The 2012 season was Molde's 5th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 36th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Ole Gunnar Solskjær's second season as the club's manager. Molde were defending champions in Tippeligaen and played through qualification for UEFA Champions League. Molde entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they eliminated Ventspils before and facing Basel of Switzerland in the third qualifying round. They lost 1–2 on aggregate and were knocked out, dropping down into the Play off round of the UEFA Europa League. Molde successfully defended their title on 11 November 2012, when they beat Hønefoss 1–0, whilst their closest title challengers, Strømsgodset lost 2–1 away to Sandnes Ulf.
Transfers In Date Position Number Nationality Name From Fee 1 January 2012 DF 14 Martin Linnes Kongsvinger Free 1 January 2012 GK 40 Ola Hermann Opheim Steinkjer Unknown 1 January 2012 DF 35 Victor Johansen Vålerenga Unknown 6 January 2012 DF 6 Even Hovland Sogndal 8 million NOK 16 February 2012 MF 17 Emmanuel Ekpo Columbus Crew Free 30 July 2012 MF 16 Etzaz Hussain Fredrikstad 3 Million NOK 12 August 2012 DF 24 Magnar Ødegaard Sarpsborg 08 Undisclosed Linnes' move was announced on 31 August 2011 and finalised on 1 January 2012.
Out Date Position Number Nationality Name To Fee 1 January 2012 GK 12 Knut Dørum LillebakkRetired 1 January 2012 DF 14 Christian SteenRetired 1 January 2012 FW 19 José Mota Busan I'Park Free 1 January 2012 DF 24 Torjus AalandReleased 14 January 2012 MF 4 Thomas Holm Fredrikstad Free 1 August 2012 GK 26 Elias Valderhaug Kongsvinger Unknown 1 August 2012 MF 8 Makhtar Thioune Viking 2 million NOK 31 August 2012 FW 19 Vini Dantas Bodø/Glimt
Loan in Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From 23 August 2012 End of season FW Pape Paté Diouf Copenhagen
Loan out Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To 9 January 2012 31 July 2012 MF Makhtar Thioune Karlsruher SC 13 January 2012 31 December 2012 DF Krister Wemberg Bodø/Glimt 7 March 2012 31 December 2012 DF Sean Cunningham Stabæk 28 March 2012 31 December 2012 MF Pål Erik Ulvestad Kristiansund 12 April 2012 31 July 2012 GK Elias Valderhaug Start 1 August 2012 31 December 2012 MF Zlatko Tripić Fredrikstad 1 August 2012 31 December 2012 MF Simon Markeng Kristiansund
Coaching staff ManagerOle Gunnar SolskjærCoachMark DempseyGoalkeeper coachRichard Hartis
Pre-season and friendlies Friendlies
Copa del Sol
Competitions Tippeligaen
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Norwegian Cup
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying phase
UEFA Europa League
Play-off round
Group stage
Notes Note 1: Steaua București played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest.
Squad statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from Molde on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Molde no longer at the club:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameTippeligaenNorwegian CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW 20Davy Claude Angan 13 6 2 1 222 FW 11Jo Inge Berget 8 2 1 2 133 FW 27Daniel Chima Chukwu 7 1 0 3 114 MF 22Joshua Gatt 6 0 0 0 65 MF 10Magne Hoseth 3 2 0 0 56 FW 9 Mattias Moström 4 0 0 1 57 MF 7 Magnus Wolff Eikrem 0 1 1 1 3MF 29Pape Paté Diouf 1 0 0 2 39 MF 16Etzaz Hussain 2 0 0 0 2MF 15Magnus Stamnestrø 0 2 0 0 2MF 4 Even Hovland 1 1 0 0 2DF 5 Vegard Forren 1 0 1 0 2MF 6 Daniel Berg Hestad 2 0 0 0 214 FW 14Martin Linnes 1 0 0 0 1DF 18Magne Simonsen 1 0 0 0 1FW 33Vini Dantas 0 1 0 0 1TOTALS51 16 5 9 81
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameTippeligaenNorwegian CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal2 DF Kristoffer Paulsen Vatshaug 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04 DF Even Hovland 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 05 DF Vegard Forren 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 06 DF Daniel Berg Hestad 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07 MF Magnus Wolff Eikrem 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 09 FW Mattias Moström 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 010 MF Magne Hoseth 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 011 FW Jo Inge Berget 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 014 MF Martin Linnes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 016 MF Etzaz Hussain 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 017 MF Emmanuel Ekpo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 018 DF Magne Simonsen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 020 FW Davy Claude Angan 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 122 MF Josh Gatt 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 023 DF Knut Olav Rindarøy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 024 DF Magnar Ødegaard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 027 FW Daniel Chima Chukwu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 029 MF Pape Paté Diouf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 030 MF Zlatko Tripić 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 032 MF Abdou Karim Camara 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0TOTALS350703190541
See also Molde FK seasons
References