# 2013 IK Start season

The Norwegian football club IK Start returned to the top league Tippeligaen for the 2013 season. It was their second full season with Mons Ivar Mjelde as manager, and they finished the season in 9th place. They also took part in the Norwegian Cup, reaching the quarter-finals stage before being beaten by Lillestrøm.

## Squad

As of 1 February 2013.
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 | NOR | Håkon Opdal |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Glenn Andersen |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Birger Madsen |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Markus Heikkinen |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Babacar Sarr |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Espen Hoff |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Ernest Asante |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Solomon Owello |
| 11 | FW | CRC | Jorge Alejandro Castro |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Espen Børufsen |
| 15 | DF | CRC | Bismark Acosta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Christian Tveit |
| 17 | MF | ISL | Guðmundur Kristjánsson |
| 18 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Alain Delgado |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Henrik Dahlum |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Jesper Mathisen |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Terje Reinertsen |
| 31 | FW | NOR | Joachim Eriksen |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Amin Nouri |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Babacar Sarr (from Selfoss) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | NGA | Oladapo Olufemi (to Shooting Stars) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Strømstad (to Tigerberget) |
| 15 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø (loan return to Viking) |
| 20 | FW | USA | Villyan Bijev (loan return to Liverpool) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Steinar Pedersen (Retired) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Markus Heikkinen (from Rapid Wien) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Odd | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 40 |
| 8 | Brann | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Start | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 38 |
| 10 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 36 |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 11 November 2013

### 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 | NOR | Håkon Opdal | 33 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Glenn Andersen | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Markus Heikkinen | 10 | 2 | 10+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Babacar Sarr | 28 | 0 | 6+17 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Espen Hoff | 33 | 7 | 27+2 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Ernest Asante | 33 | 6 | 16+12 | 6 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Solomon Owello | 30 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRC | Jorge Castro | 34 | 7 | 15+14 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Espen Børufsen | 33 | 1 | 29+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRC | Bismark Acosta | 32 | 4 | 27+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Christian Tveit | 16 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ISL | Guðmundur Kristjánsson | 31 | 3 | 21+5 | 2 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 34 | 14 | 25+4 | 11 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Henrik Dahlum | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad | 11 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Alexander Jones | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Jesper Mathisen | 24 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 33 | 2 | 28+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Terje Reinertsen | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Amin Nouri | 25 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | BIH | Omar Marković | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NOR | Jonas Kristensen | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Start on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Start during the season: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Jorge Castro | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Espen Hoff | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Ernest Asante | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Bismark Acosta | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 28 | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Guðmundur Kristjánsson | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 26 | Jesper Mathisen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Markus Heikkinen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | | Own Goal | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 14 | Espen Børufsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 22 | Sondre Tronstad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 9 | 52 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Håkon Opdal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Glenn Andersen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Markus Heikkinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Babacar Sarr | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Espen Hoff | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ernest Asante | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Solomon Owello | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Jorge Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Espen Børufsen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Bismark Acosta | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Guðmundur Kristjánsson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Jesper Mathisen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Amin Nouri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 2 |