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2020 season
President	Trond Haukvik
Manager	Jan Frode Nornes
Stadium	Skagerak Arena
Eliteserien	7th
Norwegian Cup	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Top goalscorer	League: Mushaga Bakenga (15) All: Mushaga Bakenga (15)
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The 2020 season was Odd's twelfth continuous season in the Eliteserien since winning the 1. divisjon in 2008.

Season events

On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo left to become manager of Vålerenga, with Jan Frode Nornes being appointed as his replacement on 11 March 2020.

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 14 October, Odds match against Viking was postponed due to the Viking squad having to isolate after Veton Berisha tested positive for COVID-19, eventually being rearranged for 4 November.

On 28 November, Odds matches against Sandefjord on 29 November, and Strømsgodset on 2 December where 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Sondre Rossbach 2 DF  NOR Espen Ruud 3 DF  NOR Fredrik Semb Berge 5 DF  NOR John Kitolano (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 6 MF  NOR Vebjørn Hoff 7 MF  MNE Vladimir Rodić (on loan from Hammarby) 8 MF  NOR Markus Andreas Kaasa 9 FW  NOR Mushaga Bakenga 10 FW  NGA Kachi 11 FW  KOS Elbasan Rashani 12 GK  NOR Egil Selvik 13 DF  NOR Kevin Egell-Johnsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NOR Fredrik Nordkvelle 15 DF  NOR Eirik Asante 16 MF  NOR Joshua Kitolano 17 MF  NOR Elias Skogvoll 18 DF  NOR Odin Bjørtuft 20 FW  NOR Tobias Lauritsen 21 DF  NOR Steffen Hagen (Captain) 23 MF  NOR Marius Larsen 24 DF  NOR Bjørn Mæland 25 DF  NOR Tobias Hallstensen 26 MF  NOR Filip Jørgensen

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2020	MF		Elias Skogvoll	Mjølner	Free
1 January 2020	FW		Kachi	Sandnes Ulf	Free
23 January 2020	DF		Tobias Hallstensen	Florø	Undisclosed
29 June 2020	FW		Mushaga Bakenga	Tromsø	Free
29 August 2020	FW		Robin Simović	Livorno	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
30 June 2020	MF		Kasper Lunding	AGF Aarhus	5 October
5 October 2020	DF		John Kitolano	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season
5 October 2020	MF		Vladimir Rodić	Hammarby	End of season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 January 2020	MF		André Sødlund	Sandnes Ulf	Undisclosed
31 January 2020	MF		Filip Delaveris	SBV Vitesse	Undisclosed
30 June 2020	FW		Torgeir Børven	Rosenborg	Undisclosed
5 October 2020	DF		Birk Risa	Molde	Undisclosed
5 October 2020	MF		Bilal Njie	KFUM Oslo	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 December 2019	MF		Jone Samuelsen

Competitions

Eliteserien

Results summary

Last updated: 22 December 2020.
Source: Results

Results by round

Results

16 June 2020 1	Odd	1–2	Sandefjord	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  31' Børven 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Jónsson  32' Pálsson  68' Nordkvelle 83' (o.g.) Gussiås 90+1'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

21 June 2020 2	Strømsgodset	1–0	Odd	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hove 2' Leifsson  25' Mickelson  62' Salvesen  82'	Report	Risa  90+3'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Tore Hansen

24 June 2020 3	Odd	4–1	Vålerenga	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 12' Kachi  20' Børven 60', 67' (pen.), 90+2' Rashani  85'	Report	Vilhjálmsson 6' (pen.) Adekugbe  37' Lekven  67' Myhre  69'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

27 June 2020 4	IK Start	0–5	Odd	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Afeez  14' Wichne  50'	Report	Kaasa 4' Hoff 12' Børven 49' (pen.), 66' Ruud  60' Lauritsen 85'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

1 July 2020 5	Odd	0–4	Bodø/Glimt	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  15'	Report	Zinckernagel 16' (pen.) Junker 26' Høibråten 47'  69' Skytte 66'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

5 July 2020 6	Odd	0–0	Haugesund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Velde  84'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rohit Saggi

12 July 2020 7	Viking	1–2	Odd	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vevatne 61'	Report	Lauritsen 17' Lunding  87' Jakobsen 90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

15 July 2020 8	Odd	1–0	Brann	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaasa 53' Lunding  77'	Report	Ordagić  64' Hustad  85'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Mohammad Aslam

19 July 2020 9	Sarpsborg 08	2–0	Odd	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 61' Lindseth  77' Ofkir 87'	Report	Ruud  90+4'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Espen Eskås

25 July 2020 10	Odd	3–2	Aalesund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lauritsen 11' (pen.) Kitolano  16' Ruud 30' 37' Rashani  68' Hoff  89' Friðjónsson 90' (o.g.)	Report	Grétarsson  10' Nordli 18'  74' Ólafsson  21'  22' Bizoza 43' Kongshavn  79' A.Lie  80'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

29 July 2020 11	Mjøndalen	0–2	Odd	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hansen  34'	Report	Kitolano 42', 87'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tore Hansen

2 August 2020 12	Odd	2–1	Rosenborg	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lunding 28' Dahl Reitan 55' (o.g.)	Report	Hovland  36' Helland  46' Holse 67'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

9 August 2020 13	Stabæk	0–1	Odd	Bærum
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kaasa  52' Bakenga 69' Rossbach  90+3'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Rohit Saggi

16 August 2020 14	Odd	2–1	Kristiansund	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lunding 20' Bakenga 37'	Report	Pellegrino 17' (pen.) Kalludra  45+3' Diagné  90+4'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Espen Eskås

22 August 2020 15	Molde	2–0	Odd	Molde
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eikrem  61' James 77' (pen.)  77' Pedersen 90+4'	Report	Rashani  39'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Sivert Amland

30 August 2020 16	Odd	6–1	Mjøndalen	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud 6', 31' (pen.) Bakenga 14', 34' Rashani 67' Risa  77' 90+3'	Report	Brochmann 4' Solberg  31' Liseth 72' Ovenstad  86'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

13 September 2020 17	Bodø/Glimt	6–1	Odd	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lode  12' Rossbach 14' (o.g.) Fet  21' J.Hauge 26' (pen.), 42' (pen.) Saltnes 31', 58' Boniface 56'	Report	Lunding 1' Risa  55'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

20 September 2020 18	Odd	2–0	Stabæk	Skien
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashani 27' Ruud 77'	Report		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

27 September 2020 19	Haugesund	4–4	Odd	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fredriksen 5' Wadji  23' Leite  34' Hansen  51' Sandvik  71' Kitolano 87' (o.g.) Koné 90' Ammitzbøll 90+3'	Report	Hoff  36' Simović 43' Bakenga 45+1', 71' Kitolano  45+3' Ruud 62'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

4 October 2020 20	Rosenborg	4–1	Odd	Trondheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reitan 42' Tagseth  65' Zachariassen 70' Islamović 78', 83' (pen.)	Report	Ruud  19' Simović 74'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås

25 October 2020 22	Aalesunds	0–3	Odd	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Uzochukwu  36' Haugen  67' Jørgensen  86'	Report	Rodić  10' Jos.Kitolano  27' Bjørtuft 45+2' Egell-Johnsen 64' Bakenga 84'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

31 October 2020 23	Odd	1–1	Sarpsborg 08	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ruud 50' (pen.)	Report	Thomassen  32' Ødegaard  49' Salétros  57' Dyrestam 65'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

4 November 2020 21	Odd	3–0	Viking	Skien
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakenga 18', 51' Jos.Kitolano 58' Rodić  66'	Report	Bell  49' Vikstøl  54'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 October but postponed on 14 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 November 2020 24	Vålerenga	2–0	Odd	Oslo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Shala 39' Vilhjálmsson 86'	Report	Bjørtuft  63' Joh.Kitolano  86' Ruud  88'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Rohit Saggi

22 November 2020 25	Odd	1–2	Start	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jos.Kitolano 64' Hoff  90+3'	Report	Schulze 51' Deumeland  64' Kabran 82' Ramsland  90+3' El Makrini  90+3'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

9 December 2020 28	Kristiansund	4–3	Odd	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hopmark  12' Sørli 45', 57' Skarsem  61' Pellegrino 75', 90+3' Moumbagna  90+8'	Report	Bakenga 43', 81', 90+1'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

13 December 2020 26	Sandefjord	1–1	Odd	Sandefjord
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pálsson  44' Vales 84'	Report	Bakenga  18' 54' Ruud 49' Bjørtuft  90'	Stadium: Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta
Note: Match originally scheduled for 29 November, but postponed on 28 November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 December 2020 29	Odd	1–4	Molde	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakenga 9'	Report	Wingo  28' Gregersen  37' Christensen  55' Eikrem 71' Omoijuanfo 78', 90+5' (pen.) Bolly 83'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 350 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

19 December 2020 27	Odd	1–3	Strømsgodset	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rashani 20' Rodić  39' Joh.Kitolano  52' Kaasa  58'	Report	Salvesen 9', 53', 66' Gunnarsson  31'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 December, but postponed on 28 November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 December 2020 30	Brann	2–1	Odd	Bergen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Taylor 45+4' (pen.) Forren  54' Tveita 71'	Report	Jørgensen  45+4' Bakenga 65' Lauritsen  69'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Espen Eskås

Table

Norwegian Cup

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 December 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Sondre Rossbach	29	0	29	0	0	0
2	DF	NOR	Espen Ruud	27	6	27	6	0	0
5	DF	NOR	John Kitolano	8	0	8	0	0	0
6	MF	NOR	Vebjørn Hoff	27	2	27	2	0	0
7	MF	MNE	Vladimir Rodić	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
8	MF	NOR	Markus Kaasa	29	2	28+1	2	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Mushaga Bakenga	26	15	19+7	15	0	0
10	FW	NGA	Kachi	22	0	5+17	0	0	0
11	FW	KOS	Elbasan Rashani	24	3	22+2	3	0	0
12	GK	NOR	Egil Selvik	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	NOR	Kevin Egell-Johnsen	5	1	3+2	1	0	0
14	MF	NOR	Fredrik Nordkvelle	24	0	5+19	0	0	0
15	DF	NOR	Eirik Asante	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
16	MF	NOR	Joshua Kitolano	27	4	27	4	0	0
17	MF	NOR	Elias Skogvoll	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
18	DF	NOR	Odin Bjørtuft	30	1	30	1	0	0
19	MF	NOR	Bilal Njie	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
20	FW	NOR	Tobias Lauritsen	20	3	8+12	3	0	0
21	DF	NOR	Steffen Hagen	24	0	24	0	0	0
22	FW	SWE	Robin Simović	13	2	6+7	2	0	0
23	MF	NOR	Marius Larsen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
24	DF	NOR	Bjørn Mæland	5	0	0+5	0	0	0
26	MF	NOR	Filip Jørgensen	23	0	17+6	0	0	0
Players away from Odd on loan:
Players who left Odd during the season
5	DF	NOR	Birk Risa	20	1	20	1	0	0
7	MF	DEN	Kasper Lunding	15	4	9+6	4	0	0
22	FW	NOR	Torgeir Børven	4	6	4	6	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Mushaga Bakenga	15	0	15
2	FW		22	Torgeir Børven	6	0	6
	DF		2	Espen Ruud	6	0	6
4	MF		7	Kasper Lunding	4	0	4
	MF		16	Joshua Kitolano	4	0	4
6	FW		20	Tobias Lauritsen	3	0	3
	FW		11	Elbasan Rashani	3	0	3
8	MF		6	Vebjørn Hoff	2	0	2
	MF		8	Markus Kaasa	2	0	2
	FW		22	Robin Simović	2	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
12	DF		5	Birk Risa	1	0	1
	DF		18	Odin Bjørtuft	1	0	1
	DF		13	Kevin Egell-Johnsen	1	0	1
				TOTALS	52	0	52

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Sondre Rossbach	8	0	8
				TOTALS	8	0	8

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Sondre Rossbach	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Espen Ruud	5	1	0	0	5	1
5		DF	John Kitolano	3	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Vebjørn Hoff	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Vladimir Rodić	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Markus Kaasa	2	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Mushaga Bakenga	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Kachi	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Elbasan Rashani	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Joshua Kitolano	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Odin Bjørtuft	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Tobias Lauritsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Filip Jørgensen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Odd during the season:
5		DF	Birk Risa	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Kasper Lunding	2	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	33	1	0	0	33	1

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