# 2017 Molde FK season

The 2017 season was Molde's tenth consecutive year in the top flight which from the beginning of this season is known as Eliteserien, and their 41st season in the top flight of Norwegian football. Along with the Eliteserien, the club also competed in the Norwegian Cup.
Molde finished 2nd in Eliteserien and reached the semifinal in the Norwegian Cup where the team were defeated by Lillestrøm.

## Season events

On 29 December 2016, Molde announced that Mark Dempsey had returned to the club as an Assistant Manager, working alongside Erling Moe, on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.
After the season was finished, Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson was named Molde FK Player of the season by players, coaches and staff at the club. Best player in the under-23 category was Stian Rode Gregersen.

## Squad

    As of 26 November 2017
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 | Andreas Linde |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Isak Ssewankambo |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Gabrielsen (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Joona Toivio |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Stian Rode Gregersen |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Mathias Normann (loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Babacar Sarr |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Mattias Moström |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Ellingsen |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Petter Strand |
| 15 | DF | FRO | Sonni Nattestad |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Eirik Hestad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Thomas Amang |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Tobias Svendsen |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Christoffer Remmer |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Eman Markovic |
| 25 | FW | ISL | Óttar Magnús Karlsson |
| 26 | GK | NOR | Mathias Eriksen Ranmark |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Martin Ove Roseth |
| 28 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Wadji |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Erling Haaland |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Christopher Telo |
| 33 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Brustad |
| 51 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 40 | GK | NOR | Isak Gangeskar |
| 41 | GK | NOR | Erik Iversen |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Erik Rotlid |
| 43 | DF | NOR | Mats Aambø |
| 44 | FW | NOR | Jan Tidjani Aboubacar |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Sivert Gussiås |
| 46 | DF | NOR | Simen Hagbø |
| 50 | GK | NOR | Jonatan Strand Byttingsvik |
| 54 | FW | NOR | Elias Mordal |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 55 | MF | NOR | Jesper Kjølstad Nyheim |
| 56 | MF | NOR | Tobias Kjølstad Nyheim |
| 58 | DF | NOR | Thor-Olav Moe |
| 59 | DF | NOR | Adnan Dudić |
| 60 | FW | NOR | Elias Arntsen |
| 61 | MF | NOR | Hermann B. Svendsen |
| 63 | FW | NOR | Lars J. Ranheim |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Jonas S. Frøystad |

### Players 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 |
| — | DF | FIN | Roni Peiponen (at HJK until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | BRA | Agnaldo (at Vila Nova until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | BRA | Neydson (at Elverum until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | NOR | Etzaz Hussain (at Odd until 31 December 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NOR | Kristian Fredrik Aasen Strande (at Brattvåg until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | NOR | Ola Ormset Husby (at Brattvåg until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy (at Sogndal until 31 December 2017) |

## 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: 26 November 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 20 | +37 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Molde | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 50 | |
| 5 | Brann | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 47 | |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 26 November 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Andreas Linde | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Isak Ssewankambo | 21 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Gabrielsen | 30 | 3 | 23+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Joona Toivio | 16 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Stian Rode Gregersen | 29 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Mathias Normann | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Babacar Sarr | 30 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Mattias Moström | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | 30 | 17 | 26+1 | 16 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Ellingsen | 13 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Petter Strand | 25 | 3 | 18+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes | 30 | 1 | 20+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Eirik Hestad | 26 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Thomas Amang | 19 | 5 | 5+11 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Tobias Svendsen | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Christoffer Remmer | 34 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ISL | Óttar Magnús Karlsson | 11 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | NOR | Mathias Eriksen Ranmark | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Wadji | 10 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Erling Haaland | 19 | 4 | 3+10 | 2 | 2+4 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Christopher Telo | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Brustad | 32 | 11 | 22+5 | 8 | 3+2 | 3 |
| 51 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Molde on loan: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Etzaz Hussain | 17 | 2 | 9+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Neydson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Molde during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | NOR | Sander Svendsen | 18 | 5 | 13+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Amidou Diop | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 33 | Fredrik Brustad | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Sander Svendsen | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Thomas Amang | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 30 | Erling Haaland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Petter Strand | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Ruben Gabrielsen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Martin Ellingsen | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Etzaz Hussain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | Stian Rode Gregersen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | Fredrik Aursnes | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Joona Toivio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Babacar Sarr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 28 | Ibrahima Wadji | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 25 | Óttar Magnús Karlsson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 50 | 11 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Andreas Linde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Isak Ssewankambo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ole Martin Rindarøy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ruben Gabrielsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Stian Rode Gregersen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mathias Normann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Babacar Sarr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mattias Moström | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sander Svendsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Petter Strand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Etzaz Hussain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Fredrik Aursnes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Eirik Hestad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Thomas Amang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Christoffer Remmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Ibrahima Wadji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Vegard Forren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Erling Haaland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Christopher Telo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Fredrik Brustad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | Neydson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 40 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 2 |