2020 season | |||
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Manager | Jóhannes Harðarson | ||
Stadium | Sør Arena | ||
Eliteserien | 15th | ||
Norwegian Cup | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Eirik Schulze (9) All: Eirik Schulze (9) | ||
The 2020 season was IK Start's first season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation at the end of the 2018 season. They finished the season in 15th position and where relegated back to the 1. divisjon at the first opportunity.
On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches. [1]
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. [2]
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October. [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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16 December 2019 | GK | Amund Wichne | Viking | Undisclosed | [4] | |
1 January 2020 | MF | Eirik Schulze | Sogndal | Undisclosed | [5] | |
16 January 2020 | DF | Henrik Gjesdal | Kristiansund | Undisclosed | [6] | |
28 May 2020 | DF | Vegard Bergan | Bodø/Glimt | Undisclosed | [7] | |
24 August 2020 | FW | Christian Bolaños | Saprissa | Undisclosed | [8] | |
31 August 2020 | MF | Mohamed El Makrini | Kilmarnock | Undisclosed | [9] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | to | Date to | Ref. |
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6 June 2020 | FW | Steffen Skålevik | Sarpsborg 08 | End of season | [10] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
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28 February 2020 | FW | Isac Lidberg | Gefle | Undisclosed | [11] | |
9 March 2020 | DF | Espen Hammer Berger | Sandnes Ulf | Undisclosed | [12] | |
24 August 2020 | MF | Afeez Aremu | St. Pauli | Undisclosed | [13] | |
24 September 2020 | MF | Isaac Twum | Mjøndalen | Undisclosed | [14] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | to | Date to | Ref. |
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1 August 2020 | MF | Adnan Hadzic | Sandnes Ulf | 1 September 2020 | [15] | |
1 August 2020 | FW | Kristian Strømland Lien | Fløy | 1 September 2020 | [15] | |
13 September 2020 | FW | Adeleke Akinyemi | HamKam | End of season | [16] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
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31 December 2019 [17] | GK | Alexander Pedersen | KFUM Oslo | ||
31 December 2020 | FW | Aron Sigurðarson | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||
15 May 2020 [18] | DF | Damion Lowe | Phoenix Rising | 16 September 2020 [19] |
31 January 2020 | Start | 2–1 | Mjøndalen | Kristiansand |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Afeez 16' Ramsland 86' | Report | Þórhallsson 81' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 409 |
10 June 2020 | Sarpsborg 08 | 4–0 | Start | Sarpsborg |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 36 | −25 |
Last updated: 22 December 2020.
Source: Results
17 June 20201 | Start | 2–2 | Strømsgodset | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Bringaker 65' Markovic 73' | Report | Parr 43' Salvesen 45+1' Stengel 83' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen |
21 June 20202 | Sandefjord | 2–2 | Start | Sandefjord |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Grorud 24' 65' Foss 36' Gibson 52' Rufo 55' | Report | Bringaker 14' 54' Daland 45' Skålevik 57' | Stadium: Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Mohammad Aslam |
25 June 20203 | Start | 2–3 | Molde | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Ugland 18' Skaanes 43' Skålevik 67' Markovic 73' Bringaker 75' | Report | Pedersen 29' Hussain 34' Haugen 45' Hestad 87' Christensen 90+4' Gregersen 90+6' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Tore Hansen |
27 June 20204 | Start | 0–5 | Odd | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Afeez 14' E.Wichne 50' | Report | Kaasa 4' Hoff 12' Børven 49' (pen.), 66' Ruud 60' Lauritsen 85' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad |
1 July 20205 | Haugesund | 1–0 | Start | Haugesund |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Källman 37' Daland 90+4' (o.g.) | Report | E.Wichne 58' Daland 90+4' | Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Usman Aslam |
4 July 20206 | Start | 1–1 | Viking | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Segberg 67' Schulze 75' Ramsland 77' | Report | Bytyqi 84' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen |
12 July 20207 | Sarpsborg 08 | 1–0 | Start | Sarpsborg |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Lindseth 8' Thomassen 37' Coulibaly 45' Larsen 78' | Report | Schulze 41' | Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Sivert Amland |
16 July 20208 | Start | 0–0 | Rosenborg | Kristiansand |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Aremu 50' Bergan 64' Daland 90+2' | Report | Islamović 30' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes |
19 July 20209 | Brann | 1–1 | Start | Bergen |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Koomson 41' Kolskogen 59' | Report | Ahamada 28' (o.g.) Kabran 34' Schulze 45' Twum 85' Segberg 86' | Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Tommy Skjerven |
26 July 202010 | Start | 0–0 | Stabæk | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Kabran 40' Markovic 62' Twum 84' | Report | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen |
29 July 202011 | Aalesund | 3–2 | Start | Ålesund |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Friðjónsson 18', 61' (pen.), 80' Castro 33' Bizoza 65' Määttä 90' | Report | Schulze 14'19' Bringaker 16' E.Wichne 39' Segberg 78' | Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen |
2 August 202012 | Start | 3–0 | Mjøndalen | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Tønnessen 20' Ramsland 26' Schulze 87' Skålevik 89' | Report | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes |
5 August 202017 | Molde | 5–0 | Start | Molde |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Omoijuanfo 8' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Christensen 54' Brynhildsen 68', 74' Eikrem 86' | Report | Skaanes 80' | Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Sivert Amland |
