# 2008 Molde FK season

The 2008 season was Molde's 32nd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. They competed in Tippeligaen where they finished in 9th position and the Norwegian Cup where they were knocked out by Stabæk in the semi-finals.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Knut Dørum Lillebakk |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer P. Vatshaug |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Marcus Andreasson |
| 4 | MF | NOR | Thomas Holm |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Øyvind Gjerde |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Thomas Mork |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Toni Koskela |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Mattias Moström |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth |
| 13 | MF | USA | Brian Waltrip |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Christian Steen |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Aksel Berget Skjølsvik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Samdal Solberg |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Valter |
| 19 | FW | BRA | José Mota |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Rune Ertsås |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Souhaieb El Amari |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Jan Kjell Larsen |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Mame Biram Diouf |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Hildrestrand |
| 29 | FW | BDI | Selemani Ndikumana |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Elias Valderhaug |
| 42 | FW | SEN | Pape Paté Diouf |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug (from Start) |
| 4 | MF | NOR | Thomas Holm (from Vålerenga) |
| 12 | FW | BRA | José Mota (loan from AaB) |
| 13 | FW | USA | Brian Waltrip (from Sogndal) |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Christian Steen (from Tromsø) |
| 29 | FW | BDI | Selemani Ndikumana (from Simba) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | NOR | Tommy Eide Møster (to Bryne) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Christian Gauseth |
| 21 | MF | CAN | Sandro Grande (to Montreal Impact) |
| 23 | FW | ISL | Marel Baldvinsson (to Breiðablik) |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Madiou Konate (to Hønefoss) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BRA | José Mota (from AaB, previously on loan) |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Souhaieb El Amari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## 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: 1 June 2012. Source: soccerway.com

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Lyn | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 38 | |
| 8 | Brann | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 33 | |
| 9 | Molde | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 31 | |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 29 | |
* ↑ Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics
### 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 | NOR | Knut Dørum Lillebakk | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Marcus Andreasson | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | NOR | Thomas Holm | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Øyvind Gjerde | 27 | 3 | 20+2 | 2 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad | 30 | 4 | 25+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Thomas Mork | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Toni Koskela | 28 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Mattias Moström | 20 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth | 26 | 8 | 20+1 | 3 | 4+1 | 5 |
| 13 | MF | USA | Brian Waltrip | 14 | 1 | 4+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Christian Steen | 13 | 2 | 3+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Aksel Berget Skjølsvik | 16 | 3 | 4+8 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Valter | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | José Mota | 31 | 15 | 20+5 | 12 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Rune Ertsås | 19 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Jan Kjell Larsen | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren | 30 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Ronny Fredriksen | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Mame Biram Diouf | 29 | 11 | 19+4 | 7 | 6+0 | 4 |
| 29 | FW | BDI | Selemani Ndikumana | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | SEN | Pape Paté Diouf | 24 | 5 | 11+10 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Hildrestrand | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Molde on loan: ||||||||||
| 25 | MF | NOR | Peter Berg Hestad | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | José Mota | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 27 | Mame Biram Diouf | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Magne Hoseth | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 42 | Pape Paté Diouf | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 6 | Daniel Berg Hestad | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Øyvind Gjerde | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Aksel Berget Skjølsvik | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 14 | Christian Steen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | | 25 | Peter Berg Hestad | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 24 | Vegard Forren | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Toni Koskela | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 9 | Mattias Moström | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 20 | Rune Ertsås | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Brian Waltrip | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 39 | 20 | 59 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Adeccoligaen | Adeccoligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Marcus Andreasson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Thomas Holm | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Øyvind Gjerde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Daniel Berg Hestad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Toni Koskela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Magne Hoseth | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Aksel Berget Skjølsvik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Valter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | José Mota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Rune Ertsås | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Vegard Forren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Mame Biram Diouf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | FW | Pape Paté Diouf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | | TOTALS | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 6 |