2019 Molde FK season

The 2019 season was Molde's 12th consecutive year in Eliteserien, and their 43rd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. They participated in Eliteserien, winning the title for the 4th time, reached the third round of the Cup and were knocked out of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League in the playoff round by FK Partizan after entering at the First qualifying round stage. Molde were scheduled to take part in the 2019 Mesterfinalen against Rosenborg, but the match was cancelled 15 March 2019 due to heavy rain.^[1]

Molde

2019 season
Chairman	Odd Ivar Moen
Manager	Erling Moe (from 19 December 2018)
Stadium	Aker Stadion
Eliteserien	1st (champions)
Norwegian Cup	Third round vs. Aalesund
Mesterfinalen	Cancelled
Europa League	Play-off Round vs Partizan
Top goalscorer	League: Leke James (17) All: Leke James (24)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018 2020 →

Season events

On 19 December 2018, Molde announced that manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær had been "loaned" to Manchester United as their caretaker manager until the end of the 2018–19 season, Erling Moe taking charge of Molde during this period.^[2] On 28 March 2019, Manchester United announced the permanent appointment of Solskjær as their manager.^[3] On 16 June, in Molde's won 2–0 home win against Ranheim, the club scored for a 29th consecutive league games, breaking the club record of scoring in 28 consecutive league matches from the 2014 season. Molde were eliminated from the Norwegian Cup on 19 June, after being defeated 0–4 away to Aalesund in the third round.^[4] The record goalscoring run of scoring in 40 consecutive league games ended on 6 October with a goalless draw against Brann at Brann Stadion. On 10 November 2019, Molde won the league title with two games to spare after Strømsgodset were defeated with the score 4–0.^[5]

Norwegian Cup

Molde entered the Norwegian Cup in the first round. The first round schedule was announced on 11 April and paired Molde with fifth tier side Eide/Omegn.^[6] Molde won the match 5–0; Leke James opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and Eirik Ulland Andersen scored Molde's second goal. James scored his second, Molde's third, and Ulland Andersen completed his first hat-trick for Molde with two goals in the second half, the first from the penalty spot. Late in the game, Ulland Andersen was removed from the pitch with an injury to his Achilles tendon, which possibly rules him out for the rest of the season.^[7] Goalkeeper Álex Craninx and midfielder Emil Breivik (substitute) got their debut for the club against Eide/Omegn. On 6 May, it was announced that Sunndal from 3. divisjon, whom they last met in the first round seven seasons earlier, when they won 4–0, were Molde's opponent in the second round. The result was the same on this occasion; Christoffer Remmer scored his first goal in his senior career early in the game, before James scored his third goal of the Norwegian Cup season. 17-year-old winger Jakob Ørsahl made his Molde debut and scored both the third and fourth goal. Under–19 players Tobias Hestad, Markus Eiane and Oliver Petersen were all brought on to their club debut in the second half.^[8] NFF paired Molde with local rivals Aalesund in the third round.^[9] On 19 June, Molde were knocked out of the Norwegian Cup after a 0–4 defeat away to second tier side Aalesund. Molde's captain Ruben Gabrielsen was sent off about half an hour into the game on the score 0–2.

