2025 Vålerenga Fotball season

Vålerenga
2025 season
Chairman	Thor Gjermund Eriksen
Manager	Geir Bakke
Stadium	Intility Arena
Eliteserien	6th
2025 Norwegian Cup	First round
2025–26 Norwegian Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Elias Sørensen (12); All: ; Elias Sørensen (12)
Average home league attendance	10,285
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 season was Vålerenga Fotball's 112th season in existence and marks their return to the top flight of Norwegian football following promotion in 2024. In addition to the domestic league, Vålerenga Fotball participated in both the 2025 and 2025–26 editions of the Norwegian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Noah Pallas	HJK Helsinki	Undisclosed	30 January 2025
FW	Elias Sørensen	Portsmouth	€300,000	30 January 2025
DF	Kevin Tshiembe	Brøndby		12 February 2025	^[2]
DF	Håkon Sjåtil	Kristiansund BK		18 February 2025	^[3]
DF	Vinícius Nogueira	Halmstads BK	Loan	28 March 2025	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Jones El-Abdellaoui	Celta Vigo	Undisclosed	8 January 2025	^[5]
GK	Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen	Start	Undisclosed	17 February 2025	^[6]
DF	Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen	Aalesund	Undisclosed	4 March 2025	^[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 January 2025 Friendly	Ibarra	1–4	Vålerenga	Tenerife, Spain
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sergio Tonini	Report	Bjørdal Sørensen Onyebuchi	Stadium: Tenerife Top Training

1 February 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	1–0	Sarpsborg 08	Oslo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lange 90'	Report		Stadium: Vallhall Arena

8 February 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	5–2	Skeid	Oslo
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brajanac 34', 52' Bjørdal 39' Rijks 79', 90+3'	Report	Diallo Toure 84' Rise 88'	Stadium: Vallhall Arena

22 February 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	3–1	Viking	Marbella, Spain
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brajanac 33', 58' Sørensen 55' Otu 88'	Report	Bell 52'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

3 March 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	1–1	FH Hafnarfjarðar	Marbella, Spain
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sørensen 37'		Sverrisson 53'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

7 March 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	0–1	Strømsgodset	Oslo
12:00 CET (UTC+1)			Melkersen 83'	Stadium: Intility Arena

15 March 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	1–4	Tromsø	Oslo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hagen 78'		Hjertø-Dahl 45+1' Erlien 59' Antonsen 74' Braut 89'	Stadium: Intility Arena

22 March 2025 Friendly	Brann	2–1	Vålerenga	Bergen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soltvedt 9' Heggebø 76'		Thorvaldsen 43'	Stadium: Åsane Arena

13 June 2025 Friendly	Vålerenga	4–1	Sarpsborg 08	Oslo
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørensen 39', 42' Brajanac 58' Pallas 61'		Karlsbakk 37'	Stadium: Intility Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eliteserien	30 March 2025	30 November 2025	Matchday 1	6th	30	13	4	13	49	50	−1	043.33
2025 Norwegian Cup	13 April 2025		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
2025–26 Norwegian Cup	23 September 2025		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					32	13	5	14	51	53	−2	040.63

Last updated: 30 November 2025
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
8	Fredrikstad	30	11	9	10	38	35	+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.^[8]

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
30	13	4	13	49	50	−1	43	9	3	3	31	18	+13	4	1	10	18	32	−14

Last updated: 30 November 2025.
Source: NFF

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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position	2	3	8	7	9	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	12	9	10	10	11	10	9	6	7	7	9	7	9	6	5	7	6	6

Source: NFF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was announced on 20 December 2024.^[9]

30 March 2025 1	Vålerenga	3–1	Viking	Oslo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brajanac 40' Sørensen 41', 50' Bjørdal 66', 80' Lange 83'	Report	Heggheim 5' Tripić 34' Roseth 50' 57' Rafn Mikaelsson 63'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 14,859 Referee: Rohit Saggi

6 April 2025 2	Sarpsborg 08	1–1	Vålerenga	Sarpsborg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Christiansen 66' Carstensen 77' Sandberg 90'	Report	Sørensen 23' Bech Riisnæs 45+1'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 7,223 Referee: Marius Lien

9 April 2025 17	Fredrikstad	2–0	Vålerenga	Fredrikstad
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fall 17', 39' Woledzi 72' Holten 76' (pen.)	Report	Bjørdal 43' Rijks 59' Riisnæs 90+4'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 10,010 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta
Note: The match was rescheduled due to Fredrikstad's participation in the qualifying rounds of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League.^[10]

21 April 2025 3	Vålerenga	0–2	Rosenborg	Oslo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambina 37'	Report	Broholm 2', 88' Konradsen Ceïde 65' Pereira 70'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 16,556 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

