2018 Kristiansund BK season

The 2018 season was Kristiansund's second season in the Eliteserien, the top football division in Norway, where they finished 5th and reached the Third Round of the Cup.

Kristiansund

2018 season
Chairman	Vidar Solli
Manager	Christian Michelsen
Stadium	Kristiansund Stadion
Tippeligaen	5th
Norwegian Cup	Third Round vs Hødd
Top goalscorer	League: Bendik Bye (9) All: Bendik Bye (10)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of 31 August 2018[1]

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  IRL Sean McDermott 3 DF  NOR Christoffer Aasbak 4 DF  FRA Christophe Psyché 5 DF  NOR Dan Peter Ulvestad 6 MF  EST Brent Lepistu 7 FW  NOR Torgil Øwre Gjertsen 8 MF  NOR Pål Erik Ulvestad 9 MF  SWE Liridon Kalludra 10 MF  NOR Sverre Økland 11 FW  KVX Flamur Kastrati 12 GK  EST Andreas Vaikla 13 FW  NOR Bendik Bye

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  NOR Jesper Isaksen 15 DF  NOR Erlend Sivertsen 16 FW  NOR Jonas Rønningen 17 DF  SEN Aliou Coly 18 MF  NOR Stian Aasmundsen 19 DF  NOR Andreas Hopmark 20 FW  SWE Simon Alexandersson 21 MF  SEN Amidou Diop 22 MF  NOR Bent Sørmo 23 GK  SWE Conny Månsson 24 MF  NOR Sondre Sørli 25 DF  NOR Henrik Gjesdal 28 MF  NOR Noah Solskjær

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 2 DF  NOR Joakim Bjerkås (at Levanger)

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 6 MF  EST Brent Lepistu (from Flora Tallinn)[2] 12 GK  EST Andreas Vaikla (from IFK Mariehamn)[3] 13 FW  NOR Bendik Bye (from Sogndal)[4] 18 MF  NOR Stian Aasmundsen (from Jönköpings Södra)[5] 22 MF  NOR Bent Sørmo (from Levanger)[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 6 FW  NOR Tor Erik Torske (to Sunndal)[7] 13 GK  CRO Ante Knezovic (to Zemun)[3][8] 18 FW  SEN Jean Alassane Mendy (to Lokeren)[9] 21 MF  NOR Andreas Rødsand (released)[3] 22 MF  NOR Olav Øby (loan return to Sarpsborg 08)[10] 36 MF  NOR Magne Hoseth (to Averøykameratene)[3][11][12]

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 4 DF  FRA Christophe Psyché (from Baník Ostrava)[13] 11 FW  KVX Flamur Kastrati (from Sandefjord)[14] 20 FW  SWE Simon Alexandersson (from Brage)[15]

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 Joakim Bjerkås (on loan to Levanger)[16] 11 FW  CIV Daouda Bamba (to Brann)[17] 20 FW  NOR Benjamin Stokke (to Randers)[18] 27 DF  EST Nikita Baranov (to Sogndal)[19]

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	7	10	46	39	+7	46	8	4	3	26	16	+10	5	3	7	20	23	−3

Last updated: 24 November 2018.
Source: see below

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	12	10	6	8	11	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	10	8	7	7	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2018. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

12 March 2018 1	Kristiansund	0 – 1	Vålerenga	Kristiansund
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stokke 66' Coly  90+7'	Report	Johnson  63' Adekugbe  90+7'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,969 Referee: Tore Hansen

17 March 2018 2	Rosenborg	2 – 2	Kristiansund	Trondheim
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adegbenro  51' Konradsen  53'	Report	Bamba  11' Sørmo  25' Hopmark  53' Bye 80' Rønningen  90+2' McDermott  90+3'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 14,285 Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås

2 April 2018 3	Kristiansund	2 – 1	Lillestrøm	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aasmundsen  51' Gjertsen  65'	Report	Amundsen  17' Knudtzon  20' Rafn  70'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,959 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

8 April 2018 4	Brann	1 – 0	Kristiansund	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barmen  34' Nilsen  36' Acosta  90+8' Kristiansen  90+9'	Report	Lepistu  29' McDermott  90+1'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 8,173 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

15 April 2018 5	Sandefjord	3 – 3	Kristiansund	Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Engblom  7' Olsen  71' Kastrati  75' (pen.) 79' Coly  90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Bamba  3', 47' 79' Hansen  73' (o.g.) P.Ulvestad  77' Stokke  88'	Stadium: Komplett Arena Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Espen Eskås

22 April 2018 6	Kristiansund	1 – 1	Bodø/Glimt	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aasmundsen  42'	Report	Hopmark  20' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

29 April 2018 7	Tromsø	0 – 0	Kristiansund	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	D.Ulvestad  90+2'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