9 August 202013 | Kristiansund | 3–2 | Start | Kristiansund |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Bye 13' Pellegrino 74' Coly 82' Kastrati 90' | Report | Ugland 35' Skaanes 67', 72' | Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad |
17 August 202014 | Start | 2–1 | Vålerenga | Kristiansand |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Bergan 21' Schulze 23', 90+4'47' Ugland 36' Kabran 45' | Report | Tollås 38' Stokke 75' Näsberg 87' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Tommy Skjerven |
22 August 202015 | Bodø/Glimt | 6–0 | Start | Bodø |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Boniface 17', 60' Berg 35' J.Hauge 53' (pen.), 56' Zinckernagel 54' | Report | Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Tommy Skjerven |
30 August 202016 | Start | 1–0 | Aalesund | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Twum 29' Jørgensen 45' Børufsen 90+3' Kabran 90+4' | Report | Grønner 90' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås |
20 September 202017 | Start | 1–2 | Kristiansund | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | El Makrini 45+3' Schulze 63' Bolaños 90+6' | Report | Pellegrino 29' Aasbak 39' 43' Diagné 71' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta |
27 September 202019 | Stabæk | 2–0 | Start | Bærum |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Hanche-Olsen 22' Maatsen 50' Kassi 69' Solheim 81' | Report | E.Wichne 31' | Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Sivert Amland |
4 October 202020 | Start | 5–1 | Haugesund | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Fredriksen 13' (o.g.), 90+1' (o.g.) El Makrini 18' Kabran 28' Schulze 33', 60' | Report | Wadji 54' Ammitzbøll 88' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Kai Erik Steen |
18 October 202021 | Strømsgodset | 1–1 | Start | Drammen |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Jack 39' 68' Mawa 78' Gunnarsson 79' Mickelson 90+3' | Report | Bolaños 39' (pen.) El Makrini 66' | Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Espen Eskås |
24 October 202022 | Start | 0–1 | Sandefjord | Kristiansand |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Vega 48' Singh 52' Vallès 58' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen |
1 November 202023 | Rosenborg | 1–0 | Start | Trondheim |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Holse 67' | Report | E.Wichne 25' El Makrini 53' 90+1' | Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Sivert Amland |
8 November 202024 | Start | 3–2 | Sarpsborg 08 | Kristiansand |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Segberg 36' Utvik 47' (o.g.) Ugland 85' Bolaños 87' Kabran 89' Deumeland 90+3' | Report | Salétros 21' Halvorsen 45+3' (pen.) Dyrestam 65' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Espen Eskås |
22 November 202025 | Odd | 1–2 | Start | Skien |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Jos.Kitolano 64' Hoff 90+3' | Report | Schulze 51' Deumeland 64' Kabran 82' Ramsland 90+3' El Makrini 90+3' | Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen |
28 November 202026 | Viking | 4–1 | Start | Stavanger |
16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Sebulonsen 20' Bytyqi 52' Friðjónsson 62' Torsteinbø 70', 72' | Report | Kabran 90+1' | Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås |
2 December 202027 | Start | 1–1 | Bodø/Glimt | Kristiansand |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Amundsen 17' (o.g.) Bolaños 26' El Makrini 29' Deumeland 75' | Report | Berg 24' Junker 26' (pen.) Sampsted 32' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam |
6 December 202028 | Mjøndalen | 1–0 | Start | Mjøndalen |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Twum 25' Ibrahim 48' Jansen 87' | Report | Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen |
9 December 202029 | Start | 1–1 | Brann | Kristiansand |
20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Markovic 65' Schulze 69' Segberg 85' | Report | Strand 60' Bamba 85' | Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 600 [3] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen |
22 December 202030 | Vålerenga | 4–0 | Start | Oslo |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Kjartansson 5' Wichne 14' (o.g.) Sahraoui 30' Holm 85' | Report | Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 32 | |
13 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 31 | |
14 | Mjøndalen (O) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
15 | Start (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 27 | Relegation to First Division |
16 | Aalesund (R) | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 85 | −55 | 11 |
2020First round | – | |||
CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Note: Cup cancelled on 10 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. [2] |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
1 | GK | GER | Jonas Deumeland | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2 | DF | NOR | Jesper Daland | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 | DF | NOR | Vegard Bergan | 27 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
4 | MF | NED | Mohamed El Makrini | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
6 | DF | NOR | Joackim Jørgensen | 22 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
7 | MF | SWE | Kevin Kabran | 29 | 3 | 27+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
8 | MF | NOR | Eman Markovic | 28 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
9 | FW | NOR | Martin Ramsland | 17 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
10 | FW | NOR | Steffen Skålevik | 21 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
11 | MF | NOR | Eirik Schulze | 29 | 9 | 28+1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
12 | GK | NOR | Amund Wichne | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
14 | MF | NOR | Espen Børufsen | 18 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
15 | DF | NOR | Henrik Robstad | 20 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
