The 2020 season was Sarpsborg 08's 9th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012.
Season events On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.10 January 2020MFMohamed OfkirSandefjordUndisclosed14 January 2020MFJoachim SoltvedtSogndalUndisclosed29 January 2020GKDavid NilssonGIF SundsvallUndisclosed20 February 2020MFAlexander JakobsenIFK NorrköpingUndisclosed29 July 2020DFMikael DyrestamXanthiUndisclosed6 August 2020MFJordan AdéotiAuxerreUndisclosed10 September 2020GKSimon ThomasKFUM OsloUndisclosed16 September 2020FWGuillermo MolinsMalmöUndisclosed5 October 2020MFAnton SalétrosRostovFree
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name to Date to Ref.14 February 2020MFAnton SalétrosRostov29 July 2020 26 August 2020MFTobias HeintzKasımpaşaEnd of Season
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.3 February 2020DFJon-Helge TveitaBrannUndisclosed9 June 2020MFWílmer AzofeifaSan CarlosUndisclosed9 September 2020MFIsmaila CoulibalySheffield UnitedUndisclosed9 September 2020FWJørgen LarsenGroningenUndisclosed10 September 2020GKAslak FalchSandnes UlfUndisclosed21 September 2020DFSigurd KvileÅsaneUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name to Date to Ref.9 December 2019DFPablo ArboineA.D. San CarlosEnd of season6 June 2020FWSteffen SkålevikStartEnd of season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date20 December 2019DFNiklas GunnarssonStrømsgodset3 February 202031 December 2019GKSander Thulin 31 December 2019DFBart StraalmanRodez AF31 December 2019MFMatti Lund NielsenReggina7 January 202031 December 2019MFAmin AskarKristiansund1 January 2020 31 December 2019MFLenny NangisR.W.D. Molenbeek15 July 202031 December 2019MFKristoffer LarsenÅsane31 December 2019MFKristoffer ZachariassenRosenborg1 January 202031 December 2019FWKyle LaffertySunderland10 January 2020
Competitions Eliteserien
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Norwegian Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from Sarpsborg 08 on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 FW30Mustafa Abdellaoue6062 MF7 Ole Halvorsen5053 MF26Ismaila Coulibaly4044 MF17Joachim Soltvedt303MF11Jonathan Lindseth3036 FW10Jørgen Larsen202MF14Tobias Heintz202DF22Mikael Dyrestam202DF4 Bjørn Utvik20210MF8 Mohamed Ofkir101MF20Anton Salétros101MF18Sebastian Jarl101MF15Gaute Vetti101TOTALS33033
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GK33David Nilsson10010TOTALS10010
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal2 DFSulayman Bojang4000403 DFJørgen Horn1000104 DFBjørn Utvik7000705 DFMagnar Ødegaard2000206 DFNicolai Næss1000107 MFOle Halvorsen6100618 MFMohamed Ofkir10001010FWGuillermo Molins10001011MFJonathan Lindseth30003014MFTobias Heintz20002016DFJoachim Thomassen50005017MFJoachim Soltvedt10001018MFSebastian Jarl10001020MFAnton Salétros30003021MFJordan Adéoti30003022DFMikael Dyrestam41004127FWAboubacar Konté20002033GKDavid Nilsson10001070MFAlexander Jakobsen200020Players who left Sarpsborg 08 during the season:10FWJørgen Larsen30003026MFIsmaila Coulibaly40004031GKAslak Falch100010TOTALS52200522
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