# 2014 Stabæk Fotball season

The 2014 season was Stabæk's first season back in the Tippeligaen following their relegation in 2012, their 18th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and their first season with Bob Bradley as their manager. They finished the season in 9th place whilst also reaching the Semifinals of the Norwegian Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Molde.

## Season events

On 3 January, Bob Bradley was officially announced as Stabæk's new manager.
On 22 June 2014 it was announced that former USMNT starlet, Freddy Adu, was now training with the club.

### Goalkeeper situation

In 2014, the first-choice goalkeeper Sayouba Mandé was called up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Stabæk loaned Borger Thomas from Strømsgodset to cover for him, but in Thomas' debut match on 24 May he was sent off after a mere three minutes. The third-choice goalkeeper who had joined from Stabæk's academy, Simen Omholt-Jensen (born 5 May 1995), played the rest of the match, which Stabæk lost 1–5. In the summer of 2014, Omholt-Jensen chose to continue his career in the American college system with the Duke Blue Devils.

## Squad

    As of 11 August 2014
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 | DEN | Timmi Johansen |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Morten Skjønsberg |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Hammer |
| 6 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Brustad |
| 7 | MF | USA | Andrew Jacobson (loan from New York City) |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Stian Sortevik |
| 9 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Emil Dahle |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Franck Boli |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Borger Thomas (on loan from Strømsgodset) |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Eirik Haugstad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Craig Henderson |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Marco Hjorth |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Daniel Granli |
| 22 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi |
| 30 | MF | USA | Michael Stephens |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski |
| 42 | GK | NOR | Simen Omholt-Jensen |
| 81 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Enoch Kofi Adu (loan from Club Brugge) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Emil Dahle (from Ham-Kam) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Borger Thomas (loan from Strømsgodset) |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Craig Henderson (from Mjällby) |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland (from Rosenborg) |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Espen Isaksen (from Retirement) |
| 30 | MF | USA | Michael Stephens (from LA Galaxy) |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Pablo Fontanello (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski (loan from Brann) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Thor Lange (loan to Strømmen) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Martin Andresen (retired) |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Chuma Anene (loan return to Vålerenga) |
| 10 | MF | LBN | Adnan Haidar (to Bryne) |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Bjarte Haugsdal (to Nest-Sotra) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel (to Vålerenga) |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mads Stokkelien (to New York Cosmos) |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Erik Benjaminsen (free transfer) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Morten Skjønsberg (from Norrköping) |
| 7 | MF | USA | Andrew Jacobson (loan from New York City) |
| 9 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia (from Lokomotivi Tbilisi) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth (from Molde) |
| 22 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (from East Bengal) |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski (from Brann, previously on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Enoch Kofi Adu (to Malmö FF) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby (to Heerenveen) |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Espen Isaksen (Retired) |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Pablo Fontanello (to Ural) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Aalesund | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 41 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 40 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 39 |
| 10 | Viking | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 36 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 36 |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 9 November 2014

### 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 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Timmi Johansen | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Morten Skjønsberg | 18 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss | 28 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Hammer | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Brustad | 35 | 13 | 25+5 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Andrew Jacobson | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Stian Sortevik | 24 | 4 | 2+18 | 1 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Emil Dahle | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Franck Boli | 34 | 14 | 28 | 13 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Borger Thomas | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Eirik Haugstad | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland | 24 | 3 | 21+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto | 25 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth | 11 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Craig Henderson | 8 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Daniel Granli | 24 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Luc Kassi | 35 | 9 | 20+9 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Michael Stephens | 34 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Tomasz Sokolowski | 31 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | NOR | Simen Omholt-Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen | 30 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away from Stabæk on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Stabæk no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GHA | Enoch Kofi Adu | 19 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby | 13 | 2 | 6+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Espen Isaksen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Pablo Fontanello | 13 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Franck Boli | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 1 | FW | 6 | Fredrik Brustad | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Luc Kassi | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 8 | Stian Sortevik | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 14 | Jon Inge Høiland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Enoch Kofi Adu | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Ville Jalasto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | Morten Thorsby | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | Magne Hoseth | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Craig Henderson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Nicolai Næss | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 29 | Pablo Fontanello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 81 | Anders Trondsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 30 | Michael Stephens | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Andrew Jacobson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Emil Dahle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 16 | 59 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sayouba Mandé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Timmi Johansen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Morten Skjønsberg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nicolai Næss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Fredrik Brustad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Enoch Kofi Adu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Andrew Jacobson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Stian Sortevik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Franck Boli | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Borger Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Eirik Haugstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Jon Inge Høiland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ville Jalasto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Magne Hoseth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Craig Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Luc Kassi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Pablo Fontanello | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Michael Stephens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | Anders Trondsen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 2 |