2013 Vålerenga Fotball season

The 2013 season was Vålerenga's 12th season back in the Tippeligaen since their promotion in 2000. It is their first season with Kjetil Rekdal as manager and they finished the season in 11th place in the Tippeligaen and they reached the Quarter-finals of the cup losing to Rosenborg.

Vålerenga

2013 season
Chairman	Odd Skarheim
Manager	Kjetil Rekdal
Stadium	Ullevaal Stadion
Tippeligaen	11th
Norwegian Cup	Quarter-finals vs Rosenborg
Top goalscorer	League: Morten Berre (10) All: Torgeir Børven (16)
Highest home attendance	13,609 vs Rosenborg 26 May 2013
Lowest home attendance	7,940 vs Haugesund 26 October 2013
Average home league attendance	9,406
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 2 DF  SWE Joseph Baffo (on loan from Helsingborg) 4 DF  NOR André Muri 5 DF  CZE Jan Lecjaks (on loan from Young Boys) 6 DF  NOR Simon Larsen 7 MF  NOR Daniel Fredheim Holm 8 MF  NOR Jan Gunnar Solli 9 FW  BEN Sidoine Oussou 10 FW  NOR Torgeir Børven 11 FW  NOR Morten Berre 13 MF  NGA Fegor Ogude 15 DF  NOR Joachim Thomassen

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  CRC Giancarlo González 19 MF  NOR Christian Grindheim 22 FW  CRC Diego Calvo 23 MF  NOR Kristofer Hæstad (Captain) 24 DF  DEN Nicolai Høgh 26 MF  SRB Bojan Zajić 27 FW  NOR Chuma Anene 33 DF  NOR Marcel Wawrzynkiewicz 34 GK  NOR Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn 40 MF  NOR Ghayas Zahid 50 GK  NOR Øyvind Knutsen

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  CZE Jan Lecjaks (loan from Young Boys)[1] 7 MF  NOR Daniel Fredheim Holm (from Rosenborg)[2] 8 MF  NOR Jan Gunnar Solli (from New York Red Bulls)[3] 19 MF  NOR Christian Grindheim (loan from Copenhagen)[4] 20 FW  NOR Mustafa Abdellaoue (loan from Copenhagen)[5] 22 FW  CRC Diego Calvo (from Alajuelense)[6]

Out: 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 Andreas Nordvik (to Aalesund)[7] 5 DF  NOR Aleksander Solli (to Hønefoss)[8] 14 FW  BFA Yssouf Koné (Released)[9] 16 MF  SEN Pape Maly Diamanka (loan return to Rayo Vallecano)[10] 19 FW  USA Chad Barrett (loan return to Los Angeles Galaxy) 25 FW  CAN Tosaint Ricketts (to Sandnes Ulf)[11]

Summer

In: 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  SWE Joseph Baffo (on loan from Helsingborg) 19 MF  NOR Christian Grindheim (from Copenhagen, previously on loan)[12] 23 DF  DEN Nicolai Høgh (from Esbjerg)[13]

Out: 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 Benjamin Dahl Hagen (to Follo) 17 MF  NOR Mohammed Fellah (to Esbjerg)[14] 20 FW  NOR Mustafa Abdellaoue (loan return to Copenhagen) 21 FW  NGA Ahmed Suleiman 28 FW  NGA Aaron Samuel Olanare (to Sarpsborg 08)[15] 30 MF  NOR Kamer Qaka (to Raufoss)

Competitions

Friendlies

27 July 2013	Vålerenga	0 – 7	Barcelona	Oslo
19:00 CET		Report	Sánchez  4' Tello  6' Messi  13' dos Santos  41' Dongou  51', 54' Román  85'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Tippeligaen

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	6	14	41	50	−9	36	6	3	6	27	27	0	4	3	8	14	23	−9

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W
Position	14	10	12	15	15	12	11	12	13	12	11	12	12	9	10	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2013. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

17 March 2013 1	Brann	3 – 1	Vålerenga	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haugen  13' Larsen  47' Nordkvelle  74'	Summary	Børven  77'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Svein Moen

1 April 2013 2	Vålerenga	1 – 0	Sogndal	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børven  2'	Summary		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 10,442 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

5 April 2013 3	Odds	2 – 0	Vålerenga	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johnsen  13' Güven  20'	Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,044 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

13 April 2013 4	Vålerenga	0 – 3	Strømsgodset	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ogude  11' Solli  79'	Summary	Storflor  3' Storbæk  9' Keita  16'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 9,740 Referee: Svein Moen

19 April 2013 5	Start	1 – 0	Vålerenga	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Asante  74'	Summary		Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,737 Referee: Espen Berntsen

27 April 2013 6	Vålerenga	2 – 1	Aalesunds	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fellah  42' Abdellaoue  59'	Summary	Ulvestad  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 10,037 Referee: Dag Hafsås

4 May 2013 7	Sandnes Ulf	1 – 2	Vålerenga	Sandnes
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Høiland  53'	Summary	Calvo  8' Larsen  12'	Stadium: Sandnes Idrettspark Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