Squad

As of match played 1 December 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Andreas Linde		GK	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 26)	Helsingborg	2015	2021[10][11]	105	0
12	Álex Craninx		GK	(1995-10-21)21 October 1995 (aged 24)	Cartagena	2018[12]	2023[13]	25	0
26	Mathias Ranmark		GK	(1995-10-16)16 October 1995 (aged 24)	Oppsal	2017[14]	2021[15]	3	0
52	Oliver Petersen		GK	(2001-09-26)26 September 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2019		1	0
Defenders
2	Martin Bjørnbak		DF	(1992-03-22)22 March 1992 (aged 27)	Bodø/Glimt	2019[16]	2022[16]	33	0
4	Ruben Gabrielsen		DF	(1992-03-10)10 March 1992 (aged 27)	Lillestrøm	2014	2019[17]	171	8
5	Vegard Forren		DF	(1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 31)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2017	2021[18]	384	18
18	Kristoffer Haraldseid		DF	(1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 25)	Haugesund	2019[19]	2022[19]	36	1
28	Kristoffer Haugen		DF	(1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 25)	Viking	2018[20]	2020[20]	61	2
Midfielders
7	Magnus Wolff Eikrem		MF	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 29)	Seattle Sounders FC	2018[21]	2022[21]	139	28
8	Fredrik Sjølstad		MF	(1994-03-29)29 March 1994 (aged 25)	Kongsvinger	2019[22]	2021[22]	21	1
9	Mattias Moström		MF	(1983-02-25)25 February 1983 (aged 36)	AIK	2007	2019[23]	357	36
11	Martin Ellingsen		MF	(1995-05-02)2 May 1995 (aged 24)	Kongsvinger	2017	2022[24][25]	45	7
15	Tobias Christensen		MF	(2000-05-11)11 May 2000 (aged 19)	Start	2019[26]	2022[26]	6	1
16	Etzaz Hussain		MF	(1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 26)	Rudeš	2017[27]	2019	194	21
17	Fredrik Aursnes		MF	(1995-12-10)10 December 1995 (aged 23)	Hødd	2016	2021[28][29]	133	16
19	Eirik Hestad		MF	(1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 24)	Academy	2012	2021[30][29]	169	27
20	Henry Wingo		MF	(1995-10-04)4 October 1995 (aged 24)	Seattle Sounders FC	2019[31]	2021[31]	3	0
23	Eirik Ulland Andersen		MF	(1992-09-21)21 September 1992 (aged 27)	Strømsgodset	2019[32]	2022[32]	6	4
30	Mathis Bolly		MF	(1990-11-14)14 November 1990 (aged 29)	Free agent	2019[33]	2022[34][35]	19	5
46	Tobias Hestad		MF	(2000-12-29)29 December 2000 (aged 18)	Academy		2020[36]	1	0
50	Jakob Ørsahl		MF	(2001-07-14)14 July 2001 (aged 18)	Academy			1	2
Forwards
10	Leke James		FW	(1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 27)	Free agent	2018	2020[37]	52	28
14	Erling Knudtzon		FW	(1988-12-15)15 December 1988 (aged 30)	Lillestrøm	2019[38]	2021[38]	29	4
48	Markus Eiane		FW	(2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 18)	Academy			1	0
99	Ohi Omoijuanfo		FW	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 25)	Stabæk	2019[39]	2021[40]	35	16
Out on loan
6	Stian Rode Gregersen		DF	(1995-05-17)17 May 1995 (aged 24)	Academy	2013	2020[41]	56	1
21	Tobias Svendsen		MF	(1999-08-31)31 August 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2015	2020[42][43]	23	1
25	Martin Ove Roseth		DF	(1998-07-10)10 July 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2021[44]	3	0
27	Daniel Chima Chukwu		FW	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 28)	Legia Warszawa	2018[45]	2020[45]	163	56
45	Emil Breivik		DF	(2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 19)	Academy		2022[46]	3	0
49	Sivert Gussiås		FW	(1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2018	2019[47]	1	0
Players who left club during season
3	Christopher Telo		DF	(1989-11-04)4 November 1989 (aged 30)	IFK Norrköping	2017	2020[48]	10	0
20	Thomas Amang		FW	(1998-02-09)9 February 1998 (aged 21)	Rainbow Bamenda	2016	2020[49]	50	11
22	Christoffer Remmer		DF	(1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 26)	Copenhagen	2016	2019[44]	81	1

Transfers

Main articles: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2018–19 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2019

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2019†	MF		Erling Knudtzon	Lillestrøm	Free	[50]
8 January 2019	MF		Fredrik Sjølstad	Kongsvinger	Undisclosed	[22]
16 January 2019	MF		Eirik Ulland Andersen	Strømsgodset	Undisclosed	[32]
17 January 2019	DF		Martin Bjørnbak	Bodø/Glimt	Undisclosed	[16]
2 February 2019	DF		Kristoffer Haraldseid	Haugesund	Undisclosed	[19]
19 February 2019	MF		Mathis Bolly	Free agent	Free	[33]
21 March 2019	FW		Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	Undisclosed	[39]
10 August 2019	MF		Tobias Christensen	Start	Undisclosed	[26]
12 August 2019	MF		Henry Wingo	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed	[31]

† Knudtzon's move was announced on 17 July 2018 and finalised on 1 January 2019.

