2020 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2020 season was Vålerenga's nineteenth season in the Eliteserien since their promotion in 2001.

Vålerenga

2020 season
Chairman	Thomas Baardseng
Manager	Dag-Eilev Fagermo
Stadium	Intility Arena
Eliteserien	3rd
Norwegian Cup	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Top goalscorer	League: Viðar Kjartansson (9) All: Viðar Kjartansson (9)
Home colours Away colours
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Season events

Prior to the start of the season, Osame Sahraoui, Brage Skaret and Brede Sandmoen were promoted from the youth team.^[1][2]

On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo was appointed as Vålerenga's manager after Ronny Deila had left for New York City earlier in the month.^[3]

On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.^[4]

On 8 June, Fredrik Holmé was promoted to the Vålerenga first team.^[5]

On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.^[6]

Squad

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 Kjetil Haug 2 DF  NOR Christian Dahle Borchgrevink 3 DF  NOR Johan Bjørdal (vice-captain) 4 DF  NOR Jonatan Tollås (Captain) 5 DF  URU Felipe Carvalho 6 MF  KOS Herolind Shala 7 MF  NOR Henrik Bjørdal 8 MF  NOR Magnus Lekven 9 MF  NOR Aron Dønnum 10 FW  ISL Matthías Vilhjálmsson 11 FW  NOR Bård Finne 13 GK  NOR Kristoffer Klaesson 14 MF  NOR Fredrik Jensen 15 FW  NOR Odin Holm 17 MF  GUI Ousmane Camara

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  NOR Fredrik Holmé 20 FW  NOR Benjamin Stokke 22 DF  NOR Ivan Näsberg 23 MF  NOR Felix Myhre 24 FW  ISL Viðar Örn Kjartansson 25 DF  CAN Sam Adekugbe 26 MF  MAR Osame Sahraoui 29 DF  NOR Oskar Opsahl 31 DF  NOR Brage Skaret 33 DF  NOR Amin Nouri 34 FW  NOR Sixten Abrahamsen 35 MF  NOR Marcus Melchior 36 MF  KOS Florind Lokaj 37 DF  NOR Martin Bech Riisnæs 38 GK  NOR Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng

Out on loan

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 14 MF  GHA Mohammed Abu (at D.C. United until 31 December 2020) 20 MF  NOR Sakarias Opsahl (at Tromsø until 31 December 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 FW  NOR Sander Haugaard Werni (at Ull/Kisa until 31 December 2020)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2019–20 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2020

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
14 February 2020	MF		Fredrik Jensen	Zulte Waregem	Undisclosed	[7]
23 June 2020	FW		Benjamin Stokke	Randers	Undisclosed	[8]
28 August 2020	FW		Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Rostov	Undisclosed	[9]
8 September 2020	MF		Henrik Bjørdal	Zulte Waregem	Undisclosed	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
14 January 2020	FW		Fitim Azemi	Stabæk/Grorud	Undisclosed	[11]
18 January 2020	MF		Samúel Friðjónsson	Paderborn	Undisclosed	[12]
21 January 2020	DF		Leo Cornic	Grorud	Undisclosed	[13]
16 March 2020	MF		Erik Israelsson	Kalmar	Undisclosed	[14]
1 October 2020	FW		Peter Godly Michael	Sogndal	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
16 February 2020	MF		Sakarias Opsahl	Tromsø	End of season	[16]
3 March 2020	MF		Mohammed Abu	D.C. United	End of season	[17]
1 June 2020	MF		Brede Sandmoen	Strømmen	End of season	[18]
26 June 2020	FW		Peter Godly Michael	Øygarden	1 October 2020	[19][15]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
28 December 2019	DF		Pierre Kanstrup	SønderjyskE
28 December 2019[20]	DF		Efraín Juárez	Retired	9 January 2020[21]
28 December 2019	MF		Mohammed Fellah
31 December 2019	DF		Markus Nakkim	Mjøndalen
3 August 2020[22]	GK		Adam Larsen Kwarasey
8 September 2020[23]	FW		Deyver Vega	Sandefjord	10 September 2020[24]

