2015 Aalesunds FK season

Aalesund
2015 season
Chairman	Kjell Tennfjord
Manager	Harald Aabrekk ; (until 28 April) ; Trond Fredriksen (interim) ; (from 28 April)
Stadium	Color Line Stadion
Tippeligaen	10th
Norwegian Cup	Third Round vs Hødd
Top goalscorer	League: Leke James (13); All: Leke James (15)
Highest home attendance	7,365 vs Haugesund ; (12 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance	5,655 vs Tromsø ; (26 April 2015)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 season was Aalesund's ninth consecutive season in the Tippeligaen. They finished the season in 10th position, whilst also reaching the Third Round of the Norwegian Cup, where they were defeated by Hødd.

Aalesunds started the season with new manager Harald Aabrekk, but on 28 April, Aabrekk was sacked and replaced by Trond Fredriksen.^[1]

Squad

As of 19 August 2015^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BRA	Marlinho
16	MF	NOR	Magne Hoseth
17	MF	NOR	Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal
20	DF	NOR	Thomas Martinussen
21	MF	NOR	Bjørn Helge Riise
22	DF	NOR	Jo Nymo Matland
23	DF	NOR	Edvard Skagestad
24	GK	NOR	Helge Sandvik (on loan from Vard Haugesund)
30	FW	NOR	Mustafa Abdellaoue
33	MF	NOR	Elias Dahlberg
39	MF	NOR	Vebjørn Hoff
40	FW	NOR	Sondre Fet

Out on loan

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

Transfers

Winter

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

Summer

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

Friendlies

30 January 2015	Aalesund	4–0	Florø	Ålesund
CET (UTC+1)	Þrándarson (pen.) Bjørdal Fet Grétarsson	Summary		Stadium: Color Line Stadion

6 February 2015	Aalesund	1–3	Ranheim	Ålesund
CET (UTC+1)	Larsen	Summary		Stadium: Color Line Stadion

13 February 2015	Aalesund	3–1	Kristiansund	Ålesund
CET (UTC+1)	Þrándarson 31' Fet 77' Larsen 90+'	Summary	Berg Lund	Stadium: Color Line Stadion

19 February 2015 La Manga Cup	Aalesund	2–0	Tromsø	La Manga, Spain
CET (UTC+1)	Barrantes 33' Björk 82'	Summary		Stadium: La Manga Stadium

23 February 2015 La Manga Cup	Aalesund	2–2	Start	La Manga, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abdellaoue Bjørdal 69'	Summary	Kristjánsson Sandnes Vilhjálmsson 56'	Stadium: La Manga Stadium

5 March 2015	Bodø/Glimt	2–1	Aalesund	Bodø
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berglann 15', 27'	Summary	Bjørdal 26'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion

13 March 2015	Aalesund	2–1	Brann	Ålesund
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Summary		Stadium: Color Line Stadion

20 March 2015	Hødd	2–1	Aalesund	Ulsteinvik
CET (UTC+1)		Summary		Stadium: Høddvoll Stadion

30 March 2015	Aalesund	2–2	Molde	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	James 64' 76'	Summary	Kamra 21' Agnaldo 57'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion

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	11	5	14	42	57	−15	38	7	3	5	22	21	+1	4	2	9	20	36	−16

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L
Position	16	13	15	16	15	10	8	9	11	12	13	10	10	11	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2015. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

6 April 2015 1	Rosenborg	5–0	Aalesund	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Helland 1', 15', Søderlund 42', 71' Malec 85'	Summary	Mattila 21' Barrantes 67'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 19,872 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

12 April 2015 2	Aalesund	1–1	Lillestrøm	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes 29' Larsen 89'	Summary	Knudtzon 50' Fofana 56'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 7,365 Referee: Espen Berntsen

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' Matilla 48'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,573 Referee: Dag Vidar Håfsås

26 April 2015 4	Aalesund	0–2	Tromsø	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 32' Barrantes 72'	Summary	Ingebrigtsen 29' Hansson 77' Ondrášek 87' Antonsen 90+2'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,655 Referee: Martin Lundby

30 April 2015 5	Vålerenga	1–2	Aalesund	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gunnarsson 43'	Summary	James 51', 76' Mattila 65', 81'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Tore Hansen

3 May 2015 6	Aalesund	2–0	Bodø/Glimt	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	James 22' Abdellaoue 63'	Summary	Badou 30' Chatto 45+1'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,825 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

10 May 2015 7	Sandefjord	1–3	Aalesund	Sandefjord
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fevang 53' Pedersen 81'	[1]	Mäntylä 39' Abdellaoue 71' O.Lie 76' Barrantes 89' Mattila 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Komplett.no Arena Attendance: 4,613 Referee: Espen Berntsen

13 May 2015 8	Aalesund	2–2	Sarpsborg 08	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	James 56' Mäntylä 70' Larsen 86'	Summary	Grytebust 29' (o.g) Zajić 78' Kalludra 90'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,478 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

16 May 2015 9	Strømsgodset	3–1	Aalesund	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fossum 33', 73' Sørum 37' Bugge Pettersen 85'	Summary	Latifu 59'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 7,409 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

25 May 2015 10	Aalesund	0–4	Viking	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsen 35'	Summary	Abdullahi 44' Berisha 70', 72' Mets 75' Böðvarsson 84'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,197 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

29 May 2015 11	Odd	1–1	Aalesund	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Occéan 19', 76' Samuelsen 90+2'	Summary	Björk 78' Mäntylä 90'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,769 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

7 June 2015 12	Aalesund	2–1	Haugesund	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Latifu 36' Larsen 40' Barrantes 45+1'	Summary	Diedhiou 68', 74' Riski 72' Haukås 83'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,660 Referee: Omar Rafiq

21 June 2015 13	Aalesund	1–1	Stabæk	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdellaoue 6' Larsen 30'	Summary	Grossman 45' Meling 58'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,518 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

27 June 2015 14	Start	3–1	Aalesund	Kristiansand
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhjálmsson 2' Christensen 14' Børufsen 21' Vikstøl 29' Kristjánsson 83' Ajer 85' (pen.)	Summary	Dyrestam 19' Þrándarson 22' 69' Abdellaoue 90+3'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 6,002 Referee: Ole Gya

5 July 2015 15	Aalesund	4–2	Mjøndalen	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsen 26' James (55) Þrándarson 88' Björk 90+1'	Summary	Gauseth 5' Olsen 37' Grewal 62' 63'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6 021 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

11 July 2015 16	Viking	4–1	Aalesund	Stavanger
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdullahi 4' Adegbenro 11' Böðvarsson 29', 43' Sigurðsson 65'	Summary	Skagestad 43' Abdellaoue 61'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,642 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

26 July 2015 17	Bodø/Glimt	1–0	Aalesund	Bodø
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndiaye 63'	Summary	Matland 39'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 4,051 Referee: Tore Hansen

2 August 2015 18	Aalesund	2–0	Start	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Þrándarson 53' Matland 64'	Summary	Børufsen 18' Christensen 63'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,939 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

9 August 2015 19	Haugesund	3–1	Aalesund	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gytkjær 29', 42', 88' Haraldseid 53'	Summary	Þrándarson 43' Lie 44' James 54' (pen.) Bjørdal 82'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,668 Referee: Martin Lundby

14 August 2015 20	Aalesund	2–1	Strømsgodset	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bjørdal 25' Riise 48' Skagestad 59' Abdellaoue 62'	Summary	Jradi 38', 46' Pedersen 81'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,388 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

23 August 2015 21	Sarpsborg 08	3–1	Aalesund	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zajić 10' Wiig 20', 54' Hansen 64' Askar 82'	Summary	James 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 3,533 Referee: Tore Hansen

28 August 2015 22	Aalesund	2–0	Vålerenga	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	James 12' Larsen 45+1'	Summary	Tollås 35'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,479 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

13 September 2015 23	Lillestrøm	3–1	Aalesund	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lundemo 11' Jørgen Kolstad 43' Friday 47'	Summary	Riise 37' Latifu 77' James 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,353 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

20 September 2015 24	Aalesund	1–3	Odd	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	James 23'	Summary	Diouf 34', 54' Samuelsen 78' Jensen 81' 90+2'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 6,140 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

27 September 2015 25	Tromsø	1–1	Aalesund	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršulić 58' Espejord 71' Ondrášek 85'	Summary	R.Johansen 51' (o.g.) Hoseth 66' Bjørdal 69' Hoff 78'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 3,402 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

4 October 2015 26	Aalesund	2–1	Sandefjord	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdellaoue 89' Þrándarson 90+2'	Summary	Mendy 22' Mjelde 60' Morer 71'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

17 October 2015 27	Stabæk	1–4	Aalesund	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Asante 52' 74'	Summary	Hoseth 34', 79' Matland 51' Latifu 68' James 76' 90'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,852 Referee: Kim Andre Johnsen

25 October 2015 28	Aalesund	1–2	Molde	Ålesund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	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	Mjøndalen	1–2	Aalesund	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sundli 54' Gauseth 66' Nguen 90+1'	Summary	James 35' Lie 74' Þrándarson 90+4'	Stadium: Isachsen Stadion Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Martin Lundby

8 November 2015 30	Aalesund	0–1	Rosenborg	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Þrándarson 61' Matland 66' Riise 90+2'	Summary	Jensen 72' 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Lillestrøm^[a]	30	12	9	9	45	43	+2	44
9	Bodø/Glimt	30	12	4	14	53	56	−3	40
10	Aalesund	30	11	5	14	42	57	−15	38
11	Sarpsborg 08	30	8	10	12	37	49	−12	34
12	Haugesund	30	8	7	15	33	52	−19	31

