2024 Sandefjord Fotball season

Sandefjord

2024 season
Chairman	Gunnar Bjønness
Head coaches	Hans Erik Ødegaard Andreas Tegström
Stadium	Jotun Arena
Eliteserien	16th
Norwegian Cup	First round
Home colours Away colours
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The 2024 season is Sandefjord Fotball's 26th season in existence and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sandefjord Fotball participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

Players

First team squad

As of 31 March 2024 ^[1]

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   FIN Hugo Keto 2 DF   NOR Fredrik Berglie 3 DF   NOR Vetle Walle Egeli 4 DF   NOR Fredrik Carson Pedersen 5 DF   NOR Aleksander van der Spa 6 MF   NOR Sander Risan Mørk 7 FW   NOR Eman Markovic (on loan from IFK Göteborg) 8 MF   SWE Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson 9 FW   NOR Alexander Ruud Tveter 10 MF   SUI Loris Mettler 11 FW   SWE Darrell Tibell 14 MF   NOR Edvard Sundbø Pettersen 16 FW   NOR Wally Njie 17 DF   NOR Christopher Cheng 18 MF   SWE Filip Ottosson

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   NOR Marcus Melchior 21 MF   SYR Simon Amin 22 DF   NOR Martin Gjone 23 FW   ISL Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson 25 FW   NOR Storm Bugge Pettersen 26 DF   NOR Filip Loftesnes-Bjune 27 FW   NOR Jakob Dunsby 28 DF   NOR Theodor Agelin 29 FW   NOR Storm Bugge Pettersen 30 GK   NOR Alf Lukas Noel Grønneberg 43 FW   SWE Elias Jemal 45 FW   NOR Beltran Mvuka 47 DF   NOR Stian Kristiansen 99 DF   GAM Maudo Jarjué

For season transfers, see List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024.

Out 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

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24

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 5 DF   NOR Andreas van der Spa(from Sogndal) [2] 20 DF   NOR Marcus Melchior(from Skeid) [3] 99 DF   GAM Maudo Jarjué (from Trelleborg) [4] 7 MF   NOR Eman Markovic (on loan from IFK Göteborg) [5] 10 MF   SUI Loris Mettler(from Raufoss) [6] 11 FW   SWE Darrell Tibell(from Norrköping) [7] 16 FW   NOR Wally Njie(loan return from Ørn Horten) 17 DF   NOR Christopher Cheng(from Strømmen) [8] 24 MF   NOR Sebastian Holm Mathisen(promoted from junior squad) [9] 45 FW   NOR Beltran Mvuka(from Sotra) [10] 47 DF   NOR Stian Kristiansen(from Bodø/Glimt) [11]

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 2 DF   NOR Fredrik Pålerud(released) [12] 7 FW   GHA Gilbert Koomson (to Hapoel Petah Tikva) [13] 10 FW   DEN Jeppe Kjær (loan return to Bodø/Glimt) [14] 11 FW   NOR Youssef Chaib (released) [15] 12 GK   NOR Mats Viken(released) [15] 13 DF   NOR Lars Markmanrud (to Jerv, previously on loan at Egersund) [15] [16] 15 DF   NOR Jesper Taaje (to Strømsgodset) [17] 17 DF   NOR Sander Moen Foss (to Lillestrøm) [18] 20 FW   NOR Franklin Nyenetue (released) [15] 22 DF   NOR Jørgen Kili Fjeldskår(to Fram, previously on loan) [19] 23 MF   RSA Keanin Ayer (to Næstved) [20]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

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 5 DF   NOR Aleksander van der Spa(from Bodø/Glimt 2) [21] 14 MF   NOR Edvard Sundbø Pettersen(from Midtjylland) [22] 23 FW   ISL Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson (from Patro Eisden) [23] 28 DF   NOR Theodor Agelin(from Grorud) [24] 35 MF   NOR Petter Aanvik Wingsternæs(promoted from junior squad) 43 FW   SWE Elias Jemal(from Vasalund) [25]

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 5 DF   NOR Andreas van der Spa(retired) [26] 14 MF   IRQ Danilo Al-Saed (to Heerenveen) [27] 24 MF   NOR Sebastian Holm Mathisen(on loan to Eik Tønsberg) [28]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Sarpsborg 08 v Sandefjord