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2020 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	15	10	5	51	33	+18	55	10	5	0	33	13	+20	5	5	5	18	20	−2

Last updated: 22 December 2020.
Source: Results

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W
Position	5	6	9	6	8	6	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2020. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Sarpsborg 08 v Vålerenga

16 June 2020 1	Sarpsborg 08	0–1	Vålerenga	Sarpsborg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bojang  43' Salétros  61' Halvorsen  83'	Report	Borchgrevink  12' Dønnum  16' 41' Shala  60' Jensen  67' Klaesson  90+5'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Vålerenga v Stabæk

21 June 2020 2	Vålerenga	2–2	Stabæk	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shala 16'  28'  55' Lekven  32' Myhre  68' Dønnum  69' Vilhjálmsson 72' (pen.)	Report	Kassi 38' Edvardsen 40' Hanche-Olsen  43' Solheim  77' Bohinen  81'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Rohit Saggi
Note: Match played in-front of maximum capacity of 200 fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Odd v Vålerenga

24 June 2020 3	Odd	4–1	Vålerenga	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 12' Kachi  20' Børven 60', 67' (pen.), 90+2' Rashani  85'	Report	Vilhjálmsson 6' (pen.) Adekugbe  37' Lekven  67' Myhre  69'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Vålerenga v Viking

27 June 2020 4	Vålerenga	2–1	Viking	Oslo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhjálmsson 18' 61' Shala  25' Näsberg  56' Vega 86'	Report	Vikstøl  17' Østensen  48' Ibrahimaj 71'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Espen Eskås

Rosenborg v Vålerenga

1 July 2020 5	Rosenborg	1–1	Vålerenga	Trondheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hedenstad  3' Lundemo 20' Zachariassen  56' Holse  74'	Report	Borchgrevink  76' Näsberg 79' Myhre  87'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Kai Erik Steen
Note: Match played in-front of maximum capacity of 200 fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Vålerenga v Aalesund

4 July 2020 6	Vålerenga	2–2	Aalesund	Oslo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jensen  30' Adekugbe  49'  69' Stokke 63' Finne 65'	Report	Klinkenberg  24' Friðjónsson 34', 46' Castro  62'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
Note: Match played in-front of maximum capacity of 200 fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Mjøndalen v Vålerenga

12 July 2020 7	Mjøndalen	0–1	Vålerenga	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brustad  90+1'	Report	Jensen 13' Klaesson  35' Borchgrevink  55' Haug  90+4'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Vålerenga v Haugesund

15 July 2020 8	Vålerenga	1–0	Haugesund	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stokke  25' 82'	Report	Velde  28'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Kristiansund v Vålerenga

19 July 2020 9	Kristiansund	0–0	Vålerenga	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop  40'	Report	Dønnum  68' Sahraoui  77' Bjørdal  90+3'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Vålerenga v Strømsgodset

26 July 2020 10	Vålerenga	2–0	Strømsgodset	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tollås  21' Sahraoui 36' Gunnarsson 48' (o.g.) Jensen  49'	Report		Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Molde v Vålerenga

29 July 2020 11	Molde	4–1	Vålerenga	Molde
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aursnes 28' Bjørnbak  45' Christensen 56'  58' Omoijuanfo 78' Hussain 90+1'	Report	Holm  7' Finne 86'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
Note: Match played in-front of maximum capacity of 200 fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Brann v Vålerenga

1 August 2020 12	Brann	1–2	Vålerenga	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Barmen 10' (pen.) Taylor  30'	Report	Finne 30' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Myhre  70' Camara  83' Klaesson  90+4'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen
Note: Match played in-front of maximum capacity of 200 fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Vålerenga v Bodø/Glimt

8 August 2020 13	Vålerenga	2–2	Bodø/Glimt	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhjálmsson 1' Borchgrevink  69' Dønnum 75' Lekven  90+1'	Report	J.Hauge 35' Junker 45'  63' Fet  78'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Start v Vålerenga

