2008 Lillestrøm SK season

Lillestrøm
2008 season
Chairman	Per Mathisen
Head coach	Tom Nordlie ; (Until 29 May) ; Erland Johnsen (caretaker) ; (29 May - 21 October) ; Henning Berg ; (From 21 October)
Stadium	Åråsen Stadion
Tippeligaen	12th
Norwegian Cup	Second round vs Eidsvold Turn
UEFA Cup	2nd Qualifying Round vs Copenhagen
Top goalscorer	League: Olivier Occean (11); All: Olivier Occean (13)
Highest home attendance	11,464 vs Rosenborg; 26 October 2008
Lowest home attendance	7,014 vs Bodø/Glimt; 20 July 2008
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 season was Lillestrøm SK's 18th season in the Tippeligaen, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of Norwegian football.^[1]

Squad

As of 21 August 2008

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Finland FIN	Otto Fredrikson
2	DF	Norway NOR	Steinar Pedersen
4	DF	Norway NOR	Eirik Bertheussen
5	MF	Norway NOR	John Anders Bjørkøy
6	DF	Norway NOR	Ståle Stensaas
7	MF	Norway NOR	Espen Søgård
9	MF	Norway NOR	Vidar Riseth
10	MF	Norway NOR	Bjørn Helge Riise
11	FW	Norway NOR	Magnus Waade Myklebust
12	GK	Norway NOR	Lars Ivar Moldskred
13	DF	Norway NOR	Frode Kippe (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	Norway NOR	Simen Brenne
15	DF	Norway NOR	Marius Johnsen
17	FW	Norway NOR	Jon Midttun Lie
18	FW	Norway NOR	Arild Sundgot
19	FW	Somalia SOM	Ciise Aadan Abshir
20	MF	Austria AUT	Markus Kiesenebner
21	FW	Tunisia TUN	Karim Essediri
23	DF	Norway NOR	Pål Steffen Andresen
25	MF	Tunisia TUN	Khaled Mouelhi
27	FW	Israel ISR	Dan Alberto Fellus
30	FW	Canada CAN	Olivier Occean

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	Slovakia SVK	Martin Husár (on loan to Spartak Trnava)
16	MF	Iceland ISL	Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson (on loan to KR Reykjavik)
24	FW	Norway NOR	Tore Andreas Gundersen (on loan to Lyngby Boldklub)

Pre-season and friendlies

18 January 2008	Lillestrøm	4–0	HamKam	Lillestrøm
16:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 33' Mouelhi File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: LSK-Hallen Attendance: 621 Referee: Morten Høgberg

26 January 2008	Lillestrøm	2–2	Haugesund	Lillestrøm
13:00	Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Myklebust File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Report	Nygaard File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Gbandi File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Stadium: LSK-Hallen Attendance: 550 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

1 February 2008	Lillestrøm	1–2	Stabæk	Lillestrøm
16:00	Myklebust File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'	Report	Gunnarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Nannskog File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Stadium: LSK-Hallen Attendance: 700 Referee: Morten Høgberg

11 February 2008 La Manga Cup	Lillestrøm Norway	1–3	Russia Spartak Nalchik	La Manga, Spain
19:00	Arnarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Džudović File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Amisulashvili File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' (pen.) Felipe File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

14 February 2008 La Manga Cup	Lillestrøm Norway	1–1 (4–5 p)	Denmark Nordsjælland	La Manga, Spain
16:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		Lundberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Attendance: 120 Referee: Terje Hauge

18 February 2008 La Manga Cup	Lillestrøm Norway	2–2 (4–2 p)	Sweden Halmstad	La Manga, Spain
16:00	Kippe File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Report	Arvidsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Kujović File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Attendance: 130 Referee: Kjetil Sælen

22 February 2008	Lillestrøm Norway	2–2	Denmark Aalborg	La Manga, Spain
13:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 8.' Brenne File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report	Nilsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Enevoldsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Attendance: 50 Referee: Kjell Alseth

29 February 2008	Lillestrøm	2–2	Strømsgodset	Lillestrøm
16:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 22.' Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	Report	Andersson File:Soccerball shade.svg 12.' Ohr File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Stadium: LSK-Hallen Attendance: 447 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

