# 2023 FK Haugesund season

The 2023 season was FK Haugesund's 30th season in existence and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, FK Haugesund participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 4 September 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 | NOR | Egil Selvik |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Claus Niyukuri |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Oscar Krusnell |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Anders Bærtelsen |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Magnus Christensen |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Peter Therkildsen |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Kevin Martin Krygård |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Sondre Liseth |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sebastian Tounekti |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Amund Wichne |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Martin Samuelsen |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Ulrik Fredriksen |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Alexander Søderlund |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Oluwasegun Outsanya |
| 20 | MF | COD | Michee Ngalina (on loan from Göztepe) |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Julius Eskesen |
| 23 | MF | NED | Daan Huisman |
| 24 | FW | NOR | Troy Engseth Nyhammer |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Mikkel Hope |
| 26 | MF | CPV | Bruno Leite |
| 29 | FW | MLI | Sory Ibrahim Diarra |
| 38 | MF | NOR | Vegard Solheim |
| 42 | GK | NOR | Sander Kaldråstøyl Østraat |
| 99 | FW | NOR | Bilal Njie |
| — | DF | SEN | Madiodio Dia |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Nikolas Walstad (at Stabæk until 31 December 2023) |
| 18 | FW | ISL | Kjartan Kári Halldórsson (at FH until 31 December 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Joacim Holtan (at Kongsvinger until 31 December 2023) |
| 32 | GK | NOR | Frank Stople (at Vard Haugesund until 31 December 2023) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Claus Niyukuri (from Vard) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Oscar Krusnell (from Brommapojkarna) |
| 10 | MF | ALB | Adrion Pajaziti (from Fulham Academy) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Amund Wichne (from Jerv) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Oluwasegun Otusanya (from Stars Builders Academy) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Troy Engseth Nyhammer (promoted from junior squad) |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Mikkel Hope (promoted from junior squad) |
| 29 | FW | MLI | Sory Ibrahim Diarra (from Petrolul) |
| 30 | FW | ISL | Kjartan Kári Halldórsson (from Grótta) |
| 42 | GK | NOR | Sander Kaldråstøyl Østraat (promoted from junior squad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Nikolas Walstad (on loan to Stabæk) |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Christos Zafeiris (to Slavia Prague) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Hilary Gong (to Ararat-Armenia) |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Torje Naustdal (to Skeid, previously on loan at Grorud) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Thore Pedersen (to Brann) |
| 30 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Cissokho (loan return to US Gorée) |
| 30 | FW | ISL | Kjartan Kári Halldórsson (on loan to FH) |
| 32 | GK | NOR | Frank Stople (on loan to Vard) |
| – | FW | NOR | Joacim Holtan (on loan to Kongsvinger, previously on loan at Start) |
| – | FW | NOR | Andreas Endresen (to Vard, previously on loan) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sebastian Tounekti (loan return from Ranheim) |
| 20 | FW | COD | Michee Ngalina (on loan from Göztepe) |
| — | MF | CIV | Amidou Traoré (from Leader d'Agboville) |
| — | DF | SEN | Madiodio Dia (from ASC Linguère) |
| 23 | | NED | Daan Huisman (from Vitesse) |
| 36 | DF | NOR | Eivind Helgeland (loan return from Vard) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Søren Reese (to Horsens) |
| 10 | MF | ALB | Adrion Pajaziti (loan return to Fulham Academy) |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sebastian Tounekti (on loan to Ranheim) |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Mads Berg Sande (to Brann) |
| – | FW | NOR | Joacim Holtan (to Kongsvinger, previously on loan) |

## 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 | 12th | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 030.00 |
| 2022 Norwegian Cup | 12 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| 2023 Norwegian Cup | 25 May 2023 | 7 June 2023 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 032.35 |
Last updated: 3 December 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Eliteserien
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Odd | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 38 | |
| 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | |
| Position | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.