2023 Odds BK season

The 2023 season was Odds BK's 129th season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Odds BK participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

Odd

2023 season
Chairman	Trond Haukvik
Manager	Pål Arne Johansen
Stadium	Skagerak Arena
Eliteserien	10th
2022 Norwegian Cup	Fourth round
2023 Norwegian Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Filip Rønningen Jørgensen (7) All: Filip Rønningen Jørgensen (7)
Biggest win	Urædd 1–7 Odd
Biggest defeat	Sandefjord 4–1 Odd
Home colours Away colours
← 2022 2024 →

Players

First team squad

As of 31 March 2023^[1]

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 Per Kristian Bråtveit 2 DF  NOR Espen Ruud 3 DF  NOR Josef Baccay 4 DF  SWE Leon Hien 5 DF  FIN Diogo Tomas 6 MF  GHA Leonard Owusu 7 MF  NOR Filip Rønningen Jørgensen 10 FW  NOR Mikael Ingebrigtsen 11 FW  NOR Ole Erik Midtskogen 14 FW  NOR Tobias Svendsen 15 DF  NOR Sondre Solholm Johansen 16 DF  NOR Casper Glenna Andersen

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GHA Solomon Owusu 18 FW  NOR Syver Aas 19 FW  NOR Faniel Tewelde 20 MF  NOR Thomas Rekdal 21 DF  NOR Steffen Hagen (captain) 22 FW  GHA Abdul Zakaria Mugees 23 FW  NOR Anders Ryste 24 FW  NOR Dennis Gjengaar 26 DF  NOR Jesper Skau 29 FW  NOR Bork Bang-Kittilsen 30 GK  NOR Peder Klausen

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 9 FW  NOR Abel Stensrud (at Bryne) — GK  NOR Sondre Rossbach (at Degerfors)

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2022–23

In: 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 5 DF  FIN Diogo Tomas (from KuPS)[2] 6 MF  GHA Leonard Owusu (from Vancouver Whitecaps)[3] — DF  SWE Leon Hien (from Hammarby Talang)[4] 11 FW  NOR Ole Erik Midtskogen (from Kjelsås)[5] 13 DF  NOR Samuel Skree Skjeldal (promoted from junior squad) 15 DF  NOR Sondre Solholm Johansen (from Motherwell) 16 DF  NOR Casper Glenna (promoted from junior squad) 23 FW  NOR Anders Hartveit Ryste (promoted from junior squad) 29 FW  NOR Bork Bang-Kittilsen (promoted from junior squad)

Out: 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 (on loan to Degerfors, previously on loan at Vålerenga)[6] 4 DF  NOR Odin Bjørtuft (to Bodø/Glimt)[7] 5 DF  SVK Ivan Mesík (loan return to Nordsjælland)[8] 6 MF  NOR Magnus Lekven (retired)[9] 9 FW  KOS Flamur Kastrati (retired)[10] 10 FW  NOR Adama Diomande (to Toronto)[11] 11 FW  FRO Gilli Rólantsson (to TB Tvøroyri)[12][13] 13 DF  NOR Kevin Egell-Johnsen (to Arendal)[14] 16 MF  NOR Vebjørn Hoff (loan return to Rosenborg) 22 FW  NOR Abel William Stensrud (on loan to Bryne)[15] 25 FW  AUT Philipp Zulechner (released)[8]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2023

In: 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 Per Kristian Bråtveit (from AGF)[16] 14 FW  NOR Tobias Svendsen (from Lillestrøm) 18 MF  NOR Syver Aas (loan return from Skeid)[17] 22 FW  GHA Zakaria Mageese (from Ashdod)[18]

Out: 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  SWE Leopold Wahlstedt (to Blackburn Rovers) 8 FW  SRB Milan Jevtović (to Ha Noi)[19] 14 MF  NOR Conrad Wallem (to Slavia Prague)[20] 18 MF  NOR Syver Aas (on loan to Skeid)[21] – FW  NOR Abel William Stensrud (on loan to Moss, previously on loan at Bryne)[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Odd v Strømsgodset

4 March 2023 Friendly	Odd	1–0	Strømsgodset	Skien
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Midtskogen 76'			Stadium: Skagerak Arena

Odd v Lillestrøm

1 April 2023 Friendly	Odd	0–2	Lillestrøm	Skien
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Åsen 53' Ibrahimaj 61'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eliteserien	10 April 2023	3 December 2023	Matchday 1	10th	30	10	8	12	42	44	−2	033.33
2022 Norwegian Cup	12 March 2023		Fourth round	Fourth round	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
2023 Norwegian Cup	24 May 2023	7 June 2023	First round	Third round	2	1	0	1	13	6	+7	050.00
Total					33	11	8	14	56	54	+2	033.33

