# 2021 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2021 season was Vålerenga Fotball's 108th season in existence and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Vålerenga Fotball participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

=== First-team squad ===
    As of 27 July 2021
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 | Kjetil Haug |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Brage Skaret |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Leonard Zuta |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Nicolaj Thomsen |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Oldrup Jensen |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Henrik Bjørdal |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Örn Kjartansson |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Albin Mörfelt |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Henrik Udahl |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Odin Thiago Holm |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Mathias Emilsen |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Tobias Christensen |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Holmé |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Seedy Jatta |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Magnus Bech Riisnæs |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Mathias Dyngeland (on loan from Elfsborg) |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Osame Sahraoui |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Oskar Opsahl |
| 38 | GK | NOR | Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Sakarias Opsahl (on loan at Tromsø until 31 December 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GUI | Ousmane Camara (on loan at Dila Gori until 31 December 2021) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Sakarias Opsahl (loan return from Tromsø) |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni (from Pyramids) |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Henrik Udahl (from Åsane) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Mathias Emilsen (promoted from junior squad) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Tobias Christensen (from Molde) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Holmé (loan return from Ull/Kisa) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Seedy Jatta (promoted from junior squad) |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Magnus Bech Riisnæs (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Johan Lædre Bjørdal (retired) |
| 5 | DF | URU | Felipe Carvalho (to Bolívar) |
| 6 | MF | KOS | Herolind Shala (to Stabæk) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Magnus Lekven (to Odd) |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Matthías Vilhjálmsson (to FH Hafnarfjordur) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Bård Finne (to SønderjyskE) |
| 17 | MF | GUI | Ousmane Camara (on loan to Dila Gori) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Benjamin Stokke (to Mjøndalen) |
| – | MF | GHA | Mohammed Abu (released, previously on loan at D.C. United) |
| — | MF | NOR | Brede Sandmoen (released, previously on loan at Strømmen) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Leonard Zuta (from Lecce) |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Nicolaj Thomsen (from F.C. Copenhagen) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Albin Mörfelt (from Varberg) |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Mathias Dyngeland (on loan from Elfsborg) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Jacob Dicko Eng (promoted from junior squad) |
| 38 | GK | NOR | Magnus Sjøeng (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Sakarias Opsahl (on loan to Tromsø) |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Aron Dønnum (to Standard Liège) |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Kristoffer Klaesson (to Leeds) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Felix Horn Myhre (to Brann) |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe (to Hatayspor) |
| 33 | DF | NOR | Amin Nouri (to Sogndal) |

## 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: 12 December 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 48 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 46 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 45 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 39 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 36 |

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 12 December 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Kjetil Haug | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink | 28 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Brage Skaret | 10 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås | 33 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Leonard Zuta | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Nicolaj Thomsen | 13 | 1 | 1+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Jensen | 35 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Henrik Bjørdal | 35 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Kjartansson | 19 | 5 | 17+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Albin Mörfelt | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni | 30 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Henrik Udahl | 30 | 7 | 11+14 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Odin Holm | 24 | 3 | 9+10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Mathias Emilsen | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Tobias Christensen | 35 | 5 | 23+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Holmé | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Seedy Jatta | 29 | 3 | 7+17 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Magnus Riisnæs | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | NOR | Mathias Dyngeland | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg | 29 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Osame Sahraoui | 32 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Jacob Eng | 10 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NOR | Oskar Opsahl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from Vålerenga on loan: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Sakarias Opsahl | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | NOR | Aron Dønnum | 10 | 6 | 9+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NOR | Kristoffer Klaesson | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Felix Myhre | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Henrik Udahl | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Aron Dønnum | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Viðar Kjartansson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Henrik Bjørdal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Tobias Christensen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Christian Borchgrevink | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Jonatan Tollås | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Amor Layouni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Odin Holm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Fredrik Jensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Seedy Jatta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | FW | 26 | Osame Sahraoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 5 | Leonard Zuta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 6 | Nicolaj Thomsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 3 | Brage Skaret | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 22 | Ivan Näsberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 7 | 2 | 55 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Kjetil Haug | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 13 | Kristoffer Klaesson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | GK | 21 | Mathias Dyngeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Christian Borchgrevink | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Brage Skaret | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jonatan Tollås | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Leonard Zuta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Fredrik Jensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Henrik Bjørdal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Albin Mörfelt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Amor Layouni | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Odin Holm | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Tobias Christensen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ivan Näsberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Osame Sahraoui | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Aron Dønnum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Klaesson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sam Adekugbe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 1 |