# 2018 Sarpsborg 08 FF season

The 2018 season is Sarpsborg 08's 7th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012. It is also their fourth season with Geir Bakke as their manager.

## Squad

    As of 8 September 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Sulayman Bojang |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm (on loan from Flora) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Matti Lund Nielsen |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Tobias Heintz |
| 11 | DF | NOR | Joackim Jørgensen |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Mohammed Usman |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Høberg Vetti |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Zachariassen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Agger |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Jon-Helge Tveita |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anwar Elyounoussi |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Johan Meldalen Olstad |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Rashad Muhammed |
| 31 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 69 | FW | DEN | Patrick Mortensen |
| 77 | MF | ETH | Amin Askar |
| 78 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh (from Kalmar) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik (from Sogndal) |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm (from Flora Tallinn) |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Mohammed Usman (from União da Madeira) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Høberg Vetti (from Nest-Sotra) |
| 18 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Agger (from Thisted) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen (from Lyngby) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Ruud Tveter (from Halmstad) |
| 29 | FW | DEN | Ronnie Schwartz (from Waasland-Beveren) |
| 30 | DF | CRO | Nikola Tkalčić (from IFK Norrköping) |
| 31 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch (from IFK Norrköping) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Stefan Čupić (to Voždovac) |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Andreas Albech (to Vendsyssel) |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Henri Toivomäki (to KuPS) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson (on loan to HamKam, previously at Valur) |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Nicolai Poulsen (loan return to Randers) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Kachi (to Sandnes Ulf, previously on loan at Strømmen) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Jonas Lindberg (to GAIS) |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Ole Heieren Hansen (to Kråkerøy) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Rosted (to Gent) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Tor Øyvind Hovda (to Hønefoss) |
| 19 | MF | SEN | Krépin Diatta (to Club Brugge) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Normann Hansen (to Ullensaker/Kisa) |
| 24 | MF | CPV | Erikson Spinola Lima (to Aalesund) |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Amani Mbedule (on loan to Notodden) |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Alexander Groven (to Hønefoss) |
| — | DF | NOR | Leonard Getz (to Fredrikstad) |
| — | MF | NOR | Olav Øby (to Kongsvinger, previously on loan at Kristiansund) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Sulayman Bojang (from Skeid) |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn (from Elfsborg) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson (loan return from HamKam) |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen (loan return from Milan Primavera) |
| 78 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin (from Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Anders Østli (to Moss) |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Anders Kristiansen (to Union SG) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Ruud Tveter (on loan to Strømmen) |
| 30 | DF | CRO | Nikola Tkalčić (on loan to Aalesund) |

## Competitions
### Eliteserien
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 November 2018. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 42 |
| 7 | Ranheim | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 42 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 41 |
| 9 | Odd | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 40 |
| 10 | Tromsø | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 36 |

### Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 5 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 20 September 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Sulayman Bojang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn | 10 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 15 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm | 32 | 2 | 22+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen | 32 | 6 | 23+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Matti Lund Nielsen | 37 | 3 | 25+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Tobias Heintz | 34 | 7 | 13+10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5+3 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | NOR | Joackim Jørgensen | 33 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Mohammed Usman | 11 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Høberg Vetti | 10 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen | 36 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Zachariassen | 37 | 6 | 25+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Agger | 25 | 5 | 10+12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen | 24 | 2 | 4+12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Jon-Helge Tveita | 33 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh | 35 | 1 | 18+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Rashad Muhammed | 25 | 3 | 9+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | DEN | Patrick Mortensen | 38 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 77 | MF | ETH | Amin Askar | 34 | 5 | 23+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 78 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players away from Sarpsborg 08 on loan: ||||||||||||
| 24 | FW | NOR | Amani Mbedule | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Ruud Tveter | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | CRO | Nikola Tkalčić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season: ||||||||||||
| 20 | DF | NOR | Anders Østli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Anders Kristiansen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | DEN | Ronnie Schwartz | 16 | 8 | 6+8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 69 | Patrick Mortensen | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | Ronnie Schwartz | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Tobias Heintz | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Kristoffer Zachariassen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 77 | Amin Askar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 18 | Mikkel Agger | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | 28 | Alexander Ruud Tveter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 27 | Rashad Muhammed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Joonas Tamm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 16 | Joachim Thomassen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Kristoffer Larsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Matti Lund Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 22 | Jon-Helge Tveita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 23 | Harmeet Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 3 | Jørgen Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 14 | Mohammed Usman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 20 | Anders Østli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 4 | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 15 | 15 | 76 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Jørgen Horn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Matti Lund Nielsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Tobias Heintz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Joackim Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Mohammed Usman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Gaute Høberg Vetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Joachim Thomassen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kristoffer Zachariassen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Mikkel Agger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jon-Helge Tveita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Harmeet Singh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rashad Muhammed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | Patrick Mortensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Amin Askar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from Sarpsborg 08 on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season: ||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | Ronnie Schwartz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 67 | 0 |