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2015 Molde FK season

The 2015 season was Molde's eight consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 39th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was their second season with Tor Ole Skullerud as their manager, and they were the defending champions of both the Tippeligaen and Norwegian Cup. Along with Tippeligaen, the club also competed in the Norwegian Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Molde
2015 season
ChairmanØystein Neerland
ManagerTor Ole Skullerud
(until 6 August)
Erling Moe (interim)
(7 August–21 October)
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
(from 21 October)
StadiumAker Stadion
Tippeligaen6th
Norwegian CupQuarter-final vs. Viking
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round vs. Dinamo Zagreb
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Ola Kamara (14)
All: Ola Kamara (21)
Highest home attendance11,113 vs. Rosenborg
(20 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance2,424 vs. Kvik Halden
(24 June 2015)
Average home league attendance8,952[1]
← 2014
2016 →

Season events edit

Following the clubs elimination from the UEFA Champions League, manager Tor Ole Skullerud was sacked on 6 August,[2] being replaced with Erling Moe on an interim basis.[3] On 21 October 2015, Ole Gunnar Solskjær returned as manager, signing a 3.5 year contract.[4]

Squad edit

As of 29 July 2015[5]

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   USA Ethan Horvath
2 DF   NOR Fredrik Semb Berge (loan from Brøndby)
3 MF   SEN Amidou Diop
4 DF   NOR Ruben Gabrielsen
5 DF   FIN Joona Toivio
6 MF   NOR Daniel Berg Hestad (Captain)
7 MF   NOR Harmeet Singh
8 FW   NOR Fredrik Gulbrandsen
9 MF   SWE Mattias Moström
11 FW   NOR Ola Kamara (loan from Austria Wien)
14 DF   NOR Martin Linnes
15 DF   NOR Per Egil Flo
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   NOR Etzaz Hussain
18 DF   NOR Magne Simonsen
19 MF   NOR Eirik Hestad
20 FW   NOR Tommy Høiland
21 MF   BRA Agnaldo
22 MF   USA Joshua Gatt
23 DF   NOR Knut Olav Rindarøy
24 FW   NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi
25 DF   NOR Vegard Forren
26 GK   SWE Andreas Linde
27 FW   NOR Mushaga Bakenga (loan from Club Brugge)
32 FW   NOR Sander Svendsen

Players on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   NOR Thomas Kind Bendiksen (at Tromsø)
30 FW   SEN Pape Paté Diouf (at Odd)
33 MF   NOR Andreas Hollingen (at Start)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW   USA Ben Spencer (at Toronto FC II)
37 DF   NOR Ole Martin Rindarøy (at Start)
38 MF   NOR Stian Rode Gregersen (at Kristiansund)

Reserve squad edit

[6] 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   BRA Neydson da Silva
39 MF   NOR Eskil Rønningen
40 GK   NOR Isak Gangeskar
41 DF   NOR Henrik Pettersen
43 FW   NOR Mats Aambø
44 FW   NOR Jan Tidjani Aboubacar
45 MF   NOR Sebastian Remme Berge
46 FW   NOR Agwa Okuot Obiech
47 MF   NOR Kjetil Tøsse
48 FW   NOR Erlend Hustad
49 MF   NOR Ola Husby
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 GK   NOR Jonathan Byttingsvik
51 DF   NOR Kristian Strande
52 MF   NOR Tobias Svendsen
53 DF   NOR Martin Ove Roseth
54 FW   NOR Elias Mordal
55 FW   NOR Jesper Nyheim
56 MF   NOR Tobias Nyheim
57 MF   NOR Eman Markovic
58 FW   NOR Thomas Røsok
59 FW   NOR Adnan Dudic
60 MF   NOR Elias Arntsen

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2014–15 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2015

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
23 December 2014 MF   Thomas Kind Bendiksen   Tromsø [7]
9 January 2015 MF   Eman Markovic   Lyngdal [8]
27 January 2015 GK   Andreas Linde   Helsingborgs [9]