8 May 2013 8	Vålerenga	1 – 2	Hønefoss	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	González  63'	Summary	Vendelbo  44' Solli  88'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,136 Referee: Tore Hansen

12 May 2013 9	Haugesund	1 – 0	Vålerenga	Haugesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Søderlund  82'	Summary		Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,452 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

16 May 2013 10	Vålerenga	2 – 0	Tromsø	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berre  10' Muri  74'	Summary		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 9,338 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

21 May 2013 11	Sarpsborg 08	3 – 3	Vålerenga	Sarpsborg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Valdimarsson  38' Þórarinsson  60' Berthod  90+2'	Summary	Berre  6', 45+1' Holm  68'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 3,669 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

26 May 2013 12	Vålerenga	1 – 2	Rosenborg	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lecjaks  87'	Summary	Reginiussen  65' Svensson  84'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 13,609 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

22 June 2013 13	Vålerenga	3 – 3	Molde	Oslo
CEST (UTC+2)	Berre  10', 59' Solli  56'	Summary	Berget  28' Linnes  40' Agnaldo  90+1'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 10,694 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

30 June 2013 14	Lillestrøm	0 – 1	Vålerenga	Lillestrøm
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	González  56'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 9,766 Referee: Svein Moen

7 July 2013 15	Vålerenga	2 – 2	Viking	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børven  48' Kongshavn  90+5'	Summary	Berisha  28' Ingelsten  55'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,621 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

12 July 2013 16	Hønefoss	1 – 2	Vålerenga	Hønefoss
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ulvestad  4' Riski  45' (pen.) Groven  75'	Summary	Solli  41' Berre  61' Grindheim  88'	Stadium: Aka Arena Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Dag Hafsås

29 July 2013 17	Vålerenga	5 – 3	Sarpsborg 08	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børven  4', 49' Zajić  27' Høgh  71' Berre  82'	Summary	Breive  40' González  61' (o.g.) Wiig  78'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 12,525 Referee: Espen Berntsen

4 August 2013 18	Tromsø IL	2 – 2	Vålerenga	Tromsø
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johansen  57' Moldskred  79'	Summary	Fellah  15' Hæstad  33'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

11 August 2013 19	Vålerenga	1 – 3	Start	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lecjaks  90+1'	Summary	Castro  26' Acosta  40' Tronstad  81'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,553 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

18 August 2013 20	Rosenborg	0 – 0	Vålerenga	Trondheim
CEST (UTC+2)		Summary		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 13,845 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

25 August 2013 21	Vålerenga	1 – 1	Lillestrøm	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børven  42'	Summary	Østli  12'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

1 September 2013 22	Molde	4 – 0	Vålerenga	Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gulbrandsen  12', 25' Berget  14' Linnes  85'	Summary		Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 8,381 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

15 September 2013 23	Vålerenga	4 – 3	Brann	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berre  4', 61' Børven  74', 84'	Summary	Pusic  9' Huseklepp  10' Barmen  17'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 10,642 Referee: Espen Berntsen

22 September 2013 24	Viking	1 – 0	Vålerenga	Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danielsen  2'	Summary		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,643 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

29 September 2013 25	Vålerenga	1 – 2	Odds	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zajić  90'	Summary	Rashani  66' Krogsgård  90+2'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,798 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

5 October 2013 26	Strømsgodset	2 – 1	Vålerenga	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johansen  61' Storflor  88'	Summary	Zajić  85'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 6,845 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

20 October 2013 25	Sogndal	1 – 2	Vålerenga	Sogndal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sagna  52'	Summary	Zajić  59' Grindheim  89'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 4,084 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

26 October 2013 28	Vålerenga	1 – 2	Haugesund	Oslo
15 :30 CEST (UTC+2)	Børven  51'	Summary	Cvetinović  61' Muri  64'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,940 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

3 November 2013 29	Aalesunds	1 - 0	Vålerenga	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hamdallah  27' Larsen  87'	Summary	Moussa Nije  60' Holm  75' Ogude  80'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,648 Referee: Svein Edvartsen

10 November 2013 30	Vålerenga	2 - 0	Sandnes Ulf	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berre  6' Høgh  39' González  70'	Summary		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,183 Referee: Kim Andre Johnsen

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Start	30	10	8	12	43	46	−3	38
10	Lillestrøm	30	9	9	12	37	44	−7	36
11	Vålerenga	30	10	6	14	41	50	−9	36
12	Sogndal	30	8	9	13	33	48	−15	33
13	Sandnes Ulf	30	9	6	15	36	58	−22	33

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Norwegian Cup

16 April 2013 First Round	Frigg Oslo	1 – 6	Vålerenga	Oslo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	K.Eide  10'	Summary	Zajić  21' Abdellaoue  24', 46' Berre  30' Larsen  63' Fellah  80'	Stadium: Frogner stadion Attendance: 1,051

