# 2018 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2018 season was Vålerenga's 17th consecutive year in the top flight now known as Eliteserien. They finished sixth in the Eliteserien and reached the Quarterfinal's of the Cup where they were knocked out by Rosenborg.

## Squad

    As of 16 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås |
| 5 | DF | URU | Felipe Carvalho |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven |
| 10 | FW | LBR | Sam Johnson |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Kristoffer Klaesson |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Abu (on loan from Columbus Crew SC) |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Erik Israelsson (on loan from PEC Zwolle) |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Leo Cornic |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Peter Godly Michael |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Sakarias Opsahl |
| 21 | GK | GHA | Adam Larsen Kwarasey |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Felix Myhre |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Oskar Opsahl |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Aron Dønnum |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Harald Hauso |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Amin Nouri |
| 34 | DF | NOR | Jonas Levernes |
| 35 | FW | NOR | Sander Werni |
| 36 | MF | NOR | Osame Sahraoui |
| 37 | FW | NOR | Kevin Ogudugu |
| 38 | GK | NOR | Petter Karlsen |
| 40 | MF | NGA | Chidera Ejuke |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim (on loan to Viking) |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Fitim Azemi (on loan to Sandefjord) |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink (on loan to HamKam) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Thomas Elsebutangen (on loan to Bærum) |
| 38 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Hay (on loan to Tromsdalen) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 December 2017 | DF | Felipe Carvalho | Malmö FF | Undisclosed |
| 21 December 2017 | DF | Amin Nouri | Brann | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2018 | DF | Sam Adekugbe | Vancouver Whitecaps | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2018 | FW | Sam Johnson | Wuhan Zall | Undisclosed |
| 27 February 2018 | FW | Peter Godly Michael | Rivers United | Undisclosed |
| 23 March 2018 | DF | João Meira | Chicago Fire | Undisclosed |
| 4 October 2018 | MF | Mohammed Abu | Columbus Crew SC | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 20 November 2017 | MF | 20 November 2017 | Strømsgodset | Undisclosed |
| 7 December 2017 | MF | Christian Grindheim | Haugesund | Undisclosed |
| 21 December 2017 | DF | Robert Lundström | AIK | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2018 | DF | Mathusan Sandrakumar | Bærum | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2018 | MF | Bilal Njie | Odd | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2018 | FW | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen | Brann | Undisclosed |
| 23 March 2018 | MF | Daniel Berntsen | Tromsø | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2018 | MF | Simen Juklerød | Royal Antwerp | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2018 | GK | Marcus Sandberg | Stabæk | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Ernest Agyiri | Manchester City | 13 August 2018 |
| 10 August 2018 | MF | Mohammed Abu | Columbus Crew | End of Season |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Erik Israelsson | PEC Zwolle | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | to | Date to |
| 17 January 2018 | DF | Kristoffer Hay | Tromsdalen | End of Season |
| 13 February 2018 | FW | Thomas Elsebutangen | Bærum | End of Season |
| 19 February 2018 | DF | Markus Nakkim | Viking | End of Season |
| 28 March 2018 | MF | Aron Dønnum | HamKam | 23 July 2018 |
| 15 August 2018 | DF | Christian Borchgrevink | HamKam | End of Season |
| 15 August 2018 | FW | Fitim Azemi | Sandefjord | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 7 December 2017 | FW | | Mohammed Abdellaoue | Retired | Retired | |
| 9 July 2018 | DF | | João Meira | | | |

## 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: 24 November 2018. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Haugesund | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 46 | |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 42 | |
| 7 | Ranheim | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 42 | |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 41 | |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 24 November 2018

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås | 31 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | URU | Felipe Carvalho | 27 | 3 | 20+2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 19 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 25 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven | 22 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Fitim Azemi | 4 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | LBR | Sam Johnson | 28 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne | 30 | 14 | 21+4 | 10 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Kristoffer Klaesson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Abu | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Erik Israelsson | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Peter Godly Michael | 15 | 4 | 4+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | GHA | Adam Kwarasey | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Felix Myhre | 24 | 3 | 6+13 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe | 30 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Aron Dønnum | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson | 20 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem | 26 | 1 | 7+14 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Amin Nouri | 34 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | NGA | Chidera Ejuke | 32 | 3 | 26+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Vålerenga on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sandberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Ernest Agyiri | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Simen Juklerød | 15 | 2 | 7+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 30 | DF | POR | João Meira | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Bård Finne | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Sam Johnson | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Peter Godly Michael | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Felix Myhre | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 40 | Chidera Ejuke | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Felipe Carvalho | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Jonatan Tollås | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 33 | Amin Nouri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Simen Juklerød | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Fitim Azemi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | Samúel Friðjónsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Magnus Lekven | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 29 | Magnus Grødem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 30 | João Meira | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 18 | Christian Borchgrevink | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 39 | 14 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Jonatan Tollås | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Felipe Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Magnus Lekven | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sam Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Bård Finne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Mohammed Abu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Erik Israelsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Adam Kwarasey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ivan Näsberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Felix Myhre | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sam Adekugbe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Aron Dønnum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Samúel Friðjónsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Magnus Grødem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Amin Nouri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Chidera Ejuke | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||
| 30 | DF | João Meira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 49 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 62 | 3 |