2016 IK Start season

The 2016 season is Start's 4th season in the Tippeligaen since their promotion back to the league in 2012, and their first season with Steinar Pedersen as manager. Start competed in the Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.

Start

2016 season
Chairman	Magne Kristiansen
Manager	Steinar Pedersen
Stadium	Sør Arena
Tippeligaen	16th
Norwegian Cup	Third Round vs Sandnes Ulf
Top goalscorer	League: Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (4) All: Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (6)
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

As of 14 August 2016

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 Håkon Opdal 2 DF  NOR Jens Kristian Skogmo 3 DF  FIN Tapio Heikkilä 4 DF  USA Alex DeJohn 5 DF  NOR Robert Sandnes 6 MF  NOR Kristoffer Ajer 7 MF  NGA Chidiebere Nwakali (on loan from Manchester City) 8 FW  NOR Espen Hoff 9 MF  NOR Daniel Aase 10 MF  LBR Dulee Johnson 11 FW  NGA Uduak Cyril Idemokon (on loan from Bujoc) 14 MF  NOR Espen Børufsen 15 DF  NOR Henrik Robstad 16 MF  NOR Andreas Hollingen

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ISL Guðmundur Kristjánsson 18 MF  NOR Jibril Bojang 19 FW  NGA Austin Ikenna 20 DF  NOR John Olav Norheim 22 FW  NOR Lars-Jørgen Salvesen 23 MF  NOR Erlend Segberg 26 DF  NOR Jesper Mathisen 27 MF  NOR Eirik Wichne 28 DF  NOR Rolf Daniel Vikstøl (captain) 29 FW  BIH Adi Markovic 30 FW  NOR Lasse Sigurdsen 33 FW  GHA Denny Antwi — MF  NOR Thomas Zernichow — FW  NOR Markus Håbestad

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2015–16

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 2 DF  NOR Jens Kristian Skogmo (from Follo)[1] 3 DF  FIN Tapio Heikkilä (from SJK Seinäjoki)[2] 7 MF  NGA Chidiebere Nwakali (on loan from Manchester City)[3] 9 MF  NOR Daniel Aase (from Vindbjart, previously on loan)[4] 11 FW  NGA Uduak Cyril Idemokon (on loan from Bujoc)[5] 15 DF  NOR Henrik Robstad (from Jerv)[6] 16 MF  NOR Andreas Hollingen (from Molde, previously on loan)[7] — MF  NOR Henrik Byklum (from Randesund)[8]

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 2 DF  NOR Jon Hodnemyr (to Vindbjart)[9] 3 DF  NOR Ole Martin Rindarøy (loan return to Molde)[10] 6 MF  NOR Kristoffer Ajer (to Celtic)[11] 11 FW  CRC Alejandro Castro (released, previously on loan at Brann)[12] 15 DF  DEN Michael Christensen (to Hobro)[13] 18 FW  NOR Mads Stokkelien (released)[13] 20 DF  NOR John Olav Norheim (on loan to KFUM Oslo, previously on loan at Nest-Sotra)[14][15] 31 MF  NOR Joachim Eriksen (to Fløy)[16] 33 DF  NOR Jørgen Hammer (to KFUM Oslo)[17] — MF  NOR Henrik Byklum (on loan to Fløy)[8] — GK  ISL Ingvar Jónsson (to Sandefjord, previously on loan at Sandnes Ulf)[10][18]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2016

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 10 MF  LBR Dulee Johnson (from Molde)[19] 18 MF  NOR Jibril Bojang (from Lørenskog)[20] 33 FW  GHA Denny Antwi (from Jerv)[21] — MF  NOR Thomas Zernichow (from Vindbjart)[22]

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 21 MF  NOR Henrik Breimyr (to Sandnes Ulf)[23] 25 GK  IRL Sean McDermott (to Ull/Kisa)[24] 32 MF  NOR Mathias Rasmussen (to Nordsjælland)[25]

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2016 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	2	10	18	23	59	−36	16	2	4	9	15	34	−19	0	6	9	8	25	−17

