# 2015 Aalesunds FK season

The 2015 season was Aalesund's ninth consecutive season in the Tippeligaen. They finished the season in 10th position, whilst also reaching the Third Round of the Norwegian Cup, where they were defeated by Hødd.
Aalesunds started the season with new manager Harald Aabrekk, but on 28 April, Aabrekk was sacked and replaced by Trond Fredriksen.

## Squad

    As of 19 August 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 | NOR | Andreas Lie |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Akeem Latifu |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Daníel Leó Grétarsson |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Tero Mäntylä |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Oddbjørn Lie |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Mikael Dyrestam |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Carlsen |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Carl Björk |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Peter Orry Larsen |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Aron Elís Þrándarson |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Sten Grytebust |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Leke James |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Marlinho |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Thomas Martinussen |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Bjørn Helge Riise |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Jo Nymo Matland |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Edvard Skagestad |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik (on loan from Vard Haugesund) |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Elias Dahlberg |
| 39 | MF | NOR | Vebjørn Hoff |
| 40 | FW | NOR | Sondre Fet |

### 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 |
| 37 | FW | NOR | Torbjørn Grytten (at Brattvåg) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Daníel Leó Grétarsson (from Grindavik) |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Tero Mäntylä (from Ludogorets) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Carl Björk (from Brattvåg) |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Aron Elís Þrándarson (from Víkingur) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Edvard Skagestad (from Norrköping) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik (on loan from Vard Haugesund) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås Nation (to Vålerenga) |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Daniel Arnefjord |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Hugues Wembangomo |
| 17 | DF | JAM | Demar Phillips (to Real Salt Lake) |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Christian Myklebust |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Tor Hogne Aarøy |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad (to Burnley) |
| 24 | MF | MAR | El Mehdi Karnass (to FAR Rabat) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Marlinho (from Duque de Caxias) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth (from Viking) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Bjørn Helge Riise (from Lillestrøm) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik (on loan from Vard Haugesund) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Sakari Mattila (to Fulham) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik (loan return to Vard Haugesund) |
| 31 | MF | CRC | Michael Barrantes (to Shanghai Shenxin) |
| 37 | FW | NOR | Torbjørn Grytten (on loan to Brattvåg) |

## 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: 9 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 44 |
| 9 | Bodø/Glimt | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 40 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 38 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 34 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 31 |
* ↑ Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.

### 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 | NOR | Andreas Lie | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Akeem Latifu | 32 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Daníel Leó Grétarsson | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Tero Mäntylä | 18 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Oddbjørn Lie | 24 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Mikael Dyrestam | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Carlsen | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Carl Björk | 16 | 3 | 0+14 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Peter Orry Larsen | 27 | 5 | 23+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Aron Elís Þrándarson | 19 | 5 | 13+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Sten Grytebust | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Leke James | 33 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Marlinho | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth | 10 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal | 33 | 3 | 28+2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Thomas Martinussen | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Bjørn Helge Riise | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Jo Nymo Matland | 22 | 3 | 15+6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Edvard Skagestad | 25 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 28 | 7 | 19+7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Elias Dahlberg | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | NOR | Vebjørn Hoff | 26 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | NOR | Sondre Fet | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Aalesunds on loan: ||||||||||
| 37 | FW | NOR | Torbjørn Grytten | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Aalesunds no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | FIN | Sakari Mattila | 15 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | CRC | Michael Barrantes | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Leke James | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 30 | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Aron Elís Þrándarson | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Peter Orry Larsen | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 31 | Michael Barrantes | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Carl Björk | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 22 | Jo Nymo Matland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Sakari Mattila | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Magne Hoseth | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Akeem Latifu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 8 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Andreas Lie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Akeem Latifu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Daníel Leó Grétarsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tero Mäntylä | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Oddbjørn Lie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mikael Dyrestam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sakari Mattila | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Peter Orry Larsen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aron Elís Þrándarson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Leke James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Magne Hoseth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Bjørn Helge Riise | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Jo Nymo Matland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Edvard Skagestad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Michael Barrantes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Vebjørn Hoff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 |