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
4 December 2018	MF		Ibrahima Wadji	Haugesund	Undisclosed	[51]
15 December 2018	FW		Óttar Magnús Karlsson	Mjällby	Undisclosed	[52]
1 January 2019	MF		Hermann Svendsen	Træff	Undisclosed
1 January 2019†	FW		Erling Haaland	Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed[nb 1]	[54]
11 January 2019	FW		Fredrik Brustad	Mjøndalen	Undisclosed	[55]
25 January 2019	DF		Elias Mordal	Brattvåg	Undisclosed	[56]
1 February 2019	DF		Sonni Nattestad	Fredericia	Undisclosed	[57]
18 March 2019	FW		Christian Dahl	Moss	Undisclosed
31 July 2019	DF		Thor-Olav Moe	Åsane	Undisclosed
9 August 2019	FW		Magnus Langset	Notodden	Undisclosed
26 August 2019	FW		Thomas Amang	Gimnàstic	Undisclosed	[58]

† Haaland's move was announced on 18 August 2018 and finalised on 1 January 2019.

1. Fee reported as NOK 100 million^[53]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
31 August 2018	FW		Fredrik Brustad	Hamilton Academical	10 January 2019	[59][60]
22 December 2018	FW		Sivert Gussiås	Strømmen	31 December 2019	[61]
16 January 2019	MF		Tobias Svendsen	Sandefjord	6 July 2019	[62][63]
16 February 2019	DF		Stian Rode Gregersen	Elfsborg	31 December 2019	[64]
18 February 2019	FW		Daniel Chima Chukwu	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	31 December 2019	[65]
24 March 2019	FW		Thomas Amang	Kristiansund	26 August 2019	[66][58]
28 March 2019	GK		Mathias Ranmark	Mjøndalen	5 August 2019	[67]
3 May 2019	DF		Martin Ove Roseth	Sogndal	31 July 2019	[68]
2 August 2019	MF		Tobias Hestad	Asker	End of Season	[36]
20 August 2019	DF		Emil Breivik	Raufoss	31 December 2019	[46]
9 September 2019	DF		Martin Ove Roseth	Sogndal	31 December 2019	[69]
9 September 2019	MF		Tobias Svendsen	Nest-Sotra	31 December 2019	[70]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 November 2018[23]	DF		Isak Ssewankambo	Östersund	21 February 2019[71]
31 December 2018	MF		Petter Strand	Brann	12 January 2019[72]
18 January 2019[73]	MF		Babacar Sarr	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	5 February 2019[74]
30 June 2019	DF		Christoffer Remmer	Westerlo	16 July 2019[75]
26 July 2019[76]	DF		Christopher Telo	IFK Norrköping	27 July 2019[77]

Friendlies

CSKA Moscow v Molde

22 January 2018	CSKA Moscow	2–1	Molde	Campoamor, Spain
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Akhmetov 80' Nababkin 89'	Report	Chukwu 78'

Nordsjælland v Molde

3 February 2019	Nordsjælland	1–1	Molde	Farum, Denmark
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gregersen 35' (o.g.)	Report	Gregersen 42'	Stadium: Right to Dream Park

Molde v Kristiansund

8 February 2019	Molde	2–2	Kristiansund	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Knudtzon 14' James 29'	Report	Coly 11' Gjesdal 59'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Aalesund v Molde

15 February 2019	Aalesund	0–2	Molde	Ålesund
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	James 2' (pen.) Hestad 83'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion

Molde v Nõmme Kalju

22 February 2019	Molde	3–1	Nõmme Kalju	Marbella, Spain
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aursnes 10' (pen.) Knudtzon 42' Ellingsen 82'	Report	69'	Stadium: Campo La Quinta

Molde v Lokomotiv Moscow

26 February 2019	Molde	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Marbella, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Haugen 84'	Report	Ignatyev 90'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center - Norte 1

Molde v Ventspils

1 March 2019	Molde	1–2	Ventspils	Marbella, Spain
16:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Remmer 44'	Report	Aiyegun 53' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: Campo La Quinta

Lillestrøm v Molde

12 March 2019	Lillestrøm	1–1	Molde	Lillestrøm
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dyer 55'	Report	Bjørnbak 37'	Stadium: LSK-Hallen