Last updated: 8 November 2016.
Source: see below

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L
Position	10	11	12	12	14	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 8 November 2016. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Start v Lillestrøm

13 March 2016 1	Start	1–1	Lillestrøm	Kristiansand
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heikkilä 37' Hollingen  84'	Summary	Kolstad  26' Martin 42' Jradi  69'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Tromsø v Start

18 March 2016 2	Tromsø	0–0	Start	Tromsø
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Landu Landu  38' Wangberg  63'	Summary	Ajer  68'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 4,241 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Start v Viking

2 April 2016 3	Start	0–1	Viking	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajer  58'	Summary	Abdullahi 27' Sverrisson  54' Danielsen  60'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

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

Odd v Start

17 April 2016 5	Odd	3–0	Start	Skien
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Occéan Nordkvelle 32' Berge 39', 69' Ruud  89'	Summary	Kristjánsson  38' Sandnes  89'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,440 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Start v Sarpsborg 08

21 April 2016 6	Start	1–4	Sarpsborg 08	Kristiansand
19:00 CET (UTC+2)	Heikkilä 11' Ajer  82'	Summary	Tokstad 3', 23', 75' Mortensen 33'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 3,692 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Vålerenga v Start

24 April 2016 7	Vålerenga	2–0	Start	Oslo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brown 6', 89' Castro  32'	Summary		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 6,379 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Start v Strømsgodset

1 May 2016 8	Start	2–2	Strømsgodset	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sandnes 52' Salvesen 88'	Summary	Abu  9' Storflor 41' Nguen 63' Valsvik  72'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,248 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Brann v Start

7 May 2016 9	Brann	1–0	Start	Bergen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skålevik 61' Nilsen  85'	Summary	Ajer  45+1' Nwakali  67'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Espen Eskås

Start v Rosenborg

12 May 2016 10	Start	0–2	Rosenborg	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kristjánsson  23'	Summary	Svensson  71' Gytkjær  75' Vilhjálmsson 80', 88'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,006 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Aalesund v Start

16 May 2016 11	Aalesund	1–1	Start	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	B.H.Riise  61' Skagestad 78'	Summary	Nwakali 65'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,751 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Sogndal v Start

22 May 2016 12	Sogndal	2–2	Start	Sogndal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Psyché 10' 53' Kjemhus  37' Sarr  84'	Summary	DeJohn  15' 62' Hoff 81'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 2,770 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Start v Stabæk

29 May 2016 13	Start	0–5	Stabæk	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sandnes  90'	Summary	Omoijuanfo 33' Issah  36' Gorozia 41' Jeppe Moe  45' Asante  66' Njie 78' 89' Meling 87'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 7,273 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Haugesund v Start

2 July 2016 14	Haugesund	2–1	Start	Haugesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Skjerve 49' Miljeteig 67'	Summary	Rasmussen 15'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 5,106 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Start v Bodø/Glimt

8 July 2016 15	Start	1–4	Bodø/Glimt	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nwakali 57'	Summary	Olsen 32' Moe  55' Furebotn 67' Azemi 90' Hauge 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Martin Lundby

Molde v Start

17 July 2016 16	Molde	2–2	Start	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Singh  7' Svendsen 21' Toivio 72' Forren  90+1'	Summary	Børufsen 8' 60' Kristjánsson 62' 67' Nwakali  73' Heikkilä  83'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Espen Eskås

Start v Vålerenga

24 July 2016 17	Start	2–4	Vålerenga	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Børufsen 78', 84'	Summary	Abdellaoue  11' Tollås 23' Zahid 53' Grindheim 81' Johansen 88'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,022 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Sarpsborg 08 v Start

29 July 2016 18	Sarpsborg 08	1–0	Start	Sarpsborg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lindberg  69' 78' Toivomäki  76' Hansen  82'	Summary	Salvesen  18' Johnson  23' Vikstøl  82'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 3,757 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Start v Odd

