1997 Molde FK season

Molde
1997 season
Chairman	Lars Erik Frisvold
Head coach	Åge Hareide
Stadium	Molde Stadion
Tippeligaen	4th
Norwegian Cup	Second round vs. Stryn
Top goalscorer	League: Odd Inge Olsen (13); All: Odd Inge Olsen (13)
Highest home attendance	8,100 vs Rosenborg ; (22 June 1997)
Average home league attendance	3,965
	← 1996 1998 →

Last updated June 28, 2025

The 1997 season was Molde's 22nd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NOR	Morten Bakke
2	DF	SWE	Dennis Schiller
3	DF	NOR	Petter Christian Singsaas
4	MF	SWE	Henrik Berger
5	DF	NOR	Knut Anders Fostervold (Captain)
6	MF	NOR	Daniel Berg Hestad
7	MF	NOR	Ronald Wenaas
9	MF	NOR	Odd Inge Olsen
10	FW	NOR	Andreas Lund
11	DF	NOR	Trond Andersen
12	FW	NOR	Geir Televik
13	GK	NOR	Are Lervik


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	NOR	Sindre Rekdal
15	MF	NOR	Petter Rudi
16	MF	NOR	Per Olav Sætre
17	DF	NOR	Trond Strande
21	MF	NOR	Stian Ohr
22	DF	NOR	Ole Erik Stavrum
23	MF	NOR	Anders Hasselgård
24	MF	NOR	Thomas Mork
25	DF	NOR	Pål Lydersen
26	DF	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
27	MF	NOR	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft

As of end of season.

Friendlies

1996	Molde	1 – 2	Haugesund
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	2 – 2	Vålerenga
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	2 – 2	Monza	Italy
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	3 – 1	Dragons	Italy
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	1 – 4	Sampdoria	Italy
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	2 – 1	Stabæk
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	0 – 4	Bodø/Glimt
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	4 – 0	Aalesund
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	3 – 1	Örgryte	Cyprus
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	0 – 0	Azerbaijan	Cyprus
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	1 – 0	Skeid
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	3 – 1	Hødd
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	1 – 0	Viking
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	1 – 1	Bryne
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	2 – 1	Lyn
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	1 – 5	Rosenborg
CET (UTC+1)		Report

1996	Molde	2 – 2	Stabæk
CET (UTC+1)		Report

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
26	13	6	7	47	36	+11	45	7	3	3	20	14	+6	6	3	4	27	22	+5

Last updated: 2 May 2018.
Source:

Positions 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L
Position	13	14	10	10	12	12	9	9	6	3	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	5	3	4

Source: see below

Results

20 April 19972	Strømsgodset	2 – 0	Molde	Drammen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barannik 18' Olsen 90'	Report		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 7,286 Referee: Sven Kjelbrott

25 April 19973	Skeid	0 – 3	Molde	Oslo
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hestad 56', 77' Olsen 79'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 1,805 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

4 May 19974	Molde	0 – 0	Viking	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Sven Kjelbrott

8 May 19975	Molde	0 – 2	Brann	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pedersen 2' Flo 4'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 5,887 Referee: Jon Eilif Skjervold

11 May 19976	Lillestrøm	1 – 1	Molde	Lillestrøm
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Strandli 60'	Report	Hestad 9'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 3,487 Referee: Tore Hollung

16 May 19977	Molde	2 – 1	Tromsø	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olsen 42', 86'	Report	Hafstad 63'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,914 Referee: Sven Kjelbrott

19 May 19978	Kongsvinger	1 – 3	Molde	Kongsvinger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Erntsson 35'	Report	Olsen 11', 36' Ohr 90'	Stadium: Gjemselund Stadion Attendance: 3,462 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

25 May 19979	Molde	2 – 0	Sogndal	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hestad 43', 78'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen

29 May 19971	Bodø/Glimt	4 – 0	Molde	Bodø
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Johansen 9' Ellingsen 61', 63' Sørensen 64'	Report		Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 3,420 Referee: Tore Hollung

1 June 199711	Molde	1 – 0	Haugesund	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wenaas 79'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,094 Referee: Terje Hauge

15 June 199712	Stabæk	0 – 1	Molde	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fjørtoft 61'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Terje Hauge

18 June 199710	Lyn	1 – 3	Molde	Oslo
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	T. Wæhler 42'	Report	Rekdal 26' Fostervold 73' Olsen 90'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 1,290 Referee: Ivar A. Eriksen

22 June 199713	Molde	0 – 4	Rosenborg	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jakobsen 19' Brattbakk 77', 86' Rushfeldt 80'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Jon Eilif Skjervold

29 June 199714	Molde	2 – 1	Bodø/Glimt	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hestad 35' Fostervold 65'	Report	Steinbakk 75'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,986 Referee: Frode Kvam

6 July 199715	Molde	2 – 0	Strømsgodset	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olsen 7' Gunnlaugsson 84'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,835 Referee: Arild Haugstad

13 July 199716	Molde	3 – 3	Skeid	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hestad 9', 54' Rekdal 61'	Report	Berre 75' dos Santos 83' Larsen 86'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