Rosenborg v Molde

17 March 2019	Rosenborg	0–1	Molde	Malvik
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hovland 7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Abrahallen Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Molde v Östersund

24 March 2019	Molde	4–1	Östersund	Molde
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omoijuanfo 40' Hestad 45' Moström 68' Andersen 90+2'	Report	Tekie 22'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Molde v Kristiansund

9 June 2019	Molde	3–2	Kristiansund	Molde
??:?? CET (UTC+1)	Knudtzon 3' James 69' Forren 85'	Report	Lepistu 26' Gjesdal 51'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Competitions

Mesterfinalen

Main article: 2019 Mesterfinalen

Molde v Rosenborg

17 March 2019	Molde	Postponned	Rosenborg	Oslo
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Note: The 2019 Mesterfinalen between Rosenborg and Molde was cancelled on 15 March 2019 due to heavy rain weather forecast on the match date. The Football Association of Norway (NFF) did not want to take risks with the pitch nine days before Norway's Euro 2020 qualifying against Sweden on 26 March 2019.[1] The decision received criticism from manager Erling Moe who questioned NFF's planning.[78]

Eliteserien

Main article: 2019 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	21	5	4	72	31	+41	68	13	2	0	41	10	+31	8	3	4	31	21	+10

Last updated: 1 December 2019.
Source: see below

Results by match

Match	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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	7	3	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2019. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Sarpsborg 08 v Molde

31 March 2019 1	Sarpsborg 08	1–1	Molde	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Halvorsen  10' Lindseth 68'	Report	Ellingsen  13' Moström  87' Eikrem 90'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Tore Hansen

Molde v Stabæk

7 April 2019 2	Molde	3–0	Stabæk	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem 32' Omoijuanfo 38' Moström 81'	Report	Boli  79'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,372 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Molde v Vålerenga

10 April 2019 15	Molde	4–1	Vålerenga	Molde
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Omoijuanfo 6' E.Hestad  14' Bjørnbak  35' Eikrem 50'  75' Andersen 53' (pen.) Linde  62' Ellingsen 81'	Report	Bjørdal  35' Adekugbe  52' Nakkim 60'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,202 Referee: Rohit Saggi
Note: The home match against Vålerenga was scheduled on 14 July 2019, but was moved to 10 April 2019 due to Molde's preparation for the Europa League.[79]

Bodø/Glimt v Molde

14 April 2019 3	Bodø/Glimt	3–2	Molde	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saltnes 21' Reitan  28' Bergan 38' Bjørnbak 72' (o.g.)	Report	Haugen  28' Gabrielsen  43' Omoijuanfo 83' (pen.) James 86'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 3,240 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

Lillestrøm v Molde

22 April 2019 4	Lillestrøm	0–2	Molde	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Eikrem 75' Knudtzon 85'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,248 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Molde v Rosenborg

28 April 2019 5	Molde	3–0	Rosenborg	Molde
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabrielsen 2' Haraldseid  7' Eikrem 13', 27' Bjørnbak  82' Moström  89'	Report	Meling  87'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Tore Hansen

Haugesund v Molde

5 May 2019 6	Haugesund	1–2	Molde	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuelsen  24' Koné 82' Velde  90+3'	Report	Omoijuanfo 18' (pen.), 51',  90+3' Forren  34' Gabrielsen  80'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 3,772 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Molde v Mjøndalen

12 May 2019 7	Molde	1–0	Mjøndalen	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Omoijuanfo 48' Haraldseid 61'	Report	Johansen  84'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,995 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Kristiansund v Molde

16 May 2019 8	Kristiansund	3–2	Molde	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bye 34' Psyché 41' Ulvestad  49' Kalludra 56' Sørmo  65'	Report	Omoijuanfo 6'  65' Sjølstad  18' Bye 31' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,444 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Molde v Viking

20 May 2019 9	Molde	5–1	Viking	Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Omoijuanfo 39', 49' (pen.), 71' Bjørshol 82' (o.g.)	Report	Høiland 36'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Tromsø v Molde

26 May 2019 10	Tromsø	2–1	Molde	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersen 1' Taylor 47' Kongshavn  54' Ingebrigtsen	Report	Omoijuanfo 52' Bjørnbak  59' E.Hestad  69' Gabrielsen 90+4'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 2,779 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Molde v Ranheim

