Strømsgodset Toppfotball

{{Short description|Norwegian professional football club}}

{{More citations needed|date=January 2022}}

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| clubname = Strømsgodset

| image = Strømsgodset IF logo.svg

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| fullname = Strømsgodset Toppfotball

| nickname = Godset

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1907|2|10}}

| ground = Marienlyst Stadion

| capacity = 8,935

| chairman = Ann Sire Fjerdingstad

| mgrtitle = Manager(s)

| manager = Jørgen Isnes

| league = Eliteserien

| season = 2024

| position = Eliteserien, 7th

| website = {{URL|https://www.godset.no}}

| current = 2024 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season

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Strømsgodset Toppfotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Gulskogen, Drammen, competing in the Eliteserien. It is part of the multi-sports club Strømsgodset IF, founded on February 10, 1907.

The football team rose to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s,{{cite web |last1=Historien om Strømsgodset |title=Fra Rødgata til Gamle gress |url=http://ntf-sif.enonic.cloud/om-klubben/historien-om-stromsgodset |access-date=31 May 2023 |website=Strømsgodset official website |language=nb-no}} led by young striker Steinar Pettersen and his teammates, known as the "Rødgata Boys" (named after their street in Drammen). They climbed from the fourth tier to the top flight in a few years, winning the league title in 1970 and the Norwegian Cup in 1969, 1970, and 1973.

The following decades were challenging, with the club even dropping to the third tier in 1986. This setback marked a turning point, and they returned to the top flight in 1989. In 1991, they won their fourth Norwegian Cup, but the 1990s remained turbulent with promotions and relegations, including winning a bronze medal in 1997 despite losing the cup final the same year

By 2005, financial troubles almost led to bankruptcy. However, local investors stepped in, sparking a new era of success. Strømsgodset returned to Tippeligaen, won the Norwegian Cup in 2010, and steadily improved. After finishing second in 2012, they secured their second league title in 2013.

Home ground

{{Main|Marienlyst Stadion}}

File:Fyrverkeri over marienlyst (8200114631).jpg

Strømsgodset Toppfotball play their home games at Marienlyst Stadion. The stadium has been rebuilt several times, most recently with a new south end ("Klokkesvingen") in 2014. There, safe standing (rail seats) was installed, which increased the capacity to 8,935 in matches where standing supporters are allowed. Safe standing has also been installed in the north end. When an all-seating stadium is required, the capacity is 8,060.

Record attendance for the club is 16,687 against Rosenborg BK in 1969.{{cite news |url=http://dt.no/sport/mjondalen-har-rekorden-pa-gamle-gress-1.7410293 |language=no |title=Mjøndalen har rekorden på "Gamle Gress" |publisher=Drammens Tidende |first=Børre Ivar |last=Lie |date=21 June 2012 |access-date=27 February 2013}} However, local rivals Mjøndalen holds the all-time record from a Cup semi final tie versus Viking in 1949, by approximately another thousand.

The stadium often goes under the name of "Gamle Gress" (meaning "Old turf")

Field measurements are 106 m x 68 m.

The turf has now been replaced with an artificial grass surface.

Marienlyst Stadium has frequently been used in Norway U21 International matches, and on 16 October 2012 when Norway U21 beat France U21 5–3 at Marienlyst and qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, after France won 1–0 in the first play-off match.{{cite web|title=Norge klar for U21-EM|date=16 October 2012 |url=http://www.nrk.no/sport/fotball/1.8360806|publisher=NRK|access-date=25 June 2015}}

Honours

Strømsgodset in Europe

class="wikitable"
Season

! Competition

! Round

! Opponents

! Home

! Away

! Aggregate

1970–71

| European Cup Winners' Cup

| 1R

| {{flagicon|France}} Nantes

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–5

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 3–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 3–7

1971–72

| European Cup

| 1R

| {{flagicon|England}} Arsenal

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–3

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–4

| style="text-align:center;"| 1–7

1973–74

| UEFA Cup

| 1R

| {{flagicon|England}} Leeds United

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 1–1

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–6

| style="text-align:center;"| 2–7

1974–75

| European Cup Winners' Cup

| 1R

| {{flagicon|England}} Liverpool

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–1

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–11

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–12

1992–93

| European Cup Winners' Cup

| QR

| {{flagicon|Israel}} Hapoel Petah Tikva

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–4

rowspan="2"| 1998–99

| rowspan="2"| UEFA Cup

| 2Q

| {{flagicon|Israel}} Hapoel Tel Aviv

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0 {{aet}}

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–1

| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 {{pso|4–2}}

1R

| {{flagicon|England}} Aston Villa

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–3

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 2–3

| style="text-align:center;"| 2–6

2011–12

| UEFA Europa League

| 3Q

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Atlético Madrid

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 1–4

rowspan="2"| 2013–14

| rowspan="2"| UEFA Europa League

| 2Q

| {{flagicon|Hungary}} Debreceni VSC

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 2–2

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 3–0

| style="text-align:center;"| 5–2

3Q

| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} FK Jablonec

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–3

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 2–5

2014–15

| UEFA Champions League

| 2Q

| {{flagicon|Romania}} Steaua București

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–1

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–3

rowspan="3"| 2015–16

| rowspan="3"| UEFA Europa League

| 1Q

| {{flagicon|Albania}} FK Partizani

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 3–1

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

| style="text-align:center;"| 4–1

2Q

| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Mladá Boleslav

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–1

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 2–1

| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2 (a)

3Q

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Hajduk Split

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–4

rowspan="1"| 2016–17

| rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League

| 2Q

| {{flagicon|Denmark}} SønderjyskE

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 2–2 {{aet}}

| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–2

| style="text-align:center;"| 3–4

Recent history

:

class="wikitable"

! Season

!

! Pos.

! Pl.

! W

! D

! L

! GS

! GA

! P

!Cup

!Notes

2009

|Tippeligaen

|align=right |12

|align=right|30

align=right|10align=right|6align=right|14

|align=right|40

align=right|42align=right|36Second round
2010

|Tippeligaen

|align=right |7

|align=right|30

align=right|13align=right|4align=right|13

|align=right|51

align=right|59align=right|43

|bgcolor=gold|Winner

|

2011

|Tippeligaen

|align=right |8

|align=right|30

align=right|12align=right|9align=right|9

|align=right|44

align=right|43align=right|45Fourth round

|

2012

|Tippeligaen

|align=right bgcolor=silver|2

|align=right|30

align=right|17align=right|7align=right|6

|align=right|62

align=right|40align=right|58Quarter-final

|

2013

|Tippeligaen

|align=right bgcolor=gold|1

|align=right|30

align=right|19align=right|6align=right|5

|align=right|66

align=right|26align=right|63Second round

|

2014

|Tippeligaen

|align=right|4

|align=right|30

align=right|15align=right|5align=right|10

|align=right|48

align=right|42align=right|50Third round
2015

|Tippeligaen

|align=right bgcolor=silver|2

|align=right|30

align=right|17align=right|6align=right|7

|align=right|67

align=right|44align=right|57Third round
2016

|Tippeligaen

|align=right |7

|align=right|30

align=right|12align=right|8align=right|10

|align=right|44

align=right|40align=right|44Semi-Final
2017

|Eliteserien

|align=right |4

|align=right|30

align=right|14align=right|8align=right|8

|align=right|45

align=right|37align=right|50Third round
2018

|Eliteserien

|align=right |13

|align=right|30

align=right|7align=right|10align=right|13

|align=right|46

align=right|48align=right|31

|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up

2019

|Eliteserien

|align=right |11

|align=right|30

align=right|8align=right|8align=right|14

|align=right|41

align=right|54align=right|32Third round
2020

|Eliteserien

|align=right |13

|align=right|30

align=right|7align=right|10align=right|13

|align=right|41

align=right|57align=right|31Cancelled
2021

|Eliteserien

|align=right |9

|align=right|30

align=right|9align=right|9align=right|12

|align=right|43

align=right|43align=right|36Semi-final

|

2022

|Eliteserien

|align=right |12

|align=right|30

align=right|9align=right|6align=right|15

|align=right|44

align=right|55align=right|33Second round

|

2023

|Eliteserien

|align=right |7

|align=right|30

align=right|13align=right|3align=right|14

|align=right|37

align=right|35align=right|42Fourth round

|

2024

|Eliteserien

|align=right |7

|align=right|30

align=right|10align=right|8align=right|12

|align=right|32

align=right|40align=right|38Fourth round

|

{{cite web |url=http://www.nifs.no |title=Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk |language=no }}

Players and staff

= First team squad =

{{updated|26 February 2025}}{{cite web|title=A-laget spillere|url=http://www.godset.no/lag|website=www.godset.no|publisher=Strømsgodset Toppfotball|access-date=22 July 2023}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=NOR|name=Per Kristian Bråtveit|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=NOR|name=Sivert Westerlund|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=NOR|name=Bent Sørmo|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=NOR|name=Samuel Silalahi|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=SWE|name=Nikolaj Möller|pos=FW|other=on loan from St. Gallen}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=KOS|name=Kreshnik Krasniqi|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=NOR|name=Elias Melkersen|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=NOR|name=Herman Stengel|pos=MF|other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=NOR|name=Jostein Ekeland|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=NOR|name=Simo Lampinen-Skaug|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=NOR|name=Ole Enersen|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=NOR|name=Andreas Heredia-Randen|pos=MF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=NOR|name=Fredrik Ardraa|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ISL|name=Logi Tómasson|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=IRQ|name=Marko Farji|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=NOR|name=Jonas Therkelsen|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=NOR|name=Eirik Ulland Andersen|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=NOR|name=Eirik Holmen Johansen|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=NOR|name=Jesper Taaje|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=NOR|name=Lars-Christopher Vilsvik|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=NOR|name=Fredrik Kristensen Dahl|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=71|nat=NOR|name=Gustav Valsvik|pos=DF|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=NOR|name=Marcus Mehnert|pos=FW}}

{{Fs end}}

{{For-text|season transfers|transfers winter 2024–25 and transfers summer 2024}}

= Out on loan =

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=NOR|name=Frank Stople|pos=GK|other=at Östersund until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs end}}

=Coaching staff=

{{updated|7 May 2023}}

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|Head coach

Jørgen Isnes
Assistant coachBørre Steenslid
Didrik Bjella
Fitness coachSimen Haukås
Goalkeeping coachOnar Nymoen
Player developerKjetil Lundebakken
PhysioTom Arild Wike
PhysioErik Walcott
PhysioFilip Snincák
DoctorErik Dag Knudsen

=Administrative staff=

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|Chairman

Ann Sire Fjerdingstad
Managing directorMagne Jordan Nilsen
Sports directorJostein Flo

Head coaches

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References

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