2018 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 2018 season the club will be participating in the Eliteserien and NM Cupen.

Odd

2018 season
Chairman	Trond Haukvik
Manager	Dag-Eilev Fagermo (until 31 December)
Stadium	Skagerak Arena
Eliteserien	9th
Norwegian Cup	Fourth Round vs Rosenborg
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (4) All: Tobias Lauritsen (8)
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 Sondre Rossbach 2 DF  NOR Espen Ruud 3 DF  NOR Fredrik Semb Berge 4 DF  NOR Vegard Bergan 6 MF  NOR Vebjørn Hoff 7 MF  SWE Martin Broberg 8 MF  NOR Jone Samuelsen 9 FW  NOR Birk Risa 11 FW  KVX Elba Rashani 12 GK  NOR Viljar Myhra 13 MF  NOR Stefan Mladenovic 14 MF  NOR Fredrik Nordkvelle

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  NOR Andreas Nordvik 16 MF  NOR Joshua Kitolano 17 MF  NOR Markus Andreas Kaasa 18 DF  NOR Odin Bjørtuft 19 MF  NOR Bilal Njie 20 MF  NOR Tobias Lauritsen 21 DF  NOR Steffen Hagen (Captain) 22 MF  NOR Torgeir Børven 23 FW  NOR Marius Bustgaard Larsen 24 MF  NOR André Sødlund -- GK  NOR Ajay Sureshkumar

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  NOR Vebjørn Hoff (from Aalesund)[1] 9 FW  NOR Birk Risa (from Köln)[1] 19 MF  NOR Bilal Njie (from Vålerenga)[2] 20 FW  NOR Tobias Lauritsen (from Pors)[3] 22 FW  NOR Torgeir Børven (from Brann)[4]

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 MF  NOR Oliver Berg (to Dalkurd)[5]}[6] 9 FW  NOR Torbjørn Agdestein (to Aalesund)[7] 10 FW  CAN Olivier Occéan (to Urædd)[5][8] 15 FW  NOR Sigurd Hauso Haugen (to Sogndal)[9] 18 DF  NOR Joakim Våge Nilsen (to Haugesund)[10] 19 MF  CAN Zakaria Messoudi (released)[5] 20 MF  NOR Etzaz Hussain (loan return to Molde)[5] 22 MF  NOR Erik Eikeng (released)[5] 24 FW  FIN Riku Riski (to HJK Helsinki)[11] 27 FW  SEN Pape Paté Diouf (to Arendal)[5]

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 15 DF  NOR Andreas Nordvik (from Fredericia)[12] 24 MF  NOR André Sødlund (from Sandefjord)[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 5 DF  NOR Thomas Grøgaard (to Brann)[14] 24 DF  NOR John Kitolano (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)[15]

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	11	7	12	39	38	+1	40	8	3	4	27	16	+11	3	4	8	12	22	−10

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	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L
Position	11	14	13	9	13	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	9

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

Results

11 March 2018 1	Odd	1 – 2	Haugesund	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Broberg  75'	Report	Berge  52' Gytkjær  62'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,466 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

18 March 2018 2	Vålerenga	2 – 1	Odd	Oslo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tollås  37' 60' Juklerød 50' Friðjónsson  64' Johnson  65'	Report	Njie  58'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

2 April 2018 3	Odd	1 – 1	Rosenborg	Skien
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rasmussen  57' (o.g.)	Report	Helland  55'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

8 April 2018 4	Odd	1 – 0	Bodø/Glimt	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  67' Samuelsen  86'	Report	José Ángel  65'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,859 Referee: Rohit Saggi

15 April 2018 5	Strømsgodset	3 – 0	Odd	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Glesnes  48' Pedersen  61', 71', 76' Júnior  84'	Report	Hoff  27' Samuelsen  43' Risa  83'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,588 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

23 April 2018 6	Odd	3 – 1	Sarpsborg 08	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashani  14', 53' 75' Broberg  62'	Report	Zachariassen  24' Ruud  37'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,861 Referee: Espen Eskås

29 April 2018 7	Molde	0 – 1	Odd	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregersen  44'	Report	Nordkvelle  36'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,793 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

6 May 2018 8	Odd	3 – 0	Start	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nordkvelle  19' Rashani  44' Lauritsen  76'	Report	Salvesen  40'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,530 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

13 May 2018 9	Ranheim	3 – 1	Odd	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reginiussen  41', 75' Storflor  44' Løkberg  84'	Report	Broberg  20'	Stadium: EXTRA Arena Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

