# 2023 Odds BK season

The 2023 season was Odds BK's 129th season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Odds BK participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 31 March 2023
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 | Per Kristian Bråtveit |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Espen Ruud |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Josef Baccay |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Leon Hien |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Diogo Tomas |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Leonard Owusu |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Filip Rønningen Jørgensen |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Mikael Ingebrigtsen |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Ole Erik Midtskogen |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Tobias Svendsen |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Sondre Solholm Johansen |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Casper Glenna Andersen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Solomon Owusu |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Syver Aas |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Faniel Tewelde |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Thomas Rekdal |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Steffen Hagen (captain) |
| 22 | FW | GHA | Abdul Zakaria Mugees |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Anders Ryste |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Dennis Gjengaar |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Jesper Skau |
| 29 | FW | NOR | Bork Bang-Kittilsen |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Peder Klausen |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Abel Stensrud (at Bryne) |
| — | GK | NOR | Sondre Rossbach (at Degerfors) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Diogo Tomas (from KuPS) |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Leonard Owusu (from Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| — | DF | SWE | Leon Hien (from Hammarby Talang) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Ole Erik Midtskogen (from Kjelsås) |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Samuel Skree Skjeldal (promoted from junior squad) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Sondre Solholm Johansen (from Motherwell) |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Casper Glenna (promoted from junior squad) |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Anders Hartveit Ryste (promoted from junior squad) |
| 29 | FW | NOR | Bork Bang-Kittilsen (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Sondre Rossbach (on loan to Degerfors, previously on loan at Vålerenga) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Odin Bjørtuft (to Bodø/Glimt) |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Ivan Mesík (loan return to Nordsjælland) |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven (retired) |
| 9 | FW | KOS | Flamur Kastrati (retired) |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Adama Diomande (to Toronto) |
| 11 | FW | FRO | Gilli Rólantsson (to TB Tvøroyri) |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Kevin Egell-Johnsen (to Arendal) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Vebjørn Hoff (loan return to Rosenborg) |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Abel William Stensrud (on loan to Bryne) |
| 25 | FW | AUT | Philipp Zulechner (released) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Per Kristian Bråtveit (from AGF) |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Tobias Svendsen (from Lillestrøm) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Syver Aas (loan return from Skeid) |
| 22 | FW | GHA | Zakaria Mageese (from Ashdod) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Leopold Wahlstedt (to Blackburn Rovers) |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Milan Jevtović (to Ha Noi) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Conrad Wallem (to Slavia Prague) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Syver Aas (on loan to Skeid) |
| – | FW | NOR | Abel William Stensrud (on loan to Moss, previously on loan at Bryne) |

## 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 | 10th | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 033.33 |
| 2022 Norwegian Cup | 12 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| 2023 Norwegian Cup | 24 May 2023 | 7 June 2023 | First round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 033.33 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eliteserien
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Sarpsborg | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 41 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 39 |
| 10 | Odd | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 38 |
| 11 | HamKam | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 34 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 33 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.