# 2012 Tromsø IL season

The 2012 season was Tromsø's 10th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 26th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Per Mathias Høgmo's third and final season as the club's manager. Tromsø participated in the Tippeligaen finishing 4th, the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup where they were beaten in the final by Hødd. They also tool part in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, entering at the Second qualifying round stage against Olimpija Ljubljana before being eliminated by Partizan on away goals at the Play Off stage.

## 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 | SWE | Marcus Sahlman |
| 2 | MF | SEN | Kara Mbodj |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Fredrik Björck |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Kristiansen |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Miika Koppinen (captain) |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Steffen Nystrøm |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Thomas Drage |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Steffen Andreassen |
| 13 | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Ondrášek |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Hans Norbye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Magnus Andersen |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Hans Åge Yndestad |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Remi Johansen |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen |
| 19 | MF | NOR | William Frantzen |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Saliou Ciss |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Ole Martin Årst |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Benny Lekström |
| 28 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijović (on loan from Sion) |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Henri Sillanpää (on loan from GAIS) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Kristiansen (from Tromsdalen) |
| 13 | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Ondrášek (loan from České Budějovice) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen (from Rangers) |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Ole Martin Årst (from Start) |
| 28 | FW | SWE | Benny Lekström (from Mjølner) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NOR | Mads Reginiussen (from Ranheim) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Ondrášek (from České Budějovice, previously on loan) |
| 28 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijović (loan from Sion) |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Henri Sillanpää (loan from GAIS) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Ahamed (to Tromsdalen) |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Vegard Lysvoll (on loan to Tromsdalen) |

## 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Tromsø | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 49 | |
| 6 | Brann | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 42 | |
* ↑ Hødd, which played in the 2012 First Division, also qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Cup.
* ↑ Tromsø qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play ranking.

### Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Football Cup | Norwegian Football Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Marcus Sahlman | 19 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SEN | Kara Mbodj | 30 | 4 | 21+1 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Fredrik Björck | 42 | 4 | 30+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ruben Kristiansen | 28 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Miika Koppinen | 29 | 2 | 17+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Steffen Nystrøm | 22 | 4 | 7+10 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Thomas Drage | 43 | 3 | 26+4 | 2 | 6+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | 41 | 1 | 29+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Ondrášek | 41 | 18 | 27+2 | 14 | 5+1 | 3 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Hans Norbye | 38 | 4 | 27+1 | 4 | 6+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Magnus Andersen | 42 | 4 | 23+7 | 4 | 3+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Hans Åge Yndestad | 28 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Remi Johansen | 34 | 4 | 13+11 | 3 | 5+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 35 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | William Frantzen | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Saliou Ciss | 33 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Ole Martin Årst | 35 | 4 | 4+21 | 3 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Benny Lekström | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijović | 19 | 5 | 11+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Henri Sillanpää | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from Tromsø on loan: ||||||||||||
| 21 | FW | NOR | Vegard Lysvoll | 9 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who left Tromsø during the season: ||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Ahamed | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 13 | Zdeněk Ondrášek | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Aleksandar Prijović | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | 14 | Hans Norbye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 15 | Magnus Andersen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 2 | Kara Mbodj | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Remi Johansen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 25 | Ole Martin Årst | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Steffen Nystrøm | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | 3 | Fredrik Björck | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Thomas Drage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 7 | Miika Koppinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 22 | Saliou Ciss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Ruben Kristiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 18 | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 11 | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 19 | William Frantzen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 21 | Vegard Lysvoll | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 45 | 13 | 6 | 64 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Kara Mbodj | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Fredrik Björck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Miika Koppinen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Thomas Drage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Zdeněk Ondrášek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Hans Norbye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Magnus Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Hans Åge Yndestad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Saliou Ciss | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Ole Martin Årst | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Benny Lekström | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 |