2020 Odds BK season

The 2020 season was Odd's twelfth continuous season in the Eliteserien since winning the 1. divisjon in 2008.

Odd

2020 season
President	Trond Haukvik
Manager	Jan Frode Nornes
Stadium	Skagerak Arena
Eliteserien	7th
Norwegian Cup	Canceled due to COVID-19
Top goalscorer	League: Mushaga Bakenga (15) All: Mushaga Bakenga (15)
Home colours Away colours

Season events

On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo left to become manager of Vålerenga,[1] with Jan Frode Nornes being appointed as his replacement on 11 March 2020.[2]

On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.[3]

On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[4]

On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.[5]

On 14 October, Odds match against Viking was postponed due to the Viking squad having to isolate after Veton Berisha tested positive for COVID-19, eventually being rearranged for 4 November.[6]

On 28 November, Odds matches against Sandefjord on 29 November, and Strømsgodset on 2 December where postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.[7]

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 Sondre Rossbach 2 DF  NOR Espen Ruud 3 DF  NOR Fredrik Semb Berge 5 DF  NOR John Kitolano (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 6 MF  NOR Vebjørn Hoff 7 MF  MNE Vladimir Rodić (on loan from Hammarby) 8 MF  NOR Markus Andreas Kaasa 9 FW  NOR Mushaga Bakenga 10 FW  NGA Kachi 11 FW  KVX Elba Rashani 12 GK  NOR Egil Selvik 13 DF  NOR Kevin Egell-Johnsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NOR Fredrik Nordkvelle 15 DF  NOR Eirik Asante 16 MF  NOR Joshua Kitolano 17 MF  NOR Elias Skogvoll 18 DF  NOR Odin Bjørtuft 20 FW  NOR Tobias Lauritsen 21 DF  NOR Steffen Hagen (Captain) 23 MF  NOR Marius Larsen 24 DF  NOR Bjørn Mæland 25 DF  NOR Tobias Hallstensen 26 MF  NOR Filip Jørgensen

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2020	MF		Elias Skogvoll	Mjølner	Free	[8]
1 January 2020	FW		Kachi	Sandnes Ulf	Free	[9]
23 January 2020	DF		Tobias Hallstensen	Florø	Undisclosed	[10]
29 June 2020	FW		Mushaga Bakenga	Tromsø	Free	[11]
29 August 2020	FW		Robin Simović	Livorno	Undisclosed	[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
30 June 2020	MF		Kasper Lunding	AGF Aarhus	5 October	[13][14]
5 October 2020	DF		John Kitolano	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	[15]
5 October 2020	MF		Vladimir Rodić	Hammarby	End of season	[16]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 January 2020	MF		André Sødlund	Sandnes Ulf	Undisclosed	[17]
31 January 2020	MF		Filip Delaveris	SBV Vitesse	Undisclosed	[18]
30 June 2020	FW		Torgeir Børven	Rosenborg	Undisclosed	[19]
5 October 2020	DF		Birk Risa	Molde	Undisclosed	[20]
5 October 2020	MF		Bilal Njie	KFUM Oslo	Undisclosed	[21]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 December 2019	MF		Jone Samuelsen

Competitions

Eliteserien

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	13	4	13	52	51	+1	43	8	2	5	28	22	+6	5	2	8	24	29	−5

Last updated: 22 December 2020.
Source: Results

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	13	12	10	7	10	11	8	4	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2020. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

16 June 2020 1	Odd	1–2	Sandefjord	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  31' Børven  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Jónsson  32' Pálsson  68' Nordkvelle  83' (o.g.) Gussiås  90+1'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

21 June 2020 2	Strømsgodset	1–0	Odd	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hove  2' Leifsson  25' Mickelson  62' Salvesen  82'	Report	Risa  90+3'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Tore Hansen

24 June 2020 3	Odd	4–1	Vålerenga	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff  12' Kachi  20' Børven  60', 67' (pen.), 90+2' Rashani  85'	Report	Vilhjálmsson  6' (pen.) Adekugbe  37' Lekven  67' Myhre  69'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

27 June 2020 4	IK Start	0–5	Odd	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Afeez  14' Wichne  50'	Report	Kaasa  4' Hoff  12' Børven  49' (pen.), 66' Ruud  60' Lauritsen  85'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

1 July 2020 5	Odd	0–4	Bodø/Glimt	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  15'	Report	Zinckernagel  16' (pen.) Junker  26' Høibråten  47'  69' Skytte  66'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

