2015 Molde FK season

Molde

2015 season
Chairman	Øystein Neerland
Manager	Tor Ole Skullerud (until 6 August) Erling Moe (interim) (7 August–21 October) Ole Gunnar Solskjær (from 21 October)
Stadium	Aker Stadion
Tippeligaen	6th
Norwegian Cup	Quarter-final vs. Viking
Champions League	Third qualifying round vs. Dinamo Zagreb
Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Ola Kamara (14) All: Ola Kamara (21)
Highest home attendance	11,113 vs. Rosenborg (20 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance	2,424 vs. Kvik Halden (24 June 2015)
Average home league attendance	8,952 [1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2014 2016  →

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.

Season events

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

As of 29 July 2015 ^[5]

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   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

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 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

^[6] 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 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

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

In

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	Helsingborg	[9]

Out

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

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

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

Molde v Hammarby

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

Midtjylland v Molde

14 February 2015	Midtjylland	0–2	Molde	Herning, Denmark
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Summary	Kamara 10' Bendiksen 59'	Stadium: MCH Arena

Molde v Kristiansund

28 February 2015	Molde	2–1	Kristiansund	Molde
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Høiland 50' Diouf 90'	Summary	Coly 73'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Molde v Sandefjord

1 March 2015	Molde	2–1	Sandefjord	Molde
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Svendsen 51', 66'	Summary	Pedersen 53'	Stadium: Aker Stadion

Molde v Sogndal

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

Molde v HJK

11 March 2015	Molde	1–0	HJK	Marbella, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 58' (pen.)	Summary

Molde v FH

14 March 2015	Molde	2–3	FH	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Svendsen 14' Diouf 19'	Summary

Molde v Kalmar

20 March 2015	Molde	1–1	Kalmar	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Elyounoussi 60'	Summary	90'

Molde v Hødd

24 March 2015	Molde	3–0	Hødd	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 6' Diouf 43' Agnaldo 62'	Summary		Stadium: Aker Stadion

Aalesunds v Molde

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

Molde v Sogndal

18 November 2015	Molde	3–0	Sogndal	Molde
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Høiland 48', 53' Agnaldo 77'	Summary		Stadium: Aker Stadion

Malmö v Molde

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

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2015 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	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

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	11	8	5	4	2	4	3	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

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

Results

Molde v Odd

7 April 20151	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

Bodø/Glimt v Molde

11 April 20152	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

Molde v Aalesund

19 April 20153	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

Haugesund v Molde

26 April 20154	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

Molde v Strømsgodset

29 April 20155	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

Viking v Molde

4 May 20156	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

Molde v Start

10 May 20157	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

Lillestrøm v Molde

13 May 20158	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

Molde v Stabæk

16 May 20159	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

Mjøndalen v Molde

22 May 201510	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

Molde v Sandefjord

30 May 201511	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

Tromsø v Molde

5 June 201512	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

Molde v Vålerenga

20 June 201513	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

Rosenborg v Molde

27 June 201514	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

Sarpsborg 08 v Molde

3 July 201515	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

Molde v Haugesund

10 July 201516	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

Molde v Bodø/Glimt

18 July 201518	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

Strømsgodset v Molde

25 July 201517	Strømsgodset	Postponed 1	Molde	Drammen
CEST (UTC+2)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

Odd v Molde

9 August 201519	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

Molde v Sarpsborg 08

15 August 201520	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

Vålerenga v Molde

23 August 201521	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

Molde v Lillestrøm

30 August 201522	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

Sandefjord v Molde

12 September 201523	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

Molde v Rosenborg

20 September 201524	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

Strømsgodset v Molde

23 September 201517	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

Stabæk v Molde

27 September 201525	Stabæk	1–0	Molde	Bærum
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita 14'	Summary	Forren  36'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,538 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Molde v Tromsø

4 October 201526	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

Molde v Mjøndalen

18 October 201527	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

Aalesund v Molde

25 October 201528	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

Molde v Viking

1 November 201529	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

Start v Molde

8 November 201530	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Main article: 2015 Norwegian Football Cup

Brattvåg v Molde

22 April 2015First 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

Træff v Molde

7 May 2015Second 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

Fyllingsdalen v Molde

2 June 2015Third 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

Molde v Kvik Halden

24 June 2015Fourth 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

Viking v Molde

12 August 2015Quarterfinal	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

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Molde v Pyunik

14 July 2015Second 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)

Pyunik v Molde

21 July 2015Second 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)

Dinamo Zagreb v Molde

28 July 2015Third 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)

Molde v Dinamo Zagreb

4 August 2015Third 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

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Molde v Standard Liège

20 August 2015Play-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)

Standard Liège v Molde

27 August 2015Play-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

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 v t e	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

Fenerbahçe v Molde

17 September 20151	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)

Molde v Ajax

1 October 20152	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)

Molde v Celtic

22 October 20153	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)

Celtic v Molde

5 November 20154	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)

Molde v Fenerbahçe

26 November 20155	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)

Ajax v Molde

10 December 20156	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

As of Match played 10 December 2015

Appearances and goals

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

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

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

• Molde FK seasons

Notes

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

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