# 2019 FK Haugesund season

The 2019 season was Haugesund's 10th season in the Tippeligaen following their promotion in 2009.

## Season events

On 7 January, Eirik Horneland became manager of Rosenborg, with Jostein Grindhaug being announced as Haugesund's new manager the following day.

## Squad

    As of 19 August 2019
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 | POL | Maciej Gostomski |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Doug Bergqvist (on loan from Östersund) |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Benjamin Karamoko |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Benjamin Hansen |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Joakim Våge Nilsen |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Niklas Sandberg |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Samuelsen (on loan from West Ham) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Gunnarshaug |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Kallevåg |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | CPV | Bruno Leite |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Wadji |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Pascal Gregor (on loan from Helsingør) |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Desler |
| 20 | FW | MLI | Ibrahima Koné |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Alexander Stølås |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Thore Baardsen Pedersen |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Stian Ringstad |
| 33 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Velde |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Kevin Martin Krygård |
| 82 | GK | DEN | Oskar Snorre (on loan from Lyngby) |
| 93 | DF | NOR | Dennis Horneland |

### 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 |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Shuaibu Ibrahim (on loan to Kongsvinger until 31 December 2019) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Herman Fossdal (on loan to Djerv 1919 until 31 December 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Anthony Ikedi (on loan to Nest-Sotra until 31 December 2019) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POL | Maciej Gostomski (from Cracovia) |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Doug Bergqvist (on loan from Östersund) |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Benjamin Hansen (from Nordsjælland) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Niklas Sandberg (from Start) |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Samuelsen (on loan from West Ham United) |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Gunnarshaug (from Lysekloster) |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Wadji (from Molde, previously on loan) |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Mikkel Desler (from OB) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Thore Pedersen (from Vard Haugesund) |
| 33 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Velde (loan return from Nest-Sotra) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Per Kristian Bråtveit (to Djurgården) |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Marko Cosic (to Rudar Velenje) |
| 9 | MF | DEN | Frederik Gytkjær (to Lyngby) |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Izuchuckwu Anthony (on loan to Nest-Sotra) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Shuaibu Ibrahim (on loan to Bnei Sakhnin, previously on loan at Kongsvinger) |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Vegard Skjerve (retired) |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Haraldseid (to Molde) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Tobias Svendsen (loan return to Molde) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Herman Fossdal (on loan to Djerv 1919) |
| 33 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Velde (on loan to Nest-Sotra) |
| 77 | MF | NGA | Babajide David (loan return to Midtjylland) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NOR | Stian Ringstad (from Strømsgodset) |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Pascal Gregor (on loan from Helsingør) |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Shuaibu Ibrahim (loan return from Bnei Sakhnin) |
| 82 | GK | DEN | Oskar Snorre (on loan from Lyngby) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Shuaibu Ibrahim (on loan to Kongsvinger) |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Anthony Ikedi (on loan from Nest-Sotra) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41 | |
| 7 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 40 | |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Brann | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 40 | |
* ↑ Viking qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2019 Norwegian Cup.

### Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 December 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POL | Maciej Gostomski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Doug Bergqvist | 34 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Knudsen | 17 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Benjamin Hansen | 43 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Joakim Nilsen | 18 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim | 36 | 4 | 25+3 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad | 41 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Niklas Sandberg | 31 | 10 | 17+2 | 6 | 5+1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Martin Samuelsen | 39 | 13 | 15+13 | 6 | 6+1 | 7 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Helge Sandvik | 39 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Gunnarshaug | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Kallevåg | 28 | 3 | 16+5 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CPV | Bruno Leite | 35 | 3 | 20+4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Wadji | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Pascal Gregor | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Desler | 41 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MLI | Ibrahima Koné | 27 | 8 | 7+9 | 5 | 1+4 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Alexander Stølås | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Thore Pedersen | 41 | 1 | 28+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Stian Ringstad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Velde | 38 | 8 | 11+15 | 4 | 5+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Kevin Krygård | 31 | 5 | 13+5 | 1 | 3+4 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 36 | FW | NOR | Eric Ndayisenga | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | DEN | Oskar Snorre | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Haugesund on loan: ||||||||||||
| 21 | FW | NGA | Shuaibu Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Anthony Ikedi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Haugesund during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Martin Samuelsen | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Niklas Sandberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Ibrahima Koné | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 33 | Kristoffer Velde | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | Ibrahima Wadji | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 34 | Kevin Krygård | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Christian Grindheim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 22 | Alexander Stølås | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 16 | Bruno Leite | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Torbjørn Kallevåg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 8 | Sondre Tronstad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 2 | Doug Bergqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Fredrik Knudsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 5 | Benjamin Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 18 | Pascal Gregor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 19 | Mikkel Desler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 23 | Thore Pedersen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 21 | 9 | 74 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 12 | | Helge Sandvik | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Doug Bergqvist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Fredrik Knudsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Benjamin Hansen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Christian Grindheim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Sondre Tronstad | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Niklas Sandberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Martin Samuelsen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Torbjørn Kallevåg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Bruno Leite | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Ibrahima Wadji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Mikkel Desler | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Ibrahima Koné | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Thore Pedersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Stian Ringstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Kristoffer Velde | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Kevin Krygård | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away from Haugesund on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Haugesund during the season: ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 39 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 2 |