5 July 2020 6	Odd	0–0	Haugesund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Velde  84'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Rohit Saggi

12 July 2020 7	Viking	1–2	Odd	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vevatne  61'	Report	Lauritsen  17' Lunding  87' Jakobsen  90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

15 July 2020 8	Odd	1–0	Brann	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaasa  53' Lunding  77'	Report	Ordagić  64' Hustad  85'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Mohammad Aslam

19 July 2020 9	Sarpsborg 08	2–0	Odd	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly  61' Lindseth  77' Ofkir  87'	Report	Ruud  90+4'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Espen Eskås

25 July 2020 10	Odd	3–2	Aalesund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lauritsen  11' (pen.) Kitolano  16' Ruud 30'  37' Rashani  68' Hoff  89' Friðjónsson  90' (o.g.)	Report	Grétarsson  10' Nordli  18'  74' Ólafsson  21'  22' Bizoza  43' Kongshavn  79' A.Lie  80'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

29 July 2020 11	Mjøndalen	0–2	Odd	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hansen  34'	Report	Kitolano  42', 87'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Tore Hansen

2 August 2020 12	Odd	2–1	Rosenborg	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lunding  28' Dahl Reitan  55' (o.g.)	Report	Hovland  36' Helland  46' Holse  67'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

9 August 2020 13	Stabæk	0–1	Odd	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kaasa  52' Bakenga  69' Rossbach  90+3'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Rohit Saggi

16 August 2020 14	Odd	2–1	Kristiansund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lunding  20' Bakenga  37'	Report	Pellegrino  17' (pen.) Kalludra  45+3' Diagné  90+4'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Espen Eskås

22 August 2020 15	Molde	2–0	Odd	Molde
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem  61' James  77' (pen.)  77' Pedersen  90+4'	Report	Rashani  39'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Sivert Amland

30 August 2020 16	Odd	6–1	Mjøndalen	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  6', 31' (pen.) Bakenga  14', 34' Rashani  67' Risa  77'  90+3'	Report	Brochmann  4' Solberg  31' Liseth 72' Ovenstad  86'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

13 September 2020 17	Bodø/Glimt	6–1	Odd	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lode  12' Rossbach  14' (o.g.) Fet  21' J.Hauge  26' (pen.), 42' (pen.) Saltnes  31', 58' Boniface  56'	Report	Lunding  1' Risa  55'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

20 September 2020 18	Odd	2–0	Stabæk	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashani  27' Ruud  77'	Report		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

27 September 2020 19	Haugesund	4–4	Odd	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fredriksen  5' Wadji  23' Leite  34' Hansen  51' Sandvik  71' Kitolano  87' (o.g.) Koné  90' Ammitzbøll  90+3'	Report	Hoff  36' Simović  43' Bakenga  45+1', 71' Kitolano  45+3' Ruud  62'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

4 October 2020 20	Rosenborg	4–1	Odd	Trondheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reitan  42' Tagseth  65' Zachariassen  70' Islamović  78', 83' (pen.)	Report	Ruud  19' Simović  74'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 200[3] Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås

25 October 2020 22	Aalesunds	0–3	Odd	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Uzochukwu  36' Haugen  67' Jørgensen  86'	Report	Rodić  10' Jos.Kitolano  27' Bjørtuft  45+2' Egell-Johnsen  64' Bakenga  84'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

31 October 2020 23	Odd	1–1	Sarpsborg 08	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ruud  50' (pen.)	Report	Thomassen  32' Ødegaard  49' Salétros  57' Dyrestam  65'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

4 November 2020 21	Odd	3–0	Viking	Skien
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakenga  18', 51' Jos.Kitolano  58' Rodić  66'	Report	Bell  49' Vikstøl  54'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 October but postponed on 14 October due to COVID-19.[6]

8 November 2020 24	Vålerenga	2–0	Odd	Oslo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Shala  39' Vilhjálmsson  86'	Report	Bjørtuft  63' Joh.Kitolano  86' Ruud  88'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rohit Saggi

22 November 2020 25	Odd	1–2	Start	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jos.Kitolano  64' Hoff  90+3'	Report	Schulze  51' Deumeland  64' Kabran  82' Ramsland  90+3' El Makrini  90+3'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

9 December 2020 28	Kristiansund	4–3	Odd	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hopmark  12' Sørli  45', 57' Skarsem  61' Pellegrino  75', 90+3' Moumbagna  90+8'	Report	Bakenga  43', 81', 90+1'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