27 January 2024 Friendly	Sarpsborg 08	2–0	Sandefjord	Sarpsborg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tibbling 36', 45'	Report		Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion

Sandefjord v Moss

3 February 2024 Friendly	Sandefjord	2–3	Moss	Sandefjord
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dunsby 18' Tibell 84'	Report	Alexandersson 31' Jakobsen 37', 49'	Stadium: Gamle stadion

Lillestrøm v Sandefjord

16 February 2024 Friendly	Lillestrøm	2–2	Sandefjord	Lillestrøm
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seferi 60' Skogvold 93' (pen.)	Report	Dunsby 20' Ruud Tveter 73'	Stadium: LSK-Hallen

Sandefjord v Raufoss

17 February 2024 Friendly	Sandefjord	0–2	Raufoss	Sandefjord
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rotihaug 69' Ampofo 90'	Stadium: Gamle stadion

Sandefjord v Nordsjælland Academy

23 February 2024 Friendly	Sandefjord	2–1	Nordsjælland Academy	Alicante, Spain
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mvuka 87' Tibell 89' (pen.)	Report	Prince Maeli 20'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Sports Center

Sandefjord v Ranheim

29 February 2024 Friendly	Sandefjord	2–2	Ranheim	Alicante, Spain
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Risan Mørk 5' Ruud Tveter 36'	Report	Hou Sæter 43' Wenaas 49'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Sports Center

Fredrikstad v Sandefjord

8 March 2024 Friendly	Fredrikstad	2–0	Sandefjord	Fredrikstad
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bjørlo 38' Rafn 63'	Report		Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion

Strømsgodset v Sandefjord

19 March 2024 Friendly	Strømsgodset	0–3	Sandefjord	Drammen
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Berglie 3' Ottosson 56' Dunsby 77'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

Odd v Sandefjord

24 March 2024 Friendly	Odd	0–2	Sandefjord	Skien
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mettler 45+1' Berglie 67'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eliteserien	25 March 2024	1 December 2024	Matchday 1		10	2	3	5	15	19	−4	020.00
2024 Norwegian Cup	10 April 2024		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					11	2	3	6	15	20	−5	018.18

Last updated: 2 June 2024
Source: Soccerway

Eliteserien

Main article: 2024 Eliteserien

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	KFUM	30	9	10	11	35	36	−1	37
9	Sarpsborg	30	10	7	13	43	55	−12	37
10	Sandefjord	30	9	7	14	41	46	−5	34
11	Kristiansund	30	8	10	12	32	45	−13	34
12	HamKam	30	8	9	13	34	39	−5	33

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
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 goals scored. ^[29]

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
11	2	3	6	15	19	−4	9	2	0	2	7	6	+1	0	3	4	8	13	−5

Last updated: 2 June 2024.
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L		D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D								D
Position	14	15	13	13	15	14	10	13	14	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 December 2023. ^[30]

Rosenborg v Sandefjord

1 April 20241	Rosenborg	2–0	Sandefjord	Trondheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Selnæs  31' Henriksen  32' Sæter 65' 67' Frederiksen 90+6'	Report	Berglie  55' Ottosson  58'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 14,605 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

Odd v Sandefjord

14 April 20243	Odd	2–2	Sandefjord	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bang-Kittilsen 28' Owusu  57' Aas 90+7'	Report	Berglie 25' 90+4' Kristiansen 58' Nilsson  84'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,389 Referee: Christian Moen

Sandefjord v Lillestrøm

21 April 20244	Sandefjord	0–1	Lillestrøm	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gjone  77'	Report	Olsen 60' Kitolano  65'	Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 4,089 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Fredrikstad v Sandefjord

28 April 20245	Fredrikstad	1–0	Sandefjord	Fredrikstad
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bjørlo 30' Kvile  57'	Report	Amin  36'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Espen Eskås

Sandefjord v Molde

5 May 20246	Sandefjord	3–1	Molde	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amin 65' 80' Ødegaard  67' Mettler  71' Kristiansen 78' Nilsson 90+6'	Report	Gulbrandsen  32'35' Haugen  42'	Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Sandefjord v Sarpsborg

