1998 Molde FK season

Molde
1998 season
Chairman	Lars Erik Frisvold
Head coach	Erik Brakstad
Stadium	Molde Stadion
Tippeligaen	2nd
Norwegian Cup	Quarterfinal vs. Brann
Top goalscorer	Andreas Lund (16)
Highest home attendance	13,308 vs Rosenborg; (26 September 1998)
Average home league attendance	8,516
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 season was Molde's 23rd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian Cup and the UEFA Cup.

In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 2nd position, 9 points behind winners Rosenborg. Molde was unbeaten throughout the first 21 matches in the league, a club record streak which was beaten in the 2014 season.^[2] Their first loss of the season came on 20 September when they were defeated 3-1 by Vålerenga in Oslo. In the following round, Molde played Rosenborg at home in a possibly league-defining game since Molde before the match was only one point behind Rosenborg. Molde lost the match with the score 0-1 in the game wchich as of 2018 holds the record home attendance on Molde Stadion with 13,308 spectators.

Molde participated in the 1998 Norwegian Cup. Because of the World Cup, the Tippeligaen teams entered in the third round. They defeated Fana and Viking on their way to the quarterfinal vs. Brann. At Brann Stadion on 8 September 2000, Molde lost the quarterfinal with the score 0–4.

In the UEFA Cup, Molde was drawn against Bulgarian team CSKA Sofia in the second qualifying round.^[3] Molde drew the first leg at home ground with the score 0–0. CSKA Sofia won the second leg 2–0 at home and advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.^[4]

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	NOR	Morten Bakke
2	DF	SWE	Dennis Schiller
3	DF	NOR	Petter Christian Singsaas
4	DF	NOR	Pål Lydersen
5	DF	NOR	Knut Anders Fostervold
6	MF	NOR	Daniel Berg Hestad
7	FW	NOR	Jo Tessem
8	MF	NOR	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft
9	FW	NOR	Andreas Lund
10	MF	NOR	Odd Inge Olsen
11	MF	NOR	Trond Andersen
12	GK	NOR	Are Lervik


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	NOR	Thomas Mork
15	DF	NOR	Freddy dos Santos
17	DF	NOR	Trond Strande
19	MF	NOR	Anders Hasselgård
20	FW	NOR	Ole Bjørn Sundgot
—	DF	NOR	Sindre Rekdal
—	DF	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
—	MF	NOR	Ståle Rønningen
—	MF	NOR	Per Olav Sætre
—	MF	NOR	Stian Ohr
—	FW	NOR	Geir Televik

As of end of season.

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
26	16	6	4	70	34	+36	54	7	4	2	37	17	+20	9	2	2	33	17	+16

Last updated: 26 April 2018.
Source: [1]

Positions 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L
Position	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

Source: see below

League table

Template:1998 Tippeligaen table

Norwegian Cup

3 June 1998 Third Round	Fana	2 – 4	Molde	Fana
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown 81' Unknown 86'	Report	Olsen 31' Fostervold 53' Sundgot 67' Gunnlaugsson 71'	Stadium: Nesttun idrettspark Attendance: 480

16 July 1998 Fourth Round	Molde	2 – 1	Viking	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Hestad 3' (pen.), 29' (pen.)		Unknown 11'	Stadium: Molde Stadion

8 September 1998 Quarterfinal	Brann	4 – 0	Molde	Bergen
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown 9', 71', 75' Løvvik 73'			Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 6,504
Note: Thorstein Helstad scored two goals and Per-Ove Ludvigsen scored one goal

UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

11 August 1998 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Molde	0 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ivanov 43' Petrov 53' Tchomakov 77'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,243

25 August 1998 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Molde	Sofia
CEST (UTC+2)	Loultchev 7' Petrov 33', 54' Stantshev 60', 67' Andonov 81'	Report	Fjørtoft 31' Lydersen 36' 63' Andersen 43' Singsaas 69' Hestad 80'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Stadium Attendance: 12,000

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Morten Bakke	31	0	26	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF	SWE	Dennis Schiller	18	2	11+5	2	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	NOR	Petter Christian Singsaas	14	0	3+8	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
4	DF	NOR	Pål Lydersen	29	0	24	0	2+1	0	2	0
5	DF	NOR	Knut Anders Fostervold	28	2	23	1	3	1	2	0
6	MF	NOR	Daniel Berg Hestad	29	10	24	8	3	2	2	0
7	FW	NOR	Jo Tessem	31	8	26	8	3	0	2	0
8	MF	NOR	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft	30	3	25	3	3	0	2	0
9	FW	NOR	Andreas Lund	29	16	23+2	16	1+1	0	2	0
10	MF	NOR	Odd Inge Olsen	31	12	26	11	3	1	2	0
11	MF	NOR	Trond Andersen	29	2	24	2	3	0	2	0
14	MF	NOR	Thomas Mork	25	3	6+14	3	1+2	0	0+2	0
15	DF	NOR	Freddy dos Santos	26	0	17+5	0	2	0	2	0
17	DF	NOR	Trond Strande	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	NOR	Anders Hasselgård	20	3	11+4	3	1+2	0	2	0
20	FW	NOR	Ole Bjørn Sundgot	21	7	10+9	6	2	1	0	0
	DF	NOR	Sindre Rekdal	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson	9	3	2+6	2	0+1	1	0	0
	MF	NOR	Ståle Rønningen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	NOR	Stian Ohr	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	NOR	Geir Televik	15	2	0+12	2	1	0	0+2	0
Players away from Molde on loan:
Players who left Molde during the season:

Goal Scorers

Rank	Position	No.	Player	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Andreas Lund	16	0	16
2	MF	10	Odd Inge Olsen	11	1	12
3	MF	6	Daniel Berg Hestad	8	2	10
4	FW	7	Jo Tessem	8	0	8
5	FW	20	Ole Bjørn Sundgot	6	1	7
6	MF	8	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft	3	0	3
	MF	14	Thomas Mork	3	0	3
	MF	19	Anders Hasselgård	3	0	3
	DF		Bjarki Gunnlaugsson	2	1	3
10	DF	2	Dennis Schiller	2	0	2
	MF	11	Trond Andersen	2	0	2
	FW		Geir Televik	2	0	2
	DF	5	Knut Anders Fostervold	1	1	2
14	DF		Sindre Rekdal	1	0	1
14	MF		Stian Ohr	1	0	1
			Own Goal	1	0	1
			TOTALS	70	6	76

References

^ "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Skullerud: - Har utviklet oss etter at jeg tok over etter Solskjær". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Molde trakk CSKA Sofia". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 31 July 1998. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Molde for urutinerte". vg.no. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

External links

nifs.no

[1] "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[2] "Skullerud: - Har utviklet oss etter at jeg tok over etter Solskjær". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[3] "Molde trakk CSKA Sofia". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 31 July 1998. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[4] "Molde for urutinerte". vg.no. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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