# 2015 Molde FK season

The 2015 season was Molde's eight consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 39th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was their second season with Tor Ole Skullerud as their manager, and they were the defending champions of both the Tippeligaen and Norwegian Cup. Along with Tippeligaen, the club also competed in the Norwegian Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Season events

Following the clubs elimination from the UEFA Champions League, manager Tor Ole Skullerud was sacked on 6 August, being replaced with Erling Moe on an interim basis. On 21 October 2015, Ole Gunnar Solskjær returned as manager, signing a 3.5 year contract.

## Squad

    As of 29 July 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 | USA | Ethan Horvath |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Semb Berge (loan from Brøndby) |
| 3 | MF | SEN | Amidou Diop |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Gabrielsen |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Joona Toivio |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Gulbrandsen |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Mattias Moström |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Ola Kamara (loan from Austria Wien) |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Martin Linnes |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Per Egil Flo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Etzaz Hussain |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Magne Simonsen |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Eirik Hestad |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Tommy Høiland |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Agnaldo |
| 22 | MF | USA | Joshua Gatt |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Mohamed Elyounoussi |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren |
| 26 | GK | SWE | Andreas Linde |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga (loan from Club Brugge) |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Sander Svendsen |

### Players 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 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen (at Tromsø) |
| 30 | FW | SEN | Pape Paté Diouf (at Odd) |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Andreas Hollingen (at Start) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | USA | Ben Spencer (at Toronto FC II) |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy (at Start) |
| 38 | MF | NOR | Stian Rode Gregersen (at Kristiansund) |

### Reserve 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 |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Neydson da Silva |
| 39 | MF | NOR | Eskil Rønningen |
| 40 | GK | NOR | Isak Gangeskar |
| 41 | DF | NOR | Henrik Pettersen |
| 43 | FW | NOR | Mats Aambø |
| 44 | FW | NOR | Jan Tidjani Aboubacar |
| 45 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Remme Berge |
| 46 | FW | NOR | Agwa Okuot Obiech |
| 47 | MF | NOR | Kjetil Tøsse |
| 48 | FW | NOR | Erlend Hustad |
| 49 | MF | NOR | Ola Husby |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 50 | GK | NOR | Jonathan Byttingsvik |
| 51 | DF | NOR | Kristian Strande |
| 52 | MF | NOR | Tobias Svendsen |
| 53 | DF | NOR | Martin Ove Roseth |
| 54 | FW | NOR | Elias Mordal |
| 55 | FW | NOR | Jesper Nyheim |
| 56 | MF | NOR | Tobias Nyheim |
| 57 | MF | NOR | Eman Markovic |
| 58 | FW | NOR | Thomas Røsok |
| 59 | FW | NOR | Adnan Dudic |
| 60 | MF | NOR | Elias Arntsen |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| 23 December 2014 | MF | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | Tromsø |
| 9 January 2015 | MF | Eman Markovic | Lyngdal |
| 27 January 2015 | GK | Andreas Linde | Helsingborg |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| | FW | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson | loan return to Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| 12 December 2014 | GK | Espen Bugge Pettersen | Strømsgodset | |
| 17 December 2014 | DF | Magnar Ødegaard | Tromsø | |
| 20 January 2015 | FW | John Cofie | Crawley Town | |
| 20 January 2015 | DF | Seydina Keita | loan return to Diambars FC | |
| 21 January 2015 | FW | Aliou Coly | Kristiansund | |
| 13 February 2015 | FW | Daniel Chima Chukwu | Shanghai Shenxin | |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | Ingolstadt 04 | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2015 | MF | Eirik Haugan | Marseille | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Date to | Position | Name | From |
| 28 January 2015 | Season-long | FW | Ola Kamara | Austria Wien |
| 11 February 2015 | Season-long | DF | Fredrik Semb Berge | Brøndby |
| 18 March 2015 | Season-long | FW | Mushaga Bakenga | Club Brugge |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date to | Position | Name | To |
| 26 March 2015 | Season long | DF | Ole Martin Rindarøy | Start |
| 26 March 2015 | Season long | MF | Andreas Hollingen | Start |
| 26 March 2015 | Season long | MF | Stian Rode Gregersen | Kristiansund |
| 31 March 2015 | 22 July 2015 | MF | Amidou Diop | Mjøndalen |
| 23 April 2015 | Season long | MF | Ben Spencer | Toronto FC II |
| 28 July 2015 | Remaining season | FW | Pape Paté Diouf | Odd |
| 29 July 2015 | Remaining season | FW | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | Tromsø |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Molde | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 52 | |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 49 | |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 44 | |
* ↑ Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.

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

On 28 August 2015, the draw for the group stage was made in Monaco. Molde faced Ajax, Celtic and Fenerbahçe in Group A. Molde topped the group with eleven points, and were drawn against Spanish football side Sevilla FC in the Round of 32.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Molde | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 10 December 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Ethan Horvath | 30 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Semb Berge | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SEN | Amidou Diop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Gabrielsen | 30 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Joona Toivio | 38 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad | 36 | 1 | 3+19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh | 38 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Mattias Moström | 31 | 3 | 17+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Ola Kamara | 44 | 21 | 27+2 | 14 | 3+1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Martin Linnes | 41 | 3 | 27+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Per-Egil Flo | 33 | 3 | 21+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Etzaz Hussain | 41 | 3 | 23+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Magne Simonsen | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Eirik Hestad | 27 | 2 | 11+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Tommy Høiland | 35 | 13 | 12+11 | 9 | 3+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Agnaldo | 20 | 3 | 5+9 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Joshua Gatt | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 24 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 40 | 19 | 25+3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren | 41 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | SWE | Andreas Linde | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Sander Svendsen | 36 | 10 | 20+6 | 8 | 1+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Neydson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | NOR | Erlend Hustad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | NOR | Martin Ove Roseth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Molde on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 11 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SEN | Pape Paté Diouf | 11 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Andreas Hollingen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | NOR | Stian Rode Gregersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | NOR | Ørjan Nyland | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Eirik Haugen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Ola Kamara | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | FW | 24 | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Tommy Høiland | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | FW | 32 | Sander Svendsen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Per Egil Flo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 14 | Martin Linnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Mattias Moström | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Agnaldo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 16 | Etzaz Hussain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Joona Toivio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Eirik Hestad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 25 | Vegard Forren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Harmeet Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 18 | Magne Simonsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 2 | Fredrik Semb Berge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 27 | Mushaga Bakenga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | Ruben Gabrielsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 30 | Pape Paté Diouf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 10 | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 6 | Daniel Berg Hestad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 95 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ethan Horvath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Fredrik Semb Berge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Joona Toivio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Harmeet Singh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Mattias Moström | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Ørjan Nyland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Martin Linnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Per Egil Flo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Etzaz Hussain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Magne Simonsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Eirik Hestad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Tommy Høiland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Vegard Forren | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | Andreas Linde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Pape Paté Diouf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Sander Svendsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 53 | 6 |