27 April 2025 4	Kristiansund	0–2	Vålerenga	Kristiansund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Isah 33'	Report	Vinícius 6', 72' Lange 11' Ambina 30' Sørensen 90+4'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,181 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

3 May 2025 5	Vålerenga	2–4	Brann	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brajanac 48' Vinícius 52' Riisnæs 53' Strand 75'	Report	Kornvig 4', 33' Gudmundsson 36' Pallesen Knudsen 39' Helland 72' Sande 81' Heggebø 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 16,556 Referee: Tore Hansen

11 May 2025 6	Sandefjord	2–1	Vålerenga	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sigurðarson 34' Melchior 76' Patoulidis 82'	Report	Riisnæs 21' 63' Ambina 39' Tshiembe 83'	Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 6,011 Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug

16 May 2025 7	Vålerenga	1–1	HamKam	Oslo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lange 8' Hedenstad 21' Sørensen 33' Tshiembe 90+1'	Report	Lien 29', 32' Sjølstad 34' Ekeroth 41'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

26 May 2025 8	KFUM	0–1	Vålerenga	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kristensen 18' Hestnes 40' Hoseth 54' Aleesami 72'	Report	Thorvaldsen 54', 64' Kiil Olsen 88'	Stadium: KFUM Arena Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

31 May 2025 9	Tromsø	2–1	Vålerenga	Tromsø
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Edvardsson 22', 52' Skjærvik 66' Erlien 68' Kinteh 71'	Report	Vinícius 54' Ambina 63' Sørensen 67'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

22 June 2025 10	Vålerenga	2–3	Molde	Oslo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorvaldsen 23' Ambina 42' Lange 60'	Report	Eikrem 7' Stenevik 52' Enggård 58' Daga 80' Gulbrandsen 84' Breivik 90+4'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 13,592 Referee: Tore Hansen

29 June 2025 11	Strømsgodset	0–2	Vålerenga	Drammen
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rijks 39' Strand 46'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 6,521 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

5 July 2025 12	Vålerenga	1–1	Fredrikstad	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strand 45'	Report	Shein 4' Owusu 26' Eid 38' Metcalfe 89'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 10,563 Referee: Daniel Higraff

13 July 2025 13	Bryne	1–0	Vålerenga	Bryne
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bojadzic 72' Scriven 76', 90'	Report	Sjåtil 33'	Stadium: Bryne Stadion Attendance: 2,598 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

20 July 2025 14	Vålerenga	3–0	Haugesund	Oslo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambina 64' Sørensen 84', 90+1' Brajanac 90+7'	Report	Nyhammer 57' Leite 63' Dia 77'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 8,619 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

26 July 2025 15	Bodø/Glimt	7–2	Vålerenga	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saltnes 4' Määttä 25' Hauge 49' Høgh 61' Bjørtuft 72' Fet 78' Berg 87'	Report	Grundetjern 7' Kiil Olsen 52'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 7,677 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

3 August 2025 16	Vålerenga	2–1	Sandefjord	Oslo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grundetjern 53' Sørensen 81'	Report	Cheng 83' Mettler 90+3' (pen.) Pedersen 90+4'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 10,398 Referee: Rohit Saggi

17 August 2025 18	Vålerenga	4–0	Sarpsborg 08	Oslo
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørensen 18', 42' Ambina 50' Vinícius 75' Ofkir 77'	Report	Koch 46' Ødegaard 74'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 9,638 Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug

24 August 2025 19	Haugesund	2–3	Vålerenga	Haugesund
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kukleci 11' Rohd 27' Niyukuri 57' Grindhaug 77' Alvsaker 90+1'	Report	Hagen 33' (pen.), 50' Bjørdal 66' Sørensen 68', 71'	Stadium: Haugesund Sparebank Arena Attendance: 3,626 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

30 August 2025 20	Vålerenga	3–2	Bryne	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bjørdal 3' Sørensen 8' (pen.) Thorvaldsen 29' Vinícius 45+1' Ambina 50'	Report	Thornes 45+7' Åsen Larsen 52', 52' Håland 57' Sødal 79'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Moen

13 September 2025 21	Brann	3–2	Vålerenga	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mathisen 14' Pallesen Knudsen 53' Horn Myhre 57' Magnússon 66', 67' Sørensen 69' Holm 72'	Report	Thorvaldsen 9', 9' Sørensen 47' Tshiembe 90' Bjørdal 90+3'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 17,176 Referee: Rohit Saggi

20 September 2025 22	Vålerenga	1–1	KFUM	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vinícius 61' Hedvall 62' Thorvaldsen 90+8'	Report	Sandal 34', 63' (pen.) M. Njie 56' B. Njie 57' Hjorth 66'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 13,479 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

