Stabæk Fotball

This article is about the men's football team. For the women's football team, see Stabæk Fotball Kvinner.

Stabæk Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo. It is part of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club's name is an archaic spelling of the suburban area Stabekk, from which it once originated. The club currently competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of Football in Norway. Their home stadium is the Nadderud Stadion after a three-year-long stay at the Telenor Arena. Their current chairman is Espen Moe. Jörgen Wålemark is the current head coach of the club since taking over in December 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Stabæk

Full name	Stabæk Fotball
Nickname(s)	De Blaa (The Blues)
Founded	16 March 1912; 113 years ago (1912-03-16)
Ground	Nadderud Stadion
Capacity	4,938
Chairman	Espen Moe
Head coach	Bjørn Helge Riise (interim)
League	Norwegian First Division
2024	1. divisjon, 7th of 16
Website	www.stabak.no
Home colours Away colours

History

After years of lean seasons, they won their first title in 1998 as they emerged victorious in the Norwegian Cup, beating Rosenborg BK 3–1 in the final. After having been relegated to 1. divisjon after a poor 2004 season, they experienced a successful period under new manager Jan Jönsson, during which they returned to the league in 2005, won the 2008 Tippeligaen, their first, and reached the final of the Norwegian Cup, culminating in a very successful 2008 season for the club. Stabæk subsequently won the 2009 Norwegian Super Cup but finished a disappointing 12th and 10th place in the 2010 and 2011 league seasons, respectively, thus narrowly avoiding relegation both times.

Stabæk holds longstanding rivalries with Bærum SK, FK Lyn and Vålerenga, both in the league and by geographical location. The team's home colors, entirely blue, have earned them the nickname “De Blaa” (The Blue Ones). In 2009, Stabæk became the first Norwegian association football club with both their men's and women's teams in the premier divisions. Lillestrøm followed suit the next year.

On 30 November 2015, Billy McKinlay was appointed as manager of the club on a two-year contract.^[6] McKinlay resigned as manager on 8 July 2016, after being knocked out of the UEFA Europa League by Welsh club Connah's Quay Nomads.^[7]

In the 2021 Eliteserien season, Stabæk finished in 15th place, resulting in relegation to the Norwegian First Division for the first time since 2012.

Stadium

Main articles: Nadderud Stadion and Telenor Arena

Nadderud Stadion

Stabæk played home games at the Nadderud Stadion until 2008. They then moved into the Telenor Arena, which had a capacity of 15,000 people. Their stay at the Telenor Arena became shorter than desired; after a three-year-long stay at the indoor arena, they moved back to the Nadderud Stadion due to economic issues with the new arena. The women's team, Stabæk FK, also currently plays home games at Nadderud Stadion. Nadderud Stadion has a capacity of 4,938 spectators.^[8]

The club's record home attendance was set on 13 September 2009, when 13,402 spectators attended Telenor Arena to watch a game against Rosenborg BK. The record attendance at Nadderud Stadion of approximately 10,000 spectators dates from the quarter-final of the 1970 Norwegian Cup, a game Stabæk lost 2–4 against Strømsgodset.^[8]

Chairman

On 4 February 2010, Einar Schultz was elected chairman of Stabæk, replacing Ingebrigt Steen Jensen. Schultz has held various positions in the Stabæk system over the last five years. In February 2012, Kjell Johnsen was elected the new chairman of Stabæk Fotball. Johnsen was replaced in 2013 by Espen Moe.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponents	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 5	Panachaiki	–	1–1	3rd
			B36 Tórshavn	5–0	–
			Racing Genk	–	3–4
			Dynamo Moscow	1–1	–
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Vojvodina	1–2	2–3	3–5
1999–00	UEFA Cup	First round	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	0–2	1–2
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Floriana	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second round	Auxerre	0–2	0–3	0–5
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Linfield	4–0	1–1	5–1
		First round	Anderlecht	1–2	1–0	2–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Haka	3–1	3–1	6–2
		First round	Sochaux	0–5	0–4	0–9
2008–09	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Rennes	2–1	0–2	2–3
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	Tirana	4–0	1–1	5–1
		Third qualifying round	Copenhagen	0–0	1–3	1–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Valencia	0–3	1–4	1–7
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Dnepr Mogilev	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	JJK Jyväskylä	3–2	0–2	3–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Connah's Quay Nomads	0–1	0–0	0–1

