# 2022 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2022 season was Vålerenga Fotball's 109th season in existence and the club's 21st 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 31 August 2022
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 | Sondre Rossbach (on loan from Odd) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Leonard Zuta |
| 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 | Osame Sahraoui |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Henrik Udahl |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Odin Thiago Holm |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Tobias Christensen |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Simen Juklerød |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Seedy Jatta |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Magnus Bech Riisnæs |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Petter Strand |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Jacob Eng |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Storm Strand-Kolbjörnsen |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Alexander Hammer Kjelsen |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Jones El-Abdellaoui |
| 44 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg |
| — | MF | NOR | Stian Sjövold Thorstensen |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (from Fatih Karagümrük) |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Taofeek Ismaheel (on loan from Lorient) |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason (from Lecce) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Petter Strand (from Brann) |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Aron Dønnum (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen (promoted from junior team) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Nicolaj Thomsen (to SønderjyskE) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Albin Mörfelt (on loan to Mjällby) |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Holmé (to Kongsvinger) |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Mathias Dyngeland (loan return to Elfsborg) |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Oskar Opsahl (to Tromsø) |
| – | FW | GUI | Ousmane Camara (to Dila Gori, previously on loan) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Per Kristian Bråtveit (from Djurgården) |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Sondre Rossbach (on loan from Odd) |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven (from Gaziantep) |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Alexander Hammer Kjelsen (promoted from junior squad) |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Max Bjurstrøm (promoted from junior squad) |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Jones El-Abdellaoui (promoted from junior squad) |
| 44 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg (from Salernitana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Kjetil Haug (to Toulouse) |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Per Kristian Bråtveit (to AGF) |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Brage Skaret (to Fredrikstad) |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Örn Kjartansson (to Atromitos) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Albin Mörfelt (to Degerfors, previously on loan at Mjällby) |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Taofeek Ismaheel (loan return to Lorient) |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg (to PAOK) |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Aron Dønnum (loan return to Standard Liège) |

## 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: 13 November 2022. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 53 |
| 5 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 45 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 44 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 43 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 41 |