# 2015 Stabæk Fotball season

The 2015 season was Stabæk's second season back in the Tippeligaen following their relegation in 2012, their 19th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and their second season with Bob Bradley as their manager. Stabæk finished the season in third place, qualifying for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round. Stabæk also reached the Semifinals of the Norwegian Cup, where they were defeated by Rosenborg in extra time.

## Squad

    As of 5 September 2015
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 | CIV | Sayouba Mandé |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Morten Skjønsberg |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Ernest Asante |
| 8 | MF | USA | Cole Grossman |
| 9 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Yassine El Ghanassy |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Christian Schaanning Mørch |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Eirik Haugstad |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Jesper Espung |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Kamal Issah |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Daniel Granli |
| 22 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Cornelius Bensick |
| 40 | MF | NOR | Marius Østvold |
| 42 | GK | NOR | Simen Omholt-Jensen |
| 50 | DF | NOR | Andreas Hanche-Olsen |
| 60 | MF | NOR | Harald Holter |
| 77 | FW | NOR | Muhamed Keita (loan from Lech Poznań) |

### Out on loan

    As of 18 August 2015.
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 |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Emil Ekblom (at Strømmen) |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Craig Henderson (at Mjøndalen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NOR | Emil Dahle (at Bryne) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Kirisov (from Domodedovo Moscow) |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Ernest Asante (from Start) |
| 8 | MF | USA | Cole Grossman (from Real Salt Lake) |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Adama Diomande (from Dinamo Minsk) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Yassine El Ghanassy (from Gent) |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Kamal Issah (from Nordsjælland) |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Thor Lange (loan return from Strømmen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Timmi Johansen (to Næsby) |
| 6 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Brustad (to AIK) |
| 7 | MF | USA | Andrew Jacobson (loan return to New York City) |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Stian Sortevik (to KFUM Oslo) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Emil Dahle (loan to Start) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Franck Boli (to Liaoning Whowin) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Borger Thomas (loan return to Strømsgodset) |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland (Retired) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth (to Viking) |
| 30 | MF | USA | Michael Stephens (to Chicago Fire) |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski |
| 81 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen (to Sarpsborg 08) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan (from 1860 München) |
| 77 | FW | NOR | Muhamed Keita (loan from Lech Poznań) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Kirisov |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Hammer (to Start) |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Edvard Race |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Adama Diomande (to Hull City) |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Craig Henderson (loan to Mjøndalen) |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Emil Ekblom (on loan to Strømmen) |
| — | FW | NOR | Emil Dahle (on loan to Bryne, previously on loan to Start) |

## Friendlies
### Simple Invitational

| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Stabæk | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |

## 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: 9 November 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Stabæk | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Odd | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 53 | |
* ↑ Rosenborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015 Norwegian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 November 2015

### 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 | CIV | Sayouba Mandé | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Morten Skjønsberg | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss | 34 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Ernest Asante | 36 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Cole Grossman | 33 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia | 32 | 2 | 15+11 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Yassine El Ghanassy | 30 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Eirik Haugstad | 27 | 0 | 0+23 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Emil Ekblom | 7 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto | 33 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Kamal Issah | 31 | 5 | 21+5 | 3 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Daniel Granli | 27 | 2 | 8+14 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 22 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling | 32 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi | 34 | 8 | 23+5 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Cornelius Bensick | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 60 | DF | NOR | Edvard Race | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | NOR | Muhamed Keita | 13 | 3 | 9+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players away from Stabæk on loan: ||||||||||
| | MF | NOR | Emil Dahle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Stabæk no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Kirisov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Hammer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Adama Diomande | 26 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 8 |
| 60 | MF | NOR | Harald Holter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Adama Diomande | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Ernest Asante | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Luc Kassi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Kamal Issah | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Cole Grossman | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Ville Jalasto | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Yassine El Ghanassy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 77 | Muhamed Keita | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 9 | Giorgi Gorozia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Nicolai Næss | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 21 | Daniel Granli | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 25 | Birger Meling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 14 | Emil Ekblom | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 30 | Cornelius Bensick | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 54 | 20 | 74 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Morten Skjønsberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nicolai Næss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Anthony Annan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ernest Asante | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Cole Grossman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Giorgi Gorozia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Adama Diomande | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Yassine El Ghanassy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ville Jalasto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Kamal Issah | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Birger Meling | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Luc Kassi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | Muhamed Keita | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 30 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 |