2012 Aalesunds FK season

The 2013 season is Aalesunds's 6th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, it was Kjetil Rekdal's fourth full season as the club's manager. Aalesunds competed in the Tippeligaen, finishing 11th and the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup, where they were knocked out at the Fourth Round stage by Sandefjord. They also competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying stages, defeating Tirana of Albania in the Second Round and then losing to APOEL of Cyprus in the Third Round.

Aalesunds

2012 season
Chairman	Kjell Tennfjord
Manager	Kjetil Rekdal
Stadium	Color Line Stadion
Tippeligaen	11th
Norwegian Cup	Fourth Round vs Sandefjord
Europa League	Third qualifying Round vs APOEL
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Barrantes (9) All: Michael Barrantes (10)
Highest home attendance	10,247 vs Molde 12 August 2012
Lowest home attendance	1,340 vs Byåsen 20 June 2012
Average home league attendance	9,366

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 Ole-Christian Rørvik 2 DF  NOR Amund Skiri 3 DF  NOR Edvard Skagestad 4 DF  NOR Jonathan Tollås 7 MF  JAM Jason Morrison 8 MF  NOR Fredrik Carlsen 9 FW  EST Sander Post 10 MF  NOR Peter Orry Larsen 11 FW  JAM Tremaine Stewart 13 GK  NOR Sten Grytebust 14 MF  NGA Leke James 15 DF  SWE Daniel Arnefjord

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  NOR Hugues Wembangomo 17 MF  JAM Demar Phillips 18 FW  NOR Christian Myklebust 22 DF  NOR Jo Nymo Matland 23 MF  NOR Fredrik Ulvestad 24 GK  NOR Mathias Rasmussen 25 MF  NOR Lars Fuhre 27 DF  EST Enar Jääger 29 MF  NOR Adam Sellami 31 MF  CRC Michael Barrantes 36 MF  NOR Thomas Martinussen 37 FW  NOR Torbjørn Grytten

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2011–12

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  JAM Tremaine Stewart (from Portmore United) 14 FW  NGA Leke James (from Bridge Boys) [1]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  CRC Pablo Herrera Barrantes (to Uruguay de Coronado) 20 FW  NOR Didrik Fløtre (loan to Kristiansund) 30 FW  NGA Solomon Okoronkwo (to Pécsi) 35 FW  SWE Jonas Sandqvist (to Örebro)

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2012

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  FIN Ville Jalasto (to Stabæk) [2] 6 MF  NOR Magnus Sylling Olsen (to Bodø/Glimt) [3] 19 FW  NOR Kjell Rune Sellin (loan to Hødd)

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
30	9	11	10	40	41	−1	38	8	5	2	29	15	+14	1	6	8	11	26	−15

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W
Position	8	12	11	8	10	10	12	11	13	8	7	7	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11

Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Stabæk v Aalesunds

25 March 2012 1	Stabæk	0 – 0	Aalesunds	Bærum
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Summary		Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 5,508 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Aalesunds v Tromsø

2 April 2012 2	Aalesunds	0 – 0	Tromsø	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary		Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,459 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Sandnes Ulf v Aalesunds

9 April 2012 3	Sandnes Ulf	1 – 1	Aalesunds	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Raskaj  73'	Summary	Arnefjord  56'	Stadium: Sandnes Idrettspark Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Aalesunds v Odd Grenland

15 April 2012 4	Aalesunds	2 – 1	Odd Grenland	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Post  32' Tollås  75'	Summary	Krogsgård  64'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,922 Referee: Tore Hansen

Hønefoss v Aalesunds

22 April 2012 5	Hønefoss	3 – 1	Aalesunds	Hønefoss
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bolseth  6' Riski  50', 76'	Summary	Matland  8'	Stadium: Aka Arena Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Kjetil Sælen

Aalesunds v Rosenborg

27 April 2012 6	Aalesunds	2 – 2	Rosenborg	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fuhre  42' Tollås  90+1'	Summary	Prica  8' Iversen  84'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,945 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Molde v Aalesunds

6 May 2012 7	Molde	2 – 1	Aalesunds	Molde
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moström  24' Hoseth  59' (pen.)	Summary	Arnefjord  38'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 10,352 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

Aalesunds v Strømsgodset

13 May 2012 8	Aalesunds	3 – 1	Strømsgodset	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  41' Fuhre  43', 72'	Summary	Diomande  33'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,394 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Haugesund v Aalesunds

16 May 2012 9	Haugesund	4 – 2	Aalesunds	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Đurđić  27' (pen.), 29', 45' Haukås  51'	Summary	Stewart  56' Arnefjord  61'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 4,857 Referee: Anders Johansen

Aalesunds v Brann

20 May 2012 10	Aalesunds	2 – 0	Brann	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  17' Post  46'	Summary	Austin  41'  68'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,709 Referee: Tom Hagen

