# 2013 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2013 season was Vålerenga's 12th season back in the Tippeligaen since their promotion in 2000. It is their first season with Kjetil Rekdal as manager and they finished the season in 11th place in the Tippeligaen and they reached the Quarter-finals of the cup losing to Rosenborg.

## 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 | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo (on loan from Helsingborg) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | André Muri |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Jan Lecjaks (on loan from Young Boys) |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Jan Gunnar Solli |
| 9 | FW | BEN | Sidoine Oussou |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Morten Berre |
| 13 | MF | NGA | Fegor Ogude |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim |
| 22 | FW | CRC | Diego Calvo |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Kristofer Hæstad (Captain) |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Nicolai Høgh |
| 26 | MF | SRB | Bojan Zajić |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Chuma Anene |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Marcel Wawrzynkiewicz |
| 34 | GK | NOR | Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn |
| 40 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| 50 | GK | NOR | Øyvind Knutsen |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Jan Lecjaks (loan from Young Boys) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm (from Rosenborg) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Jan Gunnar Solli (from New York Red Bulls) |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim (loan from Copenhagen) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue (loan from Copenhagen) |
| 22 | FW | CRC | Diego Calvo (from Alajuelense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Andreas Nordvik (to Aalesund) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Aleksander Solli (to Hønefoss) |
| 14 | FW | BFA | Yssouf Koné (Released) |
| 16 | MF | SEN | Pape Maly Diamanka (loan return to Rayo Vallecano) |
| 19 | FW | USA | Chad Barrett (loan return to Los Angeles Galaxy) |
| 25 | FW | CAN | Tosaint Ricketts (to Sandnes Ulf) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo (on loan from Helsingborg) |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim (from Copenhagen, previously on loan) |
| 23 | DF | DEN | Nicolai Høgh (from Esbjerg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Benjamin Dahl Hagen (to Follo) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Mohammed Fellah (to Esbjerg) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue (loan return to Copenhagen) |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Ahmed Suleiman |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Aaron Samuel Olanare (to Sarpsborg 08) |
| 30 | MF | NOR | Kamer Qaka (to Raufoss) |

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Start | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 38 |
| 10 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 36 |
| 12 | Sogndal | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 33 |
| 13 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 33 |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 11 November 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | André Muri | 28 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Jan Lecjaks | 24 | 2 | 20+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen | 14 | 2 | 8+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 25 | 2 | 22+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Jan Gunnar Solli | 21 | 2 | 12+7 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven | 30 | 16 | 22+4 | 9 | 4+0 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Morten Berre | 28 | 11 | 15+8 | 10 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | NGA | Fegor Ogude | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Joachim Thomassen | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 27 | 3 | 19+4 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim | 25 | 1 | 22+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CRC | Diego Calvo | 26 | 4 | 19+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Kristofer Hæstad | 25 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Nicolai Høgh | 7 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Moussa Njie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SRB | Bojan Zajić | 19 | 5 | 6+10 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Chuma Anene | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Marcel Wawrzynkiewicz | 21 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | NOR | Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn | 26 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NOR | Monir Benmoussa | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | NOR | Mathias Blårud | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | NOR | Akinsola Akinyemi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | NOR | Kamran Ali Iqbal | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | NOR | Fitim Kastrati | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Vålerenga on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||
| 17 | MF | NOR | Mohammed Fellah | 12 | 3 | 9+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 13 | 4 | 7+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 3 |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Aaron Samuel Olanare | 12 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Torgeir Børven | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Morten Berre | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 26 | Bojan Zajić | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 22 | Diego Calvo | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 20 | Mustafa Abdellaoue | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 18 | Giancarlo González | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Mohammed Fellah | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Jan Lecjaks | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Jan Gunnar Solli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Simon Larsen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 4 | André Muri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | 34 | Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 24 | Nicolai Høgh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 23 | Kristofer Hæstad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 19 | Christian Grindheim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 11 | Morten Berre | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 28 | Aaron Samuel Olanare | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 40 | Ghayas Zahid | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 35 | Monir Benmoussa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 21 | 62 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Lecjaks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Simon Larsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jan Gunnar Solli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Morten Berre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Fegor Ogude | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Mohammed Fellah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Giancarlo González | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Grindheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Diego Calvo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kristofer Hæstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Nicolai Høgh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Bojan Zajić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Aaron Samuel Olanare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Marcel Wawrzynkiewicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 2 |