# 1996 Molde FK season

The 1996 season was Molde's 21st season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen, Norwegian Cup and the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.
In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 8th position, 26 points behind winners Rosenborg.
Molde participated in the 1996 Norwegian Cup. They were knocked out in the fourth round by Kongsvinger with the score 0–3.

## 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 | Morten Bakke |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Petter Christian Singsaas |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Flaco |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Knut Anders Fostervold |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ronald Wenaas |
| 8 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Odd Inge Olsen |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
| 11 | DF | NOR | Trond Andersen |
| 12 | MF | NOR | Bjarte Skuseth |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Are Lervik |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Sindre Rekdal |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Petter Rudi |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Arild Stavrum |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Trond Strande |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Andreas Lund |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ole Bjørn Sundgot |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Stian Ohr |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Per Olav Sætre |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Anders Hasselgård |

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: nifs.no

#### Positions 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Stabæk | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 36 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Kongsvinger | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 34 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 8 | Molde | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 33 | |
| 9 | Skeid | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 32 | |
| 10 | Bodø/Glimt | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 31 | |

### UEFA Cup
#### Qualifying round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Morten Bakke | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Petter Christian Singsaas | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Flaco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Knut Anders Fostervold | 29 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad | 31 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ronald Wenaas | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen | 28 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Odd Inge Olsen | 31 | 6 | 24+1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 20 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | NOR | Trond Andersen | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NOR | Bjarte Skuseth | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Are Lervik | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Sindre Rekdal | 5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Petter Rudi | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Arild Stavrum | 31 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Trond Strande | 22 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Andreas Lund | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ole Bjørn Sundgot | 32 | 10 | 25+1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Stian Ohr | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum | 28 | 5 | 21+2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Per Olav Sætre | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Anders Hasselgård | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Player | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | FW | Arild Stavrum | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | Ole Bjørn Sundgot | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | Odd Inge Olsen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | Ole Erik Stavrum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Daniel Berg Hestad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Andreas Lund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Knut Anders Fostervold | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Sindre Rekdal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | TOTALS | 45 | 10 | 1 | 56 |