# 2023 Sandefjord Fotball season

The 2023 season was Sandefjord Fotball's 25th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sandefjord Fotball participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 29 August 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 | FIN | Hugo Keto |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Pålerud |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Vetle Walle Egeli |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Carson Pedersen |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Sander Risan Mørk |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Gilbert Koomson |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Alexander Ruud Tveter |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Jeppe Kjær (on loan from Bodø/Glimt) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Youssef Chaib |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Mats Viken |
| 14 | FW | IRQ | Danilo Al-Saed |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Jesper Taaje (vice-captain) |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Wally Njie |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Sander Moen Foss (captain) |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Filip Ottosson |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Berglie |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Franklin Nyenetue |
| 21 | MF | SYR | Simon Amin |
| 23 | MF | RSA | Keanin Ayer |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Filip Loftesnes-Bjune |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Jakob Dunsby |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Alf Lukas Noel Grønneberg |

### 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 |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Lars Markmanrud (at Egersund until 31 December 2023) |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Kili Fjeldskår (at Fram until 31 December 2023) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Gilbert Koomson (from Bodø/Glimt) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Mats Gulbrandsen Viken (from KFUM) |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Danilo Al-Saed (from Sandviken) |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Filip Ottosson (from Landskrona) |
| 21 | MF | SYR | Simon Amin (from Trelleborg) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Berglie (from Skeid) |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Jakob Maslø Dunsby (from Egersund) |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Alf Lukas Noel Grønneberg (from Eik Tønsberg) |
| 54 | GK | NOR | Andreas Albertsen (loan return from Halsen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Jacob Storevik (to Vålerenga) |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad (to Kongsvinger) |
| 3 | DF | NED | Quint Jansen (to Mjøndalen) |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Mohamed Ofkir (to Vålerenga) |
| 8 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic (to Hamkam) |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Sivert Gussiås (to KÍ Klaksvík) |
| 10 | FW | CRC | Deyver Vega (released) |
| 16 | MF | NOR | André Sødlund (retired) |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Amer Ordagić (released) |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Flo (to Skeid) |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Kili Fjeldskår (on loan to Fram) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh (released) |
| 27 | MF | SWE | Albin Winbo (loan return to Varberg) |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Rufo (to Logroñés) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Carson Pedersen (from Grorud) |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Jeppe Kjær (on loan to Sandefjord) |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Martin Gjone (promoted from junior squad) |
| 34 | FW | NOR | Storm Bugge Pettersen (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NED | Ian Smeulers (to Excelsior) |
| 5 | MF | EQG | Federico Bikoro (released) |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Lars Markmanrud (on loan to Egersund) |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Wally Njie (on loan to Ørn Horten) |
| 54 | GK | NOR | Andreas Albertsen (to Halsen) |
| – | DF | NED | Quint Jansen (to Othellos Athienou, previously on loan at Mjøndalen) |

## 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 | | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 026.67 |
| 2022 Norwegian Cup | 12 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Fourth round | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| 2023 Norwegian Cup | 24 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 027.27 |
Last updated: 3 December 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Eliteserien
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | HamKam | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 34 | |
| 12 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 33 | |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 31 | |
| 14 | Vålerenga (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Stabæk (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to First Division |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 December 2023. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.