12 May 20247	Sandefjord	4–1	Sarpsborg	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud Tveter 2' (pen.), 60' Dunsby  16' Ottosson  30' Al-Saed 73' Markovic 75'	Report	Uchenna  27' Wichne  45+4' Johansen 51' (pen.) Meister  66'	Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 3,513 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Brann v Sandefjord

16 May 20248	Brann	2–1	Sandefjord	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Finne 51' Kornvig  57'61'	Report	Nilsson  75' Markovic  81' Pedersen  90+1' Mathisen 90+5'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 16,750 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Sandefjord v Viking

20 May 20249	Sandefjord	0–3	Viking	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dunsby  41' Mettler  49' Kristiansen  59' Amin  90+1'	Report	Tripić 4' Salvesen 54' Haugen  64' Kvia-Egeskog 70' Gunnarsson  90+6'	Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug

Haugesund v Sandefjord

26 May 202410	Haugesund	2–1	Sandefjord	Haugesund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diarra  24' Eskesen 64' (pen.) Niyukuri 81' Hope  84' Nyhammer  86'  90+5'	Report	Ruud Tveter 50' Amin  78' Egeli  84'	Stadium: Haugesund Sparebank Arena Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Christian Moen

Bodø/Glimt v Sandefjord

29 May 202419	Bodø/Glimt	1–1	Sandefjord	Bodø
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grønbæk 45+4' (pen.) Høgh  86'	Report	Markovic 35' 65' Pedersen  84' Egeli  85'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 5,853 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

KFUM v Sandefjord

2 June 202411	KFUM	3–3	Sandefjord	Oslo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndiaye 66' Aleesami 75' Hestnes 89'	Report	Kristiansen  9'  36' Amin 68' Markovic 73' Risan Mørk 81' Cheng  87'	Stadium: KFUM Arena Attendance: 2,759 Referee: Daniel Higraff

Sandefjord v HamKam

27 June 202412	Sandefjord	v	HamKam	Sandefjord
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Sandefjord v Tromsø

3 July 20242	Sandefjord	v	Tromsø	Sandefjord
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Strømsgodset v Sandefjord

8 July 202413	Strømsgodset	v	Sandefjord	Drammen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

Sandefjord v Bodø/Glimt

13 July 202414	Sandefjord	v	Bodø/Glimt	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Kristiansund v Sandefjord

21 July 202415	Kristiansund	v	Sandefjord	Kristiansund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion

Sandefjord v Haugesund

28 July 202416	Sandefjord	v	Haugesund	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Sarpsborg v Sandefjord

4 August 202417	Sarpsborg	v	Sandefjord	Sarpsborg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion

Sandefjord v Strømsgodset

11 August 202418	Sandefjord	v	Strømsgodset	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Sandefjord v Kristiansund

25 August 202420	Sandefjord	v	Kristiansund	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

HamKam v Sandefjord

1 September 202421	HamKam	v	Sandefjord	Hamar
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Briskeby Stadion

Sandefjord v Brann

15 September 202422	Sandefjord	v	Brann	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Tromsø v Sandefjord

22 September 202423	Tromsø	v	Sandefjord	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Romssa Arena

Sandefjord v Rosenborg

29 September 202424	Sandefjord	v	Rosenborg	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Molde v Sandefjord

20 October 202425	Molde	v	Sandefjord	Molde
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Aker Stadion

Sandefjord v KFUM

27 October 202426	Sandefjord	v	KFUM	Sandefjord
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Viking v Sandefjord

3 November 202427	Viking	v	Sandefjord	Stavanger
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: SR-Bank Arena

Sandefjord v Odd

10 November 202428	Sandefjord	v	Odd	Sandefjord
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Lillestrøm v Sandefjord

23 November 202429	Lillestrøm	v	Sandefjord	Lillestrøm
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion

Sandefjord v Fredrikstad

1 December 202430	Sandefjord	v	Fredrikstad	Sandefjord
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jotun Arena

Norwegian Football Cup

Main article: 2024 Norwegian Football Cup

Fløy v Sandefjord

10 April 2024 First round	Fløy	1–0	Sandefjord	Flekkerøy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Osestad 64' Ystanes  69' Kloster  76'	Report		Stadium: Flekkerøy stadion Attendance: 512 Referee: Jørgen Haga

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External links

• Official website