# 2012 Stabæk Fotball season

The 2012 season was Stabæk's 7th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 17th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Petter Belsvik's first season as the club's manager after Jörgen Lennartsson joined IF Elfsborg at the end of the previous season. Stabæk also competed in the UEFA Europa League after qualifying through the Fair Play rankings. They entered, and were knocked out, in the first qualifying round against JJK of Finland. On 28 October, Stabæk were relegated from the Tippeligaen to the Adeccoligaen with three games still remaining.

## Squad

    As of 7 August 2012
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 |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Elfar Freyr Helgason |
| 4 | DF | USA | Sean Cunningham (on loan from Molde) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Hammer |
| 6 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Brustad |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Torstein Andersen Aase |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Stian Sortevik |
| 10 | MF | LBN | Adnan Haidar |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Franck Boli |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Bjarte Haugsdal |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Kim Hunstad |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mads Stokkelien |
| 20 | FW | ISL | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Abdurahim Laajab (on loan from Vålerenga) |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Jan Kjell Larsen |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Erik Benjaminsen |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Thor Søndergaard Lange |
| 27 | MF | NOR | David Hanssen |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi |
| 81 | MF | NOR | Christer Kleiven |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CIV | Sayouba Mandé (from Sporting Consultant) |
| 4 | DF | USA | Sean Cunningham (loan from Molde) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Stian Sortevik (from Hønefoss) |
| 10 | MF | LBN | Adnan Haidar (from Vålerenga) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Franck Boli (from Sporting Consultant) |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Bjarte Haugsdal (from Brann) |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mads Stokkelien (from Start) |
| 26 | MF | USA | Ricardo Clark (loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 81 | MF | NOR | Christer Kleiven (from Start) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Jon Knudsen (to Fredrikstad) |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Alain Junior Ollé Ollé (to Åtvidaberg) |
| 9 | FW | GAB | Gilles Mbang Ondo (to Sandnes Ulf) |
| 13 | MF | ISL | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (to Lillestrøm) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Morten Skjønsberg (to Norrköping) |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Pontus Farnerud (to Göteborg) |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Marcus Bergholtz (loan return to Helsingborg) |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Johan Andersson (to Lillestrøm) |
| 21 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud (loan to Gent) |
| 29 | DF | BIH | Haris Skenderović (to Syrianska) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Elfar Freyr Helgason (from AEK Athens) |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto (from Aalesund) |
| 20 | FW | ISL | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (from Vålerenga) |
| 21 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud (loan return from Gent) |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Abdurahim Laajab (on loan from Vålerenga) |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Tor Marius Gromstad (Died) |
| 21 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud (to Rosenborg) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (to Freiburg) |
| 26 | MF | USA | Ricardo Clark (loan return to Eintracht Frankfurt) |

## Competitions
### Tippeligaen
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Sogndal | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 34 | |
| 13 | Hønefoss | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 33 | |
| 14 | Sandnes Ulf (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Fredrikstad (R) | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 30 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Stabæk (R) | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 69 | −44 | 17 | Relegation to First Division |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 November 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Football Cup | Norwegian Football Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CIV | Sayouba Mandé | 22 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson | 33 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Elfar Freyr Helgason | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Sean Cunningham | 23 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Hammer | 27 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Brustad | 32 | 9 | 25+2 | 5 | 2+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Torstein Andersen Aase | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Stian Sortevik | 22 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | LBN | Adnan Haidar | 29 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Franck Boli | 32 | 6 | 19+9 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Bjarte Haugsdal | 24 | 5 | 17+3 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel | 25 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto | 11 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Kim Hunstad | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mads Stokkelien | 23 | 2 | 8+10 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ISL | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 10 | 2 | 10+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Abdurahim Laajab | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Jan Kjell Larsen | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Erik Benjaminsen | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NOR | David Hanssen | 18 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | NOR | Christer Kleiven | 34 | 5 | 30+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| Players away from Stabæk on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Stabæk no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | NOR | Tor Marius Gromstad | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 19 | 2 | 14+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Ståle Sæthre | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | USA | Ricardo Clark | 17 | 1 | 12+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Football Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 6 | Fredrik Brustad | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Franck Boli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 81 | Christer Kleiven | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 13 | Bjarte Haugsdal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 23 | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 20 | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Mads Stokkelien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Torstein Andersen Aase | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Jørgen Hammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Ville Jalasto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 26 | Ricardo Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 8 | 3 | 36 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Football Cup | Norwegian Football Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sean Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jørgen Hammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Stian Sortevik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Adnan Haidar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Franck Boli | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Bjarte Haugsdal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Herman Stengel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ville Jalasto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Tor Marius Gromstad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Kim Hunstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Mads Stokkelien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Ståle Sæthre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Jan Kjell Larsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Anders Trondsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ricardo Clark | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | David Hanssen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | Christer Kleiven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 2 |