17 August 2020 14	Start	2–1	Vålerenga	Kristiansand
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bergan  21' Schulze 23', 90+4' 47' Ugland  36' Kabran  45'	Report	Tollås  38' Stokke 75' Näsberg  87'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Vålerenga v Sandefjord

22 August 2020 15	Vålerenga	2–1	Sandefjord	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhjálmsson  54' Bjørdal  76' Finne 83', 89'	Report	Gussiås 10'  90'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Haugesund v Vålerenga

29 August 2020 16	Haugesund	2–1	Vålerenga	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Velde 16'  34' Wadji 36'	Report	Vilhjálmsson 47'  69' Bjørdal  74'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Vålerenga v Brann

13 September 2020 17	Vålerenga	5–1	Brann	Oslo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sahraoui 4', 35' Kjartansson 14', 16', 23'	Report	Strand 8'  65'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tore Hansen

Vålerenga v Molde

19 September 2020 18	Vålerenga	2–1	Molde	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kjartansson 21' 47' Borchgrevink  58' Dønnum 83'	Report	Andersen  23' Kitolano  47' Wingo 90+5'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Bodø/Glimt v Vålerenga

27 September 2020 19	Bodø/Glimt	2–0	Vålerenga	Bodø
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junker 19' Zinckernagel 38'  82' J.Hauge 47' Lode  66' Boniface  90+1'	Report	Dønnum  45+3' Klaesson  47'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tore Hansen

Vålerenga v Mjøndalen

3 October 2020 20	Vålerenga	4–1	Mjøndalen	Oslo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Finne 45', 75' Bjørdal 67', 68'	Report	Twum  21' Tollås 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Sivert Amland

Sandefjord v Vålerenga

18 October 2020 21	Sandefjord	0–3	Vålerenga	Sandefjord
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kreuzriegler  78' Wembangomo  90+1'	Report	Kjartansson 20', 68' 48' Dønnum 87'	Stadium: Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 600[6] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Vålerenga v Kristiansund

25 October 2020 22	Vålerenga	1–1	Kristiansund	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kjartansson 59'	Report	Kalludra  52' Bye 82'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[6] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Strømsgodset v Vålerenga

1 November 2020 23	Strømsgodset	0–2	Vålerenga	Drammen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maigaard  45+1' Gunnarsson  73'	Report	Bjørdal 15' Dønnum  46+1' Borchgrevink 76'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 600[6] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Vålerenga v Odd

8 November 2020 24	Vålerenga	2–0	Odd	Oslo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Shala 39' Vilhjálmsson 86'	Report	Bjørtuft  63' Joh.Kitolano  86' Ruud  88'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Aalesund v Vålerenga

21 November 2020 25	Aalesund	1–1	Vålerenga	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bizoza 32' Karamoko  55' Jørgensen  90+2' Haugen  90+6'	Report	Dønnum 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Vålerenga v Sarpsborg 08

29 November 2020 26	Vålerenga	1–1	Sarpsborg 08	Oslo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Näsberg 90+6'	Report	Halvorsen 19' Ofkir  90+2'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tore Hansen

Stabæk v Vålerenga

2 December 2020 27	Stabæk	1–1	Vålerenga	Bærum
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Antonsson 65'	Report	Kjartansson 9'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Vålerenga v Rosenborg

7 December 2020 28	Vålerenga	1–0	Rosenborg	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Shala  23' Näsberg  37' Dønnum 76'	Report	Islamović 22'  45+1' Reginiussen  32' Henriksen  45+1'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Viking v Vålerenga

10 December 2020 29	Viking	2–2	Vålerenga	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berisha  41' 81' Bytyqi 88'	Report	Dønnum 45+2', 49'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 600[6] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Vålerenga v Start

