# 2017 Rosenborg BK season

The 2017 season is Rosenborg's 38th consecutive year in the top flight now known as Eliteserien, their 50th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and third season with Kåre Ingebrigtsen as permanent manager. They will participate in Eliteserien, the Cup, Mesterfinalen and the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, entering at the Second qualifying round stage. They qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. This year will mark Rosenborg's 100th anniversary, an event that will be marked with the game against Lillestrøm on 20 May, one day after the 100th anniversary.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | André Hansen |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Jacob Rasmussen |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mike Jensen (captain) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Anders Konradsen |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Johan Lædre Bjørdal |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Jonathan Levi |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Magnus Stamnestrø |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Andreas Helmersen |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Morten Konradsen |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Pål André Helland |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Marius Lundemo |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Milan Jevtović (on loan from Antalyaspor) |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro |
| 34 | FW | NOR | Erik Botheim |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (from FC St. Pauli) |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling (from Stabæk) |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Jacob Rasmussen (from FC St. Pauli) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner (from Nottingham Forest) |
| 15 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani (from Brøndby, previously on loan) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø (from Sarpsborg 08) |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Marius Lundemo (free agent) |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Milan Jevtović (on loan from Antalyaspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jonas Svensson (to AZ) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (to Maccabi Haifa) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Christian Gytkjær (to TSV 1860 München) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Alexander Lund Hansen (Retired) |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Sivert Solli (on loan to Elverum) |
| 24 | GK | GHA | Adam Larsen Kwarasey (to Brøndby) |
| 28 | MF | ISL | Guðmundur Þórarinsson (to IFK Norrköping) |
| 30 | GK | EST | Pavel Londak (Released) |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Per Magnus Steiring (to Sogndal) |
| 33 | GK | NOR | Julian Faye Lund (on loan to Levanger) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen (from Sarpsborg 08) |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Jonathan Levi (from Östers IF) |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Morten Konradsen (from Bodø/Glimt) |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro (from Viking) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani (to Odd) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | John Hou Sæter (to Stabæk) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø (to AZ) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga (to Tromsø) |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Erlend Dahl Reitan (on loan to Bodø/Glimt) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### 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 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | RS | ROS | VRD |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Vardar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 1 | | 0–5 | 0–6 | 1–1 | — |

### Club Friendlies
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 7 December 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Mesterfinalen | Mesterfinalen | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | André Hansen | 38 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 38 | 3 | 27+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling | 36 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen | 35 | 3 | 23+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Jacob Rasmussen | 17 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mike Jensen | 45 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Anders Konradsen | 35 | 5 | 19+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner | 44 | 23 | 27+2 | 19 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 30 | 16 | 9+9 | 7 | 4+1 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 19 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Johan Lædre Bjørdal | 31 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen | 17 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Skjelvik | 35 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Jonathan Levi | 10 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Magnus Stamnestrø | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Andreas Helmersen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach | 25 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Morten Konradsen | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Pål André Helland | 31 | 8 | 21+1 | 6 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø | 11 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Marius Lundemo | 27 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Milan Jevtović | 41 | 13 | 18+7 | 9 | 4+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro | 19 | 5 | 7+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+2 | 3 |
| 34 | FW | NOR | Erik Botheim | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Rosenborg on loan: ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | MF | NOR | Sivert Solli | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Erlend Dahl Reitan | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | NOR | Julian Faye Lund | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rosenborg no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani | 12 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | John Hou Sæter | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø | 30 | 3 | 16+4 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga | 14 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 7 December 2017
| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Mesterfinalen | Mesterfinalen | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | André Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Birger Meling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Tore Reginiussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jacob Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mike Jensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Anders Konradsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nicklas Bendtner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Johan Lædre Bjørdal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Anders Trondsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jonathan Levi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Magnus Stamnestrø | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Andreas Helmersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Alex Gersbach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Morten Konradsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Pål André Helland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Arild Østbø | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marius Lundemo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Milan Jevtović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Samuel Adegbenro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Erik Botheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Rosenborg on loan: |||||||||||||
| 22 | MF | Sivert Solli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Erlend Dahl Reitan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Julian Faye Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rosenborg no longer at the club: |||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | Elbasan Rashani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | John Hou Sæter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Fredrik Midtsjø | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Mushaga Bakenga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 2 |