Source: Soccerway

Eliteserien

Main article: 2023 Eliteserien

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Sarpsborg	30	12	5	13	55	52	+3	41
9	Rosenborg	30	11	6	13	46	50	−4	39
10	Odd	30	10	8	12	42	44	−2	38
11	HamKam	30	10	4	16	39	59	−20	34
12	Haugesund	30	9	6	15	34	40	−6	33

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 goals scored.^[23]

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	10	8	12	42	44	−2	38	7	4	4	22	15	+7	3	4	8	20	29	−9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W
Position	8	2	5	7	2	6	9	9	11	10	8	9	9	9	7	8	7	7	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.^[24]

Stabæk v Odd

10 April 2023 1	Stabæk	0–0	Odd	Bærum
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skovgaard  85'	Report	Wallem  81'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,308 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Odd v Brann

16 April 2023 2	Odd	2–0	Brann	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jørgensen 45' Ingebrigtsen 70' Wallem  89'	Report	Nilsen  57' Heggebø  90+4'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,781 Referee: Espen Eskås

Sarpsborg 08 v Odd

23 April 2023 3	Sarpsborg 08	0–0	Odd	Sarpsborg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tomas  30' S. Owusu  44'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,330 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Odd v Rosenborg

30 April 2023 4	Odd	0–0	Rosenborg	Skien
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingebrigtsen  44' Wallem  49'	Report	Väänanen  28' Henriksen  90+3'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 8,331 Referee: Daniel Higraff

Bodø/Glimt v Odd

3 May 2023 18	Bodø/Glimt	2–0	Odd	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pemi  31' Bjørtuft  48' Vetlesen 55' Pellegrino 82'	Report	S. Owusu  17' Wallem  23'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 5,944 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

Tromsø v Odd

7 May 2023 5	Tromsø	0–1	Odd	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koskela  86'	Report	Ruud  35' Jevtović  39' Bang-Kittilsen 80' Tomas  88'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Odd v Lillestrøm

12 May 2023 6	Odd	0–1	Lillestrøm	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hagen  71'	Report	Garnås  35' Hoff  53' Adams 90+3'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,396 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Viking v Odd

16 May 2023 7	Viking	3–2	Odd	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić 62' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Svendsen 87'	Report	Jørgensen 10' L. Owusu  24' Wallem 45+3' Hagen  65' Baccay  73'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Odd v Strømsgodset

29 May 2023 8	Odd	1–1	Strømsgodset	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jevtović 60' Tomas  74' L. Owusu  79'	Report	Mehnert 61' Gulliksen  74'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

Sandefjord v Odd

4 June 2023 9	Sandefjord	4–1	Odd	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Al-Saed 11', 65' Koomson 53' Hagen 56' (o.g.) Taaje  78'	Report	S. Owusu  15' Bang-Kittilsen  45' Tomas  67' Tewelde 90+2'	Stadium: Release Arena Attendance: 4,342 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Odd v Molde

11 June 2023 10	Odd	1–0	Molde	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johansen  29' Midtskogen  33' 78' L. Owusu  50' Wahlstedt  90+3'	Report	Hagelskjær  48' Eikrem  90' Linnes  90+2' Hansen  90+3'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Tore Hansen

HamKam v Odd

25 June 2023 11	HamKam	0–1	Odd	Hamar
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Opshal  69'	Report	Wallem  65' Hien 83'	Stadium: Briskeby Stadion Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Haugesund v Odd

2 July 2023 12	Haugesund	2–1	Odd	Haugesund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pajaziti  19' Therkildsen  29' Njie 41' Krygård  68' Samuelsen 80'	Report	Johansen 27'  38' Wallem  90' Hien  90+1'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Ajdin Medic

Odd v Bodø/Glimt

9 July 2023 13	Odd	0–2	Bodø/Glimt	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baccay  43' Hien  90+2'	Report	Grønbæk 27' Pellegrino 58' Elabdellaoui  75'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,474 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Aalesund v Odd

16 July 2023 14	Aalesund	0–3	Odd	Ålesund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fällman  32' Atanga  63' Barmen  65' Lunding  90+5'	Report	Ruud  45' 46', 70' Tomas 75'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 4,461 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Odd v Vålerenga

23 July 2023 15	Odd	2–1	Vålerenga	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juklerød 33' (o.g.) Ruud 81' (pen.)	Report	Wahlstedt 49' (o.g.) Hedenstad  60'  79'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,604 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

Rosenborg v Odd

30 July 2023 16	Rosenborg	3–2	Odd	Trondheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sæter 47' 63' (pen.) Väänänen  49' Tagseth  66' Yttergård Jenssen 71'	Report	Midtskogen  15' Ingebrigtsen 22' S. Owusu  66'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Christian Moen