22 December 2020 30	Vålerenga	4–0	Start	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kjartansson 5' Wichne 14' (o.g.) Sahraoui 30' Holm 85'	Report		Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	30	26	3	1	103	32	+71	81	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Molde	30	20	2	8	77	36	+41	62	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Vålerenga	30	15	10	5	51	33	+18	55
4	Rosenborg	30	15	7	8	50	35	+15	52
5	Kristiansund	30	12	12	6	57	45	+12	48

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
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).^[25]
(C) Champions

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2020 Norwegian Football Cup

v

2020 First round		–
CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Cup cancelled on 10 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[26]

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 December 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Kjetil Haug	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
2	DF	NOR	Christian Borchgrevink	29	1	29	1	0	0
3	DF	NOR	Johan Bjørdal	12	0	8+4	0	0	0
4	DF	NOR	Jonatan Tollås	23	0	23	0	0	0
6	MF	KOS	Herolind Shala	26	2	21+5	2	0	0
7	MF	NOR	Henrik Bjørdal	14	3	14	3	0	0
8	MF	NOR	Magnus Lekven	28	0	27+1	0	0	0
9	MF	NOR	Aron Dønnum	27	8	27	8	0	0
10	FW	ISL	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	29	6	18+11	6	0	0
11	FW	NOR	Bård Finne	26	8	13+13	8	0	0
13	GK	NOR	Kristoffer Klaesson	29	0	29	0	0	0
14	MF	NOR	Fredrik Jensen	21	1	20+1	1	0	0
15	FW	NOR	Odin Holm	14	1	1+13	1	0	0
17	MF	GUI	Ousmane Camara	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
20	FW	NOR	Benjamin Stokke	15	3	5+10	3	0	0
22	DF	NOR	Ivan Näsberg	29	2	29	2	0	0
23	MF	NOR	Felix Myhre	23	0	6+17	0	0	0
24	FW	ISL	Viðar Kjartansson	13	9	13	9	0	0
25	DF	CAN	Sam Adekugbe	26	0	25+1	0	0	0
26	MF	MAR	Osame Sahraoui	28	4	21+7	4	0	0
29	DF	NOR	Oskar Opsahl	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	DF	NOR	Brage Skaret	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	DF	NOR	Amin Nouri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Vålerenga on loan:
Players who left Vålerenga during the season
7	FW	CRC	Deyver Vega	6	1	0+6	1	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		24	Viðar Kjartansson	9	0	9
2	FW		11	Bård Finne	8	0	8
	MF		9	Aron Dønnum	8	0	8
4	FW		10	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	6	0	6
5	MF		26	Osame Sahraoui	4	0	4
6	FW		20	Benjamin Stokke	3	0	3
	MF		7	Henrik Bjørdal	3	0	3
8	MF		6	Herolind Shala	2	0	2
	DF		22	Ivan Näsberg	2	0	2
			Own goal	2	0	2
11	FW		7	Deyver Vega	1	0	1
	MF		14	Fredrik Jensen	1	0	1
	DF		2	Christian Borchgrevink	1	0	1
	FW		15	Odin Holm	1	0	1
				TOTALS	51	0	51

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	GK		13	Kristoffer Klaesson	9	0	9
2	GK		1	Kjetil Haug	1	0	1
				TOTALS	10	0	10

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Kjetil Haug	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Christian Borchgrevink	5	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Johan Bjørdal	3	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Jonatan Tollås	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Herolind Shala	5	1	0	0	5	1
8		MF	Magnus Lekven	3	0	0	0	3	0
9		MF	Aron Dønnum	5	0	0	0	5	0
10		FW	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	2	0	0	0	2	0
13		GK	Kristoffer Klaesson	3	1	0	0	3	1
14		MF	Fredrik Jensen	3	0	0	0	3	0
15		FW	Odin Holm	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Ousmane Camara	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Benjamin Stokke	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Ivan Näsberg	3	0	0	0	3	0
23		MF	Felix Myhre	4	0	0	0	4	0
25		DF	Sam Adekugbe	3	1	0	0	3	1
26		MF	Osame Sahraoui	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Vålerenga during the season:
			TOTALS	46	3	0	0	46	3