Lillestrøm v Aalesunds

24 May 2012 11	Lillestrøm	0 – 0	Aalesunds	Lillestrøm
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Westerberg  47'	Summary	Vile Jalasto  90'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,171 Referee: Svein Moen

Aalesunds v Sogndal

24 June 2012 12	Aalesunds	2 – 2	Sogndal	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Post  51' Arnefjord  90+1'	Summary	Flo  27', 60'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,943 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

Vålerenga v Aalesunds

2 July 2012 13	Vålerenga	0 – 0	Aalesunds	Oslo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 9,488 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Aalesunds v Viking

8 July 2012 14	Aalesunds	1 – 1	Viking	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnefjord  90'	Summary	Olsen  88'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,001 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Aalesunds v Fredrikstad

15 July 2012 15	Aalesunds	3 – 0	Fredrikstad	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  8', 88' Post  25'	Summary	Halvorsen  71'  90+3'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,944 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

Brann v Aalesunds

22 July 2012 16	Brann	2 – 1	Aalesunds	Bergen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Austin  35' Bentley  88'	Summary	Fuhre  84'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Aalesunds v Stabæk

28 July 2012 17	Aalesunds	3 – 1	Stabæk	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnefjord  43' Stewart  65' Ulvestad  88' (pen.)	Summary	Boli  45+4'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,066

Rosenborg v Aalesunds

5 August 2012 18	Rosenborg	3 – 0	Aalesunds	Trondheim
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dočkal  36' Prica  38' Strandberg  56'	Summary		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 11,475 Referee: Kjetil Saelen

Aalesunds v Molde

12 August 2012 19	Aalesunds	0 – 1	Molde	Ålesund
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Hussain  33'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 10,247 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Fredrikstad v Aalesunds

27 August 2012 20	Fredrikstad	1 – 3	Aalesunds	Fredrikstad
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gueye  73'	Summary	Stewart  4', 40' Barrantes  56'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 6,279 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

Aalesunds v Hønefoss

2 September 2012 21	Aalesunds	2 – 0	Hønefoss	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  50' Tollås  80'	Summary		Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,920 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Strømsgodset v Aalesunds

14 September 2012 22	Strømsgodset	4 – 0	Aalesunds	Drammen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kovács  24' Johansen  39' Nuhu  61' Wikheim  86'	Summary		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,304 Referee: Tore Hansen

Aalesunds v Lillestrøm

22 September 2012 23	Aalesunds	1 – 2	Lillestrøm	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnefjord  38' Ulvestad  83'	Summary	Pálmason  32' Riise  39' Bolly  62' Stoor  90+3'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,970 Referee: Dag Hafsås

Tromsø v Aalesunds

30 September 2012 24	Tromsø	1 – 0	Aalesunds	Tromsø
18:00 CET (UTC+2)	Mbodj  7'	Summary		Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Omar Rafiq

Viking v Aalesunds

6 October 2012 25	Viking	1 – 1	Aalesunds	Stavanger
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berisha  30'	Summary	Matland  52'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,541 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Aalesunds v Vålerenga

21 October 2012 26	Aalesunds	3 – 1	Vålerenga	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  49', 68' James  74'	Summary	Fellah  28'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 9,246 Referee: Kjetil Saelen

Sogndal v Aalesunds

28 October 2012 27	Sogndal	1 – 1	Aalesunds	Sogndal
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dyngeland  82'	Summary	James  4'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 3,124 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Aalesunds v Haugesund

4 November 2012 28	Aalesunds	2 – 2	Haugesund	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barrantes  11' James  34'	Summary	Haukås  78' Fevang  87'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,324 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

Odd Grenland v Aalesunds

11 November 2012 29	Odd Grenland	3 – 0	Aalesunds	Skien
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brenne  20' Fevang  27' Johnsen  44'	Summary		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,433 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

Aalesunds v Sandnes Ulf

18 November 2012 30	Aalesunds	3 – 1	Sandnes Ulf	Ålesund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	James  13' Matland  51' Fuhre  59'	Summary	Bertolt  65'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 8,666 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Lillestrøm	30	9	12	9	46	47	−1	39
10	Odd Grenland	30	11	7	12	40	43	−3	39[lower-alpha 1]
11	Aalesund	30	9	11	10	40	41	−1	38
12	Sogndal	30	8	10	12	29	37	−8	34
13	Hønefoss	30	7	12	11	30	42	−12	33

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Odd Grenland were deducted 1 point for lack of financial control[4]

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2012 Norwegian Football Cup

Herd v Aalesunds

1 May 2012 First Round	Herd	0 - 1	Aalesunds	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Tollås  56'	Stadium: Sparebanken Møre Arena Attendance: 1,200

Skarbøvik v Aalesunds

10 May 2012 Second Round	Skarbøvik	0 - 1	Aalesunds	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Summary	Phillips  58'	Stadium: Skarbøvik stadion Attendance: 1,100

Aalesunds v Byåsen

20 June 2012 Third Round	Aalesunds	4 - 0	Byåsen	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Post  59' Sellin  76' Ulvestad  86' Phillips  88'	Summary		Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Petter Toppe

Sandefjord v Aalesunds

5 July 2012 Fourth Round	Sandefjord	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Aalesunds	Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dimitriadis  35' Lamøy  104'	Summary	Morrison  33'	Stadium: Komplett.no Arena Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Espen Berntsen

Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Tirana v Aalesund

19 July 2012 2nd qualifying round 1st leg	Tirana	1 – 1	Aalesund	Tirana
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Çota  38'	Report	Stewart  57'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium^1 Attendance: 2,300[5] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Aalesund v Tirana

26 July 2012 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg	Aalesund	5 – 0 (6 – 1 agg.)	Tirana	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrantes  45+1' Tollås  48' James  64', 77' Stewart  83'	Report		Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 4,225[6] Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

APOEL v Aalesund

2 August 2012 3rd qualifying round 1st leg	APOEL	2 – 1	Aalesund	Nicosia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mário Sérgio  34' Aloneftis  80'	Report	Stewart  16'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 16,708[7] Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Aalesund v APOEL

9 August 2012 3rd qualifying round 2nd leg	Aalesund	0 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	APOEL	Ålesund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Adorno  36'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,057[8] Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

• Note 1: Tirana played their home match at Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana instead of their regular stadium, Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ole-Christian Rørvik	3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Amund Skiri	13	0	3+7	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Edvard Skagestad	27	0	12+12	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Jonathan Tollås	36	5	29+0	3	3+0	1	4+0	1
7	MF		Jason Morrison	29	1	23+0	0	2+1	1	3+0	0
8	MF		Fredrik Carlsen	17	0	5+6	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW		Sander Post	28	5	9+13	4	3+1	1	1+1	0
10	MF		Peter Orry Larsen	19	0	12+6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Tremaine Stewart	29	7	13+8	4	4+0	0	4+0	3
13	GK		Sten Grytebust	35	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
14	MF		Leke James	15	6	12+0	4	0+0	0	2+1	2
15	DF		Daniel Arnefjord	30	6	23+0	6	3+0	0	4+0	0
16	DF		Hugues Wembangomo	18	0	8+4	0	2+0	0	3+1	0
17	MF		Demar Phillips	24	2	19+1	0	2+2	2	0+0	0
18	FW		Christian Myklebust	17	0	10+2	0	2+1	0	0+2	0
22	DF		Jo Nymo Matland	26	4	20+1	4	1+0	0	3+1	0
23	MF		Fredrik Ulvestad	32	2	24+1	1	1+3	1	2+1	0
25	MF		Lars Fuhre	24	5	8+9	5	2+1	0	4+0	0
27	DF		Enar Jääger	28	0	24+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
31	MF		Michael Barrantes	35	10	28+0	9	3+1	0	2+1	1
36	MF		Thomas Martinussen	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Torbjørn Grytten	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away from Aalesunds on loan:
19	FW		Kjell Rune Sellin	11	1	6+2	0	0+1	1	0+2	0
Players who left Aalesunds during the season:
5	DF		Ville Jalasto	13	0	5+4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Magnus Sylling Olsen	13	0	7+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Tippeligaen	Norwegian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF		31	Michael Barrantes	9	0	1	10
2	FW		11	Tremaine Stewart	4	0	3	7
3	DF		15	Daniel Arnefjord	6	0	0	6
	MF		14	Leke James	4	0	2	6
5	MF		25	Lars Fuhre	5	0	0	5
	FW		9	Sander Post	4	1	0	5
7	DF		22	Jo Nymo Matland	4	0	0	4
	DF		4	Jonatan Tollås	3	1	1	4
9	MF		23	Fredrik Ulvestad	1	1	0	2
	MF		17	Demar Phillips	0	2	0	2
11	MF		7	Jason Morrison	0	1	0	1
	FW		19	Kjell Rune Sellin	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	40	7	7	54

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Tippeligaen		Norwegian Cup		Europa League		Total
3	DF		Edvard Skagestad	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Jonathan Tollås	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Ville Jalasto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Magnus Sylling Olsen	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF		Jason Morrison	4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
8	MF		Fredrik Carlsen	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
9	FW		Sander Post	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW		Tremaine Stewart	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
15	DF		Daniel Arnefjord	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
17	MF		Demar Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Jo Nymo Matland	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
23	MF		Fredrik Ulvestad	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF		Lars Fuhre	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF		Enar Jääger	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
31	MF		Michael Barrantes	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
			TOTALS	39	0	6	0	4	0	49	0

References

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3. Eikrem, Allan (27 August 2012). "Sylling Olsen til Bodø/Glimt" (in Norwegian). Sunnmørsposten. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
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