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
FW   Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson loan return to   Wolverhampton Wanderers
12 December 2014 GK   Espen Bugge Pettersen   Strømsgodset [10]
17 December 2014 DF   Magnar Ødegaard   Tromsø [11]
20 January 2015 FW   John Cofie   Crawley Town [12][13]
20 January 2015 DF   Seydina Keita loan return to   Diambars FC [12]
21 January 2015 FW   Aliou Coly   Kristiansund [14]
13 February 2015 FW   Daniel Chima Chukwu   Shanghai Shenxin [15][16]
1 July 2015 GK   Ørjan Nyland   Ingolstadt 04 Undisclosed[17]
28 August 2015 MF   Eirik Haugan   Marseille Undisclosed[18]

Loans in edit

Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From
28 January 2015 Season-long[19] FW   Ola Kamara   Austria Wien
11 February 2015 Season-long DF   Fredrik Semb Berge   Brøndby
18 March 2015 Season-long[20] FW   Mushaga Bakenga   Club Brugge

Loans out edit

Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To
26 March 2015 Season long[21] DF   Ole Martin Rindarøy   Start
26 March 2015 Season long[21] MF   Andreas Hollingen   Start
26 March 2015 Season long[21] MF   Stian Rode Gregersen   Kristiansund
31 March 2015 22 July 2015[22] MF   Amidou Diop   Mjøndalen
23 April 2015 Season long[23] MF   Ben Spencer   Toronto FC II
28 July 2015 Remaining season[24] FW   Pape Paté Diouf   Odd
29 July 2015 Remaining season[25] FW   Thomas Kind Bendiksen   Tromsø


Friendlies edit

3 February 2015 Molde   2–2   Hammarby La Manga, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Singh   30' (pen.)
Svendsen   75'		 Summary Hallenius   45'
Söderqvist   49'		 Stadium: Pinatar Arena
14 February 2015 Midtjylland   0–2   Molde Herning, Denmark
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Summary Kamara   10'
Bendiksen   59'		 Stadium: MCH Arena
28 February 2015 Molde 2–1 Kristiansund Molde
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Høiland   50'
Diouf   90'		 Summary Coly   73' Stadium: Aker Stadion
1 March 2015 Molde 2–1 Sandefjord Molde
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Svendsen   51', 66' Summary Pedersen   53' Stadium: Aker Stadion
6 March 2015 Molde 5–2 Sogndal Molde
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Svendsen   17', 36'
Høiland   59', 76', 81' (pen.)		 Summary Shroot   28'
Opseth   90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
11 March 2015 Molde   1–0   HJK Marbella, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Kamara   58' (pen.) Summary
14 March 2015 Molde   2–3   FH Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Svendsen   14'
Diouf   19'		 Summary  
 
 
20 March 2015 Molde   1–1   Kalmar Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Elyounoussi   60' Summary   90'
24 March 2015 Molde 3–0 Hødd Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Kamara   6'
Diouf   43'
Agnaldo   62'		 Summary Stadium: Aker Stadion
30 March 2015 Aalesunds 2–2 Molde Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Mäntylä   49'
James   63', 75'		 Summary Kamara   21'
E.Haugan   55'
Agnaldo   57'		 Stadium: Color Line Stadion
18 November 2015 Molde 3–0 Sogndal Molde
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Høiland   48', 53'
Agnaldo   77'		 Summary Stadium: Aker Stadion
3 December 2015 Malmö   3–1   Molde Molde
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Adu   44' (pen.)
Kroon   79'
Rakip   84'		 Summary Gulbrandsen   29' Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 240
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

Competitions edit

Tippeligaen edit

Main article: 2015 Tippeligaen

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 15 7 8 62 31  +31 52 8 4 3 37 15  +22 7 3 5 25 16  +9

Last updated: 9 November 2015.
Source: see below

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHA
ResultLWWDWLWLDWWLDDWLLDDWDWWLLWWWWW
Position1185424356544554677778767777766
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2015. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

