1996 Molde FK season

Molde
1996 season
ChairmanLars Erik Frisvold
Head coachÅge Hareide
StadiumMolde Stadion
Tippeligaen8th
Norwegian CupFourth round vs. Kongsvinger
Top goalscorerLeague: Ole Gunnar Solskjær (11)
All: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Arild Stavrum
(12 goals each)
Highest home attendance8,365 vs Lillestrøm[1]
(16 May 1996)
Average home league attendance4,246[2]
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The 1996 season was Molde's 21st season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen, Norwegian Cup and the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.

In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 8th position, 26 points behind winners Rosenborg.

Molde participated in the 1996 Norwegian Cup. They were knocked out in the fourth round by Kongsvinger with the score 0–3.

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 Norway NOR Morten Bakke
3 DF Norway NOR Petter Christian Singsaas
4 DF Spain ESP Flaco
5 DF Norway NOR Knut Anders Fostervold
6 MF Norway NOR Daniel Berg Hestad
7 MF Norway NOR Ronald Wenaas
8 DF Norway NOR Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen
9 MF Norway NOR Odd Inge Olsen
10 FW Norway NOR Ole Gunnar Solskjær
11 DF Norway NOR Trond Andersen
12 MF Norway NOR Bjarte Skuseth
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Norway NOR Are Lervik
14 DF Norway NOR Sindre Rekdal
15 MF Norway NOR Petter Rudi
16 FW Norway NOR Arild Stavrum
17 DF Norway NOR Trond Strande
19 FW Norway NOR Andreas Lund
20 FW Norway NOR Ole Bjørn Sundgot
21 MF Norway NOR Stian Ohr
22 DF Norway NOR Ole Erik Stavrum
24 MF Norway NOR Per Olav Sætre
25 MF Norway NOR Anders Hasselgård

Friendlies

19 January 1996 Molde 1 – 4 Viking Kristiansand
CET (UTC+1) Report


Stadium: Sørlandshallen
20 January 1996 Molde 1 – 1 Vålerenga Kristiansand
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Sørlandshallen
21 January 1996 Start 2 – 1 Molde Kristiansand
CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Sørlandshallen
27 January 1996 Molde 5 – 2 HamKam Bø, Telemark
CET (UTC+1)



Report
Stadium: Telemarkshallen
28 January 1996 Molde 3 – 0 Vålerenga Bø, Telemark
CET (UTC+1)

Report Stadium: Telemarkshallen
3 February 1996 Bodø/Glimt 1 – 0 Molde Bodø
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Nordlandshallen
10 February 1996 Molde 4 – 3 Brann Molde
CET (UTC+1)


Report

Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress
17 February 1996 Molde 4 – 1 Rosenborg Bø, Telemark
CET (UTC+1)


Report Stadium: Telemarkshallen
18 February 1996 Molde 1 – 1
(7–6 p)		 Bodø/Glimt Bø, Telemark
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Telemarkshallen
23 February 1996 Molde 4 – 1 Aalesund Molde
CET (UTC+1)


Report Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress
8 March 1996 Rosenborg 2 – 1 Molde Lade, Trondheim
CET (UTC+1)
Report
12 March 1996 Molde Norway 1 – 1 Sweden Örgryte Cyprus
CET (UTC+1) Report
14 March 1996 Molde Norway 1 – 0 Sweden Halmstad Cyprus
CET (UTC+1) Report
16 March 1996 Molde 1 – 0 Lillestrøm Cyprus
CET (UTC+1) Report
20 March 1996 Molde 2 – 2 Hødd Molde
CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress
23 March 1996 Molde 0 – 1 Vålerenga Molde
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress
1 April 1996 Molde 8 – 1 Overgras Malta
CET (UTC+1)






Report
3 April 1996 Molde Norway 3 – 2 Malta Malta Malta
CET (UTC+1)

Report
9 April 1996 Brann 1 – 1 Molde Bergen
CET (UTC+1) Report

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Main article: 1996 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
26 9 6 11 45 38  +7 33 6 3 4 27 11  +16 3 3 7 18 27  −9

Source: nifs.no

Positions by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLWLLWWWDWDWLWLDWWLLLLLDDDL
Position12610119544344544433344799778
Source: see below