6 May 2018 8	Kristiansund	1 – 0	Stabæk	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coly  14' Bamba  88' (pen.)	Report	Hanche-Olsen  40' Moe  84'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,914 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

13 May 2018 9	Haugesund	3 – 2	Kristiansund	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	David  37' Gytkjær  71' 90+1' Kallevåg  81'	Report	Bamba  1' 90+1' Aasbak  31' Aasmundsen  58' Bye  90+4'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

16 May 2018 10	Kristiansund	1 – 3	Ranheim	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørli  61' P.Ulvestad  81' Bamba  88'	Report	Tønne  22', 62' (pen.) Witry  84'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,234 Referee: Rohit Saggi

21 May 2018 11	Kristiansund	4 – 0	Strømsgodset	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Parr  10' (o.g.) Kalludra  23' Tokstad  45' (o.g.) Baranov  63' D.Ulvestad  82' Lepistu  83'	Report	Nguen  83'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,886 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

27 May 2018 12	Odd	1 – 2	Kristiansund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Njie  88'	Report	Diop  70' Bye  74' Bamba  81' 89'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Espen Eskås

9 June 2018 13	Kristiansund	1 – 0	Molde	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baranov  55' Aasmundsen  57' Sørmo  76'	Report	Hussain  27' Normann  86'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,277 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

24 June 2018 14	Start	2 – 0	Kristiansund	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kabran  61' Lowe  85' Bringaker  88'	Report	Baranov  74'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,010 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

1 July 2018 15	Kristiansund	1 – 1	Sarpsborg 08	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gjertsen  19' Aasmundsen  21' Diop  74' Lepistu  90+1'	Report	Nielsen  33' Mortensen  80'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,982 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

9 July 2018 16	Strømsgodset	2 – 3	Kristiansund	Drammen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nguen  6' Júnior  34' Andersen  57' Jradi  71'	Report	Bye  21', 24', 31' Sørmo  55' Coly  71' McDermott  71'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,496 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

5 August 2018 17	Kristiansund	1 – 1	Odd	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop  31' Aasmundsen  46' Aasbak  53'	Report	Njie  19' Ruud  59'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

12 August 2018 18	Bodø/Glimt	3 – 0	Kristiansund	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zinckernagel  12' Opseth  35' Jacobsen  53' Saltnes  71' José Ángel 90+4' Herrem  90+5'	Report	Aasbak  58' Aasmundsen  80'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 2,804 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

19 August 2018 19	Kristiansund	0 – 2	Rosenborg	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kastrati  50' Sørmo  90+1'	Report	Hovland  47' Konradsen  65' Jebali  72'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,277 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

26 August 2018 20	Sarpsborg 08	1 – 2	Kristiansund	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Usman  37' Schwartz  78' Vetti  88'	Report	Kastrati  8' 38' Kalludra  49'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,773 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

2 September 2018 21	Kristiansund	1 – 1	Start	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bye  88'	Report	Berger  23' Shala  32' Käck  70'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,861 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

16 September 2018 22	Molde	3 – 2	Kristiansund	Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarr  12', 51' Forren  39' Eikrem  56' Remmer  81'	Report	Kastrati  26' 64' Diop  70' Bye  71'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,911 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

23 September 2018 23	Kristiansund	2 – 1	Haugesund	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kastrati  48' 58' Coly  52' Kalludra  74'	Report	Skjerve  38' Leite  73'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,753 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

30 September 2018 24	Ranheim	2 – 1	Kristiansund	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørløkk  64' Karlsen  69' (pen.), 74' (pen.) 86' Løkberg  89'	Report	Coly  32' 74' Aasmundsen  35'	Stadium: EXTRA Arena Attendance: 2,030 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

7 October 2018 25	Kristiansund	5 – 1	Tromsø	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kastrati  11' Kalludra  35', 85' Gjertsen  66', 80' Bye  75' (pen.) Psyché  90'	Report	Ingebrigtsen  72' Bakenga  87'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,251 Referee: Espen Eskås

21 October 2018 26	Vålerenga	0 – 2	Kristiansund	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kalludra  51' Kastrati  62'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 7,927 Referee: Tore Hansen

28 October 2018 27	Kristiansund	3 – 2	Sandefjord	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kastrati  14' Sørli  27' D.Ulvestad  33', 63' 61'	Report	Vales  14' Rufo  19', 86'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

3 November 2018 28	Stabæk	0 – 1	Kristiansund	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Coly  26' 80'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,471 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

11 November 2018 29	Kristiansund	3 – 1	Brann	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hopmark  40' Diop  55' Ulvestad  74'  89' Sørmo  75'	Report	Rólantsson  29' Haugen  38' Barmen  43' Bamba  59'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 4,215 Referee: Rhoit Saggi

