2017 Aalesunds FK season

The 2017 season is Aalesund's tenth consecutive season in the Tippeligaen.

Aalesund

2017 season
Chairman	Kjell Tennfjord
Manager	Trond Fredriksen
Stadium	Color Line Stadion
Tippeligaen	15th
Norwegian Cup	Fourth Round vs Stabæk
Top goalscorer	League: Mustafa Abdellaoue (16) All: Mustafa Abdellaoue (18)
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Squad

As of 21 August 2017

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 Andreas Lie 2 DF  DEN Mikkel Kirkeskov 3 DF  ISL Daníel Leó Grétarsson 5 DF  NOR Oddbjørn Lie 6 DF  NED Kaj Ramsteijn 8 MF  NOR Fredrik Carlsen 9 FW  SWE Valmir Berisha 10 FW  GRE Thanasis Papazoglou (loan from Kortrijk) 11 MF  ISL Aron Elís Þrándarson 14 FW  GHA Edwin Gyasi 15 MF  BRA Marlinho 17 MF  NOR Sondre Brunstad Fet

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  NOR Vebjørn Hoff 21 MF  NOR Bjørn Helge Riise 22 DF  ISL Adam Örn Arnarson 25 GK  NOR Jan-Lennart Urke 30 FW  NOR Mustafa Abdellaoue 32 GK  NOR Sondre Sødergren 33 DF  NOR Anders Waagan 36 MF  NOR Emil Solnørdal 37 DF  NOR Joakim Barstad 38 MF  NOR Jørgen Hatlehol 41 MF  NOR Markus Karlsbakk

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2016–17

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 6 DF  NED Kaj Ramsteijn (from Almere City)[1] 9 FW  SWE Valmir Berisha (from Cambuur)[2] 10 FW  RSA Lars Veldwijk (loan from Kortrijk) 23 GK  NOR Pål Vestly Heigre (from Viking)[3]

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 6 DF  NED Vito Wormgoor (to Brann)[4] 7 FW  CIV Franck Boli (loan return to Liaoning Whowin) 10 MF  NOR Peter Orry Larsen (to Brann)[5][6] 19 FW  KOS Flamur Kastrati (to Sandefjord)[7] 23 DF  NOR Edvard Skagestad (to Fredrikstad)[8] 24 GK  NOR Lars Cramer (retired)[9]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2017

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 FW  GRE Thanasis Papazoglou (on loan from Kortrijk)[10] 25 GK  NOR Jan-Lennart Urke (from Hødd)[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 4 DF  FIN Tero Mäntylä [12] 10 FW  RSA Lars Veldwijk (loan return to Kortrijk)[13] 23 GK  NOR Pål Vestly Heigre (to Strømsgodset)[14]

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2017 Eliteserien

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	8	8	14	36	48	−12	32	6	4	5	24	20	+4	2	4	9	12	28	−16

Last updated: 26 November 2017.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	13	15	15	11	12	8	8	9	6	6	6	5	6	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2017. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Stabæk v Aalesund

2 April 2017 1	Stabæk	3–1	Aalesund	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ba  7' Omoijuanfo 14', 20', 50' 14'	Report	Ramsteijn  59' Abdellaoue 65'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Aalesund v Sarpsborg 08

5 April 2017 2	Aalesund	1–3	Sarpsborg 08	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carlsen 19' Hoff  85'	Report	Mortensen 9', 21' Nielsen  32' Jørgensen 45+1' Albech  51'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,363 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Strømsgodset v Aalesund

9 April 2017 3	Strømsgodset	1–1	Aalesund	Drammen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jradi  27' Tagbajumi 44' Hauger  61'	Report	Abdellaoue 17'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Aalesund v Lillestrøm

17 April 2017 4	Aalesund	3–1	Lillestrøm	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grétarsson 5' Veldwijk 45' Abdellaoue 48'	Report	Amundsen  22' Knudtzon  62' Malec 72'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,370 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Rosenborg v Aalesund