7 August 2016 19	Start	1–2	Odd	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johnson 12' (pen.) Aase  39'	Summary	Bentley 53' O.Berg  77' Occéan 81'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 3,810 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Strømsgodset v Start

14 August 2016 20	Strømsgodset	1–1	Start	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedersen 27' (pen.) 45' Madsen  87' Kastrati  90+2'	Summary	Robstad  16' Johnson  27' Vikstøl  77' Bojang  81' Salvesen 86'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Start v Sogndal

21 August 2016 21	Start	1–1	Sogndal	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børufsen  13' Johnson  82' Salvesen 89'	Summary	Furebotn 7' Pedersen  55' Raitala  81'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,157 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Bodø/Glimt v Start

28 August 2016 22	Bodø/Glimt	2–0	Start	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jakobsen  26' Azemi 60' Halvorsen 63' (pen.) 71'	Report		Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Martin Lundby

Start v Aalesund

9 September 2016 23	Start	1–4	Aalesund	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Antwi  8' E.Segberg  11' Nwakali 18'	Report	Wormgoor  27' B.H.Riise 51' Boli  58' 87' Þrándarson 74' Fet 76'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Rosenborg v Start

18 September 2016 24	Rosenborg	2–0	Start	Trondheim
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gytkjær 61' Reitan 90' (pen.) Bjørdal  90'	Summary	E.Wichne  85'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 14,142 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Start v Haugesund

25 September 2016 25	Start	1–0	Haugesund	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skogmo  66' Antwi  72' Sigurdsen 83'	Summary		Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Viking v Start

2 October 2016 26	Viking	2–0	Start	Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Heikkilä 26' (o.g.) Jørgensen 67'	Summary	Robstad  52'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,371 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Start v Tromsø

16 October 2016 27	Start	2–1	Tromsø	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	E.Segberg 14' Salvesen 28' Skogmo  59' Vikstøl  77' Sandnes  90+1'	Summary	Olsen 4' Ødegaard  62' Ingebrigtsen  64' Antonsen  78'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 3,440 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Lillestrøm v Start

23 October 2016 28	Lillestrøm	1–1	Start	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolstad  41' Malec 61'	Summary	Antwi 25' 26'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,796 Referee: Espen Eskås

Start v Brann

30 October 2016 29	Start	1–2	Brann	Kristiansand
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heikkilä  17' Sandnes 66'	Summary	Braaten  53' Grønner  55' Huseklepp 71' Haugen 78'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,524 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Stabæk v Start

6 November 2016 30	Stabæk	3–0	Start	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omoijuanfo 27', 32' Keita  70' Alanzinho 76'	Summary	Hollingen  13' Salvesen  66'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,350 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Lillestrøm	30	8	10	12	45	50	−5	34
13	Tromsø	30	9	7	14	36	46	−10	34
14	Stabæk (O)	30	8	7	15	35	42	−7	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Bodø/Glimt (R)	30	8	6	16	36	45	−9	30	Relegation to First Division
16	Start (R)	30	2	10	18	23	59	−36	16

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), 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).^[26]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2016 Norwegian Football Cup

Donn v Start

14 April 2016 First Round	Donn	0–8	Start	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	F. Kviljo  35' M. Myhrstad  52'  79'	Summary	Vikstøl 40' Sandnes  46', 52' Ajer 47' Sigurdsen 55', 90+3' Rasmussen 83' (pen.) Segberg 86' Salvesen 90+1'	Stadium: Kristiansand Stadion Attendance: 533 Referee: Marius Lien

Fram Larvik v Start

27 April 2016 Second Round	Fram Larvik	0–3	Start	Larvik
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M. Naglestad  33' A. Sagaas  39'	Summary	Børufsen  17' Nwakali 71' Sandnes 73',  84' Wichne 81'	Stadium: Fram Stadion Attendance: 952 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Sandnes Ulf v Start

