# 2020 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season

The 2020 season was Strømsgodset's fourteenth season back in Eliteserien since their promotion in the 2006 season.

## Season events

Prior to the start of the season Tobias Gulliksen and Sondre Hanssen were promoted from the youth team.
On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.
On 28 November, Strømsgodset's match against Odd on 2 December was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.

## Squad

    As of 31 July 2020
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 | Viljar Myhra |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Ari Leifsson |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jonathan Parr |
| 4 | DF | CMR | Duplexe Tchamba (on loan from Strasbourg) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel (Vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Johan Hove |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Marcus Mølvadgaard |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Moses Mawa |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Tokstad |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Nicholas Mickelson |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Tobias Gulliksen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Halldor Stenevik |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Maigaard (Captain) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Prosper Mendy |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Lars-Christopher Vilsvik |
| 40 | GK | NOR | Morten Sætra |
| 42 | MF | NGA | Ipalibo Jack |
| 56 | FW | NOR | Mustapha Fofana |
| 64 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Pop |
| 70 | DF | NOR | Sondre Hanssen |
| 88 | FW | NOR | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen |
| 92 | MF | KOS | Kreshnik Krasniqi |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 63 | FW | NOR | Magnus Dahlby (at Grorud until 31 December 2020) |
| — | GK | NOR | Matias Finnestrand (at Florø until 31 December 2020) |
| — | DF | NOR | Mathias Fjeld Gulliksen (at Florø until 31 December 2020) |
| — | DF | NOR | Andreas Nyhagen (at Moss until 31 December 2020) |
| — | FW | NOR | Sebastian Pedersen (at Notodden until 31 August 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 3 February 2020 | DF | Niklas Gunnarsson | Sarpsborg | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2020 | FW | Marcus Mølvadgaard | Randers | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2020 | DF | Ari Leifsson | Fylkir | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2020 | MF | Jānis Ikaunieks | FK Liepaja | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Ipalibo Jack | Villarreal C | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 December 2019 | MF | Hasan Duman | Åssiden | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Jakob Glesnes | Philadelphia Union | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2020 | DF | Lars Sætra | Tromsø | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2020 | DF | Arnar Thor Gudjonsson | Grorud | Undisclosed |
| 5 March 2020 | MF | Mathias Gjerstrøm | Kongsvinger | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | to | Date to |
| 2 February 2020 | DF | Andreas Nyhagen | Moss | 29 June 2020 |
| 2 July 2020 | MF | Magnus Dahlby | Grorud | End of season |
| 9 July 2020 | FW | Sebastian Pedersen | Notodden | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 4 December 2019 | GK | Martin Hansen | Hannover 96 | 21 January 2020 |
| 4 December 2019 | DF | Mounir Hamoud | Retired | Retired |
| 4 December 2019 | DF | Christopher Lindquist | KFUM Oslo | |
| 4 December 2019 | MF | Henning Hauger | | |
| 4 December 2019 | MF | Muhamed Keita | Ohod Club | 2 January 2020 |
| 4 December 2019 | MF | Martin Ovenstad | Mjøndalen | |
| 10 February 2020 | MF | Martin Spelmann | Mjällby | |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Jānis Ikaunieks | RFS | 6 August 2020 |

## 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: 22 December 2020. Source: Results

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 35 | |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 31 | |
| 14 | Mjøndalen (O) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Start (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 27 | Relegation to First Division |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 22 December 2020

### 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 | NOR | Viljar Myhra | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Ari Leifsson | 14 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jonathan Parr | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CMR | Duplexe Tchamba | 12 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Johan Hove | 30 | 10 | 29+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Marcus Mølvadgaard | 18 | 1 | 0+18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Moses Mawa | 30 | 6 | 27+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Tokstad | 28 | 2 | 22+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Nicholas Mickelson | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Tobias Gulliksen | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Halldor Stenevik | 21 | 0 | 9+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Maigaard | 28 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Valdimar Ingimundarson | 11 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Lars-Christopher Vilsvik | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NGA | Ipalibo Jack | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | NOR | Aleksander Stenseth | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | NOR | Simen Hammershaug | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Pop | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | NOR | Sondre Hanssen | 19 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | NOR | Andreas Nyhagen | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | NOR | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 30 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | KOS | Kreshnik Krasniqi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Strømsgodset on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Strømsgodset during the season ||||||||||
| 23 | MF | LVA | Jānis Ikaunieks | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Johan Hove | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | FW | 88 | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Moses Mawa | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Mikkel Maigaard | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Valdimar Ingimundarson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Kristoffer Tokstad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Herman Stengel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Marcus Mølvadgaard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Duplexe Tchamba | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 0 | 41 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Viljar Myhra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Ari Leifsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jonathan Parr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Niklas Gunnarsson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Herman Stengel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Johan Hove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Marcus Mølvadgaard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Moses Mawa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kristoffer Tokstad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Nicholas Mickelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Tobias Gulliksen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Halldor Stenevik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mikkel Maigaard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Lars-Christopher Vilsvik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Ipalibo Jack | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 88 | FW | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | Kreshnik Krasniqi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Strømsgodset during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 |