23 April 2017 5	Rosenborg	0–0	Aalesund	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Meling  68' Midtsjø  88' Konradsen  90'	Report	Kirkeskov  45' Berisha  84' Arnarson  84' Ramsteijn  86' Solnørdal  90' Mos  90'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,948 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Aalesund v Tromsø

30 April 2017 6	Aalesund	3–1	Tromsø	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdellaoue  18' 67' Riise 61' Hoff 80'	Report	Åsen  19' Ingebrigtsen 21' 29' Kpozo  47'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,562 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Molde v Aalesund

6 May 2017 7	Molde	0–1	Aalesund	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hussain  38'	Report	Abdellaoue 45' Ramsteijn  59'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,488 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Aalesund v Vålerenga

12 May 2017 8	Aalesund	0–1	Vålerenga	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramsteijn  78'	Report	Stengel 39' 60' Lekven  41' Näsberg  66'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Viking v Aalesund

16 May 2017 9	Viking	1–2	Aalesund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 11' (o.g.)	Report	Abdellaoue 28' (pen.) Veldwijk  30' Gyasi 87' A.Lie  90+3'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Aalesund v Sandefjord

21 May 2017 10	Aalesund	2–0	Sandefjord	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdellaoue 9' (pen.) Gyasi 26'	Report	Hansen  21' Morer  70' Kastrati  90+4'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Brann v Aalesund

28 May 2017 11	Brann	1–1	Aalesund	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramsteijn 34' (o.g.) Nilsen  40'  83' Braaten  52'	Report	A.Lie  40' Gyasi 81'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,019 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Aalesund v Haugesund

4 June 2017 12	Aalesund	0–1	Haugesund	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marlinho  49'	Report	Ibrahim 9' 59' Skjerve  35'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,764 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Kristiansund v Aalesund

17 June 2017 13	Kristiansund	1–1	Aalesund	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stokke 60' Aasbak  62' Bamba  81'	Report	Veldwijk 21' Arnarson  71'	Stadium: Atlanten Stadion Attendance: 4,033 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Aalesund v Odd

25 June 2017 14	Aalesund	5–1	Odd	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Veldwijk 11', 64', 74' Berge 18' (o.g.) Abdellaoue 33' (pen.) Grétarsson  56'	Report	Nordkvelle  11' Berge  32' Riski  37' Zekhnini 42' Samuelsen  59'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,537 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Sogndal v Aalesund

1 July 2017 15	Sogndal	1–0	Aalesund	Sogndal
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Nwakali 2' 83' Koomson  55'	Report	Arnarson  77'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 5,089 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Aalesund v Molde

8 July 2017 16	Aalesund	0–3	Molde	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lie  57'	Report	Sigurðarson 22', 57' (pen.) Brustad 75'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,062 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Haugesund v Aalesund

16 July 2017 17	Haugesund	2–0	Aalesund	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skjerve  21' Ibrahim 55' Andreassen 84'	Report	Carlsen  38' Gyasi  68' Ramsteijn  90+2'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 3,831 Referee: Espen Eskås

Aalesund v Brann

6 August 2017 18	Aalesund	3–3	Brann	Ålesund
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff  18' Papazoglou 36' (pen.) Kirkeskov  62' Ramsteijn  71' Abdellaoue 82' (pen.), 90+2'	Report	Orlov 10' Barmen 12', 69' Grønner  53' Karadas  90+4'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,736 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Aalesund v Viking

13 August 2017 19	Aalesund	1–1	Viking	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grétarsson  80' Riise  88' Papazoglou 90+3'	Report	Høiland 12' Jenkins  31' Martinsen  51' Adegbenro  56'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Tromsø v Aalesund

20 August 2017 20	Tromsø	3–2	Aalesund	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Åsen 6' Landu Landu  39' Wangberg  45+1' Olsen 48', 75' Nilsen  90+4'	Report	Papazoglou 20' Kirkeskov  26'  63' Ramsteijn  35' Riise  53' Þrándarson 54' Grétarsson  90+5'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 3,938 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Aalesund v Stabæk