4 May 2016 Third Round	Sandnes Ulf	3–1	Start	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eriksen 7', 16' Schulze  46' Helle  65' Engblom 75' Sandberg  90'	Summary	DeJohn  14' Salvesen 54' Nwakali  80'	Stadium: Sandnes Idrettspark Attendance: 841 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Squad statistics

As of match played 6 November 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Håkon Opdal	31	0	30	0	1	0
2	DF	NOR	Jens Kristian Skogmo	22	0	19+1	0	2	0
3	DF	FIN	Tapio Heikkilä	32	2	30	2	2	0
4	DF	USA	Alex DeJohn	21	1	17+2	1	2	0
5	DF	NOR	Robert Sandnes	24	4	8+14	2	1+1	2
7	MF	NGA	Chidiebere Nwakali	24	4	21+1	3	2	1
8	FW	NOR	Espen Hoff	16	1	9+7	1	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Daniel Aase	11	0	5+5	0	1	0
10	MF	LBR	Dulee Johnson	8	1	7+1	1	0	0
11	FW	NGA	Uduak Cyril Idemokon	3	0	3	0	0	0
14	MF	NOR	Espen Børufsen	28	3	27	3	1	0
15	DF	NOR	Henrik Robstad	32	0	29	0	3	0
16	MF	NOR	Andreas Hollingen	15	0	12+3	0	0	0
17	MF	ISL	Guðmundur Kristjánsson	25	1	14+8	1	2+1	0
18	MF	NOR	Jibril Bojang	9	0	4+5	0	0	0
19	MF	NGA	Austin Ikenna	5	0	2+1	0	0+2	0
21	MF	NOR	Henrik Breimyr	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	FW	NOR	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	28	6	13+13	4	0+2	2
23	MF	NOR	Erlend Segberg	11	2	9+1	1	1	1
25	GK	EIR	Sean McDermott	2	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	NOR	Eirik Wichne	22	1	14+6	0	2	1
28	DF	NOR	Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	24	1	20+1	0	3	1
29	MF	BIH	Adi Markovic	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
30	FW	NOR	Lasse Sigurdsen	18	3	4+12	1	2	2
33	FW	GHA	Denny Antwi	11	1	10+1	1	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who played for Start that left during the season:
6	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Ajer	14	1	11	0	3	1
32	MF	NOR	Mathias Rasmussen	18	3	11+4	2	3	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		22	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	4	2	6
2	MF		7	Chidiebere Nwakali	3	1	4
	DF		5	Robert Sandnes	2	2	4
4	MF		14	Espen Børufsen	3	0	3
	MF		32	Mathias Rasmussen	2	1	3
6	DF		3	Tapio Heikkilä	2	0	2
	MF		23	Erlend Segberg	1	1	2
	FW		30	Lasse Sigurdsen	0	2	2
9	DF		4	Alex DeJohn	1	0	1
	MF		8	Espen Hoff	1	0	1
	MF		17	Espen Børufsen	1	0	1
	MF		10	Dulee Johnson	1	0	1
	FW		30	Lasse Sigurdsen	1	0	1
	FW		33	Denny Antwi	1	0	1
	MF		6	Kristoffer Ajer	0	1	1
	MF		27	Eirik Wichne	0	1	1
	DF		28	Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	0	1	1
				TOTALS	23	12	35

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Total
2		DF	Jens Kristian Skogmo	2	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Tapio Heikkilä	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Alex DeJohn	1	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Robert Sandnes	3	0	2	0	5	0
6		MF	Kristoffer Ajer	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Chidiebere Nwakali	3	0	1	0	4	0
9		FW	Daniel Aase	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Dulee Johnson	3	0	0	0	3	0
14		MF	Espen Børufsen	2	0	1	0	3	0
15		DF	Henrik Robstad	2	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Andreas Hollingen	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Guðmundur Kristjánsson	4	0	0	0	4	0
18		MF	Jibril Bojang	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	2	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Erlend Segberg	1	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Eirik Wichne	1	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	2	1	0	0	2	1
33		FW	Denny Antwi	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	39	1	5	0	44	1