2014 Odds BK season

Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. All other sports than football were discontinued and the club became dedicated to football only. Odd plays in the Norwegian top division, Tippeligaen, and holds the record winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. During the 2014/15 the club will be participating in the Tippeliean and NM Cupen.

Odd

2014 season
Chairman	Tom Helge Rønning
Manager	Dag-Eilev Fagermo
Stadium	Skagerak Arena
Tippeligaen	3rd
Norwegian Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Frode Johnsen (11) All: Frode Johnsen (16)
Highest home attendance	12,293 vs Sarpsborg 08 (25 September 2014)
Lowest home attendance	5,556 vs Sandnes Ulf (3 August 2014)
Average home league attendance	7,430
Home colours Away 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  NOR André Hansen 2 DF  NOR Emil Jonassen 3 MF  NOR Ardian Gashi 4 DF  NOR Vegard Bergan 5 DF  NOR Thomas Grøgaard 6 MF  NOR Christer Kleiven 7 FW  NOR Ole Jørgen Halvorsen 8 MF  NOR Jone Samuelsen 9 MF  NOR Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen 10 MF  NOR Herolind Shala 11 FW  NOR Frode Johnsen 12 GK  NOR Sondre Løvseth Rossbach

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NOR Fredrik Nordkvelle 16 MF  NOR Jonathan Lindseth 18 DF  FIN Jarkko Hurme 19 FW  NOR Snorre Krogsgård 20 MF  NOR Fredrik Oldrup Jensen 21 DF  NOR Steffen Hagen 22 MF  NOR Håvard Storbæk 23 DF  NOR Lars Kristian Eriksen 24 GK  NOR Viljar Myhra 25 MF  NOR Mathias Fredriksen 26 FW  NGA Bentley

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 9 FW  NOR Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen (from Haugesund)[1] 16 MF  NOR Jonathan Lindseth (from Pors) 18 DF  FIN Jarkko Hurme (from TPS)[2] 26 FW  NGA Chukwuma Akabueze (from Wuhan Zall)[3]

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 4 DF  NOR Morten Fevang (to Notodden) 9 FW  SWE Mattias Andersson (retired) 14 MF  NGA George White (loan to Strømmen made permanent)[4] 17 DF  NOR Niklas Gunnarsson (to Vålerenga)[5] 19 FW  NOR Snorre Krogsgård (to Fram)[6] 27 FW  NOR Erik Rosland 28 FW  ANG Eriel Antonio Pires 30 MF  NOR Tony Hieu Vo

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 3 MF  NOR Ardian Gashi (from Helsingborg)[7] 19 FW  NOR Snorre Krogsgård (from Fram)[8]

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 Fredrik Semb Berge (to Brøndby)[9] 15 MF  NOR Elba Rashani (to Brøndby)[10][11]

Competitions

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	17	7	6	52	32	+20	58	10	3	2	30	14	+16	7	4	4	22	18	+4

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L
Position	11	5	11	6	9	6	8	9	8	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2014. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

30 March 2014 1	Sandnes Ulf	1 – 1	Odd	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lennon  75'	Summary	Johnsen  85'	Stadium: Sandnes Idrettspark Attendance: 3,506 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

5 April 2014 2	Odd	2 – 1	Molde	Skien
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashani  50' Samuelsen  53'	Summary	Hestad  41'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,140 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

13 April 2014 3	Rosenborg	2 – 0	Odd	Trondheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strangberg  4' Bille Nielsen  90+4'			Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12 263 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

21 April 2014 4	Odd	2 – 1	Stabæk	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fontanello  54' (o.g.) Rashani  68'	Summary	Boli  74'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,591 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

27 April 2014 5	Strømsgodset	2 – 1	Odd	Drammen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kovács  10' Sætra  20'	Summary	Samuelsen  43'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 6,427 Referee: Per Staberg

1 May 2014 6	Odd	2 – 0	Sarpsborg 08	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuelsen  18' Johnsen  86'	Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,603 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

5 May 2014 7	Viking	1 – 1	Odd	Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingason  86'	Summary	Rashani  77'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 9,286 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

11 May 2014 8	Odd	0 – 2	Lillestrøm	Skien
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Ringstad  11' Lundemo  40'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,372 Referee: Omar Rafiq

16 May 2014 9	Haugesund	1 – 2	Odd	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fevang  51'	Summary	Shala  40' Storbæk  90'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 6,323 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

20 May 2014 10	Odd	2 – 1	Aalesunds	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuelsen  18', 30'	Summary	Tollås  49'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,652 Referee: Tore Hansen

25 May 2014 11	Start	0 – 1	Odd	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Acosta  64'	Summary	Hagen  66'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

