The 2020 season was Vålerenga's nineteenth season in the Eliteserien since their promotion in 2001.
Season events Prior to the start of the season, Osame Sahraoui, Brage Skaret and Brede Sandmoen were promoted from the youth team.
On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo was appointed as Vålerenga's manager after Ronny Deila had left for New York City earlier in the month.
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 8 June, Fredrik Holmé was promoted to the Vålerenga first team.
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.14 February 2020MFFredrik JensenZulte WaregemUndisclosed23 June 2020FWBenjamin StokkeRandersUndisclosed28 August 2020FWViðar Örn KjartanssonRostovUndisclosed8 September 2020MFHenrik BjørdalZulte WaregemUndisclosed
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.14 January 2020FWFitim AzemiStabæk/GrorudUndisclosed18 January 2020MFSamúel FriðjónssonPaderbornUndisclosed21 January 2020DFLeo CornicGrorudUndisclosed16 March 2020MFErik IsraelssonKalmarUndisclosed1 October 2020FWPeter Godly MichaelSogndalUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name to Date to Ref.16 February 2020MFSakarias OpsahlTromsøEnd of season3 March 2020MFMohammed AbuD.C. UnitedEnd of season1 June 2020MFBrede SandmoenStrømmenEnd of season26 June 2020FWPeter Godly MichaelØygarden1 October 2020
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date28 December 2019DFPierre KanstrupSønderjyskE28 December 2019DFEfraín JuárezRetired9 January 202028 December 2019MFMohammed Fellah 31 December 2019DFMarkus NakkimMjøndalen3 August 2020GKAdam Larsen Kwarasey 8 September 2020FWDeyver VegaSandefjord10 September 2020
Competitions Eliteserien
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Norwegian Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from Vålerenga on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left Vålerenga during the season
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 FW24Viðar Kjartansson9092 FW11Bård Finne808MF9 Aron Dønnum8084 FW10Matthías Vilhjálmsson6065 MF26Osame Sahraoui4046 FW20Benjamin Stokke303MF7 Henrik Bjørdal3038 MF6 Herolind Shala202DF22Ivan Näsberg202 Own goal20211FW7 Deyver Vega101MF14Fredrik Jensen101DF2 Christian Borchgrevink101FW15Odin Holm101TOTALS51051
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GK13Kristoffer Klaesson9092 GK1 Kjetil Haug101TOTALS10010
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GKKjetil Haug1000102 DFChristian Borchgrevink5000503 DFJohan Bjørdal3000304 DFJonatan Tollås2000206 MFHerolind Shala5100518 MFMagnus Lekven3000309 MFAron Dønnum50005010FWMatthías Vilhjálmsson20002013GKKristoffer Klaesson31003114MFFredrik Jensen30003015FWOdin Holm10001017MFOusmane Camara10001020FWBenjamin Stokke10001022DFIvan Näsberg30003023MFFelix Myhre40004025DFSam Adekugbe31003126MFOsame Sahraoui100010Players who left Vålerenga during the season:TOTALS46300463
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