# 2019 Lillestrøm SK season

The 2018 season was Lillestrøm's 43rd consecutive, and final, year in Eliteserien. Lillestrøm finished the season in 14th position, entering the Relegation play-offs where they were defeated on away goals by IK Start after the two-legged affair ended 5-5. In the Norwegian Cup, Lillestrøm reached the Third Round before defeat to Strømmen.

## Squad

    As of 24 August 2019
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 | CRO | Marko Marić (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Simen Kind Mikalsen |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Tobias Salquist |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Simen Rafn |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm (on loan from Flora) |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Daniel Gustavsson |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Ifeanyi Mathew |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Thomas Lehne Olsen |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Frode Kippe (Captain) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Krogstad |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Erik Brenden |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Ebiye Moses |
| 19 | MF | GAM | Sheriff Sinyan |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Daniel A. Pedersen (Vice-captain) |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Josef Baccay |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Magnus Knudsen |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Aleksander Melgalvis |
| 40 | GK | NOR | Mads Christiansen |
| 41 | GK | NOR | Vegard Storsve |
| 42 | DF | NOR | Philip Slørdahl |
| 88 | FW | ISL | Arnór Smárason (3rd captain) |

### 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 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Petter Mathias Olsen (at Ham-Kam) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Erik Sandberg (at Skeid) |
| 25 | GK | EST | Matvei Igonen (at Flora) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Lars Ranger (at Ull/Kisa) |
| 29 | GK | NOR | Emil Ødegaard (at Grorud IL) |
| — | MF | NGA | Charles Ezeh (at Skeid) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Tobias Salquist (from Waasland-Beveren) |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Daniel Gustavsson (from Elfsborg) |
| 18 | MF | NGA | Moses Ebiye (loan return from Strømmen) |
| 21 | MF | MSR | Alex Dyer (on loan from Elfsborg) |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Josef Baccay (promoted from junior squad) |
| 42 | DF | NOR | Philip Slørdahl (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Marius Amundsen (released) |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Ifeanyi Mathew (on loan to Osmanlıspor) |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Charles Ezeh (on loan to Hamkam, previously on loan to Strømmen) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Gary Martin (to Valur) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Erling Knudtzon (to Molde) |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Stefan Antonijevic (to Sogndal) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Petter Mathias Olsen (on loan to Hamkam, previously on loan to Strømmen) |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Lars Ranger (on loan to Ull/Kisa) |
| — | DF | SWE | Martin Falkeborn (to Syrianska, previously on loan to Frej) |
| — | FW | NOR | Tobias Gran (to FK Tønsberg, previously on loan to HamKam) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm (on loan from Flora Tallinn) |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Ifeanyi Mathew (loan return from Osmanlispor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Raphael Ayagwa (released) |
| 21 | MF | MSR | Alex Dyer (loan return to Elfsborg) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Erik Tobias Sandberg (on loan to Skeid) |
| 25 | GK | EST | Matvei Igonen (on loan to Flora Tallinn) |
| — | MF | NGA | Charles Ezeh (on loan to Skeid, previously on loan to Hamkam) |
| — | MF | NOR | Petter Mathias Olsen (on loan to Grorud, previously on loan to Hamkam) |

## 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: 1 December 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 30 | |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 30 | |
| 14 | Lillestrøm (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Tromsø (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 30 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Ranheim (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 27 | Relegation to First Division |

#### Relegation play-offs
### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 December 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Marko Marić | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad | 22 | 1 | 13+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Simen Kind Mikalsen | 18 | 2 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Tobias Salquist | 29 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Simen Rafn | 35 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Daniel Gustavsson | 30 | 7 | 23+2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Ifeanyi Mathew | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Thomas Lehne Olsen | 30 | 10 | 25+1 | 8 | 1+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Frode Kippe | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Krogstad | 31 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Erik Brenden | 22 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken | 32 | 3 | 24+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NGA | Moses Ebiye | 14 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GAM | Sheriff Sinyan | 24 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Daniel Pedersen | 28 | 3 | 23+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Josef Baccay | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Magnus Knudsen | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Aleksander Melgalvis | 31 | 4 | 18+8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | NOR | Philip Slørdahl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ISL | Arnór Smárason | 25 | 4 | 16+7 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Lillestrøm on loan: ||||||||||||
| 25 | GK | EST | Matvei Igonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Lillestrøm during the season: ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | NGA | Raphael Ayagwa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MSR | Alex Dyer | 14 | 1 | 8+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Relegation play-offs | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Thomas Lehne Olsen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Daniel Gustavsson | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 88 | Arnór Smárason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 33 | Aleksander Melgalvis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Tobias Salquist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | Daniel Pedersen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Simen Kind Mikalsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Mats Haakenstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Simen Rafn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Fredrik Krogstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Moses Ebiye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 21 | Alex Dyer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 32 | 7 | 5 | 44 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Relegation play-offs | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Marko Marić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Marko Marić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Simen Kind Mikalsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tobias Salquist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Simen Rafn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Joonas Tamm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Gustavsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ifeanyi Mathew | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Thomas Lehne Olsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Frode Kippe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Fredrik Krogstad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Erik Brenden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Sheriff Sinyan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Daniel Pedersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Aleksander Melgalvis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Philip Slørdahl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Arnór Smárason | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Lillestrøm during the season: ||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | Alex Dyer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 1 |