Results

14 April 1996 1 Rosenborg 2 – 0 Molde Trondheim
CET (UTC+1) Stensaas 70'
Heggem 89'		 Report Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 18,950
Referee: Rune Pedersen
21 April 1996 2 Molde 8 – 0 Moss Molde
CET (UTC+1) Solskjær 9', 23', 80'
Sundgot 18', 55'
Stavrum 35', 47', 69'		 Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,918
Referee: Terje Hauge
27 April 1996 3 Start 4 – 2 Molde Kristiansand
CET (UTC+1) Dahlum 13'
Pettersen 57' (pen.)
Lund 75'
Pedersen 70' (o.g.)		 Report Sundgot 15'
Olsen 27'		 Stadium: Kristiansand Stadion
Attendance: 2,608
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen
1 May 1996 4 Molde 0 – 1 Skeid Molde
CET (UTC+1) Report Michelsen 80' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 5,051
Referee: Tore Hollung
5 May 1996 5 Strømsgodset 1 – 3 Molde Drammen
CET (UTC+1) Isaksen 47' (pen.) Report Hestad 50'
Unknown (o.g.)
A. Stavrum 71'		 Stadium: Nedre Eiker Stadion[3]
Attendance: 3,119
Referee: Jonny Ditlefsen
9 May 1996 6 Molde 2 – 0 Kongsvinger Molde
CET (UTC+1) Sundgot 2'
Solskjær 60'		 Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 3,083
Referee: Harald Hansen
12 May 1996 7 Bodø/Glimt 1 – 3 Molde Bodø
CET (UTC+1) Bjørkan 59' Report Olsen 22'
Solskjær 81'
A. Stavrum 88'		 Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 3,956
Referee: Sven Kjelbrott
16 May 1996 8 Molde 0 – 0 Lillestrøm Molde
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Frode Kvam
19 May 1996 9 Molde 3 – 0 Tromsø Molde
CET (UTC+1) Solskjær 25', 60'
Olsen 89'		 Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,486
Referee: Jon Eilif Skjervold
27 May 1996 10 Stabæk 3 – 3 Molde Bærum
CET (UTC+1) Belsvik 2', 7'
Gärdeman 67'		 Report Solskjær 21'
Hestad 28'
A. Stavrum 80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nadderud Stadion
Attendance: 4,025
Referee: Per-Arne Larsgård
5 June 1996 11 Molde 2 – 0 Vålerenga Molde
CET (UTC+1) Solskjær 18'
Olsen 24'		 Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 3,590
Referee: Rune Pedersen
9 June 1996 12 Brann 4 – 0 Molde Bergen
CET (UTC+1) Helland 7', 39'
Flo 14', 74'		 Report Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 11,207
Referee: Sven Kjelbrott
30 June 1996 14 Molde 0 – 3 Rosenborg Molde
CET (UTC+1) Report Jakobsen 34', 68'
Brattbakk 83'		 Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 7,110
Referee: Terje Hauge
7 July 1996 13 Molde 3 – 0 Viking Molde
CET (UTC+1) Sundgot 7'
Solskjær 56'
A. Stavrum 84'		 Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 3,592
Referee: Per-Arne Larsgård
14 July 1996 15 Moss 1 – 1 Molde Moss
CET (UTC+1) Olofsson 70' Report Sundgot 27' Stadium: Melløs Stadion
Attendance: 3,468
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
21 July 1996 16 Molde 5 – 1 Start Molde
CET (UTC+1) Hestad 23'
O. Stavrum 31'
A. Stavrum 66', 87'
Solskjær 85'		 Report Lee Robertson 72' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen
11 August 1996 18 Molde 0 – 1 Strømsgodset Molde
CET (UTC+1) Report Ødegaard 85' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 2,692
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
17 August 1996 19 Kongsvinger 1 – 0 Molde Kongsvinger
CET (UTC+1) Ingelstad 40' Report Stadium: Gjemselund Stadion
Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Tore Hollung
25 August 1996 20 Molde 1 – 2 Bodø/Glimt Molde
CET (UTC+1) A. Stavrum 3' Report Sørensen 11'
Johnsen 68'		 Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 2,946
Referee: Frode Kvam
4 September 1996 21 Lillestrøm 3 – 0 Molde Lillestrøm
CET (UTC+1) Kristiansen 40'
Strandli 50'
Solbakken 86'		 Report Stadium: Åråsen Stadion
Attendance: 3,538
Referee: Rune Pedersen
8 September 1996 22 Tromsø 3 – 1 Molde Tromsø
CET (UTC+1) Årst 48'
Rushfeldt 63'
Johansen 89'		 Report Lund 6' Stadium: Alfheim Stadion
Attendance: 2,917
Referee: Kjell Alseth
15 September 1996 23 Molde 0 – 0 Stabæk Molde
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 2,352
Referee: Jarle Nilsen
18 September 1996 17 Skeid 1 – 5 Molde Oslo
CET (UTC+1) Berre 25' Report Lund 14', 90'
O. Stavrum 32'
Unknown 34' (o.g.)
Hestad 47'		 Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 1,952
Referee: Tore Hollung
28 September 1996 24 Vålerenga 0 – 0 Molde Oslo
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 3,364
Referee: Jon Eilif Skjervold
13 October 1996 25 Molde 3 – 3 Brann Molde
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Sundgot 58', 75', 89' Report Brendesæter 25'
Flo 43', 47'		 Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 3,310
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen
20 October 1996 26 Viking 3 – 0 Molde Stavanger
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Solberg 11'
Aase 56', 85'		 Report Stadium: Stavanger Stadion
Attendance: 5,608
Referee: Tommy Skjerven