16 | MF | NOR | Mikael Ugland | 13 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
19 | MF | NOR | Kasper Skaanes | 24 | 2 | 9+15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
20 | FW | NOR | Mathias Bringaker | 20 | 4 | 12+8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
21 | MF | NOR | Sander Sjøkvist | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
22 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Tønnessen | 29 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
23 | MF | NOR | Erlend Segberg | 18 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
27 | DF | NOR | Eirik Wichne | 29 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | FW | CRC | Christian Bolaños | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Players away from Start on loan: | |||||||||||||
5 | DF | NOR | Adnan Hadzic | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
17 | FW | NGA | Adeleke Akinyemi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Players who left Start during the season | |||||||||||||
4 | MF | NGA | Afeez Aremu | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
18 | MF | GHA | Isaac Twum | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
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1 | MF | 11 | Eirik Schulze | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
2 | Own goal | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
3 | FW | 20 | Mathias Bringaker | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | MF | 7 | Kevin Kabran | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | MF | 19 | Kasper Skaanes | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
FW | 30 | Christian Bolaños | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
7 | MF | 8 | Eman Markovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 2 | Jesper Daland | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 16 | Mikael Ugland | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 22 | Kristoffer Tønnessen | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 10 | Steffen Skålevik | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 18 | Isaac Twum | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 4 | Mohamed El Makrini | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 23 | Erlend Segberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
TOTALS | 33 | 0 | 33 |
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
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1 | GK | 1 | Jonas Deumeland | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | GK | 12 | Amund Wichne | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||||
1 | GK | Jonas Deumeland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
2 | DF | Jesper Daland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
3 | DF | Vegard Bergan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
4 | MF | Mohamed El Makrini | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||
6 | DF | Joackim Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
7 | FW | Kevin Kabran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
8 | MF | Eman Markovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
9 | FW | Martin Ramsland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
10 | FW | Steffen Skålevik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
11 | MF | Eirik Schulze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
14 | MF | Espen Børufsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
16 | MF | Mikael Ugland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
19 | MF | Kasper Skaanes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
20 | FW | Mathias Bringaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
23 | MF | Erlend Segberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
27 | DF | Eirik Wichne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
30 | FW | Christian Bolaños | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Players who left Start during the season: | |||||||||||||
4 | MF | Afeez Aremu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
18 | MF | Isaac Twum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
TOTALS | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
The 2015 season is Start's 3rd season in the Tippeligaen since their promotion back to the league in 2012, and their fifth season with Mons Ivar Mjelde as manager. Start will competed in the Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.
The 2018 season is Stabæk's fifth season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation in 2012, their 22nd season in the top flight of Norwegian football.
The 2018 season is IK Start's first season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season.
The 2020 Eliteserien was the 76th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was fourth season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen.
The 2020 season is Rosenborg's 41st consecutive year in the top flight now known as Eliteserien, their 53rd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. They will participate in Eliteserien, the Cup and Europa League entering at the First Qualifying round. The end of the pre-season and the start of the season were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After two months, the season was confirmed to start 16 June, with full training starting from 7 May. This was Eirik Horneland's second season as Rosenborg manager, but he was let go after only 3 matches. Trond Henriksen took over as interim manager until Åge Hareide was appointed new manager. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic only 200 fans were allowed in the stadiums the first 20 rounds, while 600 fans were allowed in the remaining 10 rounds.
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The 2020 season was Kristiansund's fourth season in the Eliteserien, the top football division in Norway.
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The 2020 season was Sarpsborg 08's 9th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012.
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