# 2016 Vålerenga Fotball season

Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo. They play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion which has a capacity of 28,972. During the 2016 campaign they will compete in Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.

## Squad

    As of 19 August 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sandberg |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Lindkvist |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Vajebah Sakor (on loan from Juventus) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Niklas Castro |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim (Captain) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Simen Juklerød |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Thomas Elsebutangen |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Retsius Grødem |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Anders Nedrebø |
| 34 | GK | NOR | Adrian Møller |
| 38 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Hay |
| 39 | MF | GHA | Ernest Agyiri (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Mats Andersen |
| 41 | DF | NOR | David Gyedu-Nkuahn |
| 42 | DF | NOR | Henning Tønsberg Andresen |
| 43 | DF | NOR | Madhusan Sandrakumar |
| 44 | GK | NOR | Tinius Klausen |
| — | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson (at IFK Göteborg) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sandberg (from Göteborg) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson (loan return from Elfsborg) |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger (from Flora Tallinn, previously on loan) |
| 8 | DF | SWE | Jesper Arvidsson (from Djurgården) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Vajebah Sakor (on loan from Juventus) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Niklas Castro (Promoted) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen (Promoted) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Simen Juklerød (from Bærum) |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch (free agent) |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Anders Nedrebø (from Bærum) |
| — | MF | NOR | Brede Sandmoen (from Holmen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld (to KFUM Oslo) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson (on loan to Hibernian, previously on loan at Elfsborg) |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Melker Hallberg (loan return to Udinese, later loaned to Hammarby) |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Morten Berre (retired) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim (on loan to Strømmen) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Daniel Braaten (to Brann) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Alexander Mathisen (to Nordstrand) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Riki Alba (on loan to Varbergs BoIS, previously on loan at Bærum) |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Michael Langer (to Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg (on loan to Varbergs BoIS) |
| 38 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert (loan return to Hertha Berlin) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven (from Esbjerg) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim (loan return from Strømmen) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen (from Odd) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Thomas Elsebutangen (from Pors Grenland) |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem (from Bryne) |
| 38 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Hay (from Hønefoss) |
| 39 | MF | GHA | Ernest Agyiri (on loan from Manchester City) |
| — | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson (from Reading) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson (to Djurgården, previously on loan at Hibernian) |
| 8 | DF | SWE | Jesper Arvidsson (to IK Sirius) |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson (loan to IFK Göteborg) |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Deshorn Brown (to Shenzhen) |
| — | FW | NOR | Riki Alba (on loan to Ull/Kisa, previously on loan at Varbergs BoIS) |

## Competitions
### Tippeligaen
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Viking | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 43 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 42 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 38 |
| 11 | Sogndal | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 36 |
| 12 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 34 |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 6 November 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sandberg | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström | 22 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 22 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Lindkvist | 30 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid | 32 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel | 29 | 0 | 11+14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Vajebah Sakor | 26 | 3 | 13+8 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Niklas Castro | 13 | 1 | 4+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim | 31 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen | 15 | 2 | 5+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Simen Juklerød | 24 | 4 | 17+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge | 30 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 19 | 7 | 15+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Thomas Elsebutangen | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Anders Nedrebø | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GHA | Ernest Agyiri | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Mathusan Sandrakumar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | NOR | Sander Pettersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | NOR | Henrik Udahl | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players away from Vålerenga on loan: ||||||||||
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson | 16 | 4 | 5+8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | SWE | Jesper Arvidsson | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Deshorn Brown | 17 | 10 | 13+1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 26 | Deshorn Brown | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Ghayas Zahid | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 25 | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Simen Juklerød | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 22 | Elías Már Ómarsson | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 9 | Rasmus Lindkvist | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Vajebah Sakor | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 20 | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Enar Jääger | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 24 | Kjetil Wæhler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Jonatan Tollås | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Christian Grindheim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Simon Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 29 | Magnus Grødem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Niklas Castro | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 43 | Henrik Udahl | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 12 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Marcus Sandberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Enar Jääger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jonatan Tollås | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Robert Lundström | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Simon Larsen | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Jesper Arvidsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Magnus Lekven | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Rasmus Lindkvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ghayas Zahid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Herman Stengel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Markus Nakkim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Vajebah Sakor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Niklas Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Grindheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Simen Juklerød | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Sander Berge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Kjetil Wæhler | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Aslak Falch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Anders Nedrebø | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 |