# 2021 FK Bodø/Glimt season

The 2021 season was the club's fourth straight campaign in the Eliteserien since their promotion in 2017. Bodø/Glimt entered the campaign as league champions, winning their first ever Norwegian title in 2020. The start of the season was postponed from 5 April to 8 May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where Glimt first played their local rivals Tromsø on 9 May 2021.
On 12 December 2021, Bodø/Glimt retained their title as Eliteserien champions with a 3–0 win over Mjøndalen in the final match of the league season.

## Current squad

    As of 16 September 2021
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 | Marius Lode |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Alfons Sampsted |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Marius Høibråten |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Fredrik André Bjørkan |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Patrick Berg (vice-captain) |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Victor Boniface |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Ola Solbakken |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Hugo Vetlesen |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Amahl Pellegrino |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikita Khaykin |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Ulrik Saltnes (captain) |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Morten Konradsen |
| 17 | MF | EST | Mattias Käit |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Brede Moe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Sondre Brunstad Fet |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Erik Botheim |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Vegard Kongsro |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Vegard Leikvoll Moberg |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Elias Kristoffersen Hagen |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Lasse Selvåg Nordås |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Kvile |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Sondre Sørli |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Pernambuco (on loan from Lviv) |
| 30 | GK | NED | Joshua Smits |
| 31 | MF | NOR | Kent Malik Swaleh |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Joel Mvuka |
| 77 | FW | GHA | Gilbert Koomson |
For season transfers, see transfers winter 2020–21 and transfers summer 2021.

### 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 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Isak Amundsen (on loan at Tromsø until 31 December 2021) |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Runar Hauge (on loan at Stjørdals-Blink until 31 December 2021) |
| 25 | GK | NOR | Marcus Andersen (on loan at Fløya until 31 December 2021) |
| 35 | MF | NOR | Adan Abadala Hussein (on loan at Florø until 31 December 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | MF | NOR | Ask Tjærandsen-Skau (on loan at Start until 31 December 2021) |
| — | FW | TUN | Sebastian Tounekti (on loan at Groningen until 31 July 2022) |
| — | FW | NOR | Elias Hoff Melkersen (on loan at Ranheim until 31 December 2021) |
| — | MF | SWE | Axel Lindahl (on loan at Degerfors until 31 December 2021) |

## Competitions
### Eliteserien
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bodø/Glimt (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Molde | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Viking | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 48 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021 Norwegian Cup, Molde, have already qualified for European competitions based on league position, the last European spot was passed down to the fourth placed team, Lillestrøm.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 December 2021. Source: Eliteserien

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Norwegian Cup

Fourth round took place during the 2022 season.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROM | BOD | ZOR | CSS |
| 1 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 6–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
Knockout round play-offs took place during the 2022 season.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 5 December 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Marius Lode | 33 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Alfons Sampsted | 44 | 1 | 27+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Marius Høibråten | 36 | 1 | 12+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Fredrik André Bjørkan | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Patrick Berg | 39 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Ola Solbakken | 34 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Hugo Vetlesen | 41 | 5 | 9+17 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Amahl Pellegrino | 21 | 7 | 13+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikita Khaykin | 42 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Ulrik Saltnes | 33 | 13 | 21+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Morten Konradsen | 31 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Brede Moe | 35 | 3 | 22+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Sondre Brunstad Fet | 38 | 4 | 24+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Erik Botheim | 44 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Vegard Kongsro | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Vegard Moberg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Elias Hagen | 28 | 2 | 6+11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Lasse Selvåg Nordås | 20 | 6 | 4+7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Kvile | 14 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Sondre Sørli | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Pernambuco | 11 | 1 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | NED | Joshua Smits | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Joel Mvuka | 16 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | NOR | Brynjar Johnsplass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GHA | Gilbert Koomson | 9 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from Bodø/Glimt on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | SWE | Axel Lindahl | 15 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUN | Sebastian Tounekti | 11 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Bodø/Glimt no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Rataj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | | Erik Botheim | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | | Ulrik Saltnes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 26 | | Ola Solbakken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | | Patrick Berg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | | Amahl Pellegrino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 24 | | Lasse Selvåg Nordås | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | | Hugo Vetlesen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | | Sondre Brunstad Fet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | 27 | | Sondre Sørli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 18 | | Brede Moe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 23 | | Elias Kristoffersen Hagen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | | Marius Høibråten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 5 | | Fredrik André Bjørkan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 11 | | Axel Lindahl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 77 | | Gilbert Koomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 26 | | Sigurd Kvile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 3 | | Alfons Sampsted | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 28 | | Pernambuco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 56 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 92 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Marius Lode | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alfons Sampsted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Marius Høibråten | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Fredrik André Bjørkan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Patrick Berg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Ola Solbakken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Hugo Vetlesen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Amahl Pellegrino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Nikita Khaykin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Ulrik Saltnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Morten Konradsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | Brede Moe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Sondre Brunstad Fet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Erik Botheim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Vegard Kongsro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Elias Kristoffersen Hagen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Sondre Sørli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Joel Mvuka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan from Bodø/Glimt: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Axel Lindahl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Sebastian Tounekti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 58 | 1 |