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

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ethan Horvath
2	DF	Fredrik Semb Berge (loan from Brøndby)
3	MF	Amidou Diop
4	DF	Ruben Gabrielsen
5	DF	Joona Toivio
6	MF	Daniel Berg Hestad (Captain)
7	MF	Harmeet Singh
8	FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen
9	MF	Mattias Moström
11	FW	Ola Kamara (loan from Austria Wien)
14	DF	Martin Linnes
15	DF	Per Egil Flo

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Etzaz Hussain
18	DF	Magne Simonsen
19	MF	Eirik Hestad
20	FW	Tommy Høiland
21	MF	Agnaldo
22	MF	Joshua Gatt
23	DF	Knut Olav Rindarøy
24	FW	Mohamed Elyounoussi
25	DF	Vegard Forren
26	GK	Andreas Linde
27	FW	Mushaga Bakenga (loan from Club Brugge)
32	FW	Sander Svendsen

Players on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Thomas Kind Bendiksen (at Tromsø)
30	FW	Pape Paté Diouf (at Odd)
33	MF	Andreas Hollingen (at Start)

No.	Position	Player
31	FW	Ben Spencer (at Toronto FC II)
37	DF	Ole Martin Rindarøy (at Start)
38	MF	Stian Rode Gregersen (at Kristiansund)

Reserve squad

[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
34	GK	Neydson da Silva
39	MF	Eskil Rønningen
40	GK	Isak Gangeskar
41	DF	Henrik Pettersen
43	FW	Mats Aambø
44	FW	Jan Tidjani Aboubacar
45	MF	Sebastian Remme Berge
46	FW	Agwa Okuot Obiech
47	MF	Kjetil Tøsse
48	FW	Erlend Hustad
49	MF	Ola Husby

No.	Position	Player
50	GK	Jonathan Byttingsvik
51	DF	Kristian Strande
52	MF	Tobias Svendsen
53	DF	Martin Ove Roseth
54	FW	Elias Mordal
55	FW	Jesper Nyheim
56	MF	Tobias Nyheim
57	MF	Eman Markovic
58	FW	Thomas Røsok
59	FW	Adnan Dudic
60	MF	Elias Arntsen

Transfers

In

Date	Position	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	Helsingborgs	[9]

Out

Date	Position	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	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	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 April 2015 1	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

11 April 2015 2	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

19 April 2015 3	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

26 April 2015 4	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

29 April 2015 5	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

4 May 2015 6	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

10 May 2015 7	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

13 May 2015 8	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

16 May 2015 9	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

22 May 2015 10	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

30 May 2015 11	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

5 June 2015 12	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

20 June 2015 13	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

27 June 2015 14	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

3 July 2015 15	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

10 July 2015 16	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

18 July 2015 18	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

25 July 2015 17	Strømsgodset	Postponned¹	Molde	Drammen
CEST (UTC+2)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

9 August 2015 19	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

15 August 2015 20	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

23 August 2015 21	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

30 August 2015 22	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

12 September 2015 23	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

20 September 2015 24	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

23 September 2015 17	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

27 September 2015 25	Stabæk	1–0	Molde	Bærum
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita 14'	Summary	Forren 36'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,538 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

4 October 2015 26	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

18 October 2015 27	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

25 October 2015 28	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

1 November 2015 29	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

8 November 2015 30	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	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[lower-alpha 1]	30	12	9	9	45	43	+2	44

Source: nifs, 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:

Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.[26]

Norwegian Cup

22 April 2015 First 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

7 May 2015 Second 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

2 June 2015 Third 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

24 June 2015 Fourth 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

12 August 2015 Quarterfinal	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

Qualifying Rounds

14 July 2015 Second 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)

21 July 2015 Second 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)

28 July 2015 Third 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)

4 August 2015 Third 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

Qualifying Rounds

20 August 2015 Play-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)

27 August 2015 Play-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

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	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	Advance to knockout phase
3	Ajax	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7
4	Celtic	6	0	3	3	8	12	−4	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 1	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 Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: Benoît Bastien (France) Referee: 31,209[33]

