# 2020 Lillestrøm SK season

The 2020 campaign was Lillestrøm's 103rd competitive season since the club were founded.

## Season events

On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.

## Squad

    As of 25 September 2020
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 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Simen Kind Mikalsen |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Espen Bjørnsen Garnås |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Simen Rafn |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Kaan Kairinen (on loan from Midtjylland) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Kallevåg |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Ifeanyi Mathew |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Thomas Lehne Olsen (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Tobias Svendsen |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Mads Hedenstad Christiansen |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Krogstad |
| 16 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Magnus Knudsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Philip Slørdahl |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Marius Amundsen |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Erik Sandberg |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Jo Coppens |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Lars Ranger |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Alexander Sannes |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Apipon Tongnoy |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Aleksander Melgalvis |
| 35 | MF | NOR | Eskil Edh |
| 40 | GK | NOR | Jørgen Sveinhaug |
| 88 | FW | ISL | Arnór Smárason (vice-captain) |
| 90 | MF | SWE | Daniel Gustavsson |

### Players 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 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Josef Baccay (on loan at Fredrikstad until 31 December 2020) |
| 16 | MF | NGA | Charles Ezeh (on loan at Øygarden until 31 December 2020) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken (on loan at Ull/Kisa until 31 December 2020) |
| 29 | GK | NOR | Emil Ødegaard (on loan at Grorud until 31 December 2020) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Kaan Kairinen (on loan from FC Midtjylland) |
| 25 | GK | EST | Matvei Igonen (loan return from Flora Tallinn) |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Lars Ranger (loan return from Ull/Kisa) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Alexander Hrcka Sannes (promoted from junior squad) |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Apipon Tongnoy (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Marko Marić (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad (to KuPS) |
| 6 | DF | EST | Joonas Tamm (loan return to Flora) |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Frode Kippe (retired) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Erik Næsbak Brenden (to Sandefjord) |
| 16 | MF | NGA | Charles Ezeh (on loan to Øygarden, previously on loan at Skeid) |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Daniel A. Pedersen (to Brann) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Espen Garnås (from Ull/Kisa) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Kallevåg (from Haugesund) |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson (from ÍA Akranes) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Sindre Mauritz-Hansen (free transfer) |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Tobias Svendsen (from HamKam) |
| 16 | FW | ISL | Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (from Rostov) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Ulrik Mathisen (from Kjelsås) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Jonatan Braut Brunes (on loan from Florø) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Marius Amundsen (free transfer) |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Jo Coppens (from Carl Zeiss Jena) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | EST | Matvei Igonen (to Flora) |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Tobias Salquist (to Hobro) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Sindre Mauritz-Hansen (to Asker) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Josef Baccay (on loan to Fredrikstad) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken (on loan to Ull/Kisa) |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Sheriff Sinyan (to Molde) |
| 40 | MF | NGA | Moses Ebiye (to HamKam) |

## Competitions
### 1. divisjon
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 December 2020. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tromsø (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 63 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 2 | Lillestrøm (P) | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 57 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 3 | Sogndal | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 51 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Ranheim | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Åsane | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |