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.

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]
← 1995
1997 →

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 edit

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

Friendlies edit

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 , Telemark
CET (UTC+1)  
 
 
 
 
Report  
 
Stadium: Telemarkshallen
28 January 1996 Molde 3 – 0 Vålerenga , 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 , Telemark
CET (UTC+1)  
 
 
 
Report   Stadium: Telemarkshallen
18 February 1996 Molde 1 – 1
(7–6 p)
Bodø/Glimt , 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   1 – 1   Örgryte Cyprus
CET (UTC+1)   Report  
14 March 1996 Molde   1 – 0   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   3 – 2   Malta Malta
CET (UTC+1)  
 
 
Report  
 
9 April 1996 Brann 1 – 1 Molde Bergen
CET (UTC+1)   Report  

Competitions edit

Tippeligaen edit

Results summary edit

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 edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLWLLWWWDWDWLWLDWWLLLLLDDDL
Position12610119544344544433344799778
Source: see below

Results edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Qualifying round edit

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

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

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

Goalscorers edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  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

External links edit