# 2019 Rosenborg BK season

The 2019 season is Rosenborg's 40th consecutive year in the top flight now known as Eliteserien, their 52nd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. They will participate in Eliteserien, the Cup, the 2019 Mesterfinalen and the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, entering at the First qualifying round stage. This will be Eirik Horneland's first season as Rosenborg manager after being appointed on January 3.

## 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 | André Hansen |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Đorđe Denić |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mike Jensen (captain) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Anders Konradsen |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Pål André Helland |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Even Hovland |
| 17 | FW | NGA | David Akintola |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Gustav Valsvik |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Edvard Tagseth |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Gjermund Åsen |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Bjørn Maars Johnsen |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Marius Lundemo |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro |
| 34 | FW | NOR | Erik Botheim |
| 35 | FW | NOR | Emil Konradsen Ceide |
| 37 | MF | NOR | Mikael Tørset Johnsen |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Gjermund Åsen (from Tromsø) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | David Akintola (on loan from Midtjylland) |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Gustav Valsvik (from Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson (to Vålerenga) |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Jonathan Levi (on loan to Elfsborg) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Andreas Helmersen (on loan to Odd) |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach (to NAC Breda) |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Erlend Dahl Reitan (on loan to Bodø/Glimt) |
| 27 | FW | TUN | Issam Jebali (to Al-Wehda) |
| 33 | GK | NOR | Julian Faye Lund (on loan to Mjøndalen) |
| 36 | MF | NOR | Olaus Skarsem (on loan to Ranheim) |
| — | DF | NOR | Torbjørn Lysaker Heggem (on loan to Ranheim) |
| — | MF | NOR | Tobias Bjørnebye (on loan to Hødd) |
| — | DF | DEN | Malte Amundsen (to Vejle) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Edvard Tagseth (Free agent) |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Bjørn Maars Johnsen (on loan from AZ) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner (to FC København) |
| 26 | DF | BIH | Besim Šerbečić (on loan to Sarajevo) |
| 30 | DF | NGA | Igoh Ogbu (on loan to Sogndal) |

## 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: 1 December 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Molde (C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Odd | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 52 | |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Viking qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2019 Norwegian Cup.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LASK | SPO | PSV | ROS |
| 1 | LASK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 12 December 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Mesterfinalen | Mesterfinalen | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | André Hansen | 42 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 44 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Birger Meling | 44 | 1 | 28+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen | 39 | 4 | 25+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Đorđe Denić | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mike Jensen | 43 | 7 | 27+0 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Anders Konradsen | 33 | 8 | 15+5 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Pål André Helland | 29 | 6 | 9+9 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 23 | 2 | 10+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Alexander Søderlund | 43 | 13 | 23+5 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 5 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Anders Trondsen | 36 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Even Hovland | 45 | 5 | 28+0 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | David Akintola | 36 | 8 | 16+5 | 5 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Gustav Valsvik | 20 | 2 | 10+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Edvard Tagseth | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Gjermund Åsen | 35 | 2 | 14+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | 16 | 6 | 4+7 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Marius Lundemo | 36 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro | 35 | 7 | 18+2 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | NOR | Erik Botheim | 12 | 5 | 4+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | NOR | Emil Konradsen Ceide | 16 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | NOR | Sondre Skogen | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | NOR | Mikael Tørset Johnsen | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | NOR | Rasmus Semundseth Sandberg | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from Rosenborg on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | SWE | Jonathan Levi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Andreas Helmersen | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Erlend Dahl Reitan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BIH | Besim Šerbečić | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NGA | Igoh Ogbu | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | NOR | Julian Faye Lund | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | NOR | Olaus Skarsem | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Torbjørn Lysaker Heggem | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Tobias Bjørnebye | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rosenborg no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | TUN | Issam Jebali | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | DEN | Malte Amundsen | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 12 December 2019
| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Mesterfinalen | Mesterfinalen | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | André Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Birger Meling | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tore Reginiussen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Đorđe Denić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mike Jensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Anders Konradsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Pål André Helland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Alexander Søderlund | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Anders Trondsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Even Hovland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | David Akintola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Gustav Valsvik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Edvard Tagseth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Gjermund Åsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Arild Østbø | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marius Lundemo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Samuel Adegbenro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Erik Botheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Emil Konradsen Ceide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Sondre Skogen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Mikael Tørset Johnsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Rasmus Semundseth Sandberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Rosenborg on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | Jonathan Levi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Andreas Helmersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Erlend Dahl Reitan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Besim Šerbečić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Igoh Ogbu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Julian Faye Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Olaus Skarsem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Torbjørn Lysaker Heggem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rosenborg no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Nicklas Bendtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Alex Gersbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Issam Jebali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Malte Amundsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 4 |