7 April 2015 1 Molde 1–2 Odd Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Elyounoussi   89'
Forren   90+2'		 Summary Johnsen   54'
Ruud   63'
Halvorsen   90'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,308
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
11 April 2015 2 Bodø/Glimt 1–3 Molde Bodø
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Forren   78' (o.g.) Summary Kamara   17', 60'
Elyounoussi   88'		 Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 2,962
Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås
19 April 2015 3 Molde 5–1 Aalesund Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Svendsen   5', 62'
Kamara   10', 75'
Høiland   81'		 Summary Barrantes   43'
Mattila   48'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 9,573
Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås
26 April 2015 4 Haugesund 0–0 Molde Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bamberg   57'
Bjørnbak   73'
Haukås   85'		 Summary Diouf   84' Stadium: Haugesund Stadion
Attendance: 5,446
Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle
29 April 2015 5 Molde 3–1 Strømsgodset Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kamara   32'
Elyounoussi   45', 82'		 Summary Kovács   13'
Wikheim   42'
Abu   50'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,512
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen
4 May 2015 6 Viking 2–1 Molde Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Adegbenro   44'
Berisha   72'
Thioune   78'		 Summary Moström   4'
Høiland   22'
Toivio   69'
Singh   87'		 Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 7,086
Referee: Espen Berntsen
10 May 2015 7 Molde 4–0 Start Molde
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Høiland   22', 31', 87'
Agnaldo   73'		 Summary DeJohn   27'
Hollingen   72'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,269
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen
13 May 2015 8 Lillestrøm 2–1 Molde Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Knudtzon   60', 63' Summary Toivio   7'  78' Stadium: Åråsen Stadion
Attendance: 7,259
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen
16 May 2015 9 Molde 3–3 Stabæk Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Svendsen   34', 37'
Hussain   66'
Kamara   87'		 Summary Skjønsberg   38'
Diomande   39', 68'
Issah   61'
Meling   90'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 10,633
Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås
22 May 2015 10 Mjøndalen 0–3 Molde Mjøndalen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Solberg Olsen   19'
Sylling Olsen   51'
Gauseth   54'		 Summary Elyounoussi   28'
Forren   50'
Forren   53'
Svendsen   56'
Høiland   70'		 Stadium: Mjøndalen Arena
Attendance: 2,654
Referee: Espen Berntsen
30 May 2015 11 Molde 6–1 Sandefjord Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Linnes   13'
Elyounoussi   40', 42', 49'
Høiland   77', 90'		 Summary Larsen   27'
Mjelde   38'
Bindia   57'
Risholt   64'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,393
Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen
5 June 2015 12 Tromsø 2–0 Molde Tromsø
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Antonsen   8'
Ondrášek  
Hansson   31'		 Summary Nyland   12'
Singh   70'
Hløiland   75'		 Stadium: Alfheim Stadion
Attendance: 3,130
Referee: Trygve Tjensli
20 June 2015 13 Molde 0–0 Vålerenga Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Hussain   26' Summary Wæhler   51'
Zahid   62'
Stengel   66'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 9,332
Referee: Kim Andre Johnsen
27 June 2015 14 Rosenborg 1–1 Molde Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Søderlund   32'
Skjelvik   63'		 Summary Hansen   34' (o.g.)
Forren   50'
Høiland   90'		 Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 21,401
Referee: Tore Hansen
3 July 2015 15 Sarpsborg 08 1–4 Molde Sarpsborg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bellaïd   67'
Zajić   90+1'		 Summary Kamara   7', 57', 90+1'
Svendsen   21'		 Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion
Attendance: 3,588
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
10 July 2015 16 Molde 0–1 Haugesund Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Semb Berge   33'
Toivio   90'		 Summary Diedhiou   8'
Cvetinović   74'
