# 2015 Sandefjord Fotball season

The 2015 season is Sandefjord Fotball's 18th season, and their first Tippeligaen season since their relegation in 2010. It is their 2nd season with Lars Bohinen as manager, during which they will compete in the Norwegian Cup as well as the Tippeligaen.

## Squad

    As of 1 September 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Yaw Ihle Amankwah |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Victor Demba Bindia |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Alexander Gabrielsen |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pau Morer Vicente |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Geir Ludvig Fevang |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde |
| 9 | MF | DEN | Mads Pedersen |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Eirik Lamøy |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Torp |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Anders Gundersen (on loan from Strømsgodset) |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Vegard Bakker |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Kevin Larsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Martin Andresen |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Thomas Juel-Nielsen |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Cheikhou Dieng |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kjell Rune Sellin |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Jean Alassane Mendy |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Normann Hansen |
| 24 | FW | COL | Brahain Mosquera |
| 25 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Christer Reppesgård Hansen |
| 28 | GK | NOR | Vetle Heian |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Eirik Offenberg |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Varg Støvdal |
| 40 | GK | IRL | Gary Hogan |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Andrè Sødlund (at Nest-Sotra to the end of 2015 season) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Andreas Diserud (at Fram Larvik for the 2015 season) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Geir Ludvig Fevang (from Haugesund) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde (from Lillestrøm) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Lars Herlofsen (from Tromsø) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Jean Mendy (from Kristiansund) |
| 40 | GK | DEN | Michael Tørnes (from HJK) |
| — | DF | NOR | Kim Skogsrud (loan return from Strømmen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Eirik Holmen Johansen (loan return to Manchester City) |
| 2 | FW | NOR | Cato Hansen (to Egersund) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ørjan Røyrane (to Kongsvinger) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Lars Iver Strand (released) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Andreas Diserud (on loan to Fram Larvik) |
| — | DF | NOR | Kim Skogsrud (to Egersund) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud (from Fram Larvik) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pau Morer Vicente (from Girona) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Anders Gundersen (on loan from Strømsgodset) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Martin Andresen (free agent) |
| 40 | GK | IRL | Gary Hogan (from Ullern) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Roger Risholt (to Fredrikstad) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Lars Herlofsen (released) |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Pål Alexander Kirkevold (to Hobro) |
| 22 | MF | NOR | André Sødlund (on loan to Nest-Sotra) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad (to Fram Larvik) |
| 40 | GK | DEN | Michael Tørnes (released) |

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 November 2015. Source: see below

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 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 | Haugesund | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 31 | |
| 13 | Tromsø | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 29 | |
| 14 | Start (O) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Mjøndalen (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 21 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Sandefjord (R) | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 16 | Relegation to First Division |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 November 2015

### 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 | DEN | Jakob Busk | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Yaw Ihle Amankwah | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Victor Demba Bindia | 34 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Alexander Gabrielsen | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pau Morer Vicente | 6 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Geir Ludvig Fevang | 28 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Erik Mjelde | 31 | 5 | 24+2 | 5 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | DEN | Mads Pedersen | 21 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Eirik Lamøy | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Torp | 12 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Anders Gundersen | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | NOR | Vegard Bakker | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Kevin Larsen | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Martin Andresen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Thomas Juel-Nielsen | 24 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Cheikhou Dieng | 32 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kjell Rune Sellin | 25 | 4 | 18+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Jean Alassane Mendy | 25 | 7 | 13+8 | 6 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | 29 | 2 | 17+8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Brahain Mosquera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Christer Reppesgård Hansen | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Eirik Offenberg | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Varg Ringdal Støvland | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | IRL | Gary Hogan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sandefjord on loan: ||||||||||
| 22 | MF | NOR | André Sødlund | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sandefjord no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Roger Risholt | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Lars Herlofsen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Pål Alexander Kirkevold | 26 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad | 7 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | GK | DEN | Michael Tørnes | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 16 | Pål Alexander Kirkevold | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Jean Alassane Mendy | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Erik Mjelde | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Kjell Rune Sellin | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Cheikhou Dieng | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Alexander Gabrielsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Geir Ludvig Fevang | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Pau Morer Vicente | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 21 | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Mats Haakenstad | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Victor Demba Bindia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 14 | Kevin Larsen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 9 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Jakob Busk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yaw Ihle Amankwah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Victor Demba Bindia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alexander Gabrielsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Roger Risholt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Pau Morer Vicente | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Geir Ludvig Fevang | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Erik Mjelde | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mads Pedersen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Eirik Lamøy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Martin Torp | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Lars Herlofsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Kevin Larsen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Pål Alexander Kirkevold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Thomas Juel-Nielsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Cheikhou Dieng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kjell Rune Sellin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Jean Alassane Mendy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | William Kurtovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Christer Reppesgård Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Eirik Offenberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Michael Tørnes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 2 |