2013 Molde FK season

Molde

2013 season
Chairman	Øystein Neerland
Manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Stadium	Aker Stadion
Tippeligaen	6th
Norwegian Cup	Winners
Champions League	Third qualifying round vs Legia Warsaw
Europa League	Play-off round vs Rubin Kazan
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Chima (9) All: Daniel Chima (13)
Highest home attendance	11,074 vs Aalesund (9 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance	4,380 vs Ranheim (19 June 2013)
Average home league attendance	7,901
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2013 season was Molde's sixth consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 37th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Ole Gunnar Solskjær's third season as the club's manager. Molde were the defending champions in Tippeligaen, but lost their first four matches in the league and collected six points in the first ten games. The team did however turn the bad form, and finished the season in sixth place. The team won the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup, after defeating their main rivals Rosenborg 4–2 in the final. In Europe, Molde entered the UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they defeated Sligo Rovers. In the next round, the team was eliminated by Legia Warszawa on away goals. Molde proceeded to the Europe League play-off round, where they were knocked out by Rubin Kazan.

Molde started the season poorly, losing their first four games. Their first point of the season came on 20 April 2013 in a 1–1 draw away to Odds, with Molde's goal coming from Daniel Berg Hestad. Molde's first victory of season came in the first round of the Norwegian Cup away to Elnesvågen. They won 0-5 with the goals coming from new signings Aliou Coly, four, and Agnaldo. Their first league win of the season was a 4–1 victory against Aalesunds on 9 May 2013, with Joona Toivio, Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Jo Inge Berget scoring the goals. Molde then went on a 3-game winless streak that included a 1–5 defeat to Haugesund, their worst loss at home since Tromsø won 7–0 against Molde on 2 September 1995.^[1] This was also Molde's first ever loss against Haugesund at home.

Molde's second league victory came in their 12th game of the season, a 4–0 home defeat of Hønefoss that saw Molde rise off the bottom of the table for the first time all season. Molde had 4 players called up to the Norwegian U-21's for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in June 2013. These players were goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland, defender Martin Linnes, midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem and attacker Jo Inge Berget. Both Eikrem and Berget scored in Norway's 1–3 victory over England on 8 June 2013.^[2] Molde's first game back after the summer break was a 6–0 fourth round cup win over Adeccoligaen side Ranheim to put them into the Quarter-finals. Molde were 3–0 at half time after goals from Agnaldo 5mins, Gatt 17 and Simonsen 27. The second half goals came courtesy of a Jørgen Olsen Own goal in the 49th, Ekpo in the 50th and Chima rounded it off with his 5th goal of the season in the 80th minute. Molde narrowly continued their unbeaten run in their first league game back after the break with a 3–3 away draw against Vålerenga. Molde went 1–0 down after 10minutes when Morten Berre scored for the homeside, before Jo Inge Berget and Martin Linnes both scored to give Molde a halftime lead. In the second half Jan Gunnar Solli equalised for Vålerenga before Berre's second put them in the lead again. Agnaldo popped up the first minute of injury time to earn a point for the away side.

On 24 June, Magnus Wolff Eikrem was sold to Dutch Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen for 10,000,000 NOK.^[3][4] After round 14 of the championship, on 29/30 June, Molde moved out of the automatic relegation places for the first time during the season. Molde came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Sarpsborg 08 on 29 June 2013, thanks to goals from Martin Linnes, Daniel Chima and Zlatko Tripić after Jérémy Berthod had given the lead early in the first half. The game against Sarpsborg 08 also resulted in a serious knee injury for Josh Gatt, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season.^[5]

3 July 2013 saw Molde take on Adeccoligaen side Mjøndalen in the quarterfinals of the Norwegian Cup, winning the match 2-0 with goals from Even Hovland and Zlatko Tripić. On the same day Molde announced the signing of Norwegian U21 international Mats Møller Dæhli from Manchester United on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[6] 2 days later, on 5 July, Lauri Dalla Valle left Molde after only 6 appearances to join Belgian Second Division side Sint-Truiden.^[7] On the same day Molde announced that Per Egil Flo would be joining them from Sogndal on 15 July.^[8] On 10 July, it was announced that Tommy Høiland was joining on 15 July,^[9] and 11 July it was announced that Vegard Forren was returning to the club following his unsuccessful spell at Southampton.^[10] Forren made his 2nd debut for Molde two days later in Molde's 1-0 away victory over Sligo Rovers in the 1st leg of the Champions League 2nd qualifying round. The winning goal for Molde came in the 42nd minute from Daniel Chima.

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
February 2013	FW		Aliou Coly	Casa Sport	[11]
25 February 2013	FW		Lauri Dalla Valle	Fulham	[12]
13 March 2013	DF		Joona Toivio	Djurgården	[13]
29 March 2013	FW		Ben Spencer	Chivas USA	Free[14]
	GK		Ørjan Nyland	IL Hødd	Free[15]
3 July 2013†	MF		Mats Møller Dæhli	Manchester United	[6]
5 July 2013†	DF		Per Egil Flo	Sogndal	[8]
10 July 2013†	FW		Tommy Høiland	Sandnes Ulf	[9]
11 July 2013†	DF		Vegard Forren	Southampton	[10]
15 July 2013	FW		Fredrik Gulbrandsen	Lillestrøm	[16]

† Dæhli, Flo, Høiland and Forren's transfers were announced on the above dates, and were finalised on 15 July.

