2025 Sandefjord Fotball season

Sandefjord

2025 season
Manager	Andreas Tegström
Stadium	Jotun Arena
Eliteserien	5th
Norwegian Football Cup	First round
Home colours Away colours
←  2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 9 December 2025.

The 2025 season was the 27th season in the history of Sandefjord Fotball and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club ended up with their best ever position in the Eliteserien, finishing at 5th place. They got knocked out of the 2025 Cup against Sarpsborg 08 in the third round ^[1] , and they crashed out in the first round of the newly refurbished 2025-26 Cup. ^[2]

Current squad

As of 9 December 2025 ^[3]

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 Alf Lukas Grønneberg 2 DF   SWE Zinedin Smajlović 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   BEL Evangelos Patoulidis 8 MF   SWE Robin Dzabic 9 FW   NOR Jacob Hanstad 10 MF   SUI Loris Mettler 12 GK   BIH Alem Omerinović 13 GK   FIN Carljohan Eriksson (on loan from Sarpsborg 08) 14 MF   NOR Edvard Sundbø Pettersen 15 MF   KOS Blerton Isufi(on loan from Molde) 17 DF   NOR Christopher Cheng

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   SWE Filip Ottosson 19 FW   NOR Bendik Berntsen 20 MF   NOR Marcus Melchior 21 MF   NOR Jakob Swift 22 DF   NOR Martin Gjone 23 FW   ISL Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson 24 FW   NOR Sebastian Holm Mathisen 26 DF   NOR Filip Loftesnes-Bjune 27 FW   NOR Jakob Dunsby (captain) 28 DF   NOR Theodor Agelin 30 GK   SYR Elias Hadaya (vice-captain) 31 DF   NOR Henrik Skretteberg 32 MF   NOR Kristoffer Halvorsen 47 DF   NOR Stian Kristiansen

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 25 FW   NOR Storm Bugge Pettersen(at Eik Tønsberg until 31 December 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 FW   SWE Elias Jemal (at Start until 31 December 2025)

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2024–25

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 2 DF   SWE Zinedin Smajlovic (from Sandviken) [4] 7 FW   BEL Evangelos Patoulidis (from Haka) [5] 8 MF   SWE Robin Dzabic (from Landskrona) [6] 12 GK   BIH Alem Omerinović(promoted from junior squad) [7] 19 FW   NOR Bendik Berntsen(promoted from junior squad) [8] 21 MF   NOR Jakob Swift(promoted from junior squad) [9] 24 FW   NOR Sebastian Holm Mathisen(loan return from Eik Tønsberg) 30 GK   SYR Elias Hadaya (from Utsikten) [10] 31 DF   NOR Henrik Skretteberg(promoted from junior squad) [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 1 GK   FIN Hugo Keto (to Värnamo) [12] 2 DF   NOR Fredrik Berglie (to KFUM) [13] 7 MF   NOR Eman Markovic (loan return to IFK Göteborg) [14] 8 MF   SWE Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson (to Halmstad) [15] 9 FW   NOR Alexander Ruud Tveter (released) [16] 16 FW   NOR Wally Njie(released) 21 MF   SYR Simon Amin (to Radnički Niš) [17] 99 DF   GAM Maudo Jarjué (to Struga) [18]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025

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(loan return from Moss) [19] 9 FW   NOR Jacob Hanstad(from Fredrikstad) [20] 13 GK   FIN Carljohan Eriksson (on loan from Sarpsborg 08) [21] 15 MF   KOS Blerton Isufi(on loan from Molde) [22] 28 DF   NOR Theodor Martin Agelin(loan return from Mjøndalen) [23]

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 Aleksander van der Spa(on loan to Moss) [19] 9 FW   SWE Darrell Tibell(released) [24] 25 FW   NOR Storm Bugge Pettersen(on loan to Eik Tønsberg) [25] 28 DF   NOR Theodor Martin Agelin(on loan to Mjøndalen) [26] 43 FW   SWE Elias Jemal(on loan to Start) [27] 45 FW   BDI Beltran Mvuka (to Sotra) [28] [29]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Sandefjord v Arendal

18 January 2025Friendly	Sandefjord	8–1	Arendal	Sandefjord
14:00	Gjone 24' Loftesnes-Bjune 28' Swift 47', 64' Walle Egeli 56' Sigurðarson 81' Jemal 87' van der Spa 90'	Report	Victorio 18'	Stadium: Jotun Arena

Sandefjord v Eik Tønsberg

25 January 2025Friendly	Sandefjord	3–3	Eik Tønsberg
13:00		Report

Sandefjord v Moss

31 January 2025Friendly	Sandefjord	5–2	Moss
13:00

IF Elfsborg v Fredrikstad

7 February 2025Friendly	IF Elfsborg	2–1	Fredrikstad
17:00

Sandefjord v Fredrikstad

15 February 2025Friendly	Sandefjord	2–2	Fredrikstad	Sandefjord
14:00	Elias Jemal 17' Darrell Tibell 43'	Report	Stian Stray Molde 21' Benjamin Faraas 67'	Stadium: Jotun Arena

Stabæk v Sandefjord

22 February 2025Friendly	Stabæk	2–4	Sandefjord	Spain
15:00		Report

Stabæk v Sandefjord

27 February 2025Friendly	Stabæk	1–3	Sandefjord	Spain
15:00		Report

Sandefjord v KFUM

15 March 2025Friendly	Sandefjord	1–0	KFUM
13:00

Odd v Sandefjord

23 March 2025Friendly	Odd	0–2	Sandefjord
15:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eliteserien	30 March 2025	30 November 2025	Matchday 1	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	033.33
Norwegian Football Cup	13 April 2025		First round	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Total				4	2	0	2	10	6	+4	050.00

Last updated: 21 April 2025
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2025 Eliteserien

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Tromsø	30	18	3	9	50	36	+14	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Brann	30	17	5	8	55	46	+9	56	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Sandefjord	30	15	3	12	55	42	+13	48
6	Vålerenga	30	13	4	13	49	50	−1	43
7	Rosenborg	30	11	9	10	45	42	+3	42

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. ^[30]

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
2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	3	1	0	0	3	0	+3	0	0	1	2	6	−4

Last updated: 21 April 2025.
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L
Position	13

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was announced on 20 December 2024. ^[31]

KFUM v Sandefjord

30 March 20251	KFUM	3–1	Sandefjord	Oslo
17:00  UTC+1	Nuñez 45+2' Hestnes 63' Njie 77'		Risan Mørk 43'	Stadium: KFUM Arena Attendance: 1,806 Referee: Christian Moen

Sandefjord v Molde

6 April 20252	Sandefjord	3–0	Molde	Sandefjord
17:00  UTC+2	Ingi Sigurðarson 23', 41' Jemal 80'			Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 4,640 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Fredrikstad v Sandefjord

21 April 20253	Fredrikstad	3–1	Sandefjord	Fredrikstad
17:00

Tromsø v Sandefjord

4 May 20255	Tromsø	0–1	Sandefjord	Tromsø
17:00

Norwegian Football Cup

Main article: 2025 Norwegian Football Cup

Teie IF v Sandefjord

13 April 2025First round	Teie IF	0–5	Sandefjord
16:00

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