# 2023 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2023 season was Vålerenga Fotball's 110th season in existence and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Vålerenga Fotball participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 September 2023
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 | Jacob Storevik |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink |
| 3 | MF | NOR | Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Oldrup Jensen |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Henrik Bjørdal |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Mohamed Ofkir |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Daniel Håkans |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Aaron Kiil Olsen |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Elias Hagen |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Jacob Eng |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Simen Juklerød |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Andrej Ilić |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Magnus Bech Riisnæs |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Stian Sjøvold Thorstensen |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Martin Kreuzriegler |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Petter Strand |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Filip Thorvaldsen |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Vitinho (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen |
| 31 | FW | NOR | Omar Bully Drammeh |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Max Bjurstrøm |
| 33 | DF | ALB | Eneo Bitri |

### 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 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Jones El-Abdellaoui (at KFUM Oslo until end of 2023) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Jacob Storevik (from Sandefjord) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Mohamed Ofkir (from Sandefjord) |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Daniel Håkans (from Jerv) |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Aaron Kiil Olsen (from KFUM) |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Stian Sjøvold Thorstensen (promoted from junior squad) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Henrik Heggheim (on loan from Brøndby) |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Filip Thorvaldsen (promoted from junior squad) |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Vitinho (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Magnus Stær-Jensen (from Grorud) |
| 31 | MF | NOR | Omar Bully Drammeh (from Grorud) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Sondre Rossbach (loan return to Odd) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås (retired) |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Osame Sahraoui (to Heerenveen) |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni (on loan to Western Sydney Wanderers) |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Henrik Udahl (to HamKam) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Mathias Emilsen (on loan to Sandnes Ulf) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Tobias Christensen (to Fehérvár) |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason (to Hamkam) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Elias Kristoffersen Hagen (from IFK Göteborg) |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Andrej Ilić (from RFS) |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Martin Kreuzriegler (from Widzew Lodz) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Adrian Kurd Rønning (promoted from junior squad) |
| 33 | DF | ALB | Eneo Bitri (from Baník Ostrava) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Leonard Zuta (to Brommapojkarna) |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni (to Häcken, previously on loan at Western Sydney Wanderers) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Odin Thiago Holm (to Celtic) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Mathias Emilsen (to Ranheim, previously on loan at Sandnes Ulf) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Seedy Jatta (to Sturm Graz) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Henrik Heggheim (loan return to Brøndby) |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Jones El-Abdellaoui (on loan to KFUM) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eliteserien | 10 April 2023 | 3 December 2023 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 023.33 |
| Eliteserien relegation play-offs | 7 December 2023 | 10 December 2023 | First leg | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Norwegian Football Cup | 25 May 2023 | 28 September 2023 | First round | Semi-finals | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 034.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eliteserien
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 33 | |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 31 | |
| 14 | Vålerenga (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Stabæk (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Aalesund (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 18 | Relegation to First Division |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 December 2023. Source:

#### 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 | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.