Bråtveit   90+3'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 9,355
Referee: Omar Rafiq
18 July 2015 18 Molde 1–2 Bodø/Glimt Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Linnes   43'
Horvath   60'
Forren   89'
Singh   90+2'   90+3'		 Summary Valentin   21'
Konradsen   36'
Furebotn   57'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 9,573
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
25 July 2015 17 Strømsgodset Postponed1 Molde Drammen
CEST (UTC+2) [ Summary] Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
9 August 2015 19 Odd 2–2 Molde Skien
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bentley   57'
Occéan   74' (pen.)		 Summary Elyounoussi   14'
Toivio   36'
Linde   72'		 Stadium: Skagerak Arena
Attendance: 7,993
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
15 August 2015 20 Molde 0–0 Sarpsborg 08 Molde
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Flo   78'
Moström   90+3'		 Summary Kronberg   90+4' Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,157
Referee: Ole Gya
23 August 2015 21 Vålerenga 0–1 Molde Oslo
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Wæhler   33'
Näsberg   80'
Holm   81'		 Summary Flo   13' Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås
30 August 2015 22 Molde 2–2 Lillestrøm Molde
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Simonsen   23'
Høiland   54'
Moström   81'		 Summary Innocent   10'
Timisela   17'
Martin   24'
Kolstad   28'
Friday   77'  86'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,318
Referee: Kai Erik Steen
12 September 2015 23 Sandefjord 2–4 Molde Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Mjelde   26'
Larsen   42'
Bindia   90'		 Summary Kamara   25', 43'
Svendsen   45+1'
Hussain   67'
Elyounoussi   79'		 Stadium: Komplett.no Arena
Attendance: 3,317
Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle
20 September 2015 24 Molde 1–0 Rosenborg Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kamara   58'
Høiland   86'		 Summary Jensen   3'
Svensson   70'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 11,113
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen
23 September 2015 17 Strømsgodset 1–0 Molde Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Pedersen   18'
Abu   27'
Madsen   58'		 Summary Toivio   32' Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
Attendance: 6,502
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen
27 September 2015 25 Stabæk 1–0 Molde Bærum
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Keita   14' Summary Forren   36' Stadium: Nadderud Stadion
Attendance: 3,538
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
4 October 2015 26 Molde 4–0 Tromsø Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) E.Hestad   19'
Simonsen   36'
Flo   54'
Kamara   79' (pen.)		 Summary Oršulić   59'   77' Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,378
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
18 October 2015 27 Molde 3–1 Mjøndalen Molde
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kamara   54'
Svendsen   63'
Singh   86'		 Summary Nguen   79' Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,141
Referee: Trygve Kjensli
25 October 2015 28 Aalesund 1–2 Molde Ålesund
15:30 CET (UTC+1) James   39'
Skagestad   79'		 Summary Høiland   15'  38'
Singh   75'
Elyounoussi   76'		 Stadium: Color Line Stadion
Attendance: 8,023
Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen
1 November 2015 29 Molde 4–1 Viking Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Moström   1'
Berge   52'
Elyounoussi   55'
Bakenga   83'		 Summary Haugen   19'
Thioune   45+1'
Sverrisson   80'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,220
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen
8 November 2015 30 Start 0–3 Molde Kristiansand
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Børufsen   38' Summary Svendsen   22'
Gabrielsen   42'
Flo   72'		 Stadium: Sør Arena
Attendance: 5,914
Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Odd 30 15 10 5 61 41 +20 55 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
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[a] 30 12 9 9 45 43 +2 44
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), Soccerway
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 (between two teams).[27]
Notes:
  1. ^ Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.[26]