16 June 2019 11	Molde	2–0	Ranheim	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem 17' Knudtzon 66'  67'	Report		Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,625 Referee: Espen Eskås

Strømsgodset v Molde

22 June 2019 12	Strømsgodset	0–4	Molde	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita  58' Spelmann  67'	Report	Ellingsen 9' Forren  12' James 15', 25', 29' Sjølstad  71'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,313 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Molde v Brann

30 June 2019 13	Molde	1–1	Brann	Molde
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Knudtzon  31' Aursnes 58' James 84' (pen.)	Report	Jenssen 61'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Odd v Molde

5 July 2019 14	Odd	2–2	Molde	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nordkvelle 48' Børven 87'	Report	James 21' Omoijuanfo 27' Eikrem  81'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,129 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Molde v Sarpsborg 08

21 July 2019 17	Molde	2–1	Sarpsborg 08	Molde
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem 18' Aursnes  35' Sjølstad 75' Haugen  90+5'	Report	Skålevik  44' Zachariassen 72'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,027 Referee: Tommy Skjerven
Note: The home match against Sarpsborg was scheduled to the weekend of 10–12 August 2019, but was moved ahead to 21 July 2019 due to Molde's preparation for the Europa League.[80]

Viking v Molde

4 August 2019 16	Viking	0–2	Molde	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibrahimaj  55' Høiland  90+3'	Report	Ellingsen  41' Sjølstad  45' James 82' Eikrem 86'	Stadium: SR-Bank Arena Attendance: 7,069 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Ranheim v Molde

18 August 2019 18	Ranheim	2–3	Molde	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tønne 28' Solbakken 71' Blakstad  80'	Report	James 7', 48' Ellingsen 36' Moström  63' Knudtzon  90+5'	Stadium: Extra Arena Attendance: 2,655 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Molde v Odd

25 August 2019 19	Molde	2–2	Odd	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Omoijuanfo  21' James 42' E.Hestad 54' Forren  84'	Report	Børven 24', 69'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,843 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Mjøndalen v Molde

1 September 2019 20	Mjøndalen	1–3	Molde	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johansen  30' Liseth 90+1' Occéan  90+5'	Report	Omoijuanfo 25' Knudtzon 55' Gabrielsen  79' E.Hestad 90+2'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 2,314 Referee: Espen Eskås

Molde v Tromsø

15 September 2019 21	Molde	3–0	Tromsø	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem  37' James 45' Bolly 68' Hussain 84'	Report	Nilsen  82'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 5,952 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Stabæk v Molde

23 September 2019 22	Stabæk	1–2	Molde	Bærum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kassi  8' Vetlesen  83' Edvardsen  85' Amankwah  85' Brynhildsen 90' Junker  90+4'	Report	Eikrem  39' James  45+1' E.Hestad 53' Omoijuanfo 69'  80'  80' Aursnes  75' Haugen  85'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Molde v Lillestrøm

29 September 2019 23	Molde	2–1	Lillestrøm	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	E.Hestad  51' James 64' Salquist 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Krogstad 37' (pen.) Ødemarksbakken  41'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,626 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Brann v Molde

6 October 2019 24	Brann	0–0	Molde	Bergen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 9,821 Referee: Espen Eskås

Molde v Haugesund

20 October 2019 25	Molde	3–1	Haugesund	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hussain 37', 71' E.Hestad  41' Omoijuanfo 73'	Report	Gregor 44'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,304 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Rosenborg v Molde

27 October 2019 26	Rosenborg	3–1	Molde	Trondheim
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Søderlund  24'  45+1' David 35' Hovland 41' Jensen  57' Johnsen 82'	Report	Omoijuanfo 13' Ellingsen  65' Hussain  90+2'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 14,093 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Molde v Kristiansund

2 November 2019 27	Molde	2–0	Kristiansund	Molde
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aursnes 15' James 59' Gabrielsen  62' Linde  89'	Report	Psyché  67'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 8,776 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Molde v Strømsgodset

10 November 2019 28	Molde	4–0	Strømsgodset	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aursnes  10' Omoijuanfo 19' Eikrem 34' James  46' 74', 81' Haugen  52'	Report	Mawa  83'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,098 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Vålerenga v Molde

