# 1999 Molde FK season

The 1999 season was Molde's 24th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 2nd position, 6 points behind winners Rosenborg.
Molde participated in the 2000 Norwegian Cup. They defeated Spjelkavik, Sunndal, Strindheim, Kjelsås on their way to the quarterfinal where they defeated Lillestrøm with 3–0 at home. On 3 October 2000, Molde lost the semifinal vs. Brann at home with the score 3–4 after extra time.
In the UEFA Champions League, Molde was drawn against Russian team CSKA Moscow in the second qualifying round. Molde lost the first leg at away ground with the score 0–2. Molde won the second leg 4–0 at home and advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate. In the third and last qualifying round, Molde was drawn against Spanish team Mallorca. The teams played 0–0 in the first leg in Molde. In the second leg, Molde was one goal behind for more than one hour after Jovan Stanković' penalty goal in the 21st minute. In the 84th minute, Andreas Lund scored the equaliser from a penalty kick after Fernando Niño's handball. Niño was sent off in the situation which led to the penalty. The game ended with a 1–1 draw which sent Molde through to the Champions League group stage for the first time in the club's history. The second leg against Mallorca has since often been referred to as Miracle on Mallorca.

## Squad

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 | Morten Bakke |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Dennis Schiller |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Petter Christian Singsaas |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Pål Lydersen |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Knut Anders Fostervold (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Jo Tessem |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Karl Oskar Fjørtoft |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Andreas Lund |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Odd Inge Olsen |
| 11 | MF | NOR | André Schei Lindbæk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Are Lervik |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Knut Dørum Lillebakk |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Thomas Mork |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Freddy dos Santos |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Trond Strande |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Svein Tore Brandshaug |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Anders Hasselgård |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ole Bjørn Sundgot |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Torgeir Ruud Ramsli |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Bernt Hulsker |
As of end of season.

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 April 2018. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Molde | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Brann | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Stabæk | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 46 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
* ↑ SK Brann qualified as the runner-up of the 1999 Norwegian Football Cup.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | POR | OLY | MOL |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Advance to second group stage | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Advance to second group stage | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 3–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Molde | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — |

## Squad statistics

The statistics include competitive matches only.

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Morten Bakke | 42 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Dennis Schiller | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Petter Christian Singsaas | 23 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Pål Lydersen | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Knut Anders Fostervold | 38 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berg Hestad | 41 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Jo Tessem | 41 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Karl Oskar Fjørtoft | 41 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Andreas Lund | 40 | 39 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Odd Inge Olsen | 42 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 5+1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | André Schei Lindbæk | 12 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Are Lervik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Thomas Mork | 38 | 4 | 9+15 | 1 | 3+1 | 3 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Freddy dos Santos | 33 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth | 28 | 4 | 10+4 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 7+2 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Trond Strande | 35 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Svein Tore Brandshaug | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Anders Hasselgård | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ole Bjørn Sundgot | 32 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 3+1 | 3 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Torgeir Ruud Ramsli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Bernt Hulsker | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Molde on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Molde during the season: ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | NOR | Trond Andersen | 23 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Jarkko Wiss | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | No. | Player | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Andreas Lund | 21 | 14 | 4 | 39 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Daniel Berg Hestad | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Jo Tessem | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Odd Inge Olsen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 20 | Ole Bjørn Sundgot | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Magne Hoseth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Thomas Mork | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | André Schei Lindbæk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Knut Anders Fostervold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Petter Christian Singsaas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Pål Lydersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Karl Oskar Fjørtoft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Trond Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 24 | Jarkko Wiss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 49 | 26 | 11 | 86 |