8 March 2008	Viking	1–0	Lillestrøm	Klepp
13:00	Ijeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report		Stadium: Øksnevad Stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

14 March 2008	Molde	0–1	Lillestrøm	Molde
17:45		Report	Riise File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

19 March 2008	Algeciras Spain	1–3	Norway Lillestrøm	Algeciras, Spain
17:00	Angel File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'		Gundersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 73' Riise File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador Attendance: 100 Referee: Nicolas Fernandez Arjona (Spain)

23 March 2008	Lyn	1–1	Lillestrøm	Marbella, Spain
12:00	Bjarnason File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Marpafut Attendance: 50

21 June 2008	Kongsvinger	0–4	Lillestrøm	Kongsvinger
16:00		Report	Fellus File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Søgård File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 86'	Stadium: Gjemselund Stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Dag Roger Nebben

24 September 2008	Skjetten	2–3	Lillestrøm	Skjetten
	Grubisic File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (pen.) Hejazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'		Fellus File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Lie File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Stadium: Skjetten Stadion Attendance: 700 Referee: Geir Åge Holen

Competitions

Tippeligaen

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
26	7	7	12	30	40	−10	28	5	5	3	21	14	+7	2	2	9	9	26	−17

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L
Position	7	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	11	12	10	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2008. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

30 March 2008 1	Lillestrøm	1–1	Tromsø	Lillestrøm
18:00	Ramović File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (o.g.)	Report	Sequeira File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud

6 April 2008 2	Stabæk	4–2	Lillestrøm	Bærum
20:00	Andersson File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 44' Keller File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Alanzinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Mouelhi File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (pen.) Riseth File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 5,131 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

13 April 2008 3	Lillestrøm	0–3	Vålerenga	Lillestrøm
20:00		Report	Abdellaoue File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (64) M. Andresen File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 11,760 Referee: Terje Hauge

20 April 2008 4	Lillestrøm	1–1	Molde	Lillestrøm
18:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Report	Mota File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,526 Referee: Kjell Alseth

27 April 2008 5	Brann	2–1	Lillestrøm	Bergen
20:00	Einarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Demba-Nyrén File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 17,228 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

5 May 2008 6	Lillestrøm	2–0	Viking	Lillestrøm
19:00	Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Report		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,217 Referee: Espen Berntsen

16 May 2008 7	Rosenborg	4–0	Lillestrøm	Trondheim
18:00	Sapara File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Skjelbred File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Iversen File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Kone File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 21,921 Referee: Terje Hauge

25 May 2008 8	Lillestrøm	0–0	HamKam	Lillestrøm
18:00		Report		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,758 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen

2 June 2008 9	Bodø/Glimt	1–0	Lillestrøm	Bodø
19:00	Olsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report		Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

8 June 2008 10	Lillestrøm	3–0	Aalesund	Lillestrøm
16:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 80' Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 7,590 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

28 June 2008 11	Strømsgodset	2–1	Lillestrøm	Drammen
18:00	Winsnes File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Nystrøm File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,428 Referee: Terje Hauge

6 July 2008 12	Lillestrøm	1–2	Lyn	Lillestrøm
18:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'	Report	Hoff File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 8'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 7,334 Referee: Svein Erik Edvartsen

13 July 2008 13	Fredrikstad	4–0	Lillestrøm	Fredrikstad
18:00	Johannsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 44' Elyounoussi File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Barsom File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Report		Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 12,248 Referee: Terje Hauge

20 July 2008 14	Lillestrøm	3–0	Bodø/Glimt	Lillestrøm
18:00	Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 20' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'	Report		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 7,014 Referee: Kjetil Sælen

27 July 2008 15	HamKam	1–2	Lillestrøm	Hamar
18:00	Pasoja File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Report	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 40'	Stadium: Briskeby Gressbane Attendance: 5,444 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

3 August 2008 16	Lillestrøm	3–1	Strømsgodset	Lillestrøm
18:00	Bjørkøy File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Stensaas File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report	P. S. Andresen File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 7,884 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

10 August 2008 17	Lyn	1–0	Lillestrøm	Oslo
18:00	Hoff File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Kjell Alseth

