# 2017 Sandefjord Fotball season

The 2017 season is Sandefjord's first season back in the Tippeligaen following their relegation in 2015.

## Squad

    As of 22 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 | ISL | Ingvar Jónsson |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud (captain) |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Seck |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Christer Reppesgård Hansen |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Alexander Gabrielsen |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pau Morer |
| 7 | FW | URU | Facundo Rodriguez (loan from Peñarol) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Håvard Storbæk |
| 10 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller (loan from Universitario) |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Flamur Kastrati |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Øystein Øvretveit |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NED | Crescendo van Berkel |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Enric Vallès |
| 16 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Gana Kane |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Joackim Solberg Olsen |
| 18 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic |
| 19 | DF | SEN | Victor Demba Bindia |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Kevin Jablinski |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Håkon Lorentzen |
| 22 | MF | NOR | André Sødlund |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Sabawon Shamohammad |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Ole Breistøl |
| — | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen (from Molde) |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Flamur Kastrati (from Aalesund) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Øystein Øvretveit (from Nest-Sotra) |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Markus Naglestad (from Fram Larvik) |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Elliot Kebbie (from Barnsley) |
| 16 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Gana Kane (from SJK) |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Joackim Solberg Olsen (from Mjøndalen) |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Kevin Jablinski (from Fram Larvik) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Geir Ludvig Fevang (retired) |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Torp (to Ull/Kisa, previously on loan) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Anders Gundersen (loan return to Strømsgodset, later sold to Arendal) |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Berge (released) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kjell Rune Sellin (to Sandnes Ulf) |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Varg Støvland (on loan to Fram Larvik) |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Eirik Offenberg (retired) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | URU | Facundo Rodriguez (on loan from Peñarol) |
| 10 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller (on loan from Universitario de Deportes) |
| 14 | MF | NED | Crescendo van Berkel (from Telstar) |
| — | DF | NOR | Varg Støvland (loan return from Fram Larvik) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Péter Kovács (to Arendal) |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Markus Naglestad (to HamKam) |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Elliot Kebbie (to Billericay Town) |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Kevin Jablinski (on loan to Raufoss) |
| — | DF | NOR | Varg Støvland (on loan to Halsen) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Tromsø | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 38 | |
| 12 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | Sogndal (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Aalesund (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 32 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

### 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 | ISL | Ingvar Jónsson | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Seck | 30 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Christer Reppesgård Hansen | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Alexander Gabrielsen | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pau Morer | 30 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Facundo Rodríguez | 7 | 2 | 3+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde | 18 | 2 | 7+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Håvard Storbæk | 28 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller | 12 | 3 | 7+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Flamur Kastrati | 27 | 10 | 24+2 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Øystein Øvretveit | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NED | Crescendo van Berkel | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Enric Vallès | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Gana Kane | 22 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Joackim Solberg Olsen | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic | 20 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SEN | Victor Demba Bindia | 27 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Håkon Lorentzen | 9 | 2 | 0+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | André Sødlund | 30 | 5 | 22+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Sabawon Shamohammad | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Ole Breistøl | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Herman Solberg Nilsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Sandefjord on loan: ||||||||||
| 20 | DF | NOR | Kevin Jablinski | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sandefjord during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | HUN | Péter Kovács | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Markus Naglestad | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Elliot Kebbie | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Mats Holt | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Jon Simen Jarbekk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Flamur Kastrati | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | André Sødlund | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Pau Morer | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Abdoulaye Seck | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 9 | Håvard Storbæk | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Carlos Grossmüller | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | Joackim Solberg Olsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Erik Mjelde | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Facundo Rodriguez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 21 | Håkon Lorentzen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | El-Hadji Gana Kane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 23 | Mats Holt | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Péter Kovács | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 38 | 3 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ingvar Jónsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Lars Grorud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Abdoulaye Seck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Christer Reppesgård Hansen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Pau Morer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Facundo Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Håvard Storbæk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Carlos Grossmüller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Flamur Kastrati | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Markus Naglestad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Crescendo van Berkel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Enric Vallès | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | El-Hadji Gana Kane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Joackim Solberg Olsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | William Kurtovic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Victor Demba Bindia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | André Sødlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Sabawon Shamohammad | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 3 |