24 November 2019 29	Vålerenga	2–4	Molde	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Finne 11' George 56'	Report	E.Hestad 23' Omoijuanfo  24' Bolly 31' Hussain  55' 81' Christensen 58' Eikrem  90'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 6,666 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Molde v Bodø/Glimt

1 December 2019 30	Molde	4–2	Bodø/Glimt	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	James 8', 87' Christensen  34' Bolly 37' Aursnes  56' Eikrem 71'  73' Forren  74'	Report	J.Hauge 59' Boniface 90'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,512 Referee: Espen Eskås

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	21	5	4	72	31	+41	68	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Bodø/Glimt	30	15	9	6	64	44	+20	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Rosenborg	30	14	10	6	53	41	+12	52
4	Odd	30	15	7	8	45	40	+5	52
5	Viking	30	13	8	9	55	42	+13	47	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]

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).^[81]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Viking qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2019 Norwegian Cup.

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2019 Norwegian Football Cup

Eide/Omegn v Molde

1 May 2019 First Round	Eide/Omegn	0–5	Molde	Eide
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	O.Halås  42'	Report	James 10', 26' Andersen 19', 68' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Eide kunstgressbane Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mathias Smehus Kringstad

Sunndal v Molde

23 May 2019 Second Round	Sunndal	0–4	Molde	Sunndalsøra
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	P.Melkild  64' E.Ramsli  77'	Report	Remmer 5' James 17' Nyland Ørsahl 37', 38' M.Eiane  84'	Stadium: Sande Stadion Attendance: 821 Referee: Mathias Smehus Kringstad

Aalesund v Molde

19 June 2019 Third Round	Aalesund	4–0	Molde	Ålesund
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Friðjónsson 14', 17' Fet 55' Þrándarson 58' Nenass  84'	Report	Gabrielsen  30' E.Hestad  55' Forren  57' Moström  68'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

Molde v KR

11 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Molde	7–1	KR	Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	James 7', 31', 41' Aursnes 29' Forren 63' Hussain 66' Omoijuanfo 90+3'	Report	Thomsen 71'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 3,756[82] Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

KR v Molde

18 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	KR	0–0 (1–7 agg.)	Molde	Reykjavík, Iceland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	A.Þórðarson  81'	Report	E.Hestad  90+2'	Stadium: KR-völlur Attendance: 3,756[82] Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

Molde v Čukarički

25 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Molde	0–0	Čukarički	Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aursnes  90+3'	Report	Birmančević  84'  90+5'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 3,198[83] Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Čukarički v Molde

31 July 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Čukarički	1–3 (1–3 agg.)	Molde	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Stojanović  25' Kajević 82'	Report	Omoijuanfo 4' Eikrem 38' Forren  63' Craninx  72' Knudtzon 78' Ellingsen  90'	Stadium: Čukarički Stadium Attendance: 3,014[83] Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Molde v Aris

8 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Molde	3–0	Aris	Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem 27' E.Hestad 32' Hussain  32' Ellingsen 87' Haugen  90'	Report	Vélez  64' Delizisis  69'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 3,953[84] Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Aris v Molde

15 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Aris	3–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.)	Molde	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Matilla 25'  90+3' Korhut  33' Delizisis 37' Diguiny 85'  118' Sundgren  90+2'	Report	E.Hestad  24' Hussain  35' Eikrem  75' Omoijuanfo  78' James  90+2' Bolly 105+1'  115'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Robert Harvey (Ireland)

Partizan v Molde

22 August 2019 Play-off round 1st leg	Partizan	2–1	Molde	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soumah 45+1' Zdjelar  71' Tošić 84'	Report	Bolly 44'  71' James  50'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 3,157[85] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Molde v Partizan

