# 2013 Tromsø IL season

The 2013 season was Tromsø's 11th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 27th season in the top flight of Norwegian football, a run that came to an end as they were relegated to the Adeccoligaen after finishing 15th. They also participated in the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup, reaching the Fourth Round before defeat to Rosenborg. They also played in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, reaching the Group Stage before finishing bottom behind Tottenham Hotspur, Anzhi Makhachkala and Sheriff Tiraspol. It was their first season under the management of Agnar Christensen, but he was replaced by Steinar Nilsen on 1 October 2013.

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | POL | Jarosław Fojut (from Śląsk Wrocław) |
| 5 | FW | NOR | Morten Moldskred (from AGF) |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Adnan Čaušević (from Vard Haugesund) |
| 18 | MF | WAL | Josh Pritchard (from Fulham) |
| 33 | MF | NOR | Lars Gunnar Johnsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | SEN | Kara Mbodj (from Genk) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Fredrik Björck (from BK Häcken) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Hans Åge Yndestad (Retired) |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Ole Martin Årst (Retired) |
| 35 | FW | FIN | Henri Sillanpää (to VPS) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Zakari Hamza (loan from Eupen) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Hendrik Helmke (from FF Jaro) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Vegard Lysvoll (to Tromsdalen) |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Saliou Ciss (to Valenciennes) |
| 28 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijović (loan return to Sion) |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Sogndal | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 33 | |
| 13 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 33 | |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 (O) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Tromsø (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 29 | Europa League qualifying and relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Hønefoss (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 29 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Tromsø IL received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Tippeligaen's Fair Play ranking.

### Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tromsø | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 12 December 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sahlman | 38 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POL | Jarosław Fojut | 37 | 3 | 22+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 12+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Kristiansen | 42 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | NOR | Morten Moldskred | 44 | 6 | 25+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Adnan Čaušević | 29 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Miika Koppinen | 33 | 2 | 21+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 44 | 9 | 26+1 | 6 | 3+0 | 2 | 13+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Steffen Nystrøm | 19 | 5 | 2+11 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Thomas Drage | 40 | 2 | 13+9 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Ondrášek | 46 | 12 | 27+2 | 8 | 2+2 | 1 | 11+2 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Hans Norbye | 36 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Magnus Andersen | 43 | 9 | 24+4 | 6 | 3+0 | 1 | 11+1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Lars Gunnar Johnsen | 19 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Remi Johansen | 43 | 8 | 25+1 | 7 | 3+0 | 1 | 11+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | WAL | Josh Pritchard | 39 | 1 | 18+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | William Frantzen | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NOR | Mathias Johnsen | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Kent-Are Antonsen | 13 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Hamza Zakari | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Benny Lekström | 10 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Hendrik Helmke | 14 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Runar Espejord | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Players away from Tromsø on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Tromsø during the season: ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | NOR | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | 13 | 2 | 12+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Vegard Lysvoll | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Saliou Ciss | 24 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijović | 18 | 5 | 2+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 13 | Zdeněk Ondrášek | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 15 | Magnus Andersen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Remi Johansen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 5 | Morten Moldskred | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 28 | Aleksandar Prijović | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Steffen Nystrøm | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Jarosław Fojut | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 7 | Miika Koppinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Thomas Drage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 16 | Lars Gunnar Johnsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 18 | Josh Pritchard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 14 | 9 | 64 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Jarosław Fojut | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ruben Kristiansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Morten Moldskred | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Adnan Čaušević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Miika Koppinen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steffen Nystrøm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Thomas Drage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Zdeněk Ondrášek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Hans Norbye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Magnus Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Lars Gunnar Johnsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Josh Pritchard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Saliou Ciss | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Kent-Are Antonsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Aleksandar Prijović | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Hendrik Helmke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 65 | 3 |