13 December 2020 26	Sandefjord	1–1	Odd	Sandefjord
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pálsson  44' Vales  84'	Report	Bakenga  18'  54' Ruud 49' Bjørtuft  90'	Stadium: Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 600[5] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta
Note: Match originally scheduled for 29 November, but postponed on 28 November due to COVID-19.[22]

16 December 2020 29	Odd	1–4	Molde	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakenga  9'	Report	Wingo  28' Gregersen  37' Christensen  55' Eikrem  71' Omoijuanfo  78', 90+5' (pen.) Bolly  83'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 350 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

19 December 2020 27	Odd	1–3	Strømsgodset	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rashani  20' Rodić  39' Joh.Kitolano  52' Kaasa  58'	Report	Salvesen  9', 53', 66' Gunnarsson  31'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 December, but postponed on 28 November due to COVID-19.[7]

22 December 2020 30	Brann	2–1	Odd	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Taylor  45+4' (pen.) Forren  54' Tveita  71'	Report	Jørgensen  45+4' Bakenga  65' Lauritsen  69'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Espen Eskås

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Kristiansund	30	12	12	6	57	45	+12	48
6	Viking	30	12	8	10	54	52	+2	44
7	Odd	30	13	4	13	52	51	+1	43
8	Stabæk	30	9	12	9	41	45	−4	39
9	Haugesund	30	11	6	13	39	51	−12	39

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).[23]

Norwegian Cup

2020 First round		–
CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Cup cancelled on 10 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[4]

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 December 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sondre Rossbach	29	0	29	0	0	0
2	DF		Espen Ruud	27	6	27	6	0	0
5	DF		John Kitolano	8	0	8	0	0	0
6	MF		Vebjørn Hoff	27	2	27	2	0	0
7	MF		Vladimir Rodić	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
8	MF		Markus Kaasa	29	2	28+1	2	0	0
9	FW		Mushaga Bakenga	26	15	19+7	15	0	0
10	FW		Kachi	22	0	5+17	0	0	0
11	FW		Elba Rashani	24	3	22+2	3	0	0
12	GK		Egil Selvik	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF		Kevin Egell-Johnsen	5	1	3+2	1	0	0
14	MF		Fredrik Nordkvelle	24	0	5+19	0	0	0
15	DF		Eirik Asante	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
16	MF		Joshua Kitolano	27	4	27	4	0	0
17	MF		Elias Skogvoll	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
18	DF		Odin Bjørtuft	30	1	30	1	0	0
19	MF		Bilal Njie	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
20	FW		Tobias Lauritsen	20	3	8+12	3	0	0
21	DF		Steffen Hagen	24	0	24	0	0	0
22	FW		Robin Simović	13	2	6+7	2	0	0
23	MF		Marius Larsen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
24	DF		Bjørn Mæland	5	0	0+5	0	0	0
26	MF		Filip Jørgensen	23	0	17+6	0	0	0
Players away from Odd on loan:
Players who left Odd during the season
5	DF		Birk Risa	20	1	20	1	0	0
7	MF		Kasper Lunding	15	4	9+6	4	0	0
22	FW		Torgeir Børven	4	6	4	6	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Mushaga Bakenga	15	0	15
2	FW		22	Torgeir Børven	6	0	6
	DF		2	Espen Ruud	6	0	6
4	MF		7	Kasper Lunding	4	0	4
	MF		16	Joshua Kitolano	4	0	4
6	FW		20	Tobias Lauritsen	3	0	3
	FW		11	Elba Rashani	3	0	3
8	MF		6	Vebjørn Hoff	2	0	2
	MF		8	Markus Kaasa	2	0	2
	FW		22	Robin Simović	2	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
12	DF		5	Birk Risa	1	0	1
	DF		18	Odin Bjørtuft	1	0	1
	DF		13	Kevin Egell-Johnsen	1	0	1
				TOTALS	52	0	52

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Sondre Rossbach	8	0	8
				TOTALS	8	0	8

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Sondre Rossbach	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Espen Ruud	5	1	0	0	5	1
5		DF	John Kitolano	3	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Vebjørn Hoff	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Vladimir Rodić	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Markus Kaasa	2	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Mushaga Bakenga	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Kachi	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Elba Rashani	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Joshua Kitolano	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Odin Bjørtuft	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Tobias Lauritsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Filip Jørgensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Odd during the season:
5		DF	Birk Risa	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Kasper Lunding	2	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	33	1	0	0	33	1

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