29 August 2019 Play-off round 2nd leg	Molde	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Partizan	Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Forren  32' Aursnes  41' James 72' Hussain  76'	Report	Šehović  1' Soumah  66' Miletić 80'  82' Stojković  90+1'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,102 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 December 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SWE	Andreas Linde	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NOR	Martin Bjørnbak	33	0	25+1	0	1	0	6	0
4	DF	NOR	Ruben Gabrielsen	33	2	25+1	2	1+1	0	5	0
5	DF	NOR	Vegard Forren	29	1	16+3	0	3	0	6+1	1
7	MF	NOR	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	33	13	20+5	11	1	0	7	2
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Sjølstad	21	1	7+9	1	3	0	0+2	0
9	MF	SWE	Mattias Moström	27	2	7+13	2	2+1	0	1+3	0
10	FW	NGA	Leke James	38	24	16+12	17	2	3	7+1	4
11	MF	NOR	Martin Ellingsen	32	4	22+4	3	0+1	0	1+4	1
12	GK	BEL	Álex Craninx	25	0	14	0	3	0	8	0
14	FW	NOR	Erling Knudtzon	29	4	13+7	3	2	0	2+5	1
15	MF	NOR	Tobias Christensen	6	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF	NOR	Etzaz Hussain	26	5	11+5	4	2	0	8	1
17	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes	39	2	30	1	1	0	8	1
18	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Haraldseid	36	1	27+1	1	0	0	8	0
19	MF	NOR	Eirik Hestad	38	5	24+4	4	1+1	0	7+1	1
20	MF	USA	Henry Wingo	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	NOR	Eirik Ulland Andersen	6	4	3+2	1	1	3	0	0
28	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Haugen	27	0	20	0	0	0	7	0
30	MF	CIV	Mathis Bolly	19	5	5+8	3	0	0	1+5	2
46	MF	NOR	Tobias Hestad	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
48	FW	NOR	Markus Eiane	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
50	MF	NOR	Jakob Ørsahl	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
52	GK	NOR	Oliver Petersen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
99	FW	NOR	Ohi Omoijuanfo	35	17	24+3	15	1	0	5+2	2
Players away from Molde on loan:
25	DF	NOR	Martin Ove Roseth	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	DF	NOR	Emil Breivik	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
3	DF	SWE	Christopher Telo	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
22	DF	DEN	Christoffer Remmer	6	1	2+1	0	3	1	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	10		Leke James	17	3	4	24
2	FW	99		Ohi Omoijuanfo	15	0	2	17
3	MF	7		Magnus Wolff Eikrem	11	0	2	13
4	MF	19		Eirik Hestad	4	0	1	5
	MF	16		Etzaz Hussain	4	0	1	5
	MF	30		Mathis Bolly	3	0	2	5
7	FW	14		Erling Knudtzon	3	0	1	4
	MF	23		Eirik Ulland Andersen	1	3	0	4
9	MF	11		Martin Ellingsen	3	0	0	3
10	DF	4		Ruben Gabrielsen	2	0	0	2
	MF	9		Mattias Moström	2	0	0	2
	MF	17		Fredrik Aursnes	1	0	1	2
	FW	50		Jakob Ørsahl	0	2	0	2
14	DF	18		Kristoffer Haraldseid	1	0	0	1
	MF	8		Fredrik Sjølstad	1	0	0	1
	MF	15		Tobias Christensen	1	0	0	1
	DF	22		Christoffer Remmer	0	1	0	1
	MF	11		Martin Ellingsen	0	0	1	1
	DF	5		Vegard Forren	0	0	1	1
				Own goals	3	0	0	3
TOTALS					72	9	16	97

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	GK	12		Álex Craninx	4	2	3	9
2	GK	1		Andreas Linde	7	0	0	7
TOTALS					11	2	3	16

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Europa League		Total
1	GK		Andreas Linde	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Martin Bjørnbak	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF		Ruben Gabrielsen	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1
5	DF		Vegard Forren	4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
7	MF		Magnus Wolff Eikrem	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
8	MF		Fredrik Sjølstad	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	MF		Mattias Moström	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
10	FW		Leke James	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
11	MF		Martin Ellingsen	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
12	GK		Álex Craninx	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	FW		Erling Knudtzon	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	MF		Tobias Christensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Etzaz Hussain	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
17	MF		Fredrik Aursnes	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
18	DF		Kristoffer Haraldseid	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Eirik Hestad	4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
28	DF		Kristoffer Haugen	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
30	MF		Mathis Bolly	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
99	FW		Ohi Omoijuanfo	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
Players away from Molde on loan:
45	DF		Emil Breivik	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
TOTALS				55	1	4	1	18	0	77	2

See also

• Molde FK seasons