The 2020 season was Sandefjord's first season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation to the 1. divisjon at the end of the 2018 season.
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.
On 28 November, Sandefjord's match against Odd on 29 November was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.8 January 2020FWSivert GussiåsMoldeUndisclosed16 January 2020MFKristoffer Normann HansenUll/KisaUndisclosed10 March 2020MFZé EduardoWilUndisclosed13 January 2020MFErik BrendenLillestrømUndisclosed18 June 2020FWMarcos CelorrioReal Sociedad BUndisclosed25 June 2020DFMartin KreuzrieglerBlau-Weiß LinzUndislcosed10 September 2020FWDeyver VegaVålerengaFree15 September 2020DFMats HaakenstadKuPSUndisclosed18 September 2020MFHarmeet SinghHJKFree
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.10 January 2020MFMohamed OfkirSarpsborg 08Undisclosed13 January 2020MFOle BreistølUll/KisaUndisclosed17 January 2020FWPontus EngblomGIF SundsvallUndisclosed16 February 2020GKWalter ViitalaSJKUndisclosed27 May 2020DFMarius HøibråtenBodø/GlimtUndisclosed
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date4 November 2019MFHåvard StorbækRetired5 November 2019MFErik MjeldeRetired31 December 2019MFTito 31 December 2019MFJakob Dunsby
Friendlies
Competitions Eliteserien
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Norwegian Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from Sandefjord on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left Sandefjord during the season
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 FW9 Sivert Gussiås707FW10Rufo7073 DF3 Marc Vales3034 MF24Harmeet Singh202DF23Viðar Jónsson202MF11Kristoffer Normann Hansen2027 FW2 Lars Grorud101FW7 Marcos Celorrio101DF17Sander Moen Foss101MF15Erik Brenden101DF13Lars Markmanrud101DF5 Martin Kreuzriegler101FW22Deyver Vega101 Own goal101TOTALS31031
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal1 GK1 Jacob Storevik909TOTALS909
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal2 DFLars Grorud5000503 DFMarc Vales5000504 MFEnric Vallès3000305 DFMartin Kreuzriegler4100416 MFEmil Pálsson8100817 FWMarcos Celorrio1000109 FWSivert Gussiås20002010FWRufo50005011MFKristoffer Hansen30003012DFMats Haakenstad20002013DFLars Markmanrud10001015MFErik Brenden40004016MFSander Risan30003017DFSander Moen Foss10001018MFWilliam Kurtovic30003019DFBrice Wembangomo20002020FWGeorge Gibson10001021DFAnton Kralj20002022FWDeyver Vega30003023DFViðar Jónsson50005024MFHarmeet Singh21002131MFPeder Meen Johansen100010Players who left Sandefjord during the season:TOTALS66300663
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