9 June 2014 12	Odd	0 – 0	Sogndal	Skien
CEST (UTC+2)		Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

12 June 2014 13	Brann	0 – 1	Odd	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Hurme  29'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 8,510 Referee: Omar Rafiq

7 July 2014 14	Odd	2 – 2	Vålerenga	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hagen  14' Gunnarsson  41' (o.g.)	Summary	Mathisen  27' Larsen  79'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 7,279 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

12 July 2014 15	Bodø/Glimt	0 – 3	Odd	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Samuelsen  69' Rashani  72' Halvorsen  78'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Trond Døvle

20 July 2014 16	Odd	0 – 0	Haugesund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

27 July 2014 17	Sogndal	1 – 3	Odd	Sogndalsfjøra
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Psyché  75'	Summary	Samuelsen  43' Nordkvelle  84' Storbæk  88'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 2,845 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

3 August 2014 18	Odd	3 – 1	Sandnes Ulf	Skien
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Johnsen  52' Jensen  66' Shala  90+1'	Summary	Midtsjø  47'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,556 Referee: Espen Berntsen

9 August 2014 19	Odd	1 – 0	Strømsgodset	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shala  79'	Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 8,990 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

17 August 2014 20	Stabæk	1 – 3	Odd	Bærum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boli  28'	Summary	Shala  37' Halvorsen  43' Brustad  45+2' (o.g.) Nordkvelle  21'  49'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 4,080 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

24 August 2014 21	Odd	4 – 1	Start	Skien
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentley  57' Storbæk  75' Johnsen  87', 90'	Summary	Børufsen  12'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 8,395 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

30 August 2014 22	Sarpsborg 08	2 – 2	Odd	Sarpsborg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	K.Berge  16' Castro  65' T.Breive  35'  70'	Summary	Samuelsen  20' Shala  79'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 3,582 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

13 September 2014 23	Odd	4 – 1	Viking	Skien
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuelsen  8' Bentley  50' Johnsen  52' Shala  71'	Summary	Grøgaard  4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 8,399 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

21 September 2014 24	Lillestrøm	2 – 0	Odd	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moen  30' Ringstad  71'	Summary		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5837 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

28 September 2014 25	Odd	4 – 0	Brann	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karadas  31' (o.g.) Johnsen  66' Shala  70' (pen.) Mojsov  89' (o.g.)	Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 7,008 Referee: Espen Berntsen

4 October 2014 26	Aalesund	2 – 2	Odd	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  40' Latifu  90+1'	Summary	Johnsen  73', 82'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 7,804 Referee: Martin Lundby

19 October 2014 27	Odd	4 – 3	Bodø/Glimt	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentley  21' Shala  35' Johnsen  58', 83'	Summary	Richards  13' Badou  45+1', 62'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,704 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

24 October 2014 28	Vålerenga	1 – 2	Odd	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zahid  79'	Summary	Shala  14' Storbæk  32'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,355 Referee: Tore Hansen

2 November 2014 29	Odd	0 – 1	Rosenborg	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eriksen  80'	Summary	Skjelvik  50' Helland  71' Jensen  83' Eyjólfsson 90+1'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 11,548 Referee: Svein Moen

9 November 2014 30	Molde	2 – 0	Odd	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hussain  70' Gulbrandsen  73' Chima  75' 78' Høiland  80'	Summary	Hagen  59' Jensen  73'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	22	5	3	62	24	+38	71	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rosenborg	30	18	6	6	64	43	+21	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Odd	30	17	7	6	52	32	+20	58
4	Strømsgodset	30	15	5	10	48	42	+6	50
5	Lillestrøm	30	13	7	10	49	35	+14	46

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

1. Since the winners of the 2014 Norwegian Cup (Molde) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the berth (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed down the league to Strømsgodset.

Norwegian Cup

24 April 2014 First Round	Kjapp	0 – 4	Odd	Kjapp hovedbane
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Johansen  17', 83' Helgerud  61' (o.g.) Halvorsen  71'	Referee: Tim Nicolai Fjellvang

8 May 2014 Second Round	Fram Larvik	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Odd	Larvik
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pietroń  71' Adžić  104'	Summary	Shala  75' Johnsen  97', 103' Storbæk  100'	Stadium: Fram Stadion Attendance: 994

4 June 2014 Third Round	Notodden	0 – 4	Odd	Notodden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Bentley  5' Nordkvelle  35' Halvorsen  45', 48'	Stadium: Notodden Stadion Attendance: 1567 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

27 June 2014 Fourth Round	Odd	3 – 2	Vålerenga	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johnsen  51', 58' Bentley  90' (pen.)	Summary	Høgh  68' Holm  78'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,744 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

14 August 2014 Quarterfinals	Odd	3 – 1	Brann	Skien
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shala  66' (pen.), 87' Johansen  78'	Summary	Huseklepp  24'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 8,348 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