27 July 199717	Viking	2 – 3	Molde	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pereira 56' Skogheim 74'	Report	Fjørtoft 28' Hestad 37', 70'	Stadium: Stavanger Stadion Attendance: 6,887 Referee: Frode Kvam

3 August 199718	Brann	0 – 4	Molde	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hestad 16' Olsen 61', 66', 72'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 9,998 Referee: Rune Pedersen

9 August 199719	Molde	1 – 1	Lillestrøm	Molde
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Olsen 28'	Report	Kristinsson 80'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,456 Referee: Tore Hollung

24 August 199720	Tromsø	4 – 4	Molde	Tromsø
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lange 55', 72' Nilsen 87', 90+1'	Report	Fostervold 26' Fjørtoft 48' Olsen 61' Rudi 65'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

31 August 199721	Molde	0 – 1	Kongsvinger	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Sætre 61'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,236 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

14 September 199722	Sogndal	3 – 3	Molde	Sogndalsfjøra
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Andreassen 42' Karlsbakk 54' Johansen 68'	Report	Singsaas 31' Fostervold 41', 80'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Jon Eilif Skjervold

21 September 199723	Molde	3 – 0	Lyn	Molde
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gunnlaugsson 17' Olsen 58' Lund 89'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Harald Hansen

5 October 199724	Haugesund	2 – 1	Molde	Haugesund
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grindhaug 61' Johansson 66'	Report	Hestad 25'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen

11 October 199725	Molde	4 – 1	Stabæk	Molde
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lund 10' Gunnlaugsson 41', 48' Rekdal 51'	Report	Sigurðsson 30'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,182 Referee: Jon Eilif Skjervold

19 October 199726	Rosenborg	2 – 1	Molde	Trondheim
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rushfeldt 20' Skammelsrud 78'	Report	Fostervold 4'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 11,583 Referee: Tore Hollung

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Brann	26	15	5	6	59	37	+22	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Strømsgodset	26	14	4	8	58	44	+14	46
4	Molde	26	13	6	7	47	36	+11	45
5	Stabæk	26	13	4	9	33	35	−2	43	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Kongsvinger	26	11	5	10	43	48	−5	38	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Vålerenga Fotball qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners from a lower division.

Norwegian Cup

22 May 1997First round	Kristiansund	0 – 3	Molde	Kristiansund
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rekdal 60' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Pedersen 89'	Stadium: Gressbanen Attendance: 742 Referee: Øivind Kringstad

11 June 1997Second round	Stryn	1 – 0	Molde	Stryn
CEST (UTC+2)	Tenden 70'	Report		Stadium: Stryn stadion Attendance: 700 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Morten Bakke	27	0	26	0	1	0
2	DF	SWE	Dennis Schiller	18	0	15+3	0	0	0
3	DF	NOR	Petter Christian Singsaas	21	1	19+1	1	1	0
5	DF	NOR	Knut Anders Fostervold	25	6	23	6	2	0
6	MF	NOR	Daniel Berg Hestad	26	12	25	12	1	0
7	MF	NOR	Ronald Wenaas	14	1	5+7	1	0+2	0
9	MF	NOR	Odd Inge Olsen	28	13	26	13	2	0
10	FW	NOR	Andreas Lund	4	2	1+3	2	0	0
11	DF	NOR	Trond Andersen	27	0	25	0	2	0
12	FW	NOR	Geir Televik	14	0	8+4	0	2	0
13	GK	NOR	Are Lervik	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	NOR	Sindre Rekdal	18	5	14+3	3	0+1	2
15	MF	NOR	Petter Rudi	11	1	11	1	0	0
16	MF	NOR	Per Olav Sætre	5	0	0+4	0	1	0
17	DF	NOR	Trond Strande	25	0	17+6	0	2	0
21	MF	NOR	Stian Ohr	12	1	0+10	1	1+1	0
22	DF	NOR	Ole Erik Stavrum	20	0	14+5	0	1	0
23	MF	NOR	Anders Hasselgård	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
24	MF	NOR	Thomas Mork	5	0	0+4	0	1	0
25	DF	NOR	Pål Lydersen	23	0	21	0	2	0
26	DF	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson	10	4	7+3	4	0	0
27	MF	NOR	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft	25	3	23	3	2	0
Players away from Molde on loan:
Players who left Molde during the season:
8	DF	NOR	Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1
20	MF	SCO	Lee Robertson	4	0	2+2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	No.	Player	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	MF	10	Odd Inge Olsen	13	0	13
2	MF	6	Daniel Berg Hestad	12	0	12
3	DF	5	Knut Anders Fostervold	6	0	6
4	DF		Sindre Rekdal	3	2	5
5	DF		Bjarki Gunnlaugsson	4	0	4
6	MF	8	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft	3	0	3
7	FW	9	Andreas Lund	2	0	2
8	MF		Stian Ohr	1	0	1
	MF		Petter Rudi	1	0	1
	DF		Petter Christian Singsaas	1	0	1
	MF		Ronald Wenaas	1	0	1
	DF		Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen	0	1	1
			TOTALS	47	3	50

References

↑ "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2018.

External links

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[1] "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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