Odd v Stabæk

6 August 2023 17	Odd	4–0	Stabæk	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Johansen 20'  81' Gjengaar 32' Midtskogen  52' Rekdal 60' Tomas  71' Tewelde 90+7'	Report	Wangberg  88'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,758 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Odd v Sarpsborg 08

19 August 2023 19	Odd	0–3	Sarpsborg 08	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud  61' Hagen  87'	Report	Maigaard 38', 53' Meister 90+3'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,373 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Vålerenga v Odd

27 August 2023 20	Vålerenga	2–2	Odd	Oslo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Solholm Johansen 19' (o.g.) Bitri 39'	Report	Gjengaar 8' Midtskogen 67' Mugeese  84' Ruud  90'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 8,368 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Odd v Sandefjord

3 September 2023 21	Odd	3–2	Sandefjord	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jørgensen  20' 43' Tewelde 33' S. Owusu 86' L. Owusu  90+1' Hien  90+2'	Report	Nyenetue 16' Al-Saed 45'  58'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,981 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Molde v Odd

16 September 2023 22	Molde	4–1	Odd	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hestad 30', 43' Gulbrandsen 70' Eikrem 79'	Report	Svendsen 38'  83'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,118 Referee: Tore Hansen

Odd v Haugesund

24 September 2023 23	Odd	1–1	Haugesund	Skien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruud 73' Johansen  82'	Report	Krusnell  41' Eskesen  45+1' Fredriksen 54' Huisman  63'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Steinar Hauge

Odd v Viking

7 October 2023 24	Odd	1–1	Viking	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Langås 26' (o.g.) Svendsen  35' Mugeese  82' S. Owusu  90+4'	Report	Tangen 5' Diop  60'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 5,632 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Strømsgodset v Odd

22 October 2023 25	Strømsgodset	3–1	Odd	Drammen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørmo  15' Krasniqi  22' Stengel  52' 69' (pen.) Andersen 63' Melkersen 85'	Report	Tewelde 28' L. Owusu  54' Tomas  68' Ruud  76'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 4,634 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Odd v HamKam

29 October 2023 26	Odd	2–0	HamKam	Skien
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baccay 2'  45+1' L. Owusu  11' Jørgensen 48'	Report		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,261 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Brann v Odd

5 November 2023 27	Brann	2–1	Odd	Bergen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Myhre 57' Knudsen  59' Nilsen 62'	Report	Svendsen  53' Gjengaar  64' Tewelde 90+4'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 15,098 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Odd v Tromsø

12 November 2023 28	Odd	1–2	Tromsø	Skien
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ingebrigtsen 77'	Report	Erlien 12', 60' Diouf  60'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 3,894 Referee: Ajdin Medic

Lillestrøm v Odd

26 November 2023 29	Lillestrøm	4–4	Odd	Lillestrøm
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Åsen 31' Lehne Olsen 74', 90+12' (pen.) Gabrielsen 76'  86'	Report	Jørgensen 2', 25' Baccay  18' Ingebrigtsen 41', 82' Ruud  60' L. Owusu  87' Bråtveit  90+2' S. Owusu  90+12'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 6,025 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Odd v Aalesund

3 December 2023 30	Odd	4–1	Aalesund	Skien
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diop 13' (o.g.) Ingebrigtsen 31' Jørgensen 83' Skau 90+1'	Report	Hammer  24' Diop 37' Haram  45+3' Kristensen  90'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 3,844 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Norwegian Football Cup

2022

Main article: 2022 Norwegian Football Cup

Sandefjord v Odd

12 March 2023 Fourth round	Sandefjord	4–1	Odd	Mjøndalen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tveter 4' Dunsby 10', 26' Al-Saed 24'  64' Pålerud  52'	Report	Wallem 81' Aas  90+2'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 397 Referee: Daniel Higraff

2023

Main article: 2023 Norwegian Football Cup

Urædd v Odd

24 May 2023 First round	Urædd	1–7	Odd	Porsgrunn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nordkvelle 78'	Report	Jevtović 13', 21', 31' Wallem 50', 66' Tomas 73' Midtskogen 86'	Stadium: Urædd kunstgress Attendance: 700 Referee: Herman Holthe

Notodden v Odd

1 June 2023 Second round	Notodden	2–5	Odd	Notodden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frithzell 4' 20'  80' Hagen  16' Gampedalen 90+1'	Report	Jevtović 11' Johansen  48' S. Owusu 65' Midtskogen 74' Glenna 87' Tewelde 90+5'	Stadium: Idrettsparken Attendance: 822 Referee: Eirik Wisted-Thu

Sarpsborg 08 v Odd

7 June 2023 Third round	Sarpsborg 08	3–1	Odd	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Opseth 42' Maigaard 45+1'  70' Overgaard 79'	Report	Midtskogen 78'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 1,867 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

References

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External links

• Official website