# 2015 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 2015 campaign they will compete in Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.

## 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 | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger (loan from Flora Tallinn) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Melker Hallberg (loan from Udinese) |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Lindkvist |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Morten Berre |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Daniel Braaten |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim (Captain) |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Mathias Totland |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Alexander Mathisen |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Deshorn Brown |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Michael Langer |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg |
| 38 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert (loan from Hertha Berlin) |

### Reserve squad

    As of 6 April 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | GK | NOR | Adrian Møller |
| 40 | MF | NOR | Mortadha Jassim Alkanany |
| 41 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Mats Lien Vågan |
| 43 | MF | NOR | Niklas Castro |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson (at Göteborg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Riki Alba (at Bærum) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås Nation (from Aalesund) |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Daniel Braaten (free agent) |
| 22 | MF | CRC | Diego Calvo (loan return from IFK Göteborg) |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson (from Keflavík) |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge (from Asker) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler (from IFK Göteborg) |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Deshorn Brown (from Colorado Rapids) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Riki Alba (loan return from Nest-Sotra) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Vidar Örn Kjartansson (to Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty) |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Max Bjørsvik (loan return to Nest-Sotra) |
| 22 | MF | CRC | Diego Calvo (to Alajuelense) |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Nicolai Høgh (released) |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Markus Brændsrød (to Lillestrøm) |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Simen Olafsen (to Follo) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Riki Alba (on loan to Bærum) |
| 34 | GK | NOR | Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn (to Tromsø) |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Kamran Ali Iqbal (to Nest Sotra) |
| 36 | MF | NOR | Mathias Blårud (to Strømmen) |
| 43 | MF | NOR | Fitim Kastrati (released) |
| — | DF | NOR | André Muri (retired) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger (loan from Flora Tallinn) |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström (from GIF Sundsvall) |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Melker Hallberg (loan from Udinese) |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue (from Stuttgart) |
| 38 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert (on loan from Hertha Berlin) |
| 38 | GK | FIN | Otto Fredrikson (loan from Kongsvinger) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson (on loan to Elfsborg) |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Ruben Kristiansen (to Brann) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sivert Heltne Nilsen (to Brann) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Moussa Nije (to Bærum) |
| 38 | GK | FIN | Otto Fredrikson (loan return to Kongsvinger) |

## Competitions
### Tippeligaen
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 November 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 53 |
| 6 | Molde | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 52 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 49 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 44 |
| 9 | Bodø/Glimt | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 40 |
* ↑ Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 November 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | EST | Enar Jääger | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonatan Tollås | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Robert Lundström | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simon Larsen | 28 | 1 | 21+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 24 | 7 | 23+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Melker Hallberg | 10 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Lindkvist | 24 | 3 | 18+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid | 31 | 7 | 28+1 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Morten Berre | 10 | 2 | 0+8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Herman Stengel | 25 | 4 | 16+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Daniel Braaten | 24 | 1 | 11+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Christian Grindheim | 30 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Mattias Totland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Alexander Mathisen | 21 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson | 17 | 5 | 8+7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge | 13 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Kjetil Wæhler | 25 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Deshorn Brown | 23 | 7 | 16+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Michael Langer | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | NOR | Ivan Näsberg | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | NOR | Rino Falk Larsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Simen Hestnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Vålerenga on loan: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson | 14 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Riki Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Vålerenga during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NOR | Ruben Kristiansen | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sivert Heltne Nilsen | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Moussa Njie | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | GK | FIN | Otto Fredrikson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | FW | 26 | Deshorn Brown | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Ghayas Zahid | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | Christian Grindheim | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 22 | Elías Már Ómarsson | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Herman Stengel | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 9 | Rasmus Lindkvist | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Moussa Njie | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Niklas Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 24 | Kjetil Wæhler | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Enar Jääger | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Melker Hallberg | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Morten Berre | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 17 | Daniel Braaten | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 6 | Simon Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 21 | Alexander Mathisen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 18 | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 23 | Sander Berge | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 49 | 8 | 57 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Niklas Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jonatan Tollås | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Robert Lundström | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Simon Larsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Fredheim Holm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sivert Heltne Nilsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Melker Hallberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ghayas Zahid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Morten Berre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Herman Stengel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Daniel Braaten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Grindheim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Alexander Mathisen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Elías Már Ómarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Sander Berge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Kjetil Wæhler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Deshorn Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Ivan Näsberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | Otto Fredrikson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 |