1 October 2015 2	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)

22 October 2015 3	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)

5 November 2015 4	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)

26 November 2015 5	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)

10 December 2015 6	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ethan Horvath	30	0	15+2	0	2	0	3	0	8	0
2	DF		Fredrik Semb Berge	12	1	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF		Amidou Diop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ruben Gabrielsen	30	1	11+4	1	3+1	0	2+2	0	5+2	0
5	DF		Joona Toivio	38	2	19+3	2	4	0	4	0	5+3	0
6	MF		Daniel Berg Hestad	36	1	3+19	0	3	0	0+3	0	7+1	1
7	MF		Harmeet Singh	38	2	25	1	2	0	3	0	8	1
8	FW		Fredrik Gulbrandsen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
9	MF		Mattias Moström	31	3	17+2	2	1	0	3+1	1	7	0
11	FW		Ola Kamara	44	21	27+2	14	3+1	2	4	4	3+4	1
14	DF		Martin Linnes	41	3	27+1	2	2	0	3	0	8	1
15	DF		Per-Egil Flo	33	3	21+4	3	1+1	0	1+1	0	3+1	0
16	MF		Etzaz Hussain	41	3	23+4	1	2+1	0	4	1	6+1	1
18	DF		Magne Simonsen	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Eirik Hestad	27	2	11+2	1	3+1	0	3	0	3+4	1
20	FW		Tommy Høiland	35	13	12+11	9	3+2	2	0+2	0	4+1	2
21	FW		Agnaldo	20	3	5+9	1	3+2	2	0+1	0	0	0
22	MF		Joshua Gatt	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Knut Olav Rindarøy	24	0	9+2	0	5	0	3	0	5	0
24	FW		Mohamed Elyounoussi	40	19	25+3	12	1	0	4	3	7	4
25	DF		Vegard Forren	41	2	27	1	3	0	4	0	7	1
26	GK		Andreas Linde	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW		Mushaga Bakenga	7	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	FW		Sander Svendsen	36	10	20+6	8	1+3	2	2+1	0	1+2	0
34	GK		Neydson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	FW		Erlend Hustad	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
53	DF		Martin Ove Roseth	1	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players away from Molde on loan:
10	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	11	1	2+4	0	4	1	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW		Pape Paté Diouf	11	1	1+6	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Andreas Hollingen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Ole Martin Rindarøy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		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		Ørjan Nyland	15	0	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF		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
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

Notes

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

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[table_note_LSK0.41312203016743-27] Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.[26]

[1] "Tilskuertall 2015". nifs.no. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[skullerud_sacked-2] "Hovedtrener Tor Ole Skullerud og assistenttrener Bård Wiggen er løst fra kontrakten med umiddelbar virking" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[moe_interim-3] "Erling Moe overtar trener-ansvaret i Molde" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[solskjaer_returns-4] "Ny manager i Molde" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[5] "A-laget spillere Molde". Molde FK. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[6] "Spillerstall Molde 2". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

[7] "Ny spiller klar for Molde". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[8] "Ungt talent til Molde FK". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

[9] "Ny keeper signert for Molde Fotballklubb". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[10] "Fra Molde til Strømsgodset". www.godset.no (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

[11] "Magnar Ødegaard solgt til Tromsø". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[Two_players_leave_Molde-12] "To spillere har forlatt Molde". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[13] "John Cofie: Crawley Town sign ex-Manchester United trainee". www.bbc.com/sport. BBC Sport. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[14] "Molde FK og KBK enige om overgang". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[15] "Hardtarbeidende spiss klar for Kina" [Hard working forward goes to China]. moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

[16] "Personlig avtale i orden". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[17] "Örjan Nyland wechselt nach Ingolstadt". fcingolstadt.de/ (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[18] "Le Norvégien Eirik Haugan rejoint l'OM". om.net/ (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[19] "Ola Kamara til Molde!". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[20] "Mushaga Bakenga op uitleenbasis naar Molde". clubbrugge.be/ (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[Three_out_on_loan-21] "Start låner Rindarøy og Hollingen". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

[22] "Diop leies ut til Mjøndalen". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

[23] "Toronto FC II signs Ben Spencer on loan from Molde". www.torontofc.ca. Toronto FC. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

[24] "Her signerer Diouf for Odd". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[25] "Kind Bendiksen klar for TIL". www.itromso.no (in Norwegian). iTromsø. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[lsk_deduction-26] "NFF gir Lillestrøm poengtrekk". vg.no. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[28] "Turneringsbestemmelser Tippeligaen 2015" (pdf) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[AttendanceQR2-29] "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[AttendanceQR3-30] "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[AttendancePO-31] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Play-off". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[32] "Group stage draw". UEFA. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[33] "UEFA Europa League round of 32 draw". UEFA. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[34] "Fenerbahçe vs. Molde". Soccerway. 18 September 2015.

[35] "Molde vs. Ajax". Soccerway. 3 October 2015.

[36] "Molde vs. Celtic". Soccerway. 28 October 2015.

[37] "Celtic vs. Molde". Soccerway. 9 November 2015.

[38] "Molde vs. Fenerbahçe". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[39] "Ajax vs. Molde". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

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2015 Molde FK season

Season events

Squad

Players on loan

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Friendlies

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Norwegian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying Rounds

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

See also

Notes

References