# 2020 Odds BK season

The 2020 season was Odd's twelfth continuous season in the Eliteserien since winning the 1. divisjon in 2008.

## Season events

On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo left to become manager of Vålerenga, with Jan Frode Nornes being appointed as his replacement on 11 March 2020.
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 14 October, Odds match against Viking was postponed due to the Viking squad having to isolate after Veton Berisha tested positive for COVID-19, eventually being rearranged for 4 November.
On 28 November, Odds matches against Sandefjord on 29 November, and Strømsgodset on 2 December where postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Sondre Rossbach |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Espen Ruud |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Semb Berge |
| 5 | DF | NOR | John Kitolano (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Vebjørn Hoff |
| 7 | MF | MNE | Vladimir Rodić (on loan from Hammarby) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Markus Andreas Kaasa |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kachi |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Egil Selvik |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Kevin Egell-Johnsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Nordkvelle |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Eirik Asante |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Joshua Kitolano |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Elias Skogvoll |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Odin Bjørtuft |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Tobias Lauritsen |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Steffen Hagen (Captain) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Marius Larsen |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Mæland |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Tobias Hallstensen |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Filip Jørgensen |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Elias Skogvoll | Mjølner | Free |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Kachi | Sandnes Ulf | Free |
| 23 January 2020 | DF | Tobias Hallstensen | Florø | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2020 | FW | Mushaga Bakenga | Tromsø | Free |
| 29 August 2020 | FW | Robin Simović | Livorno | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | to | Date to |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Kasper Lunding | AGF Aarhus | 5 October |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | John Kitolano | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of season |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Vladimir Rodić | Hammarby | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | André Sødlund | Sandnes Ulf | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Filip Delaveris | SBV Vitesse | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Torgeir Børven | Rosenborg | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Birk Risa | Molde | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Bilal Njie | KFUM Oslo | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | | Jone Samuelsen | | |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 48 |
| 6 | Viking | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 44 |
| 7 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 43 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 39 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 39 |

### 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 | Sondre Rossbach | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Espen Ruud | 27 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | John Kitolano | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Vebjørn Hoff | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MNE | Vladimir Rodić | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Markus Kaasa | 29 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga | 26 | 15 | 19+7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kachi | 22 | 0 | 5+17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Elbasan Rashani | 24 | 3 | 22+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Egil Selvik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Kevin Egell-Johnsen | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Nordkvelle | 24 | 0 | 5+19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Eirik Asante | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Joshua Kitolano | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Elias Skogvoll | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Odin Bjørtuft | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Bilal Njie | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Tobias Lauritsen | 20 | 3 | 8+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Steffen Hagen | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SWE | Robin Simović | 13 | 2 | 6+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Marius Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Mæland | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Filip Jørgensen | 23 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Odd on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Odd during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | NOR | Birk Risa | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Kasper Lunding | 15 | 4 | 9+6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Mushaga Bakenga | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 22 | Torgeir Børven | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | DF | 2 | Espen Ruud | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Kasper Lunding | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 16 | Joshua Kitolano | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 20 | Tobias Lauritsen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Elbasan Rashani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Vebjørn Hoff | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Markus Kaasa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 22 | Robin Simović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Birk Risa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 18 | Odin Bjørtuft | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 13 | Kevin Egell-Johnsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 0 | 52 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Sondre Rossbach | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sondre Rossbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Espen Ruud | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | John Kitolano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Vebjørn Hoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vladimir Rodić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Markus Kaasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mushaga Bakenga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Kachi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Elbasan Rashani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Joshua Kitolano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Odin Bjørtuft | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Tobias Lauritsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Filip Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Odd during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Birk Risa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kasper Lunding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |