2014 IK Start season

Start

2014 season
Chairman	Magne Kristiansen
Manager	Mons Ivar Mjelde
Stadium	Sør Arena
Tippeligaen	12th
Norwegian Cup	Quarter-finals vs Sarpsborg 08
Top goalscorer	League: Ernest Asante (8) All: Matthías Vilhjálmsson (9)
Highest home attendance	8,008 vs Stabæk (14 September 2014)
Lowest home attendance	944 vs Vard Haugesund (4 June 2014)
Average home league attendance	5,649
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014 season is Start's 2nd season in the Tippeligaen since their promotion back to the league in 2012, and their fourth season with Mons Ivar Mjelde as manager. Start competed in the Tippeligaen and, finishing 12th, and the Norwegian Cup, where they were knocked out at the Fourth Round by Sarpsborg 08.

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 Håkon Opdal (captain) 2 DF   NOR Glenn Andersen 4 MF   NGA Seyi Olofinjana 5 DF   NOR Robert Sandnes 8 FW   NOR Espen Hoff 9 FW   GHA Ernest Asante 10 MF   NGA Solomon Owello 13 FW   NOR Zlatko Tripić 14 MF   NOR Espen Børufsen 15 DF   CRC Bismark Acosta 16 FW   NOR Alexander Lind 17 MF   ISL Guðmundur Kristjánsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW   ISL Matthías Vilhjálmsson 19 DF   NOR Kristoffer Ajer 20 MF   NOR John Olav Norheim 21 DF   NOR Jon Hodnemyr 24 GK   NOR Pål Vestly Heigre 22 FW   NOR Lars-Jørgen Salvesen 26 DF   NOR Jesper Mathisen 28 DF   NOR Rolf Daniel Vikstøl 30 GK   NOR Terje Reinertsen 33 DF   NOR Amin Nouri 99 MF   CRC Fernando Paniagua

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2013–14

In: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 4 DF   AUT Markus Berger (from Chornomorets Odesa) [1] 5 DF   NOR Robert Sandnes (from Selfoss) [2] 13 MF   NOR Zlatko Tripić (from Molde) [3] 16 FW   NOR Alexander Lind(from Donn) [4] 99 MF   CRC Fernando Paniagua (from Deportivo Saprissa) [5] [6] 20 FW   NOR John Olav Norheim(from Fløy) 21 DF   NOR Jon Hodnemyr(from Vindbjart)

Out: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 4 DF   NOR Birger Madsen (retired) [7] 5 MF   FIN Markus Heikkinen (to HJK) [8] 16 FW   NOR Christian Tveit(to Nest-Sotra) 19 DF   NOR Alain Delgado(to Jerv) 21 MF   NOR Henrik Dahlum (to Jerv) 22 MF   NOR Sondre Tronstad (to Huddersfield) [9]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2014

In: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 4 MF   NGA Seyi Olofinjana [10] 19 MF   NOR Kristoffer Ajer (from Lillestrøm) 24 GK   NOR Pål Vestly Heigre (to Start)

Out: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 4 DF   AUT Markus Berger (to Ural) [11] 6 MF   SEN Babacar Sarr (to Sogndal) [12] 11 FW   CRC Jorge Castro (on loan to Sandnes Ulf) — MF   NOR Robert Våge Skårdal (to Fløy)

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2014 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
30	10	5	15	47	60	−13	35	5	4	6	28	28	0	5	1	9	19	32	−13

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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Strømsgodset v Start

30 March 20141	Strømsgodset	4–2	Start	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Olsen  15' Wikheim 16', 69' Abu  21' Francisco Júnior 35' Sørum 46'	Summary	Asante 10', 27' Nouri  45+2' Sandnes  74' Acosta  90'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 6,845 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Start v Haugesund

6 April 20142	Start	3–1	Haugesund	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić  53' Sarr 71' Berger 75' Kristjánsson 77'	Summary	Skjerve  8' Engblom 23' Andreassen  42' Myrestam  50' Elsner  70'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,324 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Sarpsborg 08 v Start

13 April 20143	Sarpsborg 08	1–1	Start	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dja Djédjé  27' Ernemann 45'	Summary	Vikstøl  45'88' Vilhjálmsson  51' Kristjánsson  73'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Aalesund v Start

21 April 20144	Aalesund	1–2	Start	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsen  23' Grytten  57' Arnefjord 89'	Summary	Tripić 38' Asante 59' 90'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 7,608 Referee: Omar Rafiq

Start v Viking

27 April 20145	Start	0–2	Viking	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berger  90+3'	Summary	de Lanlay 5' Þorsteinsson 20' Sigurðsson  57' Ingason  77'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 7,570 Referee: Andres Johansen

Molde v Start

1 May 20146	Molde	2–0	Start	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gulbrandsen 44' Ekpo  45+1' Chima 55'	Summary	Asante  24' Tripić  34' Berger  58'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,085 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Start v Brann

4 May 20147	Start	1–1	Brann	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 33'	Summary	Mojsov  18' Berger 80' (o.g.) I.Dramé  89'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,504 Referee: Per Staberg

Sogndal v Start

11 May 20148	Sogndal	2–1	Start	Sogndal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Otoo 67' Patronen  85' Valsvik 89' Nilsen 90+1'	Summary	Andersen 65'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 2,524 Referee: Martin Lundby

Start v Vålerenga

16 May 20149	Start	2–2	Vålerenga	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 61' Tripić 79'	Summary	Kjartansson 15', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 8,555 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Bodø/Glimt v Start

20 May 201410	Bodø/Glimt	2–1	Start	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laajab 45', 80'	Summary	Andersen 36' Berger  59'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Svein Edvartsen

Start v Odd

25 May 201411	Start	0–1	Odd	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersen  20' Kristjánsson  22' Acosta  64' Owello  76' Opdal  90+2'	Summary	Hagen 66' Eriksen  73' Rashani  86' Berge  90+3'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Stabæk v Start

9 June 201412	Stabæk	1–2	Start	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fontanello  47' Trondsen  65'67'	Summary	Nouri 18' Børufsen  55' Berger  67' Sarr  75' Castro 81'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,856 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Start v Rosenborg

12 June 201413	Start	2–4	Rosenborg	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff  33'90' Castro 60'	Summary	Søderlund 20', 53' Riski 36', 87'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,559 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Start v Lillestrøm

6 July 201414	Start	3–1	Lillestrøm	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić 33' (pen.) 39' Børufsen 47' 56' Hoff 68'	Summary	Omoijuanfo  5' Kippe  16' Mjelde 36'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,286 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Sandnes Ulf v Start

12 July 201415	Sandnes Ulf	1–2	Start	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rubio 80' Jaiteh  87'	Summary	Vilhjálmsson 4', 15' Paniagua  90+1'	Stadium: Sandnes Idrettspark Attendance: 2,674 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Start v Bodø/Glimt

19 July 201416	Start	2–1	Bodø/Glimt	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vikstøl  42' Owello  52' Acosta  59' Sané 72' (o.g.) Asante 90+3'	Summary	Badou  45+1' Laajab 56'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,304 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Haugesund v Start

27 July 201417	Haugesund	5–1	Start	Haugesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gytkjær 12', 42' Bamberg 67' Sema 71', 88'	Summary	Hoff 11' Kristjánsson  48'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,434 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Start v Molde

3 August 201418	Start	1–1	Molde	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 74'	Summary	Gulbrandsen  20' Chima 72'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 5,565 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Rosenborg v Start

10 August 201419	Rosenborg	3–2	Start	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mix 29' Søderlund 43', 83'	Summary	Asante 17' Børufsen 26' Paniagua  42'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 11 513 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Start v Strømsgodset

15 August 201420	Start	2–3	Strømsgodset	Kristiansand
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Acosta 4' Hoff  79' Asante 88' Andersen  90+2'	Summary	Adjei-Boateng 23' 45+1' Ogunjimi 38', 68' Abu  81' Kovács  90+3'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,098 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Odd v Start

24 August 201421	Odd	4–1	Start	Skien
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jensen  45+1' Bentley 57' Storbæk 75' Johnsen 87', 90'	Summary	Børufsen 12' 33' Olofinjana  18'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 8,395 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Start v Sogndal

31 August 201422	Start	3–2	Sogndal	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić 4' Vikstøl 38' Asante 84' (pen.)	Summary	Bolseth  18' Sarr  21' Otoo 35', 49' Söderberg  79'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,899 Referee: Svein Edvartsen

Start v Stabæk

14 September 201423	Start	2–3	Stabæk	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff  13' Olofinjana  15' Vilhjálmsson 67' Asante 90+4'	Summary	Skjønsberg  13' Brustad 48' Trondsen  66' Jacobson 72' 84' Boli 79'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Viking v Start

21 September 201424	Viking	0–1	Start	Stavanger
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Böðvarsson  55' Jørgensen  73'	Summary	Vilhjálmsson 68' Asante  86'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 9,545 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Start v Sarpsborg 08

28 September 201425	Start	3–1	Sarpsborg 08	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajer 22' Vikstøl  66' Tripić 80', 82'	Summary	Kronberg  14' Wiig 75' Þórarinsson  85'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Anders Johansen

Brann v Start

5 October 201426	Brann	1–2	Start	Bergen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mojsov  57' Pedersen  68'81'	Summary	Vilhjálmsson 18' Karadas 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 11,347 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Start v Aalesund

18 October 201427	Start	1–2	Aalesund	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić  55' Owello 87'	Summary	James 13' H.Bjørdal  62' Larsen 89'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,835 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Lillestrøm v Start

26 October 201428	Lillestrøm	4–1	Start	Lillestrøm
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pálmason 33', 38', 69' Knudtzon 50'	Summary	Børufsen  52' Mikalsen 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,583 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Start v Sandnes Ulf

2 November 201429	Start	3–3	Sandnes Ulf	Kristiansand
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kristjánsson  11'45+2' Ajer  32' Acosta 90+3' Salvesen 90+4'	Summary	Frejd 12' Midtsjø 39' 53' Brenes 47'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Vålerenga v Start

9 November 201430	Vålerenga	1–0	Start	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stengel 40'	Summary		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,583 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Viking	30	8	12	10	42	42	0	36
11	Haugesund	30	10	6	14	43	49	−6	36
12	Start	30	10	5	15	47	60	−13	35
13	Bodø/Glimt	30	10	5	15	45	60	−15	35
14	Brann (R)	30	8	5	17	41	54	−13	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

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

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2014 Norwegian Football Cup

Høllen v Start

24 April 2014First Round	Høllen	0–4	Start	Søgne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	C.Rogstad  16'  55'  81' J.E.Langeland  87'	Summary	Kristjánsson  17' Vilhjálmsson 31' Lind 57' Sarr  74' Tripić 76' (pen.), 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Søgne Stadion Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Espen Larsen

Jerv v Start

7 May 2014Second Round	Jerv	1–2	Start	Grimstad
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pepa 16' A.Delgado  27' Stray  45+1' S.Bera  59' J.Aaland  75'	Summary	Kristjánsson  41' Berger  45+2' Vikstøl  56' Hoff  68' Andersen 74' Castro 90+7'	Stadium: Levermyr stadion Referee: Rohit Saggi

Start v Vard Haugesund

4 June 2014Third Round	Start	4–0	Vard Haugesund	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhjálmsson 4', 88',  38' Acosta 33' Vikstøl  62' Berger  68' Castro 79'	Summary	H.Vindenes  37' Powell  78'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 944 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Sarpsborg 08 v Start

27 June 2014Fourth Round	Sarpsborg 08	3–2	Start	Sarpsborg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samuel 3' (pen.), 57' Hansen  67' Dja Djédjé 81'	Summary	Opdal  3' Acosta  51' Hoff 56' Vilhjálmsson 86'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 1,604 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Squad statistics

As of match played 9 November 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Håkon Opdal	21	0	20	0	1	0
2	DF	NOR	Glenn Andersen	30	3	25+2	2	3	1
4	MF	NGA	Seyi Olofinjana	7	0	4+3	0	0	0
5	DF	NOR	Robert Sandnes	17	0	4+11	0	2	0
8	FW	NOR	Espen Hoff	30	7	22+6	6	2	1
9	FW	GHA	Ernest Asante	33	8	21+8	8	3+1	0
10	MF	NGA	Solomon Owello	32	1	24+4	1	4	0
13	FW	NOR	Zlatko Tripić	31	8	25+2	6	1+3	2
14	MF	NOR	Espen Børufsen	26	3	21+2	3	3	0
15	DF	CRC	Bismark Acosta	28	3	25	2	3	1
16	FW	NOR	Alexander Lind	13	1	2+10	0	1	1
17	MF	ISL	Guðmundur Kristjánsson	32	2	23+6	2	3	0
18	FW	ISL	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	26	9	20+3	5	1+2	4
19	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Ajer	13	1	7+6	1	0	0
21	DF	NOR	Jon Hodnemyr	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
22	FW	NOR	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	3	1	1+2	1	0	0
24	GK	NOR	Pål Vestly Heigre	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	NOR	Jesper Mathisen	4	0	4	0	0	0
28	DF	NOR	Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	30	2	26+1	2	3	0
30	GK	NOR	Terje Reinertsen	12	0	9	0	3	0
32	MF	NOR	Mathias Rasmussen	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
33	DF	NOR	Amin Nouri	26	1	16+6	1	4	0
99	MF	CRC	Fernando Paniagua	16	0	12+3	0	1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
11	FW	CRC	Jorge Castro	10	4	2+5	2	2+1	2
Players who played for Start that left during the season:
4	DF	AUT	Markus Berger	14	1	11	1	3	0
6	MF	SEN	Babacar Sarr	17	1	4+9	1	1+3	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		18	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	5	4	9
2	FW		9	Ernest Asante	8	0	8
	MF		13	Zlatko Tripić	6	2	8
4	MF		8	Espen Hoff	6	1	7
5	FW		11	Jorge Castro	2	2	4
6	MF		14	Espen Børufsen	3	0	3
	DF		15	Bismark Acosta	2	1	3
				Own goal	3	0	3
9	DF		28	Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	2	0	2
	DF		2	Glenn Andersen	2	0	2
	MF		17	Guðmundur Kristjánsson	2	0	2
12	MF		6	Babacar Sarr	1	0	1
	DF		4	Markus Berger	1	0	1
	DF		33	Amin Nouri	1	0	1
	DF		19	Kristoffer Ajer	1	0	1
	MF		10	Solomon Owello	1	0	1
	FW		22	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	1	0	1
	FW		16	Alexander Lind	0	1	1
	DF		2	Glenn Andersen	0	1	1
				TOTALS	47	12	59

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Håkon Opdal	1	0	1	0	2	0
2		DF	Glenn Andersen	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Markus Berger	4	0	2	0	6	0
4		MF	Seyi Olofinjana	2	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Robert Sandnes	1	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Babacar Sarr	1	0	1	0	2	0
8		MF	Espen Hoff	3	0	1	0	4	0
9		FW	Ernest Asante	3	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Solomon Owello	2	0	0	0	2	0
13		FW	Zlatko Tripić	4	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Espen Børufsen	4	0	0	0	4	0
15		DF	Bismark Acosta	1	1	1	0	2	1
17		MF	Guðmundur Kristjánsson	4	0	2	0	6	0
18		FW	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	2	0	1	0	3	0
19		DF	Kristoffer Ajer	1	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	3	0	2	0	5	0
33		DF	Amin Nouri	1	0	0	0	1	0
99		MF	Fernando Paniagua	2	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	41	1	11	0	52	1

References

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External links

• Official website
• Menigheden – official fan club