10 September 2017 21	Aalesund	1–1	Stabæk	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdellaoue 79' (pen.)	Report	Omoijuanfo 37' 78' Lumanza  70'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,228 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Odds v Aalesund

18 September 2017 22	Odds	3–2	Aalesund	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuelsen 5' (pen.) 57' Grétarsson 20' (o.g.) Rashani 47' 61'	Report	Abdellaoue 62' (pen.) Carlsen  63' Berge 68' (o.g.) Riise  69' Papazoglou  74' Ramsteijn  85'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Referee: Espen Eskås

Aalesund v Sogndal

24 September 2017 23	Aalesund	0–1	Sogndal	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hatlehol  86'	Report	Schulze 34' 57' Ramsland  65'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,178 Referee: Martin Lundby

Sandefjord v Aalesund

1 October 2017 24	Sandefjord	2–0	Aalesund	Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Solberg  45' Grossmüller 68' Sødlund 81' Rodriguez  86'	Report	Marlinho  35'	Stadium: Komplett Arena Attendance: 3,426 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Vålerenga v Aalesund

15 October 2017 25	Vålerenga	5–1	Aalesund	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Näsberg 5' Ejuke 7', 29' Tollås  11' Juklerød 66' Johansen 70'	Report	Gyasi 22'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 8,932 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Aalesund v Kristiansund

21 October 2017 26	Aalesund	1–1	Kristiansund	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Papazoglou  41' Arnarson  89' Hoff 90+4'	Report	Diop  58'  68' Gjertsen 86'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 7,347 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Lillestrøm v Aalesund

30 October 2017 27	Lillestrøm	4–0	Aalesund	Lillestrøm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kippe 24' Mathew  49' 77' Brenden 67' Knudtzon 83'	Report	Hoff  11' Grétarsson  26' O.Lie  64'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 4,357 Referee: Tore Hansen

Aalesund v Rosenborg

5 November 2017 28	Aalesund	2–1	Rosenborg	Ålesund
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Þrándarson  55' A.Lie  56' Gyasi  57' Abdellaoue 68' Gyasi 75'	Report	Bendtner 55' Jevtović  67'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,105 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Sarpsborg 08 v Aalesund

19 November 2017 29	Sarpsborg 08	1–0	Aalesund	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mortensen 48' Jørgensen  63'	Report	O.Lie  45+1' Ramsteijn  60'  70'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Martin Lundby

Aalesund v Strømsgodset

26 November 2017 30	Aalesund	4–3	Strømsgodset	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdellaoue 12', 89', 90+2' Þrándarson  38' Papazoglou  45+2' Gyasi 54' 74' Grétarsson  78' Carlsen  82'	Report	Jradi 39' 74' Nguen 81' Pedersen 89'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,421 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Lillestrøm	30	10	7	13	40	43	−3	37	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
13	Sandefjord	30	11	3	16	38	51	−13	36
14	Sogndal (R)	30	8	8	14	38	48	−10	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Aalesund (R)	30	8	8	14	38	50	−12	32	Relegation to First Division
16	Viking (R)	30	6	6	18	33	57	−24	24

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 (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).^[15]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2017 Norwegian Football Cup

Herd v Aalesund

26 April 2017 First Round	Herd	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Aalesund	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	C.Rekdal 9' B.Mathiesen  26' 43' H.Hagen  35' A.Rekdal  88' I.Kristjansson 112' (pen.)	Report	Abdellaoue 56', 101' Fet 65' 98' Carlsen  67' Kirkeskov  83' Mäntylä 93' Veldwijk 120'	Stadium: Amfi Moa Stadion Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Thomas Solum Lystad

Byåsen v Aalesund

24 May 2017 Second Round	Byåsen	0–2	Aalesund	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ramsteijn  26' Berisha 36' 90+2' Veldwijk 86'	Stadium: Byåsen Arena Attendance: 215 Referee: Kent Ove Gomo Hammer

Kjelsås v Aalesund

31 May 2017 Third Round	Kjelsås	0–1	Aalesund	Oslo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Marlinho 11' Kirkeskov  16' Arnarson  54'	Stadium: Grefsen Stadion Attendance: 865 Referee: Sivert Amland