1 May 2013 Second Round	Ullern	1 – 8	Vålerenga	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berg  3'	Report	Samuel  7' Børven  17', 26', 30', 70' Calvo  41' Zahid  45' Benmoussa  63'	Stadium: Ullern Idrettsplass

29 May 2013 Third Round	Asker	2 – 3	Vålerenga	Asker
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sistek  53' Ajeti  81'	Summary	Calvo  24', 55' Børven  34' González  73'  79'	Stadium: Føyka Stadion

26 June 2013 Fourth Round	Vålerenga	3 – 1	Sogndal	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børven  17' Holm  72' Abdellaoue  90+4'	Summary	Holsæter  78'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Espen Berntsen

21 August 2013 Quarter-finals	Rosenborg	2 – 1	Vålerenga	Trondheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Søderlund  78' Nielsen  90+2'	Summary	Børven  87'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 7,680 Referee: Tore Hansen

Squad statistics

As of 11 November 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lars Hirschfeld	6	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Joseph Baffo	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF		André Muri	28	1	23+2	1	3+0	0
5	DF		Jan Lecjaks	24	2	20+0	2	4+0	0
6	DF		Simon Larsen	14	2	8+3	1	3+0	1
7	MF		Daniel Fredheim Holm	25	2	22+0	1	3+0	1
8	MF		Jan Gunnar Solli	21	2	12+7	2	2+0	0
10	FW		Torgeir Børven	30	16	22+4	9	4+0	7
11	FW		Morten Berre	28	11	15+8	10	5+0	1
13	MF		Fegor Ogude	11	0	8+3	0	0+0	0
15	DF		Joachim Thomassen	11	0	6+4	0	1+0	0
18	DF		Giancarlo González	27	3	19+4	3	3+1	0
19	MF		Christian Grindheim	25	1	22+0	1	3+0	0
22	FW		Diego Calvo	26	4	19+3	1	4+0	3
23	MF		Kristofer Hæstad	25	1	17+4	1	1+3	0
24	DF		Nicolai Høgh	7	1	6+0	1	1+0	0
25	MF		Moussa Njie	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Bojan Zajić	19	5	6+10	4	1+2	1
27	FW		Chuma Anene	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Marcel Wawrzynkiewicz	21	0	14+2	0	4+1	0
34	GK		Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn	26	1	23+0	1	3+0	0
35	MF		Monir Benmoussa	2	1	0+0	0	0+2	1
36	MF		Mathias Blårud	3	0	0+2	0	1+0	0
37	DF		Ivan Näsberg	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
39	MF		Akinsola Akinyemi	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
40	MF		Ghayas Zahid	5	1	1+2	0	1+1	1
42	DF		Kamran Ali Iqbal	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
43	MF		Fitim Kastrati	6	0	1+4	0	0+1	0
Players away from Vålerenga on loan:
Players who left Vålerenga during the season:
17	MF		Mohammed Fellah	12	3	9+1	2	2+0	1
20	FW		Mustafa Abdellaoue	13	4	7+3	1	1+2	3
28	FW		Aaron Samuel Olanare	12	1	4+6	0	2+0	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		10	Torgeir Børven	9	7	16
2	FW		11	Morten Berre	10	1	11
3	MF		26	Bojan Zajić	4	1	5
4	FW		22	Diego Calvo	1	3	4
	FW		20	Mustafa Abdellaoue	1	3	4
6	DF		18	Giancarlo González	3	0	3
	MF		17	Mohammed Fellah	2	1	3
8	DF		5	Jan Lecjaks	2	0	2
	MF		8	Jan Gunnar Solli	2	0	2
	DF		6	Simon Larsen	1	1	2
	MF		7	Daniel Fredheim Holm	1	1	2
12	DF		4	André Muri	1	0	1
	GK		34	Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn	1	0	1
	DF		24	Nicolai Høgh	1	0	1
	MF		23	Kristofer Hæstad	1	0	1
	MF		19	Christian Grindheim	1	0	1
	FW		11	Morten Berre	0	1	1
	FW		28	Aaron Samuel Olanare	0	1	1
	MF		40	Ghayas Zahid	0	1	1
	MF		35	Monir Benmoussa	0	1	1
				TOTALS	41	21	62

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Total
2		DF	Joseph Baffo	2	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Jan Lecjaks	4	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Simon Larsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Daniel Fredheim Holm	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Jan Gunnar Solli	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Morten Berre	2	0	0	0	2	0
13		MF	Fegor Ogude	5	0	0	0	5	0
17		MF	Mohammed Fellah	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Giancarlo González	2	0	2	1	4	1
19		MF	Christian Grindheim	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Diego Calvo	2	0	2	0	4	0
23		MF	Kristofer Hæstad	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Nicolai Høgh	1	1	1	0	2	1
26		MF	Bojan Zajić	2	0	0	0	2	0
28		FW	Aaron Samuel Olanare	1	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Marcel Wawrzynkiewicz	2	0	0	0	2	0
34		GK	Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	34	1	5	1	39	2

Notes

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