16 May 2018 10	Odd	5 – 0	Sandefjord	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Broberg  25' Kaasa  31' Rashani  33' Risa  73' Børven  82'	Report	Pálsson  39'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,122 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

21 May 2018 11	Stabæk	2 – 1	Odd	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Børkeeiet  31' Omoijuanfo  70' Brochmann  85' (pen.) Moe  90+4'	Report	Broberg  36' Børven  53' Rashani  75' Bergan  84' Njie  90+3'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,380 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

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

10 June 2018 13	Lillestrøm	0 – 0	Odd	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafn  77'	Report	Ruud  90+3'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Rohit Saggi

25 June 2016 14	Odd	0 – 1	Brann	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuelsen  54' Kaasa  59' Broberg  79'	Report	Larsen  43' Acosta  63'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,761 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

1 July 2018 15	Tromsø	2 – 1	Odd	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Espejord  7' Wangberg  53' Antonsen  90'	Report	Rashani  14' 62'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 3,387 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

8 July 2018 16	Odd	3 – 1	Lillestrøm	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashani  13' Bergan  55' Mladenovic  65'	Report	Olsen  78'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,421 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

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	Odd	2 – 2	Strømsgodset	Skien
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  12' Børven  30' Rashani  52' Risa  69'	Report	Andersen  17' Tokstad  50' Vilsvik  52' Hauger  60' Pedersen  81'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

20 August 2018 19	Bodø/Glimt	1 – 1	Odd	Bodø
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saltnes  18' Opseth  22' Bjørnbak  88'	Report	Samuelsen  20' Ruud  26'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

27 August 2018 20	Start	0 – 1	Odd	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hadzic  77'	Report	Rashani  3' Rossbach  58'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

2 September 2018 21	Odd	1 – 1	Molde	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  68'	Report	Broberg  17' (o.g.) Ssewankambo  64'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

16 September 2018 22	Sarpsborg 08	1 – 2	Odd	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Horn  10' Thomassen  48' Tamm  90+1'	Report	Ruud  14', 52' Samuelsen  35'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,886 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

22 September 2018 23	Odd	3 – 2	Vålerenga	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  39' Børven  66', 79'	Report	Johnson  29' Ejuke  48' Abu  49' Finne  68'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,053 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

29 September 2018 24	Sandefjord	1 – 1	Odd	Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rufo  39' 84'	Report	Vales  52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Komplett Arena Attendance: 2,601 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

7 October 2018 25	Odd	2 – 0	Ranheim	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff  31' Ruud  52' Hagen  76' Furu  78' (o.g.)	Report	Reginiussen  37' Furu  59'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,762 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

21 October 2018 26	Haugesund	2 – 0	Odd	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tronstad  26' David  32' (pen.) Wadji  59'	Report	Rossbach  45+1' Ruud  51'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

28 October 2018 27	Odd	1 – 0	Tromsø	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hoff  53' Pedersen  56' (o.g.) Broberg  70'	Report	Valakari  70'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,943 Referee: Rohit Saggi

4 November 2018 28	Rosenborg	3 – 1	Odd	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Meling  37' Helland  40', 61' Jensen  56' Denić  76'	Report	Risa  23' Ruud  60'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 13,983 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

11 November 2018 29	Odd	0 – 3	Stabæk	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rossbach  73' Rashani  84'	Report	Brynhildsen  11' Boli  72' Omoijuanfo  78'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,823 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

24 November 2018 30	Brann	1 – 0	Odd	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamba  3'	Report	Ruud  90+1'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 11,677 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Ranheim	30	12	6	12	43	50	−7	42
8	Sarpsborg 08	30	11	8	11	46	39	+7	41
9	Odd	30	11	7	12	39	38	+1	40
10	Tromsø	30	11	3	16	41	48	−7	36
11	Bodø/Glimt	30	6	14	10	32	35	−3	32

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).[16]

Norwegian Cup

18 April 2018 First Round	Skarphedin	0 – 9	Odd	Bø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	I.Bleivik  84'	Report	Broberg  8' Lauritsen  30', 38' (pen.), 66', 76' Rashani  73', 90+2' Jos.Kitolano  78' Mladenovic  83'	Stadium: Gullbringbanen Attendance: 1,350

2 May 2018 Second Round	Fredrikstad	0 – 3	Odd	Fredrikstad
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M.Nielsen  41' Y.Chaib  70'	Report	Lauritsen  10', 26' Mladenovic  73'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 1,981 Referee: Bjørn Hansen

