The 2020 season was Odd's twelfth continuous season in the Eliteserien since winning the 1. divisjon in 2008.

Season events On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo left to become manager of Vålerenga, with Jan Frode Nornes being appointed as his replacement on 11 March 2020.

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.

On 14 October, Odds match against Viking was postponed due to the Viking squad having to isolate after Veton Berisha tested positive for COVID-19, eventually being rearranged for 4 November.

On 28 November, Odds matches against Sandefjord on 29 November, and Strømsgodset on 2 December where postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.

Squad

Transfers

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.1 January 2020MFElias SkogvollMjølnerFree1 January 2020FWKachiSandnes UlfFree23 January 2020DFTobias HallstensenFlorøUndisclosed29 June 2020FWMushaga BakengaTromsøFree29 August 2020FWRobin SimovićLivornoUndisclosed

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name to Date to Ref.30 June 2020MFKasper LundingAGF Aarhus5 October5 October 2020DFJohn KitolanoWolverhampton WanderersEnd of season5 October 2020MFVladimir RodićHammarbyEnd of season

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.3 January 2020MFAndré SødlundSandnes UlfUndisclosed31 January 2020MFFilip DelaverisSBV VitesseUndisclosed30 June 2020FWTorgeir BørvenRosenborgUndisclosed5 October 2020DFBirk RisaMoldeUndisclosed5 October 2020MFBilal NjieKFUM OsloUndisclosed

Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date31 December 2019MFJone Samuelsen

Competitions Eliteserien

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Norwegian Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|colspan="14"|Players away from Odd on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left Odd during the season

Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 FW9 Mushaga Bakenga150152 FW22Torgeir Børven606DF2 Espen Ruud6064 MF7 Kasper Lunding404MF16Joshua Kitolano4046 FW20Tobias Lauritsen303FW11Elbasan Rashani3038 MF6 Vebjørn Hoff202MF8 Markus Kaasa202FW22Robin Simović202 Own goal20212DF5 Birk Risa101DF18Odin Bjørtuft101DF13Kevin Egell-Johnsen101TOTALS52052

Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GK1 Sondre Rossbach808TOTALS808

Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GKSondre Rossbach1000102 DFEspen Ruud5100515 DFJohn Kitolano3000306 MFVebjørn Hoff3000307 MFVladimir Rodić3000308 MFMarkus Kaasa2000209 FWMushaga Bakenga10001010FWKachi10001011FWElbasan Rashani30003016MFJoshua Kitolano20002018DFOdin Bjørtuft20002020FWTobias Lauritsen10001026MFFilip Jørgensen100010Players who left Odd during the season:5 DFBirk Risa3000307 MFKasper Lunding200020TOTALS33100331

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