24 August 2008 18	Viking	0–0	Lillestrøm	Stavanger
18:00		Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 15,014 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

1 September 2008 19	Lillestrøm	1–1	Stabæk	Lillestrøm
19:00	Brenne File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report	Alanzinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,635 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen

14 September 2008 20	Molde	1–1	Lillestrøm	Molde
18:00	Skjølsvik File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Report	Andreasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,151 Referee: Jonny Ditlefsen

22 September 2008 21	Lillestrøm	1–1	Brann	Lillestrøm
19:00	Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report	Einarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,750 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

27 September 2008 22	Tromsø	0–1	Lillestrøm	Tromsø
19:00		Report	Kippe File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 4,734 Referee: Kjetil Sælen

5 October 2008 23	Lillestrøm	1–2	Fredrikstad	Lillestrøm
18:00	Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report	Everton File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Johannsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 8,586 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

20 October 2008 24	Vålerenga	3–1	Lillestrøm	Oslo
19:00	Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (o.g.) Abdellaoue File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Sæternes File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report	Riseth File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 12,398 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

26 October 2008 25	Lillestrøm	4–2	Rosenborg	Lillestrøm
18:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 89' Myklebust File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Sundgot File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Strand File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Iversen File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 11,464 Referee: Terje Hauge

2 November 2008 26	Aalesund	3–0	Lillestrøm	Ålesund
18:00	Aarøy File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Kopteff File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Fredriksen File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report		Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 10,639 Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Vålerenga	26	8	6	12	31	37	−6	30	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Strømsgodset	26	8	5	13	33	44	−11	29
12	Lillestrøm	26	7	7	12	30	40	−10	28
13	Aalesund (O)	26	7	4	15	29	42	−13	25	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	HamKam (R)	26	5	6	15	22	50	−28	21	Relegation to First Division

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

Norwegian Cup

12 May 2008 First Round	Sandar	1–3	Lillestrøm	Sandefjord
18:00	Ellefsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report	Pedersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 39', 67'	Stadium: Vesterøya Idrettspark Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

5 June 2008 Second Round	Eidsvold Turn	1–0	Lillestrøm	Eidsvold
18:00	Fredrikson File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Myhrer Stadion Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Bjørn Hansen

UEFA Cup

Qualifying phase

14 August 2008 2nd qualifying round 1st leg	Copenhagen Denmark	3–1	Norway Lillestrøm	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00	Santin File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' JúniorFile:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Nordstrand File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Kippe File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 13,099 Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

28 August 2008 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg	Lillestrøm Norway	2–4 (3–7 agg.)	Denmark Copenhagen	Lillestrøm, Norway
19:00	Occean File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' BrenneFile:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Santin File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Hutchinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Júnior File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
2008-01-01	DF	Norway Steinar Pedersen	IK Start	Free Transfer
2008-01-01	MF	Norway Jon Midttun Lie	IK Start	Free Transfer
2008-01-01	DF	Norway Vidar Riseth	Rosenborg BK	Free Transfer
2008-01-01	FW	Somalia Ciise Aadan Abshir	-	Undisclosed
2008-03-07	MF	Norway John Anders Bjørkøy	Fredrikstad FK	4 mill NOK
2008-07-01	FW	Norway Israel Dan Alberto Fellus	Youth	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
2008-01-01	DF	Australia Shane Stefanutto	FC Lyn Oslo	Free Transfer
2008-01-01	FW	Norway Anders Rambekk	Odd Grenland	Free Transfer
2008-02-21	FW	Denmark Dan Anton Johansen	Released	Free Transfer
2008-03-06	FW	Norway Pål Strand	Ham-Kam	Free Transfer

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Name	From
2008-07-28	DF/MF	Norway Ståle Stensaas	FC Lyn Oslo

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
2008-07-10	DF/MF	Slovakia Martin Husár	Spartak Trnava
2008-03-10	MF	Iceland Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson	KR Reykjavík

References

↑ "Lillestrøm - Eliteserien, 2008". altomfotball.no. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[table_note_res_VIF0.43789907844639-2] Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

[1] "Lillestrøm - Eliteserien, 2008". altomfotball.no. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

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