Honours

• Eliteserien
  • Champions: 2008
  • Runners-up: 2007
  • Third place: 1998, 2003, 2009, 2015
• Norwegian Football Cup
  • Champions: 1998
  • Runners-up: 2008
• Superfinalen
  • Champions: 2009

Recent history

Main article: List of Stabæk Fotball seasons

Stabæk Fotball seasons^[9]

Season	League	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Cup	Notes
1994	1. divisjon	↑ 2	22	13	3	6	43	32	42	Third round	Promoted to the Tippeligaen
1995	Tippeligaen	9	26	9	6	11	36	40	33	Fourth round
1996	Tippeligaen	6	26	9	9	8	47	45	36	Quarter-final	UEFA Intertoto Cup
1997	Tippeligaen	5	26	13	4	9	33	35	43	Quarter-final	UEFA Intertoto Cup
1998	Tippeligaen	3	26	16	5	5	63	29	53	Champions	UEFA Cup
1999	Tippeligaen	5	26	14	4	8	58	49	46	Fourth round	UEFA Intertoto Cup
2000	Tippeligaen	5	26	12	6	8	59	33	42	Third round
2001	Tippeligaen	4	26	14	3	9	45	39	45	Fourth round	UEFA Cup
2002	Tippeligaen	5	26	12	6	8	48	34	42	Semi-final
2003	Tippeligaen	3	26	11	9	6	51	35	42	Fourth round	UEFA Cup
2004	Tippeligaen	↓ 13	26	7	6	13	25	40	27	Semi-final	Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2005	1. divisjon	↑ 1	30	20	7	3	63	23	67	Quarter-final	Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2006	Tippeligaen	5	26	10	9	7	53	36	39	Third round
2007	Tippeligaen	2	26	14	6	6	53	38	48	Semi-final	UEFA Cup
2008	Tippeligaen	1	26	16	6	4	58	24	54	Final	UEFA Champions League
2009	Tippeligaen	3	30	15	8	7	52	34	53	Quarter-final	UEFA Europa League
2010	Tippeligaen	12	30	11	6	13	46	47	39	Third round
2011	Tippeligaen	10	30	11	6	13	44	50	39	Third round	UEFA Europa League
2012	Tippeligaen	↓ 16	30	5	2	23	25	69	17	Third round	Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2013	1. divisjon	↑ 2	30	14	10	6	51	46	52	Fourth round	Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2014	Tippeligaen	9	30	11	6	13	44	52	39	Semi-final
2015	Tippeligaen	3	30	17	5	8	54	43	56	Semi-final	UEFA Europa League
2016	Tippeligaen	14	30	8	7	15	35	42	31	Fourth round	Reprieved from relegation after play-off
2017	Eliteserien	9	30	10	9	11	46	50	39	Quarter-final
2018	Eliteserien	14	30	6	11	13	37	50	29	Third round	Reprieved from relegation after play-off
2019	Eliteserien	8	30	10	10	10	38	36	40	Fourth round
2020	Eliteserien	8	30	9	12	9	41	45	39	Cancelled
2021	Eliteserien	↓ 15	30	6	7	17	35	62	25	Third round	Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2022	1. divisjon	↑ 2	30	16	10	4	62	28	58	Semi-final	Promoted to the Eliteserien
2023	Eliteserien	↓ 15	30	7	8	15	30	48	29	Second round	Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2024	1. divisjon	7	30	12	6	12	57	59	42	Quarter-final
2025 (in progress)	1. divisjon	14	17	3	6	8	22	32	15	Quarter-final

