Odds BK
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| Full name | Odds Ballklubb | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Oddrane | ||
| Founded | 31 March 1894 | ||
| Ground | Skagerak Arena Skien | ||
| Capacity | 11,767 | ||
| Chairman | Trond Haukvik | ||
| Manager | Kenneth Dokken | ||
| League | Eliteserien | ||
| 2023 | Eliteserien, 10th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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 ] 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
Odd won the
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
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 30 March 2024[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For season transfers, see transfers winter 2022–23 and transfers summer 2023.
Out on loan
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| 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 |
Achievements
- Eliteserien:
- 1. divisjon:
- Winners (2): 2008
- Winners (2):
- Norwegian Football Cup:
Recent history
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P CupNotes 2000 Tippeligaen8 26 11 5 10 40 31 38 Winner 2001 Tippeligaen6 26 12 6 8 50 40 42 Semi-final 2002 Tippeligaen6 26 12 5 9 36 30 41 Final 2003 Tippeligaen4 26 11 5 10 46 43 38 Third round 2004 Tippeligaen8 26 9 8 9 47 44 35 Third round 2005 Tippeligaen9 26 9 6 11 28 51 33 Quarter-final 2006 Tippeligaen12 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. divisjon20081. divisjon↑ 1 30 20 5 5 76 44 65 Semi-final Promoted to the Tippeligaen2009 Tippeligaen4 30 12 10 8 53 44 46 Semi-final 2010 Tippeligaen5 30 12 10 8 48 41 46 Semi-final 2011 Tippeligaen5 30 14 6 10 44 44 48 Fourth round 2012 Tippeligaen10 30 11 7 12 40 43 39 Fourth round 2013 Tippeligaen7 30 11 7 12 43 39 40 Fourth round 2014 Tippeligaen3 30 17 7 6 52 32 58 Final 2015 Tippeligaen4 30 15 10 5 61 41 55 Quarter-final 2016 Tippeligaen3 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
European record
Overview
- As of 3 August 2017
| Competition | S | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 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 | |
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| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  Helsingborgs IF
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2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 (a) | 
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| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 2Q |  FK Ekranas
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3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 
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| 1R |  Feyenoord
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0–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
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| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  FC Sheriff Tiraspol
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3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
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| 2Q |  Shamrock Rovers
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2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
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| 3Q | Elfsborg
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1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
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| PO |  Borussia Dortmund
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3–4 | 2–7 | 5–11 |
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| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  IFK Mariehamn
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2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
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| 2Q |  PAS Giannina
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0–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
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| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Ballymena United
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3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
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| 2Q |  Vaduz
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1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
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| 3Q |  Dinamo Zagreb
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1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
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- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 1R: First round
- PO. Play-off round
Managers
- Lennart Söderberg (1983–84)
- Tore Andersen (1990)
- Paul Wilson (1991–93)
- Lars Borgar Waage (1994–97)
- Tom Nordlie (1998–99)
- Arne Sandstø (1 January 1999– 28 September 2007)
- Gaute Larsen (2005–07)
- Ove Flindt-Bjerg (28 September 2007 – 17 December 2007)
- Dag-Eilev Fagermo (17 December 2007 – 31 January 2020)
- Jan Frode Nornes (11 March 2020 – 8 January 2022)
- Pål Arne Johansen (24 January 2022 – 31 December 2023)
- Kenneth Dokken (16 January 2024 –)
References
- ^ dubious, dubious (7 May 2017). "Club of Pioneers" (in Norwegian). Odds Ballklubb. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archivedfrom the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Odd stryker Grenland fra klubbnavnet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "A-laget" [First team squad] (in Norwegian). Odds BK. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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