Odds BK

Odd
Full name Odds Ballklubb
Nickname(s) Oddrane
Founded 31 March 1894 (31 March 1894)
Ground Skagerak Arena
Skien
Ground Capacity 11,767
Chairman Trond Haukvik
Manager Dag-Eilev Fagermo
League Eliteserien
2016 Eliteserien, 3rd
Website Club website

Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. All other sports than football were discontinued and the club became dedicated to football only. Odd plays in the Norwegian top division, Tippeligaen, and holds the record winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. Founded in 1894, Odd is the oldest football club in Norway[1]. As of May 13, 2017 the club was granted a membership in Club of Pioneers. It then became the first nordic football club to be granted this membership.

History

IF Odd was founded in 1885,[2] and is thus one of the older sports clubs in Norway still in existence. The name derives from Viktor Rydberg's novel Seierssverdet, where one of the main characters was a Norwegian athlete called Orvar Odd.

In the beginning, IF Odd was mainly focused on gymnastics, and also had sections for Nordic skiing and track and field.[2] A sub-section for football named Odds BK was founded on 31 March 1894.[3] This was the club's second effort to do so, some time after English workers at nearby Skotfoss brought the game of football to Skien, and the city decided to buy a football. Odd is counted as Norway's oldest football team still in existence.

Logo under the "Odd Grenland" era.

Odd started a cooperation with the local club Pors in 1994, and changed their names to Odd Grenland and Pors Grenland, in an effort to represent the district of Grenland. In conjunction with the name change, a public limited company named Grenland Fotball was founded.[3] Pors Grenland withdrew from the cooperation in December 2009,[4] and in January 2013 Odd Grenland decided to change its name back to Odds BK because they wanted to be a club for the entire county of Telemark.[5]

Odd won the Norwegian Football Cup in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1931 and 2000,[3] more than any other team in Norway. In the late 20th century, the men's team struggled in the lower divisions for many years, but made it back to the Tippeligaen in 1999 and stayed there until they were relegated in 2007. The team had survived relegation twice; first in 2005 after a dreadful start of the campaign, then in 2006 when the team only survived relegation by beating Bryne in the relegation play-offs. In 2007 the team was relegated to the Norwegian First Division after being beaten by Bodø/Glimt in the relegation play-offs. In 2008, with three games still to play, Odd secured the promotion back to the Tippeligaen after winning 4–0 at home against Hødd.

On 25 September 2011, Odd player Jone Samuelsen scored what is claimed to be the longest headed goal ever scored in a match, in a match against Tromsø, when he headed the ball from within his own half of the pitch into Tromsø's open goal, the goalkeeper having come forward for a late corner in the match. Norwegian Police were invited to measure the distance, and calculated the length as to be 58.13 metres.[6]

Home ground

Skagerak Arena viewed from Sparebank 1 tribune

The home ground is Skagerak Arena (capacity 12,500). Largest crowd: Approx 12,500 people in 1984 Cup semi-final against Viking, though the official number is 8854. Officially, the highest attendance is 12.436, achieved in the 2015 Europa League play-off against Borussia Dortmund. The stadium was rebuilt to hold a capacity of between 13,000 and 14,000, and was finished in 2008. It is named Skagerak Arena after local sponsor Skagerak Energi.

Players and staff

First-team squad

As of the 2017 season.[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Norway GK Sondre Rossbach
2 Norway DF Espen Ruud
4 Norway DF Vegard Bergan
5 Norway DF Thomas Grøgaard
6 Norway MF Oliver Berg
7 Sweden MF Martin Broberg
8 Norway MF Jone Samuelsen
9 Norway FW Torbjørn Agdestein
10 Canada FW Olivier Occéan
11 Kosovo FW Elba Rashani
12 Norway GK Viljar Myhra
13 Norway MF Stefan Mladenovic
No. Position Player
14 Norway MF Fredrik Nordkvelle
15 Norway MF Sigurd Hauso Haugen
16 Norway DF Fredrik Semb Berge
17 Norway MF Eric Kitolano
18 Norway DF Joakim Våge Nilsen
19 Canada MF Zakaria Messoudi
21 Norway DF Steffen Hagen (Captain)
22 Norway MF Erik Eikeng
24 Finland FW Riku Riski
25 Norway MF John Kitolano
27 Senegal FW Pape Pate Diouf
29 Norway MF Markus Andre Kaasa

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

For season transfers, see transfers summer 2014 and transfers winter 2013–14.

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coachDag-Eilev Fagermo
Assistant coachJan Frode Nornes
Goalkeeper coachEinar Rossbach
Development coachMorten Rønningen
Equipment managerOle Erik Hansen
PhysioKjetil Loen
DoctorOla Stamnes

Achievements

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2000 Tippeligaen 8 2611510 403138 Winner
2001 Tippeligaen 6 261268 504042 Semi-final
2002 Tippeligaen 6 261259 363041 Final
2003 Tippeligaen 4 2611510 464338 Third round
2004 Tippeligaen 8 26989 474435 Third round
2005 Tippeligaen 9 269611 285133 Quarter-final
2006 Tippeligaen 12 267811 303829 Third round
2007 Tippeligaen relegated 12 268315 334327 Semi-final Relegated to the 1. Divisjon
2008 1. Divisjon promoted 1 302055 764465 Semi-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2009 Tippeligaen 4 3012108 534446 Semi-final
2010 Tippeligaen 5 3012108 484146 Semi-final
2011 Tippeligaen 5 3014610 444448 Fourth round
2012 Tippeligaen 10 3011712 404339 Fourth round
2013 Tippeligaen 7 3011712 433940 Fourth round
2014 Tippeligaen 3 301776 523258 Final
2015 Tippeligaen 4 3015105 614155 Quarter-final
2016 Tippeligaen 3 301569 443551 Fourth round
2017 (in progress) Eliteserien 6 17746 141925 Fourth round

European record

Overview

As of 3 August 2017
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup 5 2411 5 8 37 32 +5
Total 5 2411 5 8 37 32 +5

Matches

Season Competition Round Opponent 1st Leg 2nd Leg Aggregate
2001–02 UEFA Cup 1R Sweden Helsingborgs IF 2–2 1–1 3–3 (a)
2004–05 UEFA Cup 2Q Lithuania FK Ekranas 3–1 1–2 4–3
1R Netherlands Feyenoord 0–1 1–4 1–5
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Moldova FC Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 0–0 3–0
2Q Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2–0 2–1 4–1
3Q Sweden Elfsborg 1–2 2–0 3–2
PO Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–4 2–7 5–11
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Finland IFK Mariehamn 2–0 1–1 3-1
2Q Greece PAS Giannina 0–3 3–1 3–4
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Northern Ireland Ballymena United 3–0 2–0 5–0
2Q Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–0 1–0 2–0
3Q Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 0–0 1–2
Notes

Managers

References

  1. dubious, dubious (7 May 2017). "Club of Pioneers" (in Norwegian). Odds Ballklubb. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Odd Grenland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Tollefsen, Morten (28 March 2007). "Litt om ODDS BALLKLUBB" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. Saga, Else Jorunn (2 December 2009). "Pors ut av Grenland fotball" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. "Odd stryker Grenland fra klubbnavnet" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Norwegian News Agency. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  6. "Halfway-line Norwegian header set for record books". BBC Sport. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  7. "altomfotball.no: Odd - Tippeligaen" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
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