Records

• Greatest home victory: 8–0 vs. Molde FK, 29 October 2006
• Greatest away victory: 14–0 vs. Vestfossen IF, 12 May 2008
• Heaviest home loss: 0–7 vs. Lillestrøm SK, 20 March 2011
• Heaviest away loss: 1–8 vs. SK Brann, 24 May 2001
• Highest attendance, Telenor Arena: 13 402 vs. Rosenborg BK, 13 September 2009
• Highest average attendance, season: 9,472, 2009
• Most appearances, total: 365, Morten Skjønsberg (2001–2011, 2014–2017)
• Most appearances, league: 320, Morten Skjønsberg (2001–2011, 2014–2017)
• Most goals scored, total: 111, Daniel Nannskog (2005–2009)
• Most goals scored, league: 101, Daniel Nannskog (2005–2010)
• Most goals scored, Eliteserien: 62, Daniel Nannskog (2006–2009)
• Most goals scored, season: 32, Daniel Nannskog (2005)
• Most goals scored, Eliteserien, season: 19, Petter Belsvik (1998), Daniel Nannskog (2006; 2007)

Players

Current squad

As of 23 July 2025^[10]

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 Sondre Rossbach 2 DF  DEN Kasper Pedersen 4 DF  NOR Nicolai Næss 5 DF  NOR Jørgen Skjelvik 6 MF  SRB Aleksa Matić 7 FW  NOR Rasmus Eggen Vinge 8 FW  NOR Magnus Dahlby 9 FW  MLI Bassekou Diabaté 10 MF  NOR Herman Geelmuyden 12 GK  NOR Leander Gunnerød 13 DF  NOR Martin Hellan (on loan from Brann) 14 DF  DEN Mads Nielsen 15 DF  NOR Olav Veum 16 DF  NOR Andreas Hoven

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  NOR Sebastian Olderheim 18 MF  GHA Abu Bawa (on loan from Attram De Visser) 19 DF  NOR Fillip Jenssen Riise 20 DF  NOR Aleksander Andresen 21 MF  NOR Kristian Lønstad Onsrud 22 FW  NOR Kristian Opseth 23 FW  NOR William Wendt 24 GK  NOR Magnus Sjøeng (on loan from Vålerenga) 25 FW  GHA Bossman Debrah 27 MF  GHA Emmanuel Danso 28 MF  NOR Jesper Isaksen 29 DF  NOR Karsten Ekorness 30 FW  DEN Frederik Ellegaard 41 GK  GER Kimi Løkkevik — MF  NOR Brage Tobiassen

For season transfers, see List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24.

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 3 DF  NOR Jon Haukvik Øya (at Hønefoss until 31 December 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  NOR Joachim Nysveen (at Lysekloster until 31 December 2025)

Managers

As of 6 August 2025

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Lars Tjernås	1993	1995
Hans Backe	1 January 1996	31 December 1997
Anders Linderoth	1 January 1998	26 May 2001
Gaute Larsen	26 May 2001	28 September 2004
Pål Berg (interim)	29 September 2004	30 November 2004	5	1	1	3	020.00
Jan Jönsson	1 December 2004	31 December 2010	203	109	47	47	053.69
Jörgen Lennartsson	1 January 2011[11]	27 November 2011[12]	33	13	6	14	039.39
Petter Belsvik	2 January 2012[13]	23 November 2013[14]	69	24	12	33	034.78
Bob Bradley	3 January 2014[15]	10 November 2015	72	38	11	23	052.78
Billy McKinlay	30 November 2015[6]	8 July 2016[7]	14	3	1	10	021.43
Toni Ordinas	8 July 2016	27 June 2018[16]	60	17	20	23	028.33
Henning Berg	4 July 2018[17]	6 June 2019	23	5	7	11	021.74
Jan Jönsson	11 June 2019[18]	4 July 2021	64	19	24	21	029.69
Eirik Kjønø	9 July 2021[1]	16 August 2022	46	19	11	16	041.30
Lars Bohinen	19 August 2022	5 September 2023	34	13	8	13	038.24
Bob Bradley	10 September 2023	22 September 2024	38	16	10	12	042.11
Bjørn Helge Riise (Caretaker)	22 September 2024	9 December 2024	8	3	0	5	037.50
Jörgen Wålemark	9 December 2024	9 July 2025	17	7	4	6	041.18
Bjørn Helge Riise (Caretaker)	9 July 2025	Present	4	0	2	2	000.00

Women's team

Main article: Stabæk Fotball Kvinner

Stabæk Fotball also fields a women's team. In 2009, Stabæk became the first Norwegian association football club with both their men's and women's teams in the premier divisions.