25 September 2014 Semifinals	Odd	5 – 2	Sarpsborg 08	Skien
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Shala  48', 71' Halvorsen  58', 90+3' Johnsen  66'	Summary	Zajić  37' Thomassen  45'  47' Þórarinsson  77'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Final

23 November 2014	Molde	2 – 0	Odd	Oslo
13:15 CET (UTC+1)	Elyounoussi  60',  88' Gulbrandsen  65',  73'	Summary	Hurme  58' Samuelsen  69'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 26,528 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Squad statistics

As of match played 23 November 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		André Hansen	35	0	29	0	6	0
2	DF		Emil Jonassen	5	0	2+1	0	2	0
3	MF		Ardian Gashi	14	0	4+7	0	0+3	0
4	DF		Vegard Bergan	9	0	4+1	0	3+1	0
5	DF		Thomas Grøgaard	35	0	30	0	5	0
6	MF		Christer Kleiven	2	0	0	0	2	0
7	FW		Ole Jørgen Halvorsen	33	7	16+10	2	5+2	5
8	MF		Jone Samuelsen	32	9	28	9	4	0
9	FW		Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen	11	3	0+8	0	2+1	3
10	MF		Herolind Shala	36	14	24+6	9	5+1	5
11	FW		Frode Johnsen	36	16	28+2	11	5+1	5
12	GK		Sondre Løvseth Rossbach	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
14	MF		Fredrik Nordkvelle	33	2	13+13	1	6+1	1
18	DF		Jarkko Hurme	19	1	11+2	1	5+1	0
19	FW		Snorre Krogsgård	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Fredrik Oldrup Jensen	33	1	27+2	1	3+1	0
21	DF		Steffen Hagen	38	3	30	3	8	0
22	MF		Håvard Storbæk	33	5	15+12	4	3+3	1
23	DF		Lars Kristian Eriksen	29	0	25	0	4	0
25	MF		Mathias Fredriksen	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
26	FW		Bentley	36	5	18+11	3	5+2	2
Players away from Odd on loan:
Players who appeared for Odd no longer at the club:
3	DF		Fredrik Semb Berge	12	0	11	0	1	0
15	MF		Elba Rashani	17	4	14+1	4	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Frode Johnsen	11	5	16
2	MF		10	Herolind Shala	9	5	14
3	MF		8	Jone Samuelsen	9	0	9
4	FW		7	Ole Jørgen Halvorsen	2	5	7
5	MF		22	Håvard Storbæk	4	1	5
				Own goal	4	1	5
	FW		26	Bentley	3	2	5
8	MF		15	Elba Rashani	4	0	4
9	DF		21	Steffen Hagen	3	0	3
	FW		9	Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen	0	3	3
11	MF		14	Fredrik Nordkvelle	1	1	2
12	MF		20	Fredrik Oldrup Jensen	1	0	1
	DF		18	Jarkko Hurme	1	0	1
				TOTALS	46	23	69

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	André Hansen	1	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Fredrik Semb Berge	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Vegard Bergan	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Thomas Grøgaard	0	0	1	0	1	0
7		FW	Ole Jørgen Halvorsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Jone Samuelsen	3	0	1	0	4	0
10		MF	Herolind Shala	2	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Fredrik Nordkvelle	2	1	1	0	3	1
15		MF	Elba Rashani	3	0	0	0	3	0
18		DF	Jarkko Hurme	1	0	2	0	3	0
20		MF	Fredrik Oldrup Jensen	4	0	0	0	4	0
21		DF	Steffen Hagen	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Håvard Storbæk	0	0	1	0	1	0
23		DF	Lars Kristian Eriksen	7	0	0	0	7	0
26		FW	Bentley	1	0	1	0	2	0
			TOTALS	28	1	8	0	36	1

References

1. Pettersen, Per Møller (20 January 2014). "Odd henter inn ny spiss". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
2. Skilbred, Thomas (18 December 2013). "Jarkko Hurme er Odd-spiller". Odd (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. Holtan, Kristian (20 March 2014). "Nå blir han Odd-spiller". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian).
4. Sødal, Per Morten (7 February 2014). ""Maskin" i front - Strømmen". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 7.
5. Enoksen, Magne Mellem (8 October 2013). "Vålerenga henter Odd-spiller". dittOslo.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
6. Rugsveen, Henning (12 March 2014). "Krogsgård klar for Fram". Østlands-Posten (in Norwegian).
7. "Ny spiller inn i troppen". odd.no/ (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
8. "Krogsgård klar for Odd". ta.no (in Norwegian). Telemark Avis. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
9. "Norwegian defender signs with Brøndby IF" (in Danish). www.brondby.com. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
10. "Ouch! The price on Brøndby IF's new starlet" (in Danish). www.eb.dk. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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External links

• Official website
• oddrane supporter club website