# 2012 Molde FK season

The 2012 season was Molde's 5th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 36th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Ole Gunnar Solskjær's second season as the club's manager. Molde were defending champions in Tippeligaen and played through qualification for UEFA Champions League. Molde entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they eliminated Ventspils before and facing Basel of Switzerland in the third qualifying round. They lost 1–2 on aggregate and were knocked out, dropping down into the Play off round of the UEFA Europa League. Molde successfully defended their title on 11 November 2012, when they beat Hønefoss 1–0, whilst their closest title challengers, Strømsgodset lost 2–1 away to Sandnes Ulf.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Number | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2012† | DF | 14 | Martin Linnes | Kongsvinger | Free |
| 1 January 2012 | GK | 40 | Ola Hermann Opheim | Steinkjer | Unknown |
| 1 January 2012 | DF | 35 | Victor Johansen | Vålerenga | Unknown |
| 6 January 2012 | DF | 6 | Even Hovland | Sogndal | 8 million NOK |
| 16 February 2012 | MF | 17 | Emmanuel Ekpo | Columbus Crew | Free |
| 30 July 2012 | MF | 16 | Etzaz Hussain | Fredrikstad | 3 Million NOK |
| 12 August 2012 | DF | 24 | Magnar Ødegaard | Sarpsborg 08 | Undisclosed |
    † Linnes' move was announced on 31 August 2011 and finalised on 1 January 2012.

### Out

| Date | Position | Number | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 January 2012 | GK | 12 | Knut Dørum Lillebakk | Retired | Retired |
| 1 January 2012 | DF | 14 | Christian Steen | Retired | Retired |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | 19 | José Mota | Busan I'Park | Free |
| 1 January 2012 | DF | 24 | Torjus Aaland | Released | Released |
| 14 January 2012 | MF | 4 | Thomas Holm | Fredrikstad | Free |
| 1 August 2012 | GK | 26 | Elias Valderhaug | Kongsvinger | Unknown |
| 1 August 2012 | MF | 8 | Makhtar Thioune | Viking | 2 million NOK |
| 31 August 2012 | FW | 19 | Vini Dantas | Bodø/Glimt | |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Position | Nationality | Name | From |
| 23 August 2012 | End of season | FW | | Pape Paté Diouf | Copenhagen |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Position | Name | To |
| 9 January 2012 | 31 July 2012 | MF | Makhtar Thioune | Karlsruher SC |
| 13 January 2012 | 31 December 2012 | DF | Krister Wemberg | Bodø/Glimt |
| 7 March 2012 | 31 December 2012 | DF | Sean Cunningham | Stabæk |
| 28 March 2012 | 31 December 2012 | MF | Pål Erik Ulvestad | Kristiansund |
| 12 April 2012 | 31 July 2012 | GK | Elias Valderhaug | Start |
| 1 August 2012 | 31 December 2012 | MF | Zlatko Tripić | Fredrikstad |
| 1 August 2012 | 31 December 2012 | MF | Simon Markeng | Kristiansund |

## Coaching staff

| Manager | Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
| Coach | Mark Dempsey |
| Goalkeeper coach | Richard Hartis |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Molde (C) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Tromsø | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 49 | |
* ↑ Hødd, which played in the 2012 First Division, also qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Cup.
* ↑ Tromsø qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play ranking.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Steaua București | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Molde | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: VfB Stuttgart 4, Copenhagen 1.

##### Notes

* Note 1: Steaua București played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest.

## Squad statistics
### 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 | NOR | Espen Bugge Pettersen | 35 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug | 33 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Børre Steenslid | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Even Hovland | 25 | 2 | 18+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren | 43 | 2 | 30+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad | 37 | 2 | 15+9 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 40 | 3 | 26+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Mattias Moström | 42 | 5 | 23+5 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth | 25 | 5 | 13+3 | 3 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Jo Inge Berget | 43 | 13 | 23+5 | 8 | 6+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | SWE | Ole Söderberg | 13 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Pål Erik Ulvestad | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Martin Linnes | 38 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Magnus Stamnestrø | 18 | 3 | 6+3 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Etzaz Hussain | 20 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Emmanuel Ekpo | 16 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Magne Simonsen | 25 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Davy Claude Angan | 40 | 22 | 22+4 | 13 | 4+2 | 6 | 3+0 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Josh Gatt | 31 | 6 | 15+5 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 38 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Magnar Ødegaard | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Daniel Chima Chukwu | 39 | 11 | 11+14 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 3 |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Ivar Furu | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SEN | Pape Paté Diouf | 15 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | SEN | Abdou Karim Camara | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Andreas Hollingen | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Sivert Beinset | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Victor Johansen | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | NOR | Eirik Hestad | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from Molde on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | NOR | Krister Wemberg | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | Sean Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Zlatko Tripić | 17 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 26 | GK | NOR | Elias Valderhaug | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Makhtar Thioune | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Vini Dantas | 4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Davy Claude Angan | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Jo Inge Berget | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 27 | Daniel Chima Chukwu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 22 | Joshua Gatt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Magne Hoseth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Mattias Moström | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 29 | Pape Paté Diouf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Etzaz Hussain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Magnus Stamnestrø | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 4 | Even Hovland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Vegard Forren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 6 | Daniel Berg Hestad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | 14 | Martin Linnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 18 | Magne Simonsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 33 | Vini Dantas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 51 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 81 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Even Hovland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vegard Forren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Daniel Berg Hestad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mattias Moström | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Magne Hoseth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Jo Inge Berget | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Martin Linnes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Etzaz Hussain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Emmanuel Ekpo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Magne Simonsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Davy Claude Angan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Josh Gatt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Knut Olav Rindarøy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Magnar Ødegaard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Daniel Chima Chukwu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Pape Paté Diouf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Zlatko Tripić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Abdou Karim Camara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 1 |