Norwegian Cup edit

Main article: 2015 Norwegian Football Cup
22 April 2015 First Round Brattvåg 0–2 Molde Brattvåg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Høiland   37'
Svendsen   80'		 Stadium: Brattvåg gras
Attendance: 732
Referee: Mathias Smehus Kringstad
7 May 2015 Second Round Træff 0–2 Molde Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Neergaard   81' Summary Agnaldo   3'
Svendsen   47'		 Stadium: Reknesbanen
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Mathias Smehus Kringstad
2 June 2015 Third round Fyllingsdalen 0–4 Molde Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Kamara   23' (pen.)
Diouf   28'
Bendiksen   42'
Hussain   49'
Agnaldo   64'		 Stadium: Varden Amfi
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Ole Gya
24 June 2015 Fourth Round Molde 3–0 Kvik Halden Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kamara   11'
Høiland   25' (pen.)
O.Strømsborg   65' (o.g.)		 Summary Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 2,424
Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle
12 August 2015 Quarterfinal Viking 3–0 Molde Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Adegbenro   22'
Böðvarsson   37'
Sigurðsson   67'  84'
Mets   90+4'		 Summary Rindarøy   24'
Elyounoussi   55'
Hussain   66'
Forren   83'		 Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Tore Hansen

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
14 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Molde   5–0   Pyunik Molde, Norway
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Elyounoussi   35', 44'
Hussain   81'
Kamara   84', 90+2'
Moström   90+5'		 Summary Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 5,650[28]
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)
21 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Pyunik   1–0
(1–5 agg.)		   Molde Yerevan, Armenia
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Gh.Poghosyan   71'
Badoyan   75'		 Summary Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 2,500[28]
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)
28 July 2015 Third qualifying round 1st leg Dinamo Zagreb   1–1   Molde Zagreb, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Henríquez   18'  84'
Machado   65'
Rog   80'		 Summary Kamara   21'
Hussain   52'
Rindarøy   55'
Hestad   62'		 Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 9,327[29]
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
4 August 2015 Third qualifying round 2nd leg Molde   3–3
(4–4(a) agg.)		   Dinamo Zagreb Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Hussain   43'   87'
Forren   45+1'   72'
Singh  
Elyounoussi   52' (pen.)
Kamara     75'		 Summary Pjaca   17'
Ademi   20'
Rog   22'
Gonçalo Santos   31'
Eduardo   51'
Antolić   80'
Hodžić   87'
Ivo Pinto   90+5'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 7,017[29]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
20 August 2015 Play-off round 1st Leg Molde   2–0   Standard Liège Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Moström   16'
Høiland   24'
Elyounoussi   28'
Horvath   90+3'		 Summary Enoh   65'
Knockaert   75'
Van Damme   90+2'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 3 940
Referee: Aliaksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
27 August 2015 Play-off round 2nd Leg Standard Liège   3–1
(3–3(a) agg.)		   Molde Liège, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Trebel   13'  90+5'
Knockaert   26'  90'
Santini   48'
Faty   54'
Yattara   56'
Enoh   90+1'		 Report Flo   23'
Hussain   42'
Singh   44'
Toivio   81'
Høiland   90'
Forren   90'		 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 12,568[30]
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Group stage edit

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

On 28 August 2015, the draw for the group stage was made in Monaco. Molde faced Ajax, Celtic and Fenerbahçe in Group A.[31] Molde topped the group with eleven points, and were drawn against Spanish football side Sevilla FC in the Round of 32.[32]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Molde 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase
2   Fenerbahçe 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
3   Ajax 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
4   Celtic 6 0 3 3 8 12 −4 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
17 September 2015 1 Fenerbahçe   1–3   Molde Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Topal   24'
Nani   35'  42'
Potuk   79'		 Report Elyounoussi   53'  25'   84'
Høiland   36' (pen.)
Linnes   65'		 Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 31,209[33]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
1 October 2015 2 Molde   1–1   Ajax Molde, Norway
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) E.Hestad   8'
Høiland   27'		 Report Tete   9'
Fischer   19'
Veltman   40'
Riedewald   79'
Gudelj   90+4'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 7,890[34]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
22 October 2015 3 Molde   3–1   Celtic Molde, Norway
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) Kamara   11'
Forren   18'
Elyounoussi   56'		 Report Commons   55'
Ambrose   82'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 9,166[35]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
5 November 2015 4 Celtic   1–2   Molde Glasgow, Scotland
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Commons   26'
Lustig   30'
Johansen   66'
Bitton   76'		 Report Elyounoussi   21'
D.Hestad   37'
Linnes   38'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 37,071[36]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
26 November 2015 5 Molde   0–2   Fenerbahçe Molde, Norway
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Forren   7'
Gulbrandsen   8'
Singh   62'
Hussain   77'
K.Rindarøy   90+1'		 Report Kaldırım   23'
Kjær   55'
Alves   61'
Fernandão   68'
Kadlec   79'
Nani   81'
Tufan   84'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 8,235[37]
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
10 December 2015 6 Ajax   1–1   Molde Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Van de Beek   14'
Gudelj   61'   90'
Klaassen   70'
Milik   70'
Riedewald   90+3'		 Report Singh   29'
Gulbrandsen   90+3'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,041[38]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

