2020 Kristiansund BK season

The 2020 season was Kristiansund's fourth season in the Eliteserien, the top football division in Norway.

Kristiansund

2020 season
Chairman	Vidar Solli
Manager	Christian Michelsen
Stadium	Kristiansund Stadion
Eliteserien	5th
Norwegian Cup	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Top goalscorer	League: Amahl Pellegrino (25) All: Amahl Pellegrino (25)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season events

In January, Sander Lille-Løvø was promoted to the first team from Kristiansund's youth team.^[1]

On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.^[2]

On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.^[3]

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.^[4]

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  IRL Sean McDermott 3 DF  NOR Christoffer Aasbak 4 DF  FRA Christophe Psyché 5 DF  NOR Dan Ulvestad 6 DF  NOR Andreas Hopmark 7 MF  NOR Sondre Sørli 8 MF  SEN Amidou Diop 9 FW  NOR Amahl Pellegrino 10 MF  SWE Liridon Kalludra 11 FW  KOS Flamur Kastrati 13 FW  NOR Bendik Bye 16 DF  NOR Ivar Furu

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  NOR Olaus Skarsem 18 MF  ETH Amin Askar 19 DF  SEN Aliou Coly 20 MF  SEN Ousseynou Diagné 22 MF  NOR Bent Sørmo 23 MF  NOR Pål Ulvestad 25 GK  NOR Eirik Johansen (on loan from Brann) 26 DF  NOR Max Williamsen 28 MF  NOR Noah Solskjær 29 FW  CMR Faris Moumbagna — DF  NOR Kjetil Holand Tøsse

Out on loan

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 14 MF  NOR Horenus Taddese (at Sandnes Ulf until 7 September 2020) 15 DF  NOR Erlend Sivertsen (at Tromsø until 31 December 2020) 27 MF  NOR Sander Lille-Løvø (at Levanger until 31 December 2020) 30 GK  SEN Serigne Mbaye (at HamKam until 31 December 2020)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2019–20 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2020

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
6 November 2019	MF		Horenus Taddese	Levanger	Undisclosed	[5]
17 December 2019	DF		Ivar Furu	Ranheim	Undisclosed	[6]
20 December 2019	MF		Amin Askar	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed	[7]
10 January 2020	MF		Olaus Skarsem	Rosenborg	Undisclosed	[8]
7 February 2020	MF		Ousseynou Diagné	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	[9]
18 May 2020	FW		Faris Moumbagna	Rainbow	Undisclosed	[10]
30 June 2020	MF		Amidou Diop	Adanaspor	Undisclosed	[11]
5 October 2020	DF		Kjetil Holand Tøsse	Notodden	Undisclosed	[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
15 June 2020	GK		Eirik Johansen	Brann	End of season	[13]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 December 2019	MF		Jesper Isaksen	Stabæk	Undisclosed	[14]
13 December 2019	FW		Simon Alexandersson	Öster	Undisclosed	[15]
3 January 2020	MF		Meinhard Olsen	B36 Tórshavn	Undisclosed	[16]
14 January 2020	MF		Amidou Diop	Adanaspor	Undisclosed	[17]
16 January 2020	FW		Henrik Gjesdal	Start	Undisclosed	[18]
17 January 2020	FW		Torgil Øwre Gjertsen	Wisła Płock	Undisclosed	[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	to	Date to	Ref.
2 July 2020	DF		Marius Olsen	Levanger	31 December 2020	[20]
2 July 2020	MF		Horenus Taddese	Sandnes Ulf	7 September 2020	[20]
8 July 2020	MF		Sander Lille-Løvø	Levanger	31 December 2020	[21]
29 September 2020	DF		Erlend Sivertsen	Tromsø	31 December 2020	[22]
3 October 2020	GK		Serigne Mbaye	HamKam	31 December 2020	[23]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
28 June 2020[24]	MF		Olav Øby	KFUM

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2020 Eliteserien

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	12	12	6	57	45	+12	48	7	4	4	34	26	+8	5	8	2	23	19	+4

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	10	5	5	3	4	3	7	9	9	8	7	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2020. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Rosenborg v Kristiansund

16 June 2020 1	Rosenborg	0–0	Kristiansund	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trondsen  65'	Report	Hopmark  58'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Espen Eskås

Kristiansund v Aalesund

21 June 2020 2	Kristiansund	7–2	Aalesund	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kastrati  16' Pellegrino 24', 35', 65' Kalludra 31' Askar 63' Sørli 68' Bye 81'	Report	Ólafsson  2' P.Ulvestad 11' (o.g.) O.Lie  16' Hatlehol  23' Friðjónsson 37' Sæthre  56' Castro  70'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Haugesund v Kristiansund

24 June 2020 3	Haugesund	2–2	Kristiansund	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ammitzbøll 47' Sandberg 70' Nilsen  76'	Report	Askar 23' Sivertsen  36' Psyché  46' 73' Moumbagna  51'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Sivert Amland

Mjøndalen v Kristiansund

28 June 2020 4	Mjøndalen	1–2	Kristiansund	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibrahim 90+2'	Report	Kalludra 50' Pellegrino 86'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Kristiansund v Molde

2 July 2020 5	Kristiansund	2–2	Molde	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	P.Ulvestad  32' Pellegrino 52' Hopmark 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Hussain  31' 64' P.Ulvestad 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Strømsgodset v Kristiansund

5 July 2020 6	Strømsgodset	2–2	Kristiansund	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hove 55' Mawa 77'	Report	Pellegrino 27', 39' Coly  45+2' Askar  59'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Tore Hansen

Kristiansund v Stabæk

12 July 2020 7	Kristiansund	1–2	Stabæk	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørmo 11' Sivertsen  71'	Report	Bohinen 14' (pen.)  52' Hansen 88'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Bodø/Glimt v Kristiansund

15 July 2020 8	Bodø/Glimt	2–1	Kristiansund	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skytte  55' Berg 58' Zinckernagel  71' Lode  82'	Report	Diop  19' Pellegrino 35'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Kristiansund v Vålerenga

19 July 2020 9	Kristiansund	0–0	Vålerenga	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop  40'	Report	Dønnum  68' Sahraoui  77' Bjørdal  90+3'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Brann v Kristiansund

25 July 2020 10	Brann	1–1	Kristiansund	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ordagić  17' Bamba  28' Kristiansen  46' Koomson 73'  73' Acosta  90+4'	Report	D.Ulvestad 87'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Espen Eskås

Kristiansund v Sandefjord

29 July 2020 11	Kristiansund	3–1	Sandefjord	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bye 72' Skarsem  75' Pellegrino 83'	Report	Gussiås 5' Vales  25' Markmanrud  56' Mørk  78'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Viking v Kristiansund

2 August 2020 12	Viking	1–2	Kristiansund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berisha 12' Vevatne  90+1'	Report	D.Ulvestad  4' 87' Psyché  38' Skarsem 65'  90+3'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Kristiansund v Start

9 August 2020 13	Kristiansund	3–2	Start	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bye 13' Pellegrino 74' Coly 82' Kastrati  90'	Report	Ugland  35' Skaanes 67', 72'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Odd v Kristiansund

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[2] Referee: Espen Eskås

Kristiansund v Sarpsborg 08

22 August 2020 15	Kristiansund	4–1	Sarpsborg 08	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrino 52' (pen.), 62' Kalludra 59' Askar  77' Hopmark  90+1' Sivertsen 90+4'	Report	Falch  52' Konté  76' Larsen 90'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Sandefjord v Kristiansund

30 August 2020 16	Sandefjord	0–2	Kristiansund	Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vallès  44' Gussiås  69'	Report	Pellegrino 37' (pen.), 85' Kastrati  45+1' Kalludra  56' Moumbagna  67'	Stadium: Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Kristiansund v Viking

12 September 2020 17	Kristiansund	3–5	Viking	Kristiansund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrino 39', 80' (pen.) Bye 75' Diagné  90+4'	Report	Berisha 4', 61' Vikstøl  29' Torsteinbø  55' Bytyqi 69', 72' Ibrahimaj 86'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Start v Kristiansund

20 September 2020 18	Start	1–2	Kristiansund	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	El Makrini  45+3' Schulze  63' Bolaños 90+6'	Report	Pellegrino 29' Aasbak 39'  43' Diagné  71'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Kristiansund v Brann

27 September 2020 19	Kristiansund	1–1	Brann	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop  41' Pellegrino 63' (pen.)	Report	Tveita  29' Pedersen  47' Taylor  57' Opdal  61' Bamba 73'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Espen Eskås

Aalesund v Kristiansund

4 October 2020 20	Aalesund	1–2	Kristiansund	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsbakk 28' Karamoko  87' Haugen  90+6'	Report	Aasbak  3' Moumbagna 53'  55' Kalludra 65' Kastrati  86' P.Ulvestad  90+6'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 200[2] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Kristiansund v Rosenborg

18 October 2020 21	Kristiansund	0–0	Rosenborg	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop  21'	Report	Konate  47'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Tore Hansen

Vålerenga v Kristiansund

25 October 2020 22	Vålerenga	1–1	Kristiansund	Oslo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kjartansson 59'	Report	Kalludra  52' Bye 82'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Kristiansund v Bodø/Glimt

1 November 2020 23	Kristiansund	2–3	Bodø/Glimt	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pellegrino 5'  6' Coly  33' Bye 79'	Report	Moberg 29' Junker 48' (pen.), 89' Berg  51'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Molde v Kristiansund

8 November 2020 24	Molde	2–2	Kristiansund	Molde
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hussain 12' Bolly  83' Aursnes 89'	Report	Pellegrino 14' Moumbagna 23'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Kristiansund v Mjøndalen

22 November 2020 25	Kristiansund	1–0	Mjøndalen	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	D.Ulvestad 3'	Report	Eriksen  66' Nakkim  90+2'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Kristiansund v Strømsgodset

29 November 2020 26	Kristiansund	2–1	Strømsgodset	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Psyché  18'  81' Aasbak  53' Pellegrino 57' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Moumbagna  66'	Report	Mawa 5' Maigaard  25' Stengel  53' Stenevik  65'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Sarpsborg 08 v Kristiansund

