2025 Sandefjord Fotball season

Sandefjord
2025 season
ManagerAndreas Tegström
StadiumJotun Arena
Eliteserien5th
Norwegian Football CupFirst round
All statistics correct as of 9 December 2025.

The 2025 season was the 27th season in the history of Sandefjord Fotball and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club ended up with their best ever position in the Eliteserien, finishing at 5th place. They got knocked out of the 2025 Cup against Sarpsborg 08 in the third round[1], and they crashed out in the first round of the newly refurbished 2025-26 Cup.[2]

Current squad

As of 9 December 2025[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NOR Alf Lukas Grønneberg
2 DF  SWE Zinedin Smajlović
3 DF  NOR Vetle Walle Egeli
4 DF  NOR Fredrik Carson Pedersen
5 DF  NOR Aleksander van der Spa
6 MF  NOR Sander Risan Mørk
7 FW  BEL Evangelos Patoulidis
8 MF  SWE Robin Dzabic
9 FW  NOR Jacob Hanstad
10 MF  SUI Loris Mettler
12 GK  BIH Alem Omerinović
13 GK  FIN Carljohan Eriksson (on loan from Sarpsborg 08)
14 MF  NOR Edvard Sundbø Pettersen
15 MF  KOS Blerton Isufi (on loan from Molde)
17 DF  NOR Christopher Cheng
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  SWE Filip Ottosson
19 FW  NOR Bendik Berntsen
20 MF  NOR Marcus Melchior
21 MF  NOR Jakob Swift
22 DF  NOR Martin Gjone
23 FW  ISL Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson
24 FW  NOR Sebastian Holm Mathisen
26 DF  NOR Filip Loftesnes-Bjune
27 FW  NOR Jakob Dunsby (captain)
28 DF  NOR Theodor Agelin
30 GK  SYR Elias Hadaya (vice-captain)
31 DF  NOR Henrik Skretteberg
32 MF  NOR Kristoffer Halvorsen
47 DF  NOR Stian Kristiansen

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 FW  NOR Storm Bugge Pettersen (at Eik Tønsberg until 31 December 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
43 FW  SWE Elias Jemal (at Start until 31 December 2025)

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2024–25

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025

Friendlies

Pre-season

18 January 2025 Friendly Sandefjord 8–1 Arendal Sandefjord
14:00
Report
  • Victorio 18'
 Stadium: Jotun Arena
25 January 2025 Friendly Sandefjord 3–3 Eik Tønsberg
13:00 Report
31 January 2025 Friendly Sandefjord 5–2 Moss
13:00
7 February 2025 Friendly IF Elfsborg 2–1 Fredrikstad
17:00
15 February 2025 Friendly Sandefjord 2–2 Fredrikstad Sandefjord
14:00
  • Elias Jemal 17'
  • Darrell Tibell 43'
 Report
  • Stian Stray Molde 21'
  • Benjamin Faraas 67'
 Stadium: Jotun Arena
22 February 2025 Friendly Stabæk 2–4 Sandefjord Spain
15:00 Report
27 February 2025 Friendly Stabæk 1–3 Sandefjord Spain
15:00 Report
15 March 2025 Friendly Sandefjord 1–0 KFUM
13:00
23 March 2025 Friendly Odd 0–2 Sandefjord
15:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eliteserien 30 March 2025 30 November 2025 Matchday 1 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 033.33
Norwegian Football Cup 13 April 2025 First round 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
Total 4 2 0 2 10 6 +4 050.00

Last updated: 21 April 2025
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2025 Eliteserien

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Tromsø 30 18 3 9 50 36 +14 57 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Brann 30 17 5 8 55 46 +9 56 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Sandefjord 30 15 3 12 55 42 +13 48
6 Vålerenga 30 13 4 13 49 50 −1 43
7 Rosenborg 30 11 9 10 45 42 +3 42
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.[30]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 1 0 1 5 6  −1 3 1 0 0 3 0  +3 0 0 1 2 6  −4

Last updated: 21 April 2025.
Source:

Results by round

Round123
GroundAHA
ResultLWL
Position13
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was announced on 20 December 2024.[31]

30 March 2025 1 KFUM 3–1 Sandefjord Oslo
17:00 UTC+1
Stadium: KFUM Arena
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Christian Moen
6 April 2025 2 Sandefjord 3–0 Molde Sandefjord
17:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Jotun Arena
Attendance: 4,640
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
21 April 2025 3 Fredrikstad 3–1 Sandefjord Fredrikstad
17:00
4 May 2025 5 Tromsø 0–1 Sandefjord Tromsø
17:00

Norwegian Football Cup

Main article: 2025 Norwegian Football Cup
13 April 2025 First round Teie IF 0–5 Sandefjord
16:00

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