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Odd
Full nameOdds Ballklubb
Nickname(s)Oddrane
Founded31 March 1894; 130 years ago (31 March 1894)
GroundSkagerak Arena
Skien
Capacity11,767
ChairmanTrond Haukvik
ManagerKnut Rønningene (interim)
LeagueEliteserien
2024Eliteserien, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Websitehttp://www.odd.no/
Current season

Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian professional football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. Most sports other than football and gymnastics were discontinued and the club became dedicated primarily to football. Odd plays in the Norwegian top division, Eliteserien, and holds the record of winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times with twelve wins, 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 13 May 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.[citation needed]

In the beginning, IF Odd was mainly focused on gymnastics, and also had a department for Nordic skiing and track and field.[2] A department 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[dubious – discuss] decided to buy a football. Odd is counted as Norway's oldest football team still in existence.

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 1. divisjon 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

Main article: Skagerak Arena
Skagerak Arena viewed from Sparebank 1 tribune

Club's home ground is Skagerak Arena (capacity 12,000), has seen the largest crowd (approx 12,500 people) at the 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 25 July 2024[7]

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 Norway NOR André Hansen
2 DF Norway NOR Espen Ruud
3 DF Norway NOR Josef Baccay
4 DF Sweden SWE Leon Hien
5 DF Finland FIN Tony Miettinen
6 FW Norway NOR Tobias Svendsen
7 MF Norway NOR Filip Rønningen Jørgensen
8 MF Norway NOR Etzaz Hussain
9 FW Norway NOR Ole Erik Midtskogen
10 FW Norway NOR Mikael Ingebrigtsen
13 DF Norway NOR Samuel Skree Skjeldal
14 DF The Gambia GAM Sheriff Sinyan
15 DF Norway NOR Sondre Solholm Johansen
16 DF Norway NOR Casper Glenna Andersen
17 MF Ghana GHA Solomon Owusu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Norway NOR Syver Aas
19 FW Norway NOR Torgeir Børven
20 MF Nigeria NGA Ishaq Abdulrazak (on loan from Anderlecht)
21 DF Norway NOR Steffen Hagen (captain)
22 FW Ghana GHA Abdul Zakaria Mugees
24 FW Somalia SOM Bilal Njie
25 DF Norway NOR Godwill Fabio Ambrose
26 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Fransson
27 MF Norway NOR Oliver Jordan Hagen
28 MF Nigeria NGA Abduljeleel Abdulateef
29 FW Norway NOR Bork Bang-Kittilsen
30 GK Norway NOR Peder Klausen
32 FW Norway NOR Elion Krosa
40 GK Norway NOR Kjetil Haug (on loan from Toulouse)


For season transfers, see transfers winter 2024–25 and transfers summer 2024.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Norway NOR Thomas Rekdal (at Tromsdalen until 31 December 2024)
23 FW Norway NOR Anders Hartveit Ryste (at Notodden FK until 31 December 2024)
26 DF Norway NOR Jesper Skau (at Mjøndalen until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Kenneth Dokken
Assistant coach Knut Rønningene
Assistant coach Martin Reier
Goalkeeper coach Terje Abrahamsen
Sport director Morten Rønningen
Personal developer Amir Roland Iranmanesh
Physical and mental coach Mikkel Fillingsnes Marker
Physical therapist Anders Braastad
Player logistic Thomas Skilbred
Player developer Flamur Kastrati
Equipment manager Nils Thomas Strømdal
Team coordinator Tore Andersen
Doctor Ola Stamnes

Honours

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2000 Tippeligaen 8 26 11 5 10 40 31 38 Winner
2001 Tippeligaen 6 26 12 6 8 50 40 42 Semi-final
2002 Tippeligaen 6 26 12 5 9 36 30 41 Final
2003 Tippeligaen 4 26 11 5 10 46 43 38 Third round
2004 Tippeligaen 8 26 9 8 9 47 44 35 Third round
2005 Tippeligaen 9 26 9 6 11 28 51 33 Quarter-final
2006 Tippeligaen 12 26 7 8 11 30 38 29 Third round
2007 Tippeligaen ↓ 12 26 8 3 15 33 43 27 Semi-final Relegated to the 1. divisjon
2008 1. divisjon ↑ 1 30 20 5 5 76 44 65 Semi-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen
2009 Tippeligaen 4 30 12 10 8 53 44 46 Semi-final
2010 Tippeligaen 5 30 12 10 8 48 41 46 Semi-final
2011 Tippeligaen 5 30 14 6 10 44 44 48 Fourth round
2012 Tippeligaen 10 30 11 7 12 40 43 39 Fourth round
2013 Tippeligaen 7 30 11 7 12 43 39 40 Fourth round
2014 Tippeligaen 3 30 17 7 6 52 32 58 Final
2015 Tippeligaen 4 30 15 10 5 61 41 55 Quarter-final
2016 Tippeligaen 3 30 15 6 9 44 35 51 Fourth round
2017 Eliteserien 6 30 12 6 12 27 39 42 Fourth round
2018 Eliteserien 9 30 11 7 12 39 38 40 Fourth round
2019 Eliteserien 4 30 15 7 8 45 40 52 Semi-final
2020 Eliteserien 7 30 13 4 13 52 51 43 Cancelled
2021 Eliteserien 13 30 8 9 13 44 58 33 Fourth round
2022 Eliteserien 5 30 13 6 11 43 45 45 Fourth round
2023 Eliteserien 10 30 10 8 12 42 44 38 Third round
2024 (in progress) Eliteserien ↓ 16 29 5 8 16 25 52 23 Third round

European record

Overview

As of 3 August 2017
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup 5 24 11 5 8 37 32 +5
Total 5 24 11 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
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 1R: First round
  • PO. Play-off round

Managers

References

  1. ^ dubious, dubious (7 May 2017). "Club of Pioneers" (in Norwegian). Odds Ballklubb. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Odd Grenland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Tollefsen, Morten (28 March 2007). "Litt om ODDS BALLKLUBB" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. ^ Saga, Else Jorunn (2 December 2009). "Pors ut av Grenland fotball" (in Norwegian). NRK. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Odd stryker Grenland fra klubbnavnet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Halfway-line Norwegian header set for record books". BBC Sport. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  7. ^ "A-laget" [First team squad] (in Norwegian). Odds BK. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Grenland