2012 Molde FK season

Molde

2012 season
Chairman	Øystein Neerland
Manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Stadium	Aker Stadion
Tippeligaen	1st (champions)
Norwegian Cup	Semi-final vs. Tromsø
Champions League	Third qualifying round vs. Basel
Europa League	Group stage (4th)
Top goalscorer	League: Davy Claude Angan (13) All: Davy Claude Angan (22)
Highest home attendance	11,112 vs. Rosenborg (28 October 2012)
Lowest home attendance	2,321 vs. HamKam (20 June 2012)
Average home league attendance	7,687
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012 season was Molde's 5th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 36th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Ole Gunnar Solskjær's second season as the club's manager. Molde were defending champions in Tippeligaen and played through qualification for UEFA Champions League. Molde entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they eliminated Ventspils before and facing Basel of Switzerland in the third qualifying round. They lost 1–2 on aggregate and were knocked out, dropping down into the Play off round of the UEFA Europa League. Molde successfully defended their title on 11 November 2012, when they beat Hønefoss 1–0, whilst their closest title challengers, Strømsgodset lost 2–1 away to Sandnes Ulf.^[1]

Date	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 January 2012†	DF	14		Martin Linnes	Kongsvinger	Free[2]
1 January 2012	GK	40		Ola Hermann Opheim	Steinkjer	Unknown[3]
1 January 2012	DF	35		Victor Johansen	Vålerenga	Unknown[4]
6 January 2012	DF	6		Even Hovland	Sogndal	8 million NOK[5]
16 February 2012	MF	17		Emmanuel Ekpo	Columbus Crew	Free[6]
30 July 2012	MF	16		Etzaz Hussain	Fredrikstad	3 Million NOK [7]
12 August 2012	DF	24		Magnar Ødegaard	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed[8]

† Linnes' move was announced on 31 August 2011 and finalised on 1 January 2012.

Date	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 January 2012	GK	12		Knut Dørum Lillebakk	Retired[9]
1 January 2012	DF	14		Christian Steen	Retired[9]
1 January 2012	FW	19		José Mota	Busan I'Park	Free
1 January 2012	DF	24		Torjus Aaland	Released[9]
14 January 2012	MF	4		Thomas Holm	Fredrikstad	Free[10]
1 August 2012	GK	26		Elias Valderhaug	Kongsvinger	Unknown[11]
1 August 2012	MF	8		Makhtar Thioune	Viking	2 million NOK[12]
31 August 2012	FW	19		Vini Dantas	Bodø/Glimt	[13]

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
23 August 2012	End of season	FW		Pape Paté Diouf	Copenhagen[14]

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
9 January 2012	31 July 2012	MF		Makhtar Thioune	Karlsruher SC[15]
13 January 2012	31 December 2012	DF		Krister Wemberg	Bodø/Glimt[16]
7 March 2012	31 December 2012	DF		Sean Cunningham	Stabæk[17]
28 March 2012	31 December 2012	MF		Pål Erik Ulvestad	Kristiansund[18]
12 April 2012	31 July 2012	GK		Elias Valderhaug	Start[19]
1 August 2012	31 December 2012	MF		Zlatko Tripić	Fredrikstad[20]
1 August 2012	31 December 2012	MF		Simon Markeng	Kristiansund

Manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Coach	Mark Dempsey
Goalkeeper coach	Richard Hartis

^[21]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	5	6	51	31	+20	62	14	0	1	33	16	+17	5	5	5	18	15	+3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	19	5	6	51	31	+20	62	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Strømsgodset	30	17	7	6	62	40	+22	58	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	Rosenborg	30	15	10	5	53	26	+27	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
4	Tromsø	30	14	7	9	45	32	+13	49
5	Viking	30	14	7	9	41	36	+5	49

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Steaua București	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	VfB Stuttgart	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8[a]
3	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8[a]
4	Molde	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6

Notes

• Note 1: Steaua București played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest.^{[citation needed]}