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Stabæk 26 9 9 8 47 45 +2 36 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
7 Kongsvinger 26 9 7 10 38 48 −10 34
8 Molde 26 9 6 11 45 38 +7 33
9 Skeid 26 10 2 14 33 59 −26 32
10 Bodø/Glimt 26 9 4 13 44 49 −5 31
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1996 Norwegian Football Cup
21 May 1996 First round Averøykameratene 0 – 3 Molde Averøy
CEST (UTC+2) Report Sundgot 7'
A. Stavrum 53'
Rekdal 88'		 Stadium: Bruhagen Stadion
12 June 1996 Second round Molde 5 – 0 Orkanger Molde
CEST (UTC+2) O. Stavrum 9'
Fostervold 46'
Olsen 49', 89'
A. Stavrum 62'		 Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 515
27 June 1996 Third round Byåsen 1 – 2 Molde Trondheim
CEST (UTC+2) 58' Report O. Stavrum 12'
Solskjær 31'		 Attendance: 647
17 July 1996 Fourth round Molde 0 – 3 Kongsvinger Molde
CEST (UTC+2) Report 1
Report 2		 Bergman 15'
Riseth 49'
Ingelstad 90'		 Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Jon E. Skjervold

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

6 August 1996 Qualifying round 1st leg Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2 – 1 Norway Molde Tbilisi, Georgia
CEST (UTC+2) Gogichaishvili 13', Yellow card 45'
Iashvili 18'
Dzheladze Yellow card 57'
Lobzhanidze Yellow card 80'		 Report Fostervold Yellow card 23'
O. Stavrum 67'
20 August 1996 Qualifying round 2nd leg Molde Norway 0 – 0
(1 – 2 agg.)		 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Molde, Norway
CEST (UTC+2) Report Gogichaishvili Yellow card 90' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 1,428[4]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Tippeligaen Norwegian Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Norway NOR Morten Bakke 31 0 25 0 4 0 2 0
3 DF Norway NOR Petter Christian Singsaas 29 0 23 0 4 0 2 0
4 DF Spain ESP Flaco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
5 DF Norway NOR Knut Anders Fostervold 29 1 24 0 3 1 2 0
6 MF Norway NOR Daniel Berg Hestad 31 4 25 4 4 0 2 0
7 MF Norway NOR Ronald Wenaas 14 0 5+6 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
8 DF Norway NOR Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen 28 0 12+10 0 1+3 0 2 0
9 MF Norway NOR Odd Inge Olsen 31 6 24+1 4 4 2 2 0
10 FW Norway NOR Ole Gunnar Solskjær 20 12 16 11 4 1 0 0
11 DF Norway NOR Trond Andersen 25 0 19+2 0 4 0 0 0
12 MF Norway NOR Bjarte Skuseth 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0 0
13 GK Norway NOR Are Lervik 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Norway NOR Sindre Rekdal 5 1 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+1 0
15 MF Norway NOR Petter Rudi 32 0 26 0 4 0 2 0
16 FW Norway NOR Arild Stavrum 31 12 25 10 4 2 2 0
17 DF Norway NOR Trond Strande 22 0 8+9 0 1+2 0 2 0
19 FW Norway NOR Andreas Lund 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0
20 FW Norway NOR Ole Bjørn Sundgot 32 10 25+1 9 4 1 2 0
21 MF Norway NOR Stian Ohr 6 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
22 DF Norway NOR Ole Erik Stavrum 28 5 21+2 2 3 2 2 1
24 DF Norway NOR Per Olav Sætre 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Norway NOR Anders Hasselgård 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank Position Nat. Player Tippeligaen Norwegian Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 FW Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 11 1 0 12
FW Norway Arild Stavrum 10 2 0 12
3 FW Norway Ole Bjørn Sundgot 9 1 0 10
4 MF Norway Odd Inge Olsen 4 2 0 6
5 MF Norway Ole Erik Stavrum 2 2 1 5
6 MF Norway Daniel Berg Hestad 4 0 0 4
7 FW Norway Andreas Lund 3 0 0 3
8 DF Norway Knut Anders Fostervold 0 1 0 1
DF Norway Sindre Rekdal 0 1 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 45 10 1 56

See also

References

  1. ^ "Molde 0-0 Lillestrøm". nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ Johansen, Magne (13 April 1996). "Tilskuer-rekord? Én million på tribunene?". p. 38.
  4. ^ moldefk.no