24 November 2018 30	Lillestrøm	2 – 0	Kristiansund	Lillestrøm
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Smárason  15' Olsen  85'	Report	Diop  64'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 6,783 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Brann	30	17	7	6	45	31	+14	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Haugesund	30	16	5	9	45	33	+12	53
5	Kristiansund	30	13	7	10	46	41	+5	46
6	Vålerenga	30	11	9	10	39	44	−5	42
7	Ranheim	30	12	6	12	43	50	−7	42

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 (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).[20]

Norwegian Cup

18 April 2018 First Round	Sunndal	0 – 4	Kristiansund	Sunndalsøra
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	P.Melkild  90' J.Hafstad  90+4'	Report	Stokke  36' Coly  60' Kalludra  72' Sørmo  90+4'	Stadium: Sande Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Marte Sørø

2 May 2018 Second Round	Bergsøy	0 – 6	Kristiansund	Bergsøy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	F.Skorpen  27'	Report	Stokke  26', 30', 52' Bye  40' Kalludra  69' Sørli  82'	Stadium: Havila Stadium Referee: Mathias Smehus Kringstad

10 May 2018 Third Round	Hødd	2 – 0	Kristiansund	Ulsteinvik
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	S.Moltu  24' Osvold  43' A.Breimyr  68' D.Eid  87' J.Wrele  90+1'	Report	Diop  71'	Stadium: Høddvoll Stadion Attendance: 1,159 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 24 November 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sean McDermott	32	0	29	0	2+1	0
3	DF		Christoffer Aasbak	26	1	25+1	1	0	0
4	DF		Christophe Psyché	13	0	9+4	0	0	0
5	DF		Dan Peter Ulvestad	29	4	27	4	2	0
6	MF		Brent Lepistu	18	0	3+12	0	3	0
7	FW		Torgil Øwre Gjertsen	25	3	23+1	3	0+1	0
8	MF		Pål Erik Ulvestad	13	0	11+1	0	1	0
9	MF		Liridon Kalludra	28	8	22+4	6	2	2
11	FW		Flamur Kastrati	8	4	8	4	0	0
12	GK		Andreas Vaikla	2	0	1	0	1	0
13	FW		Bendik Bye	32	10	19+10	9	3	1
14	FW		Jesper Isaksen	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
15	DF		Erlend Sivertsen	12	0	5+4	0	3	0
16	MF		Jonas Rønningen	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
17	DF		Aliou Coly	24	3	21+2	2	1	1
18	MF		Stian Aasmundsen	29	4	25+2	4	0+2	0
19	DF		Andreas Hopmark	21	1	19+1	1	1	0
20	FW		Simon Alexandersson	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
21	MF		Amidou Diop	26	1	21+3	1	2	0
22	MF		Bent Sørmo	29	1	23+3	0	3	1
24	MF		Sondre Sørli	26	2	5+18	1	3	1
25	DF		Henrik Gjesdal	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
30	MF		Tobias Lysø	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players away from Kristiansund on loan:
2	DF		Joakim Bjerkås	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who left Kristiansund during the season:
11	FW		Daouda Bamba	21	7	18	7	0+3	0
20	MF		Benjamin Stokke	15	4	8+4	0	3	4
27	DF		Nikita Baranov	9	0	5+2	0	2	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 7 October 2018

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		13	Bendik Bye	9	1	10
2	MF		9	Liridon Kalludra	6	2	8
3	FW		11	Daouda Bamba	7	0	7
4	MF		18	Stian Aasmundsen	4	0	4
	FW		11	Flamur Kastrati	4	0	4
	DF		5	Dan Peter Ulvestad	4	0	4
	MF		20	Benjamin Stokke	0	4	4
8	FW		7	Torgil Øwre Gjertsen	3	0	3
	DF		17	Aliou Coly	2	1	3
				Own goal	3	0	3
11	MF		24	Sondre Sørli	1	1	2
12	DF		3	Christoffer Aasbak	1	0	1
	DF		19	Andreas Hopmark	1	0	1
	MF		21	Amidou Diop	1	0	1
	MF		22	Bent Sørmo	0	1	1
				TOTALS	46	10	56

Disciplinary record

As of match played 7 October 2018

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Sean McDermott	3	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Christoffer Aasbak	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Christophe Psyché	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Dan Peter Ulvestad	3	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Brent Lepistu	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		FW	Torgil Øwre Gjertsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Pål Erik Ulvestad	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Flamur Kastrati	6	0	0	0	6	0
16		FW	Jonas Rønningen	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Aliou Coly	5	1	0	0	5	1
18		MF	Stian Aasmundsen	4	0	0	0	4	0
19		DF	Andreas Hopmark	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Amidou Diop	5	0	1	0	6	0
22		MF	Bent Sørmo	5	0	0	0	5	0
24		MF	Sondre Sørli	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Kristiansund during the season:
20		MF	Benjamin Stokke	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Daouda Bamba	3	0	0	0	3	0
27		DF	Nikita Baranov	3	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	49	1	1	0	50	1

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