# 2020 Sarpsborg 08 FF season

The 2020 season was Sarpsborg 08's 9th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012.

## Season events

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.

## 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 | Simen Nilsen |
| 2 | DF | GAM | Sulayman Bojang |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Utvik |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Magnar Ødegaard |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ole Halvorsen |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Mohamed Ofkir |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Guillermo Molins |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Jonathan Lindseth |
| 12 | GK | CAN | Simon Thomas |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Tobias Heintz (on loan from Kasımpaşa) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Vetti |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Joachim Soltvedt |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Jarl |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Anton Salétros |
| 21 | MF | BEN | Jordan Adéoti |
| 22 | DF | GUI | Mikael Dyrestam |
| 23 | DF | BIH | Emir Derviskadic |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anwar Elyounoussi |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Johan Olstad |
| 27 | FW | MLI | Aboubacar Konté |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Tveter |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue |
| 33 | GK | MKD | David Nilsson |
| 70 | MF | EGY | Alexander Jakobsen |

### Out 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 | FW | NOR | Steffen Skålevik (at Start until 31 December 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Mohamed Ofkir | Sandefjord | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2020 | MF | Joachim Soltvedt | Sogndal | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | GK | David Nilsson | GIF Sundsvall | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2020 | MF | Alexander Jakobsen | IFK Norrköping | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2020 | DF | Mikael Dyrestam | Xanthi | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Jordan Adéoti | Auxerre | Undisclosed |
| 10 September 2020 | GK | Simon Thomas | KFUM Oslo | Undisclosed |
| 16 September 2020 | FW | Guillermo Molins | Malmö | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Anton Salétros | Rostov | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | to | Date to | Ref. |
| 14 February 2020 | MF | | Anton Salétros | Rostov | 29 July 2020 | |
| 26 August 2020 | MF | | Tobias Heintz | Kasımpaşa | End of Season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 3 February 2020 | DF | Jon-Helge Tveita | Brann | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2020 | MF | Wílmer Azofeifa | San Carlos | Undisclosed |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | Ismaila Coulibaly | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 9 September 2020 | FW | Jørgen Larsen | Groningen | Undisclosed |
| 10 September 2020 | GK | Aslak Falch | Sandnes Ulf | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2020 | DF | Sigurd Kvile | Åsane | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | to | Date to | Ref. |
| 9 December 2019 | DF | | Pablo Arboine | A.D. San Carlos | End of season | |
| 6 June 2020 | FW | | Steffen Skålevik | Start | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 20 December 2019 | DF | Niklas Gunnarsson | Strømsgodset | 3 February 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | GK | Sander Thulin | | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Bart Straalman | Rodez AF | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Matti Lund Nielsen | Reggina | 7 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Amin Askar | Kristiansund | 1 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Lenny Nangis | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 15 July 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Kristoffer Larsen | Åsane | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Kristoffer Zachariassen | Rosenborg | 1 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | Sunderland | 10 January 2020 |

## 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: 19 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Brann | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 36 | |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 35 | |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 31 | |
| 14 | Mjøndalen (O) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 19 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 |
| 2 | DF | GAM | Sulayman Bojang | 24 | 0 | 11+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Utvik | 28 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Magnar Ødegaard | 29 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ole Halvorsen | 27 | 5 | 25+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Mohamed Ofkir | 25 | 1 | 10+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Guillermo Molins | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Jonathan Lindseth | 26 | 3 | 23+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | CAN | Simon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Tobias Heintz | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Vetti | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Joachim Soltvedt | 24 | 3 | 12+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Jarl | 13 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Anton Salétros | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BEN | Jordan Adéoti | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GUI | Mikael Dyrestam | 14 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Emir Derviskadic | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anwar Elyounoussi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MLI | Aboubacar Konté | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Tveter | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 17 | 6 | 8+9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | MKD | David Nilsson | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | EGY | Alexander Jakobsen | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sarpsborg 08 on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Larsen | 16 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MLI | Ismaila Coulibaly | 14 | 4 | 11+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 30 | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Ole Halvorsen | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 26 | Ismaila Coulibaly | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Joachim Soltvedt | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Jonathan Lindseth | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Jørgen Larsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Tobias Heintz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 22 | Mikael Dyrestam | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Bjørn Utvik | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Mohamed Ofkir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Anton Salétros | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Sebastian Jarl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 15 | Gaute Vetti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 0 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 33 | David Nilsson | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 10 | 0 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Sulayman Bojang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jørgen Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Bjørn Utvik | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Magnar Ødegaard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nicolai Næss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ole Halvorsen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Ofkir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Guillermo Molins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jonathan Lindseth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Tobias Heintz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Joachim Thomassen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Joachim Soltvedt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Sebastian Jarl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Anton Salétros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Jordan Adéoti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mikael Dyrestam | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Aboubacar Konté | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | David Nilsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Alexander Jakobsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | Jørgen Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ismaila Coulibaly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Aslak Falch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 |