# 2019 Sarpsborg 08 FF season

The 2019 season is Sarpsborg 08's 8th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012.

## Squad

    As of 23 July 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NED | Bart Straalman |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Matti Lund Nielsen |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Steffen Lie Skålevik |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Jonathan Lindseth |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Mario Pavelić (on loan from Rijeka) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Høberg Vetti |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Zachariassen |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Jarl |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Magnar Ødegaard |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Jon-Helge Tveita |
| 23 | MF | GLP | Lenny Nangis |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Johan Meldalen Olstad |
| 26 | MF | MLI | Ismaila Coulibaly |
| 27 | FW | MLI | Aboubacar Konté |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Ruud Tveter |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier (on loan from Angers) |
| 31 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch |
| 44 | MF | CRO | Mate Maleš |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 48 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty |
| 77 | DF | ETH | Amin Askar |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Sander Thulin (to Kråkerøy) |
| 14 | MF | CRC | Wilmer Azofeifa (to Aalesund) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anwar Elyounoussi (to Fram Larvik) |
| — | DF | GAM | Sulayman Bojang (to Kongsvinger) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 6 August 2018† | MF | Jonathan Lindseth | Mjøndalen | Undisclosed |
| 30 November 2018† | DF | Nicolai Næss | Heerenveen | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2019 | MF | Wílmer Azofeifa | Santos | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2019 | MF | Ismaila Coulibaly | Duguwolofila | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2019 | FW | Steffen Lie Skålevik | Brann | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Isak Heen Berge | Follo | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Sebastian Jarl | Kjelsås | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2019 | DF | Sheldon Bateau | Krylia Sovetov Samara | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2019 | FW | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | Ull/Kisa | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2019 | DF | Pablo Arboine | Santos | Undisclosed |
| 11 March 2019 | FW | Aboubacar Konté | Etoiles Mandé | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2019 | DF | Bart Straalman | | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | DF | Magnar Ødegaard | AIK | Free |
| 27 July 2019 | MF | Lenny Nangis | Levadiakos | Free |
| 30 July 2019 | MF | Mate Maleš | CFR Cluj | Free |
| 16 August 2019 | FW | Mustafa Abdellaoue | Strømsgodset | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2019 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | Rangers | Free |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Niklas Gunnarsson | Palermo | Undisclosed |
    † Transfers announced on the above dates and finalised on 1 January 2019.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 19 July 2019 | GK | | Alexandre Letellier | Angers SCO | End of Season | |
| 31 July 2019 | DF | | Mario Pavelić | HNK Rijeka | End of Season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson | Valur | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Joackim Jørgensen | IK Start | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Tobias Heintz | Kasımpaşa | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Mohammed Usman | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | FW | Rashad Muhammed | BB Erzurumspor | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2019 | FW | Patrick Mortensen | AGF Aarhus | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Mikkel Agger | Viborg | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2019 | DF | Sheldon Bateau | KV Mechelen | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2019 | GK | Aleksandr Vasyutin | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2019 | FW | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | Strømsgodset | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Sulayman Bojang | Kongsvinger | End of Season |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Wílmer Azofeifa | Aalesund | End of Season |
| 12 August 2019 | DF | Pablo Arboine | HB Køge | End of Season |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Anwar Elyounoussi | Fram Larvik | End of Season |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 34 | |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 32 | |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 30 | |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 30 | |
| 14 | Lillestrøm (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 1 December 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | NED | Bart Straalman | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Horn | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Nicolai Næss | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen | 28 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Matti Lund Nielsen | 28 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Steffen Lie Skålevik | 24 | 2 | 11+10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Jonathan Lindseth | 31 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Mario Pavelić | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Gaute Høberg Vetti | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Zachariassen | 32 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Sebastian Jarl | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Kristoffer Larsen | 15 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Magnar Ødegaard | 14 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Jon-Helge Tveita | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MLI | Ismaila Coulibaly | 14 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MLI | Aboubacar Konté | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Alexander Ruud Tveter | 5 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | CRO | Mate Maleš | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 25 | 5 | 16+6 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 48 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ETH | Amin Askar | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sarpsborg 08 on loan: ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | CRC | Wílmer Azofeifa | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Anwar Elyounoussi | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season: ||||||||||
| 44 | DF | TRI | Sheldon Bateau | 16 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | NOR | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 17 | 4 | 6+7 | 2 | 1+3 | 2 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 17 | Kristoffer Zachariassen | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 45 | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 88 | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Jonathan Lindseth | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 44 | Sheldon Bateau | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 20 | Magnar Ødegaard | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 28 | Alexander Ruud Tveter | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Steffen Lie Skålevik | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Nicolai Næss | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 16 | Joachim Thomassen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Bart Straalman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 21 | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Kristoffer Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 48 | Kyle Lafferty | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 5 | 35 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 30 | Alexandre Letellier | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 78 | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | 31 | Aslak Falch | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 2 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Bart Straalman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jørgen Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Niklas Gunnarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nicolai Næss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Matti Lund Nielsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Steffen Lie Skålevik | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jonathan Lindseth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Wílmer Azofeifa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Gaute Høberg Vetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Joachim Thomassen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kristoffer Zachariassen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Magnar Ødegaard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ismaila Coulibaly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | Amin Askar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season: ||||||||||
| 44 | DF | Sheldon Bateau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 2 |