# 2017 Vålerenga Fotball season

Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo. They play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion which has a capacity of 28,972. During the 2017 campaign, they competed in Eliteserien and the Norwegian Cup.

## Season events

On 1 January, Ronny Deila took over as manager from Kjetil Rekdal having signed a contract with the club on 13 July 2016.

## Squad

    As of 9 August 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 | SWE | Marcus Sandberg |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Fitim Azemi |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Kristoffer Klaesson |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim (Captain) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Simen Juklerød |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Felix Myhre |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Aron Dønnum |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Thomas Elsebutangen |
| 33 | GK | GHA | Adam Larsen Kwarasey |
| 38 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Hay |
| 39 | MF | GHA | Ernest Agyiri (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 40 | FW | NGA | Chidera Ejuke |
| 50 | GK | NOR | Stian Tinius Klausen |
| 51 | DF | NOR | Aslak Oberg |
| 52 | MF | NOR | Didrik Støer Hagen |
| 53 | MF | NOR | Lars Olden Larsen |
| 54 | FW | NOR | Oliver Valaker Edvardsen |

### 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 |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem (at Ull/Kisa) |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Madhusan Sandrakumar (at Strømmen) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne (from Heidenheim) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen (from Djurgården) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Muhamed Keita (loan from Lech Poznań) |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg (loan return from Varbergs BoIS) |
| 40 | FW | NGA | Chidera Ejuke (from Gombe United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen (to Start) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Vajebah Sakor (loan return to Juventus) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Niklas Castro (to Kongsvinger) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen (to Fredrikstad) |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson (to Göteborg, previously on loan) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge (to Genk) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler (retired) |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Anders Nedrebø (released) |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Mats Andersen (to Skeid) |
| 42 | DF | NOR | Henrik Tønsberg Andersen (to Skeid) |
| — | FW | NOR | Riki Alba (to Asker, previously on loan at Ull/Kisa) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Fitim Azemi (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 33 | GK | GHA | Adam Larsen Kwarasey (from Brøndby) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Lindkvist (to AIK) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Muhamed Keita (loan return to Lech Poznań) |
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem (on loan to Ull/Kisa) |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch (to Norrköping) |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Mathusan Sandrakumar (on loan to Strømmen) |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Odd | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 42 |
| 7 | Kristiansund | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 40 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 39 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 39 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 39 |

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 November 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sandberg | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger | 32 | 3 | 24+3 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås | 35 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 20 | 3 | 9+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven | 26 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Fitim Azemi | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid | 22 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne | 27 | 5 | 19+5 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel | 25 | 6 | 13+8 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen | 24 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim | 27 | 5 | 22+1 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen | 27 | 5 | 15+7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Simen Juklerød | 25 | 5 | 20+1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Felix Myhre | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 13 | 2 | 9+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Aron Dønnum | 9 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson | 13 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GHA | Adam Larsen Kwarasey | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GHA | Ernest Agyiri | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | NGA | Chidera Ejuke | 21 | 5 | 12+4 | 4 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 51 | MF | NOR | Bilal Njie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Vålerenga on loan: ||||||||||
| 29 | MF | NOR | Magnus Grødem | 6 | 2 | 1+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Lindkvist | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Muhamed Keita | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Aslak Falch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Ghayas Zahid | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | Herman Stengel | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Simen Juklerød | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Christian Grindheim | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Bård Finne | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 40 | Chidera Ejuke | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Jonatan Tollås | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Enar Jääger | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | 25 | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | Samúel Friðjónsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Magnus Lekven | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 29 | Magnus Grødem | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | 17 | Muhamed Keita | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 5 | Robert Lundström | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 22 | Ivan Näsberg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 26 | Aron Dønnum | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 48 | 14 | 62 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Marcus Sandberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Enar Jääger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jonatan Tollås | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Robert Lundström | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Magnus Lekven | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ghayas Zahid | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Bård Finne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Herman Stengel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Daniel Berntsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Grindheim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Simen Juklerød | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ivan Näsberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Felix Myhre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Aron Dønnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Samúel Friðjónsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Ernest Agyiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 |