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), 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).^[23]
Notes:

Norwegian Cup

22 April 2015 First Round	Stryn	1–3	Aalesund	Stryn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M.Wie 2' K.Aarsheim 30'	Summary	Bjørdal 15' Abdellaoue 62' Larsen 80'	Stadium: Stryn krøllgras Attendance: 750 Referee: Petter Kristiansen Toppe

6 May 2015 Second Round	Strindheim	2–5	Aalesund	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersen 13' Rye 84'	Summary	Björk 18' Mattila 31' Bjørdal 44' James 53', 64' Matland 68' Grétarsson 88'	Stadium: Strindheim kunstgress Attendance: 276 Referee: Robert Eggen

3 June 2015 Third Round	Hødd	1–0	Aalesund	Ulsteinvik
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Myklebust 37' Wrele 41'	Summary	Larsen 28' O. Lie 67' Barrantes 86' Skagestad 89' A. Lie 90+4'	Stadium: Høddvoll Stadion Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Squad statistics

As of match played 8 November 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Andreas Lie	6	0	3	0	3	0
2	DF	NGA	Akeem Latifu	32	1	28+1	1	3	0
3	DF	ISL	Daníel Leó Grétarsson	10	0	3+5	0	2	0
4	DF	FIN	Tero Mäntylä	18	0	12+4	0	2	0
5	DF	NOR	Oddbjørn Lie	24	0	19+2	0	3	0
6	DF	SWE	Mikael Dyrestam	28	0	27	0	1	0
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Carlsen	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
9	FW	SWE	Carl Björk	16	3	0+14	2	1+1	1
10	MF	NOR	Peter Orry Larsen	27	5	23+2	4	1+1	1
11	MF	ISL	Aron Elís Þrándarson	19	5	13+5	5	0+1	0
13	GK	NOR	Sten Grytebust	27	0	27	0	0	0
14	MF	NGA	Leke James	33	15	29	13	4	2
15	MF	BRA	Marlinho	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
16	MF	NOR	Magne Hoseth	10	2	9+1	2	0	0
17	MF	NOR	Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal	33	3	28+2	1	3	2
20	DF	NOR	Thomas Martinussen	7	0	2+3	0	2	0
21	MF	NOR	Bjørn Helge Riise	13	0	13	0	0	0
22	DF	NOR	Jo Nymo Matland	22	3	15+6	2	1	1
23	DF	NOR	Edvard Skagestad	25	0	18+5	0	1+1	0
30	FW	NOR	Mustafa Abdellaoue	28	7	19+7	6	2	1
33	MF	NOR	Elias Dahlberg	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
39	MF	NOR	Vebjørn Hoff	26	0	14+11	0	0+1	0
40	FW	NOR	Sondre Fet	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
Players away from Aalesunds on loan:
37	FW	NOR	Torbjørn Grytten	9	0	2+7	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Aalesunds no longer at the club:
7	DF	FIN	Sakari Mattila	15	2	12	2	3	0
24	GK	NOR	Helge Sandvik	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	MF	CRC	Michael Barrantes	14	3	12	3	2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW	14	Leke James	13	2	15
2	FW	30	Mustafa Abdellaoue	6	1	7
3	MF	11	Aron Elís Þrándarson	5	0	5
3	MF	10	Peter Orry Larsen	4	1	5
5	MF	31	Michael Barrantes	3	0	3
	FW	9	Carl Björk	2	1	3
	DF	22	Jo Nymo Matland	2	1	3
	MF	17	Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal	1	2	3
9	MF	7	Sakari Mattila	2	0	2
9	MF	16	Magne Hoseth	2	0	2
11	DF	2	Akeem Latifu	1	0	1
11			Own goal	1	0	1
			TOTALS	42	8	50

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Andreas Lie	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		DF	Akeem Latifu	3	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Daníel Leó Grétarsson	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Tero Mäntylä	3	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Oddbjørn Lie	3	0	1	0	4	0
6		DF	Mikael Dyrestam	1	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Sakari Mattila	3	0	1	0	4	0
10		MF	Peter Orry Larsen	3	0	1	0	4	0
11		FW	Aron Elís Þrándarson	3	0	0	0	3	0
14		FW	Leke James	2	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Magne Hoseth	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal	2	0	0	0	2	0
21		MF	Bjørn Helge Riise	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Jo Nymo Matland	2	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Edvard Skagestad	3	0	1	0	4	0
30		FW	Mustafa Abdellaoue	1	0	0	0	1	0
31		MF	Michael Barrantes	3	0	1	0	4	0
39		MF	Vebjørn Hoff	2	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	38	0	7	0	45	0

References

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