9 May 2018 Third Round	Notodden	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p)	Odd	Notodden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferreira  2' J.Perez  37' E.Hustad  120+2'	Report	Mladenovic  41' Rashani  102'	Stadium: Notodden Stadion Attendance: 1,158 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam
	Penalties
	Midtgarden Asp Hoven Akinb.Akinyemi		Børven Ruud Nordkvelle

30 May 2018 Fourth Round	Rosenborg	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (7 – 6 p)	Odd	Trondheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Konradsen  25'  84' Søderlund  81' Meling  87'	Report	Risa  3' Lauritsen  79'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Kai Erik Steen
	Penalties
	Levi Søderlund Hedenstad Hovland Meling Rasmussen Reginiussen		Lauritsen Ruud Nordkvelle Risa Bergan Njie Hoff

Squad statistics

As of match played 24 November 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sondre Rossbach	29	0	28	0	1	0
2	DF		Espen Ruud	33	8	29	8	3+1	0
3	DF		Fredrik Semb Berge	5	0	5	0	0	0
4	DF		Vegard Bergan	34	1	27+3	1	4	0
6	MF		Vebjørn Hoff	30	0	27	0	3	0
7	MF		Martin Broberg	25	5	17+7	4	1	1
8	MF		Jone Samuelsen	24	0	21+2	0	1	0
9	FW		Birk Risa	29	2	26	1	2+1	1
11	FW		Elba Rashani	31	8	26+1	6	1+3	2
12	GK		Viljar Myhra	5	0	2	0	3	0
13	MF		Stefan Mladenovic	20	3	4+13	1	2+1	2
14	MF		Fredrik Nordkvelle	27	2	14+10	2	2+1	0
15	DF		Andreas Nordvik	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
16	MF		Joshua Kitolano	17	1	8+8	0	1	1
17	MF		Markus Andreas Kaasa	22	1	14+4	1	4	0
18	DF		Odin Bjørtuft	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
19	MF		Bilal Njie	26	4	14+8	3	4	1
20	MF		Tobias Lauritsen	22	8	4+14	1	3+1	7
21	DF		Steffen Hagen	33	1	29+1	1	3	0
22	MF		Torgeir Børven	21	5	15+5	5	0+1	0
23	FW		Marius Larsen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
24	MF		André Sødlund	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
29	MF		Delaveris	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Odd on loan:
Players who left Odd during the season:
5	DF		Thomas Grøgaard	17	0	12+2	0	1+2	0
24	DF		John Kitolano	10	0	6	0	4	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Elba Rashani	7	2	9
2	DF		2	Espen Ruud	8	0	8
	MF		20	Tobias Lauritsen	1	7	8
4	MF		22	Torgeir Børven	5	0	5
	MF		7	Martin Broberg	4	1	5
6	MF		19	Bilal Njie	3	1	4
				Own goal	4	0	4
8	MF		13	Stefan Mladenovic	1	2	3
9	MF		14	Fredrik Nordkvelle	2	0	2
	FW		9	Birk Risa	1	1	2
11	MF		17	Markus Andreas Kaasa	1	0	1
	DF		4	Vegard Bergan	1	0	1
	DF		21	Steffen Hagen	1	0	1
	MF		16	Joshua Kitolano	0	1	1
				TOTALS	39	15	54

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Sondre Rossbach	3	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	Espen Ruud	5	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Vegard Bergan	1	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Vebjørn Hoff	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Martin Broberg	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Jone Samuelsen	5	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Birk Risa	3	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Elba Rashani	5	0	1	0	6	0
17		MF	Markus Andreas Kaasa	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Bilal Njie	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	30	0	1	0	31	0

References

1. "Påskegodt til Oddfansen". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. "Stortalent har signert for Odd". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
3. "Lauritsen tilbake i Odd". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. "Duket for mer Børvenshow". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
5. "Disse spillerne vil ikke Fagermo ha med videre". www.eurosport.no (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
6. "Dalkurd värvar Oliver Berg". www.dalkurd.se (in Norwegian). Dalkurd FF. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
7. "Dette er AaFKs nye spiss". www.aafk.no (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
8. "Occèan til Urædd". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
9. "Sigurd Haugen solgt". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
10. "Returnerer til FK Haugesund". www.fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
11. "Riku Riski klubiin". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK Helsinki. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
12. "Andreas Nordvik er klar for Odd". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
13. "André Sødlund kommer nå". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
14. "Thomas Grøgaard kommer nå". www.brann.no (in Norwegian). SK Brann. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
15. "John Kitolano blir Wolverhampton-spiller". www.odd.no (in Norwegian). Odds BK. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
16. "Eliteserien - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

External links

• Official website
• oddrane supporter club website