# 2017 Sogndal Fotball season

The 2017 season is Sogndal's second season back in the Eliteserien since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.

## Squad

    As of 16 September 2017
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 | Mathias Dyngeland |
| 2 | DF | EST | Taijo Teniste |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Chidiebere Nwakali (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Victor Grodås |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Eirik Schulze |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Gilbert Koomson |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Martin Ramsland |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Tarjei Aase Omenås |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Reiss Greenidge |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Per Magnus Steiring |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy (on loan from Molde) |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Christophe Psyché |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Bendik Bye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Ole Amund Sveen |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Markus Brændsrød |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Kristian Rutlin |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Lars Christian Kjemhus |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Edin Øy |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Eirik Bergum Skaasheim |
| 25 | FW | DEN | Kasper Nissen |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Magnus Pedersen |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Eirik Birkelund |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Johan Hove |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Joachim Soltvedt |
| 39 | MF | GUI | Mohamed Didé Fofana |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Even Hovland |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Staniša Mandić (loan from Čukarički) |

### 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 |
| — | MF | NOR | Peter Aase (at Åsane) |
| — | MF | NOR | Henrik Furebotn (at Fredrikstad) |
| — | MF | NOR | Fredrik Flo (at Bryne) |
| — | MF | NOR | Simen Brekkhus (at Åsane) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Chidiebere Nwakali (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Victor Grodås (loan return from Kristiansund) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Eirik Schulze (from Sandnes Ulf) |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Tarjei Aase Omenås (from Strømmen) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Per Magnus Steiring (from Rosenborg, previously on loan at Viking) |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Bendik Bye (from Levanger) |
| 25 | FW | DEN | Kasper Nissen (from Nest-Sotra) |
| 30 | DF | ISL | Kristinn Jónsson (from Sarpsborg 08) |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Simen Brekkhus (loan return from Florø) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Hannu Patronen (to HJK Helsinki) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Rune Bolseth (retired) |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Jukka Raitala (to Columbus Crew) |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Vegard Leikvoll Moberg (to Bodø/Glimt) |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Mahatma Otoo (to Ümraniyespor) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Kristian Fardal Opseth (on loan to Bodø/Glimt) |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Ruben Holsæter (to Førde) |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Magnus Pedersen (on loan to Elverum) |
| 29 | GK | NOR | Stefan Hagerup (to Ull/Kisa) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy (loan from Molde) |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Reiss Greenidge (from Ebbsfleet United) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Markus Brændsrød (from Strømmen) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Edin Øy (loan return from Fana) |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Magnus Pedersen (loan return from Elverum) |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Joachim Soltvedt (from Åsane) |
| 39 | MF | GUI | Mohamed Didé Fofana (from Hafia) |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Even Hovland (from Nürnberg) |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Staniša Mandić (on loan from Čukarički) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Henrik Furebotn (on loan to Fredrikstad) |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Flo (on loan to Bryne) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Ryland |
| 16 | DF | ETH | Walid Atta (loan return to Najran) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Kristian Fardal Opseth (to Bodø/Glimt, previously on loan) |
| 30 | DF | ISL | Kristinn Jónsson (to Breiðablik) |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Simen Brekkhus (on loan to Åsane) |

## 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: 26 November 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | Sogndal (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Aalesund (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 32 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Viking (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 24 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

#### Relegation play-offs
### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 2 December 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Relegation Playoff | Relegation Playoff | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Mathias Dyngeland | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | EST | Taijo Teniste | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Chidiebere Nwakali | 29 | 5 | 24+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Victor Grodås | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Eirik Schulze | 28 | 6 | 21+4 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Gilbert Koomson | 33 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Martin Ramsland | 30 | 6 | 26+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Tarjei Aase Omenås | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Ole Martin Rindarøy | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Per Magnus Steiring | 24 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Reiss Greenidge | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Christophe Psyché | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Bendik Bye | 28 | 6 | 11+13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Ole Amund Sveen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Markus Brændsrød | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Lars Christian Kjemhus | 15 | 2 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Eirik Bergum Skaasheim | 15 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Eirik Birkelund | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Johan Hove | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Joachim Soltvedt | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Ulrik Fredriksen | 19 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Eivind Helgesen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Espen Næss Lund | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | GUI | Mohamed Didé Fofana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Even Hovland | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler | 19 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Staniša Mandić | 10 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sogndal on loan: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Henrik Furebotn | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Flo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NOR | Simen Brekkhus | 7 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players who left Sogndal during the season: ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | ETH | Walid Atta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ISL | Kristinn Jónsson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Relegation Playoffs | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Gilbert Koomson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Martin Ramsland | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Eirik Schulze | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Bendik Bye | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 4 | Chidiebere Nwakali | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 14 | Ole Martin Rindarøy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 22 | Lars Christian Kjemhus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 15 | Per Magnus Steiring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 16 | Reiss Greenidge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 77 | Staniša Mandić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 41 | Kjetil Wæhler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 30 | Joachim Soltvedt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Taijo Teniste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 30 | Eirik Birkelund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 34 | Simen Brekkhus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 37 | Espen Næss Lund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 38 | 1 | 10 | 49 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mathias Dyngeland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Taijo Teniste | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Chidiebere Nwakali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Victor Grodås | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Eirik Schulze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Gilbert Koomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Martin Ramsland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Per Magnus Steiring | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Reiss Greenidge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Bendik Bye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Lars Christian Kjemhus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Eirik Bergum Skaasheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Eirik Birkelund | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Johan Hove | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Kristinn Jónsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Ulrik Fredriksen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | DF | Even Hovland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Kjetil Wæhler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Staniša Mandić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 |