2 December 2020 27	Sarpsborg 08	1–1	Kristiansund	Sarpsborg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adéoti  11' Dyrestam  34'  41' Jarl 85' Soltvedt  90' Thomassen  90'	Report	Skarsem 21'  43'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Kristiansund v Odd

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[4] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Stabæk v Kristiansund

13 December 2020 29	Stabæk	2–2	Kristiansund	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Edvardsen 55' Øveraas 65' Bohinen  75' Antonsson  78' Valsvik  87'	Report	Sørli  33' Sørmo  68' Moumbagna 80' Psyché 84'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Kristiansund v Haugesund

22 December 2020 30	Kristiansund	1–3	Haugesund	Kristiansund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moumbagna 31' Psyché  82'	Report	Wadji 53', 54', 90+2' Leite  65'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 600[4] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Vålerenga	30	15	10	5	51	33	+18	55	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rosenborg	30	15	7	8	50	35	+15	52
5	Kristiansund	30	12	12	6	57	45	+12	48
6	Viking	30	12	8	10	54	52	+2	44
7	Odd	30	13	4	13	52	51	+1	43

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
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 (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).^[25]

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2020 Norwegian Football Cup

v

2020 First round		–
CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Cup cancelled on 10 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[3]

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	IRL	Sean McDermott	12	0	12	0	0	0
3	DF	NOR	Christoffer Aasbak	23	1	21+2	1	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Christophe Psyché	22	2	15+7	2	0	0
5	DF	NOR	Dan Ulvestad	22	3	22	3	0	0
6	DF	NOR	Andreas Hopmark	30	1	27+3	1	0	0
7	MF	NOR	Sondre Sørli	27	3	19+8	3	0	0
8	MF	SEN	Amidou Diop	18	0	14+4	0	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Amahl Pellegrino	29	25	27+2	25	0	0
10	MF	SWE	Liridon Kalludra	26	4	19+7	4	0	0
11	FW	KOS	Flamur Kastrati	23	0	17+6	0	0	0
13	FW	NOR	Bendik Bye	24	6	9+15	6	0	0
16	DF	NOR	Ivar Furu	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
17	MF	NOR	Olaus Skarsem	26	3	22+4	3	0	0
18	MF	ETH	Amin Askar	28	2	11+17	2	0	0
19	DF	SEN	Aliou Coly	23	1	18+5	1	0	0
20	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Diagné	7	0	1+6	0	0	0
22	MF	NOR	Bent Sørmo	30	1	28+2	1	0	0
23	MF	NOR	Pål Ulvestad	21	0	8+13	0	0	0
25	GK	NOR	Eirik Johansen	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
26	DF	NOR	Max Williamsen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
28	MF	NOR	Noah Solskjær	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	FW	CMR	Faris Moumbagna	24	4	10+14	4	0	0
37	MF	NOR	Oskar Sivertsen	2	1	0+2	1	0	0
Players away from Kristiansund on loan:
15	DF	NOR	Erlend Sivertsen	11	0	5+6	0	0	0
30	GK	SEN	Serigne Mbaye	12	0	12	0	0	0
Players who left Kristiansund during the season

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Amahl Pellegrino	25	0	25
2	FW		13	Bendik Bye	6	0	6
3	MF		10	Liridon Kalludra	4	0	4
	FW		29	Faris Moumbagna	4	0	4
5	DF		5	Dan Ulvestad	3	0	3
	MF		17	Olaus Skarsem	3	0	3
	MF		7	Sondre Sørli	3	0	3
8	MF		18	Amin Askar	2	0	2
	DF		4	Christophe Psyché	2	0	2
10	DF		6	Andreas Hopmark	1	0	1
	MF		22	Bent Sørmo	1	0	1
	DF		19	Aliou Coly	1	0	1
	MF		37	Oskar Sivertsen	1	0	1
	DF		3	Christoffer Aasbak	1	0	1
				TOTALS	57	0	57

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	GK		30	Serigne Mbaye	2	0	2
	GK		1	Sean McDermott	2	0	2
3	GK		25	Eirik Johansen	1	0	1
				TOTALS	5	0	5

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
3		DF	Christoffer Aasbak	3	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Christophe Psyché	5	1	0	0	5	1
5		DF	Dan Ulvestad	1	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Andreas Hopmark	2	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Sondre Sørli	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Amidou Diop	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Amahl Pellegrino	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Liridon Kalludra	3	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Flamur Kastrati	4	0	0	0	4	0
17		MF	Olaus Skarsem	3	0	0	0	3	0
18		MF	Amin Askar	2	0	0	0	2	0
19		DF	Aliou Coly	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	Ousseynou Diagné	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		MF	Bent Sørmo	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Pål Ulvestad	2	0	0	0	2	0
29		FW	Faris Moumbagna	5	0	0	0	5	0
Players away on loan:
15		DF	Erlend Sivertsen	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Kristiansund during the season:
			TOTALS	44	1	0	0	44	1