Squad statistics edit

As of Match played 10 December 2015

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Tippeligaen Norwegian Cup Champions League Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Ethan Horvath 30 0 15+2 0 2 0 3 0 8 0
2 DF   NOR Fredrik Semb Berge 12 1 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 MF   SEN Amidou Diop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   NOR Ruben Gabrielsen 30 1 11+4 1 3+1 0 2+2 0 5+2 0
5 DF   FIN Joona Toivio 38 2 19+3 2 4 0 4 0 5+3 0
6 MF   NOR Daniel Berg Hestad 36 1 3+19 0 3 0 0+3 0 7+1 1
7 MF   NOR Harmeet Singh 38 2 25 1 2 0 3 0 8 1
8 FW   NOR Fredrik Gulbrandsen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
9 MF   SWE Mattias Moström 31 3 17+2 2 1 0 3+1 1 7 0
11 FW   NOR Ola Kamara 44 21 27+2 14 3+1 2 4 4 3+4 1
14 DF   NOR Martin Linnes 41 3 27+1 2 2 0 3 0 8 1
15 DF   NOR Per-Egil Flo 33 3 21+4 3 1+1 0 1+1 0 3+1 0
16 MF   NOR Etzaz Hussain 41 3 23+4 1 2+1 0 4 1 6+1 1
18 DF   NOR Magne Simonsen 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
19 MF   NOR Eirik Hestad 27 2 11+2 1 3+1 0 3 0 3+4 1
20 FW   NOR Tommy Høiland 35 13 12+11 9 3+2 2 0+2 0 4+1 2
21 FW   BRA Agnaldo 20 3 5+9 1 3+2 2 0+1 0 0 0
22 MF   USA Joshua Gatt 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   NOR Knut Olav Rindarøy 24 0 9+2 0 5 0 3 0 5 0
24 FW   NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi 40 19 25+3 12 1 0 4 3 7 4
25 DF   NOR Vegard Forren 41 2 27 1 3 0 4 0 7 1
26 GK   SWE Andreas Linde 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 FW   NOR Mushaga Bakenga 7 1 2+4 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
32 FW   NOR Sander Svendsen 36 10 20+6 8 1+3 2 2+1 0 1+2 0
34 GK   BRA Neydson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 FW   NOR Erlend Hustad 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
53 DF   NOR Martin Ove Roseth 1 1 0 0 0+1 1 0 0 0 0
Players away from Molde on loan:
10 MF   NOR Thomas Kind Bendiksen 11 1 2+4 0 4 1 0+1 0 0 0
30 FW   SEN Pape Paté Diouf 11 1 1+6 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
33 MF   NOR Andreas Hollingen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF   NOR Ole Martin Rindarøy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF   NOR Stian Rode Gregersen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
12 GK   NOR Ørjan Nyland 15 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF   NOR Eirik Haugen 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

Rank Pos. No. Player Tippeligaen Norwegian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 FW 11   Ola Kamara 14 2 4 1 21
2 FW 24   Mohamed Elyounoussi 12 0 3 4 19
3 FW 20   Tommy Høiland 9 2 0 2 13
4 FW 32   Sander Svendsen 8 2 0 0 10
5 DF 15   Per Egil Flo 3 0 0 0 3
DF 14   Martin Linnes 2 0 0 1 3
MF 9   Mattias Moström 2 0 1 0 3
FW 21   Agnaldo 1 2 0 0 3
MF 16   Etzaz Hussain 1 0 1 1 3
10 DF 5   Joona Toivio 2 0 0 0 2
MF 19   Eirik Hestad 1 0 0 1 2
DF 25   Vegard Forren 1 0 0 1 2
MF 7   Harmeet Singh 1 0 0 1 2
14 DF 18   Magne Simonsen 1 0 0 0 1
DF 2   Fredrik Semb Berge 1 0 0 0 1
FW 27   Mushaga Bakenga 1 0 0 0 1
DF 4   Ruben Gabrielsen 1 0 0 0 1
FW 30   Pape Paté Diouf 0 1 0 0 1
MF 10   Thomas Kind Bendiksen 0 1 0 0 1
MF 6   Daniel Berg Hestad 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 1 0 0 2
TOTALS 62 11 9 13 95

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name Tippeligaen Norwegian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
                   
1   GK Ethan Horvath 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2   DF Fredrik Semb Berge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5   DF Joona Toivio 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
7   MF Harmeet Singh 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1
8   FW Fredrik Gulbrandsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
9   MF Mattias Moström 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
12   GK Ørjan Nyland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF Martin Linnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
15   DF Per Egil Flo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16   MF Etzaz Hussain 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 8 0
18   DF Magne Simonsen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   MF Eirik Hestad 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20   FW Tommy Høiland 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
23   DF Knut Olav Rindarøy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1
24   FW Mohamed Elyounoussi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1
25   DF Vegard Forren 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 1
26   GK Andreas Linde 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
30   FW Pape Paté Diouf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32   FW Sander Svendsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 27 3 5 0 5 1 16 2 53 6

See also edit

Notes edit

  • Strømsgodset versus Molde was postponed on 25 July 2015 due to both clubs participation in European competition the following week.[39]

References edit

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