# 2012 Rosenborg BK season

The 2012 season was Rosenborg's 22nd consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 45th season in the topflight of Norwegian football. It was their second and final season with Jan Jönsson as manager. They participated in the Tippeligaen, finishing 3rd. They also took part in the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup, getting eliminated by Molde at the Fourth-Round stage and the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, which they entered at the First qualifying round stage and were eliminated at the group stage.

## 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 | SWE | Daniel Örlund |
| 2 | DF | CRC | Cristian Gamboa (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Mikael Dorsin |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Per Verner Rønning |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Mohammed-Awal Issah |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Bořek Dočkal |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Rade Prica |
| 10 | MF | NGA | John Chibuike |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Alexander Lund Hansen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | SLV | Jaime Alas |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Tarik Elyounoussi |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Ole Kristian Selnæs |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Jonas Svensson |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg |
| 26 | GK | NOR | Erik Bråthen |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm |
| 42 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Peter Ankersen (from VB Kolding) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen (from Crystal Palace) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen (from Bodø/Glimt) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg (from Vålerenga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Mikael Lustig (to Celtic) |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Morten Moldskred (to AGF) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Boti Goa (to Zestafoni) |
| 18 | DF | URU | Alejandro Lago (to Montevideo Wanderers) |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Mushaga Bakenga (to Club Brugge) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen (from OB) |
| 12 | MF | NOR | Alexander Lund Hansen (from Start) |
| 13 | MF | SLV | Jaime Alas (from Luis Ángel Firpo) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Tarik Elyounoussi (from Fredrikstad) |
| 42 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud (from Stabæk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Peter Ankersen (to Esbjerg) |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jim Larsen (to Club Brugge) |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg (to Brann) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen (loan to Fredrikstad) |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Markus Henriksen (to AZ) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Gjermund Åsen (loan to Ranheim) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Michael Jamtfall (Retired) |

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

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

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Molde (C) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Tromsø | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 49 | |
* ↑ Hødd, which played in the 2012 First Division, also qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Cup.
* ↑ Tromsø qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play ranking.

### Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Metalist Kharkiv 4, Bayer Leverkusen 1.

##### Notes

* Note 1: Rapid Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna.
* Note 2: The Rapid Wien v Rosenborg match was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Rapid Wien by UEFA following incidents at their play-off round first leg against PAOK on 23 August 2012.
* Note 3: Ordabasy played their home match at Central Stadium, Almaty instead of their regular stadium, Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Daniel Örlund | 42 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CRC | Cristian Gamboa | 16 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Mikael Dorsin | 43 | 7 | 28+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 13+0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen | 17 | 1 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Per Verner Rønning | 30 | 3 | 12+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Mohammed-Awal Issah | 23 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Bořek Dočkal | 43 | 23 | 27+0 | 10 | 3+1 | 6 | 12+0 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Rade Prica | 41 | 14 | 16+10 | 11 | 2+1 | 2 | 9+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NGA | John Chibuike | 33 | 7 | 17+6 | 4 | 2+0 | 2 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen | 31 | 8 | 12+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+7 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Alexander Lund Hansen | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SLV | Jaime Alas | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland | 26 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Tarik Elyounoussi | 19 | 3 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Ole Kristian Selnæs | 34 | 1 | 12+10 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø | 14 | 4 | 2+6 | 1 | 4+0 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Jonas Svensson | 45 | 5 | 24+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 2 | 13+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg | 36 | 3 | 23+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | NOR | Erik Bråthen | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 42 | 4 | 22+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 10+2 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Lars Arne Togstad | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NOR | Magnus Blakstad | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | USA | Mix Diskerud | 18 | 2 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| | | NOR | Christoffer Aasbakk | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from Rosenborg on loan: ||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who left Rosenborg during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | DEN | Peter Ankersen | 18 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jim Larsen | 11 | 2 | 11+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg | 17 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Markus Henriksen | 28 | 4 | 18+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 3 | 7+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Bořek Dočkal | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Rade Prica | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Steffen Iversen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | John Chibuike | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Mikael Dorsin | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Jonas Svensson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | 28 | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Markus Henriksen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Fredrik Midtsjø | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | 24 | Stefan Strandberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Per Verner Rønning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Tarik Elyounoussi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Jim Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 42 | Mix Diskerud | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 20 | Ole Kristian Selnæs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 2 | Peter Ankersen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 4 | Tore Reginiussen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 53 | 22 | 19 | 94 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Daniel Örlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Peter Ankersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Cristian Gamboa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mikael Dorsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tore Reginiussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jim Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Per Verner Rønning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mohammed-Awal Issah | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Bořek Dočkal | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rade Prica | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | John Chibuike | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Jon Inge Høiland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Simen Wangberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Markus Henriksen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Fredrik Midtsjø | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jonas Svensson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Stefan Strandberg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Mix Diskerud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 74 | 3 |