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
18 January 2013	DF		Vegard Forren	Southampton	Undisclosed[17][18]
26 January 2013	FW		Davy Claude Angan	Hangzhou Greentown	12,000,000 NOK[19]
5 March 2013	DF		Krister Wemberg	Bryne	[20]
	FW		Simon Markeng	Kristiansund
	FW		Pape Paté Diouf	Copenhagen	Loan Return
24 June 2013	MF		Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Heerenveen	10,000,000 NOK[3][4]
5 July 2013	FW		Lauri Dalla Valle	Sint-Truiden	[7]

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
	Season-long	MF		Agnaldo	Desportivo Brasil[21][22]

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
February 2013	July 2013	MF		Pål Erik Ulvestad	Hønefoss
April 2013	Season-Long[23]	MF		Magnus Stamnestrø	Sogndal
	Season-long	GK		Ola Hermann Opheim	Kristiansund
July 2013	End of Season[24]	DF		Magnar Ødegaard	Lillestrøm

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
23 April 2013	MF		Abdou Karim Camara	Cherbourg	August 2013[25]
15 July 2013[26]	DF		Sean Cunningham
1 October 2013	DF		Børre Steenslid	Retired, joined coaching staff[27]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	12	8	10	46	37	+9	44	8	2	5	29	17	+12	4	6	5	17	20	−3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Aalesund	30	14	7	9	55	44	+11	49
5	Viking	30	12	10	8	41	36	+5	46
6	Molde	30	12	8	10	47	38	+9	44	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7	Odd	30	11	7	12	43	39	+4	40
8	Brann	30	11	6	13	46	46	0	39

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As of Match played 24 November 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Espen Bugge Pettersen	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug	10	1	7+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	NOR	Even Hovland	34	3	22+2	1	5+0	2	2+1	0	1+1	0
5	DF	FIN	Joona Toivio	24	4	16+0	4	2+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
6	MF	NOR	Daniel Berg Hestad	29	1	14+5	1	3+2	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli	15	0	7+5	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	FW	NOR	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	14	5	7+3	5	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
9	MF	SWE	Mattias Moström	35	3	23+3	3	4+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	NOR	Magne Hoseth	21	7	11+3	4	4+0	3	0+2	0	1+0	0
11	FW	NOR	Jo Inge Berget	36	7	23+2	7	5+0	0	4+0	0	1+1	0
12	GK	SWE	Ole Söderberg	10	0	8+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	NOR	Pål Erik Ulvestad	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	NOR	Martin Linnes	35	6	23+1	4	5+1	1	4+0	1	1+0	0
15	DF	NOR	Per Egil Flo	9	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	NOR	Etzaz Hussain	31	3	15+7	2	6+0	1	1+1	0	1+0	0
17	FW	SEN	Aliou Coly	14	5	2+6	0	1+1	4	1+2	1	1+0	0
18	DF	NOR	Magne Simonsen	14	1	7+2	0	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	NOR	Eirik Hestad	3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	NOR	Tommy Høiland	12	2	7+2	1	1+1	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	FW	BRA	Agnaldo	15	4	3+4	1	3+2	3	0+1	0	1+1	0
22	MF	USA	Josh Gatt	13	1	10+2	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	NOR	Knut Olav Rindarøy	25	1	18+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
25	DF	NOR	Vegard Forren	22	0	14+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
26	GK	NOR	Ørjan Nyland	32	0	20+0	0	6+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	NGA	Daniel Chima	39	13	20+7	9	6+0	2	4+0	2	1+1	0
28	DF	NOR	Ivar Furu	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	NGA	Emmanuel Ekpo	35	1	18+7	0	5+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
30	MF	NOR	Zlatko Tripić	29	3	5+13	2	4+1	1	1+3	0	0+2	0
31	FW	USA	Ben Spencer	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	NOR	Andreas Hollingen	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	DF	NOR	Victor Johansen	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
49	FW	NOR	Sander Svendsen	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away from Molde on loan:
24	DF	NOR	Magnar Ødegaard	9	0	4+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	NOR	Magnus Stamnestrø	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
3	DF	NOR	Børre Steenslid	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	NOR	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	14	3	13+0	2	0+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	FIN	Lauri Dalla Valle	6	0	1+3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
4		DF	Even Hovland	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Joona Toivio	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Daniel Berg Hestad	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
7		MF	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
9		FW	Mattias Moström	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Magne Hoseth	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
11		FW	Jo Inge Berget	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Martin Linnes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
16		MF	Etzaz Hussain	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17		FW	Aliou Coly	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
18		DF	Magne Simonsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Lauri Dalla Valle	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
20		FW	Tommy Høiland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Agnaldo	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
22		MF	Josh Gatt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Knut Olav Rindarøy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Vegard Forren	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
27		FW	Daniel Chima	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
29		MF	Emmanuel Ekpo	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	6	1
30		MF	Zlatko Tripić	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	38	3	8	0	10	4	1	0	59	5

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