2020 Sandefjord Fotball season
# 2020 Sandefjord Fotball season

The 2020 season was Sandefjord's first season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation to the 1. divisjon at the end of the 2018 season.

## Season events

On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.

On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.

On 28 November, Sandefjord's match against Odd on 29 November was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.

## Squad

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Jacob Storevik |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud (captain) |
| 3 | DF | AND | Marc Vales |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Enric Vallès (vice captain) |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Martin Kreuzriegler |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Emil Pálsson |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Marcos Celorrio |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Eduardo |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Sivert Gussiås |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rufo |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Normann Hansen |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Lars Markmanrud |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Stefan Mladenovic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Erik Brenden |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Sander Risan |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Sander Moen Foss |
| 18 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Brice Wembangomo |
| 20 | FW | NOR | George Gibson |
| 21 | DF | SWE | Anton Kralj |
| 22 | FW | CRC | Deyver Vega |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Viðar Jónsson |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Henrik Falchener |
| 31 | MF | NOR | Peder Meen Johansen |
| 99 | GK | NOR | Jesper Granlund |

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Herman Solberg Nilsen (at Kongsvinger until 31 December 2020) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Martin Andersen (at Fram Larvik until 31 December 2020) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 January 2020 | FW | Sivert Gussiås | Molde | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2020 | MF | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | Ull/Kisa | Undisclosed |
| 10 March 2020 | MF | Zé Eduardo | Wil | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | MF | Erik Brenden | Lillestrøm | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2020 | FW | Marcos Celorrio | Real Sociedad B | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2020 | DF | Martin Kreuzriegler | Blau-Weiß Linz | Undislcosed |
| 10 September 2020 | FW | Deyver Vega | Vålerenga | Free |
| 15 September 2020 | DF | Mats Haakenstad | KuPS | Undisclosed |
| 18 September 2020 | MF | Harmeet Singh | HJK | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Mohamed Ofkir | Sarpsborg 08 | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | MF | Ole Breistøl | Ull/Kisa | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2020 | FW | Pontus Engblom | GIF Sundsvall | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2020 | GK | Walter Viitala | SJK | Undisclosed |
| 27 May 2020 | DF | Marius Høibråten | Bodø/Glimt | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 November 2019 | MF | Håvard Storbæk | Retired | Retired |
| 5 November 2019 | MF | Erik Mjelde | Retired | Retired |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Tito | | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Jakob Dunsby | | |

## Competitions

### Eliteserien

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 22 December 2020. Source: Results

**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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Haugesund | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 39 |
| 10 | Brann | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 36 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 35 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 32 |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 31 |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 22 December 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Jacob Storevik | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud | 22 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AND | Marc Vales | 24 | 3 | 19+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Enric Vallès | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Martin Kreuzriegler | 25 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Emil Pálsson | 24 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Marcos Celorrio | 13 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Eduardo | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Sivert Gussiås | 30 | 7 | 23+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rufo | 27 | 7 | 21+6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | 25 | 2 | 15+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NOR | Mats Haakenstad | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NOR | Lars Markmanrud | 22 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Stefan Mladenovic | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Erik Brenden | 25 | 1 | 10+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Sander Risan | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NOR | Sander Moen Foss | 20 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SWE | William Kurtovic | 19 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Brice Wembangomo | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | George Gibson | 16 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SWE | Anton Kralj | 22 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CRC | Deyver Vega | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Viðar Jónsson | 27 | 2 | 20+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Harmeet Singh | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Henrik Falchener | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | NOR | Peder Meen Johansen | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Sandefjord on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sandefjord during the season ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Sivert Gussiås | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Rufo | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 3 | Marc Vales | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 24 | Harmeet Singh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 23 | Viðar Jónsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 2 | Lars Grorud | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | Marcos Celorrio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | Sander Moen Foss | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 15 | Erik Brenden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 13 | Lars Markmanrud | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Martin Kreuzriegler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 22 | Deyver Vega | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 31 | 0 | 31 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Jacob Storevik | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Lars Grorud | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Marc Vales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Enric Vallès | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Martin Kreuzriegler | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Emil Pálsson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Marcos Celorrio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sivert Gussiås | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Rufo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kristoffer Hansen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Mats Haakenstad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Lars Markmanrud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Erik Brenden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sander Risan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Sander Moen Foss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | William Kurtovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Brice Wembangomo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | George Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Anton Kralj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Deyver Vega | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Viðar Jónsson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Harmeet Singh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Peder Meen Johansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sandefjord during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 |
