstad	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Pusic 84'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,088 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Molde v Stabæk

30 September 2012 24	Molde	4–3	Stabæk	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chima 25', 29', 51' Stamnestrø 49'	Report	Boli 1' Gunnarsson 32' Haugsdal 56'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 8,827 Referee: Kjetil Sælen

Stabæk v Tromsø

7 October 2012 25	Stabæk	0–1	Tromsø	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Årst 73'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,365 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Hønefoss v Stabæk

21 October 2012 26	Hønefoss	0–0	Stabæk	Hønefoss
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Hunstad  54' Haugsdal  90+4'	Stadium: Aka Arena Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Stabæk v Viking

28 October 2012 27	Stabæk	0–1	Viking	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+01)		Summary	Olsen 70'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,090 Referee: Tom Hagen

Lillestrøm v Stabæk

4 November 2012 28	Lillestrøm	6–0	Stabæk	Lillestrøm
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Moen 22' Helstad 52' Pálmason 76', 79' Bolly 88' Gulbrandsen 90'	Summary		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Tore Hansen

Stabæk v Sogndal

11 November 2012 29	Stabæk	2–1	Sogndal	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Boli 18' Jalasto 23'	Summary	Flo 55'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,066 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Strømsgodset v Stabæk

18 November 2012 30	Strømsgodset	3–1	Stabæk	Drammen
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Kamara 6' Kovács 24', 88'	Summary	Gunnarsson 11'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 7,333 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Sogndal	30	8	10	12	29	37	−8	34
13	Hønefoss	30	7	12	11	30	42	−12	33
14	Sandnes Ulf (O)	30	8	8	14	44	56	−12	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Fredrikstad (R)	30	9	3	18	42	59	−17	30	Relegation to First Division
16	Stabæk (R)	30	5	2	23	25	69	−44	17

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2012 Norwegian Football Cup

Lommedalen v Stabæk

1 May 2012 First Round	Lommedalen	0–3	Stabæk	Lommedalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Brustad 24', 55' Kleiven 88'	Stadium: Lommedalen gress Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Kristian Randen

Fana v Stabæk

9 May 2012 Second Round	Fana	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Stabæk	Fana
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lerpold 77'	Summary	Clark 74' Brustad 105', 106' Boli 109'	Stadium: Fana Stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Jon Ophuus

Asker v Stabæk

20 June 2012 Third Round	Asker	2–1	Stabæk	Asker
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Notice 53' Tollås 88'	Summary	Haugsdal 78'	Stadium: Føyka Stadion Attendance: 2,041 Referee: Martin Lundby

UEFA Europa League

Main articles: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Qualifying rounds

JJK v Stabæk

5 July 2012 First qualifying round 1st leg	JJK	2–0	Stabæk	Jyväskylä
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gruborovics 16' Wusu 66'	Report		Stadium: Harjun stadion Attendance: 1,817 Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)

Stabæk v JJK

12 July 2012 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Stabæk	3–2 (3–4 agg.)	JJK	Bærum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleiven 37' Stokkelien 45+2' Haugsdal 64'	Report	van Gelderen 45' Innanen 51'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 693 Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 November 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Football Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CIV	Sayouba Mandé	22	0	18+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ISL	Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson	33	1	28+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ISL	Elfar Freyr Helgason	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	USA	Sean Cunningham	23	0	18+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	NOR	Jørgen Hammer	27	1	22+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Brustad	32	9	25+2	5	2+1	4	2+0	0
7	FW	NOR	Torstein Andersen Aase	7	1	4+2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	NOR	Stian Sortevik	22	0	11+8	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	LBN	Adnan Haidar	29	0	20+4	0	3+0	0	1+1	0
11	FW	CIV	Franck Boli	32	6	19+9	5	2+1	1	0+1	0
13	MF	NOR	Bjarte Haugsdal	24	5	17+3	3	0+2	1	2+0	1
14	MF	NOR	Herman Stengel	25	0	15+5	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
15	DF	FIN	Ville Jalasto	11	1	11+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	NOR	Kim Hunstad	9	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	NOR	Mads Stokkelien	23	2	8+10	1	2+1	0	1+1	1
20	FW	ISL	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	10	2	10+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	NOR	Abdurahim Laajab	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK	NOR	Jan Kjell Larsen	14	0	12+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	NOR	Anders Trondsen	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	NOR	Erik Benjaminsen	5	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
27	MF	NOR	David Hanssen	18	0	15+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	CIV	Luc Kassi	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
81	MF	NOR	Christer Kleiven	34	5	30+0	3	2+0	1	2+0	1
Players away from Stabæk on loan:
Players who appeared for Stabæk no longer at the club:
16	DF	NOR	Tor Marius Gromstad	8	0	6+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	NOR	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	19	2	14+0	2	3+0	0	2+0	0
21	FW	NOR	Ståle Sæthre	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	USA	Ricardo Clark	17	1	12+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Football Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF		6	Fredrik Brustad	5	4	0	9
2	FW		11	Franck Boli	5	1	0	6
3	MF		81	Christer Kleiven	3	1	1	5
	MF		13	Bjarte Haugsdal	3	1	1	5
5	DF		23	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	2	0	0	2
	FW		20	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	2	0	0	2
	FW		18	Mads Stokkelien	1	0	1	2
7	FW		7	Torstein Andersen Aase	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Jørgen Hammer	1	0	0	1
	DF		2	Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson	1	0	0	1
	DF		15	Ville Jalasto	1	0	0	1
	MF		26	Ricardo Clark	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	25	8	3	36

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Football Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Sean Cunningham	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Jørgen Hammer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Stian Sortevik	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Adnan Haidar	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0
11		FW	Franck Boli	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
13		MF	Bjarte Haugsdal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Herman Stengel	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Ville Jalasto	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		DF	Tor Marius Gromstad	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
17		DF	Kim Hunstad	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Mads Stokkelien	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		FW	Ståle Sæthre	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		GK	Jan Kjell Larsen	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
23		DF	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
24		MF	Anders Trondsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Ricardo Clark	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
27		MF	David Hanssen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
81		MF	Christer Kleiven	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	42	2	4	0	2	0	48	2