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	35	0	23+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	6+0	0
2	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug	33	0	15+6	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
3	DF	NOR	Børre Steenslid	9	0	1+4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	NOR	Even Hovland	25	2	18+0	1	3+0	1	4+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NOR	Vegard Forren	43	2	30+0	1	3+0	0	3+0	1	7+0	0
6	DF	NOR	Daniel Berg Hestad	37	2	15+9	2	1+2	0	3+1	0	6+0	0
7	MF	NOR	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	40	3	26+1	0	3+1	1	3+0	1	6+0	1
9	FW	SWE	Mattias Moström	42	5	23+5	4	4+0	0	4+0	0	4+2	1
10	MF	NOR	Magne Hoseth	25	5	13+3	3	4+0	2	1+2	0	1+1	0
11	FW	NOR	Jo Inge Berget	43	13	23+5	8	6+0	2	2+0	1	5+2	2
12	GK	SWE	Ole Söderberg	13	0	7+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13	MF	NOR	Pål Erik Ulvestad	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	NOR	Martin Linnes	38	0	23+1	0	2+1	0	4+0	0	7+0	0
15	MF	NOR	Magnus Stamnestrø	18	3	6+3	1	3+2	2	1+1	0	2+0	0
16	MF	NOR	Etzaz Hussain	20	2	6+4	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	3+5	0
17	MF	NGA	Emmanuel Ekpo	16	0	7+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
18	DF	NOR	Magne Simonsen	25	1	10+4	1	4+0	0	0+2	0	3+2	0
20	FW	CIV	Davy Claude Angan	40	22	22+4	13	4+2	6	3+0	2	3+2	1
22	MF	USA	Josh Gatt	31	6	15+5	6	3+0	0	1+0	0	6+1	0
23	DF	NOR	Knut Olav Rindarøy	38	0	25+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0	5+0	0
24	DF	NOR	Magnar Ødegaard	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	NGA	Daniel Chima Chukwu	39	11	11+14	7	1+2	1	3+1	0	4+3	3
28	MF	NOR	Ivar Furu	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	SEN	Pape Paté Diouf	15	2	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+2	1
32	MF	SEN	Abdou Karim Camara	11	0	1+6	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
33	MF	NOR	Andreas Hollingen	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
34	MF	NOR	Sivert Beinset	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	DF	NOR	Victor Johansen	3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
38	FW	NOR	Eirik Hestad	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away from Molde on loan:
21	DF	NOR	Krister Wemberg	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	USA	Sean Cunningham	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	NOR	Zlatko Tripić	17	0	3+8	0	2+2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
26	GK	NOR	Elias Valderhaug	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	SEN	Makhtar Thioune	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	BRA	Vini Dantas	4	1	1+0	0	0+2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		20	Davy Claude Angan	13	6	2	1	22
2	FW		11	Jo Inge Berget	8	2	1	2	13
3	FW		27	Daniel Chima Chukwu	7	1	0	3	11
4	MF		22	Joshua Gatt	6	0	0	0	6
5	MF		10	Magne Hoseth	3	2	0	0	5
6	FW		9	Mattias Moström	4	0	0	1	5
7	MF		7	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	0	1	1	1	3
	MF		29	Pape Paté Diouf	1	0	0	2	3
9	MF		16	Etzaz Hussain	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		15	Magnus Stamnestrø	0	2	0	0	2
	MF		4	Even Hovland	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		5	Vegard Forren	1	0	1	0	2
	MF		6	Daniel Berg Hestad	2	0	0	0	2
14	FW		14	Martin Linnes	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		18	Magne Simonsen	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		33	Vini Dantas	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	51	16	5	9	81

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Even Hovland	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Vegard Forren	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
6		DF	Daniel Berg Hestad	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Mattias Moström	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
10		MF	Magne Hoseth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Jo Inge Berget	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Martin Linnes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Etzaz Hussain	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17		MF	Emmanuel Ekpo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Magne Simonsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
20		FW	Davy Claude Angan	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
22		MF	Josh Gatt	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
23		DF	Knut Olav Rindarøy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Magnar Ødegaard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		FW	Daniel Chima Chukwu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		MF	Pape Paté Diouf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30		MF	Zlatko Tripić	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32		MF	Abdou Karim Camara	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
			TOTALS	35	0	7	0	3	1	9	0	54	1

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