Stabæk v Aalesund

10 August 2017 Fourth Round	Stabæk	3–0	Aalesund	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyasi 20' Lumanza 41' Brochmann 47'	Report	Ramsteijn  63'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 1,820 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 November 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Andreas Lie	30	0	29	0	1	0
2	DF	DEN	Mikkel Kirkeskov	31	0	28	0	3	0
3	DF	ISL	Daníel Leó Grétarsson	31	1	25+2	1	2+2	0
5	DF	NOR	Oddbjørn Lie	30	0	15+11	0	4	0
6	DF	NED	Kaj Ramsteijn	30	0	26	0	4	0
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Carlsen	31	1	25+2	1	3+1	0
9	FW	SWE	Valmir Berisha	26	1	2+20	0	2+2	1
10	FW	GRE	Thanasis Papazoglou	13	3	12	3	1	0
11	MF	ISL	Aron Elís Þrándarson	27	1	18+6	1	1+2	0
14	FW	GHA	Edwin Gyasi	29	6	23+4	6	2	0
15	MF	BRA	Marlinho	12	1	6+4	0	2	1
17	MF	NOR	Sondre Brunstad Fet	29	1	15+11	0	2+1	1
18	MF	NOR	Vebjørn Hoff	31	2	24+3	2	4	0
21	MF	NOR	Bjørn Helge Riise	17	1	14+2	1	0+1	0
22	MF	ISL	Adam Örn Arnarson	25	0	20+1	0	4	0
23	GK	NOR	Pål Vestly Heigre	4	0	1	0	3	0
30	FW	NOR	Mustafa Abdellaoue	33	18	28+2	16	3	2
33	DF	NOR	Anders Waagan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	MF	NOR	Emil Solnørdal	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	DF	NOR	Joakim Barstad	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	MF	NOR	Jørgen Hatlehol	11	0	5+5	0	1	0
41	MF	NOR	Markus Karlsbakk	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Aalesunds on loan:
Players who left Aalesunds during the season:
4	DF	FIN	Tero Mäntylä	2	1	0	0	0+2	1
10	FW	RSA	Lars Veldwijk	19	7	14+2	5	2+1	2

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		30	Mustafa Abdellaoue	16	2	18
2	FW		10	Lars Veldwijk	5	2	7
3	MF		14	Edwin Gyasi	6	0	6
4	FW		10	Thanasis Papazoglou	3	0	3
5				Own goal	2	0	2
	MF		18	Vebjørn Hoff	2	0	2
7	MF		8	Fredrik Carlsen	1	0	1
	DF		3	Daníel Leó Grétarsson	1	0	1
	MF		21	Bjørn Helge Riise	1	0	1
	MF		11	Aron Elís Þrándarson	1	0	1
	MF		17	Sondre Brunstad Fet	0	1	1
	DF		4	Tero Mäntylä	0	1	1
	FW		9	Valmir Berisha	0	1	1
	MF		15	Marlinho	0	1	1
					TOTALS	38	8	46

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Andreas Lie	4	0	0	0	4	0
2		DF	Mikkel Kirkeskov	4	1	2	0	6	1
3		DF	Daníel Leó Grétarsson	5	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Oddbjørn Lie	4	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Kaj Ramsteijn	10	1	2	0	12	1
8		MF	Fredrik Carlsen	3	0	1	0	4	0
9		FW	Valmir Berisha	1	0	1	0	2	0
10		MF	Lars Veldwijk	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Thanasis Papazoglou	3	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Aron Elís Þrándarson	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		FW	Edwin Gyasi	3	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Marlinho	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Sondre Brunstad Fet	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		MF	Vebjørn Hoff	3	0	0	0	3	0
21		MF	Bjørn Helge Riise	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Adam Örn Arnarson	5	0	1	0	6	0
30		FW	Mustafa Abdellaoue	2	0	0	0	2	0
36		MF	Emil Solnørdal	1	0	0	0	1	0
38		DF	Jørgen Hatlehol	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	53	2	9	0	62	2