28 September 2025 23	Molde	4–1	Vålerenga	Molde
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Hestad 12' Eikrem 45+5' Abdullai 52' Stenevik 87' (pen.) Kasanwirjo 88'	Report	Ambina 36' Tshiembe 88'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 5,763 Referee: Marius Lien

4 October 2025 24	Vålerenga	1–0	Tromsø	Oslo
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hedvall 63' Strand 70' Lange 75' Sjåtil 77' Meliga 80' Ofkir 88'	Report	Cornic 90+2'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 8,423 Referee: Daniel Higraff

19 October 2025 25	HamKam	2–1	Vålerenga	Hamar
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strand Nilsen 8' Lien 22' Osnes-Ringen 41' Ekeroth 52' Ibrahimaj 77'	Report	Grundetjern 59' Ambina 82'	Stadium: Briskeby Attendance: 5,313 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

26 October 2025 26	Vålerenga	2–1	Strømsgodset	Oslo
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Hagen 90+1' Kiil Olsen 90+7'	Report	Taaje 29', 41' Bakke 45+2' Valsvik 69'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

1 November 2025 27	Vålerenga	3–1	Bodø/Glimt	Oslo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bjørdal 32' Strand 45+1' Grundetjern 47'	Report	Auklend 64' Hauge 64'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 14,221 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

9 November 2025 28	Rosenborg	1–0	Vålerenga	Trondheim
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	E. Ceide 40' Fossum 86' Tangvik 90+6'	Report	Ambina 35' Bjørdal 45+2' Hedvall 77' Hagen 90+3'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12,121 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

22 November 2025 29	Vålerenga	3–0 (Awarded)	Kristiansund	Oslo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pallas 44' Bjørdal 57' Kiil Olsen 67' Meliga 84' Strand 86', 90'	Report	Isah 23' Ødegård 64', 70'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 8,215 Referee: Daniel Higraff
Note: The match was originally ended 3–3, but during the first half it was discovered that Kristiansund's player Leander Næss Alvheim should have been suspended for the match after four yellow cards. Vålerenga lodged a protest after the match, which was upheld by the NFF's Adjudication and Sanctions Committee, which decided to overturn the result to 3-0 and Vålerenga was awarded three points.^[11]^[12]

30 November 2025 30	Viking	5–1	Vålerenga	Stavanger
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Austbø 10' Roseth 15' Tripic 45+4' (pen.) Haugen 54' Askildsen 72' Bell 75'	Report	Strand 24' Sjåtil 45+4' Hagen 50' Meliga 83'	Stadium: Lyse Arena Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Tore Hansen

Norwegian Football Cup

2025

13 April 2025 First round	Gamle Oslo	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Vålerenga	Oslo
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wielens 72', 86' Nguen 78' 89' Sowe 80' Telle 82' Synstelien 103' Tavakoli 105'	Report Penalties	Hagen 43' (pen.) Sjøvold 58' Sørensen 78' Riisnæs 81' Kiil Olsen 99' Rijks 117'	Stadium: Vallhall Arena Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Herman Holthe
	Penalties
	Tavakoli Furu Telle Sowe		Hagen Sørensen Brajanac Bjørdal

2025–26

23 September 2025 Third round	Vålerenga	1–2	Fredrikstad	Oslo
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tshiembe 90+7' Strand 90+7'	Report	Eid 20' Bjartalíð 82' Rafn 90' Owusu 90+6' Skogvold 90+8'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 6,540 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

References

↑ https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co129/norway-eliteserien/se84272/2025/attendance/
↑ Austerheim, Stian André de Wahl, Daniel (February 12, 2025). "Nettavisen erfarer: Vålerenga henter fra dansk storklubb". Nettavisen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Håkon Sjåtil er kongeblå". Vålerenga.
↑ "Brasilianer klar for Vålerenga". Vålerenga.
↑ "Jones El-Abdellaoui (18) solgt til spanske Celta – VIF får stor millionsum". VG. January 8, 2025.
↑ "Kolbjørnsen klar for IK Start". Vålerenga.
↑ "Hammer Kjelsen solgt til Aalesund". Vålerenga.
↑ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
↑ Herrebrøden, Øyvind (December 20, 2024). "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2025: Rosenborg i åpningskampen". VG.
↑ Vålerenga åpner på hjemmebane – slik spilles Eliteserien i 2025
↑ Kristoffersen, Erlend Borren; Gustavsen, Johannes (2025-11-25). "Protest tatt til følge – KBK straffes med 0-3-tap og mister poeng". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-11-27.
↑ "NFF tok Vålerenga-protest til følge – Kristiansund straffes med 0-3-tap og trekkes ett poeng". VG (in Norwegian Bokmål). NTB. 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-27.

[1] ttps://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co129/norway-eliteserien/se84272/2025/attendance/

[2] Austerheim, Stian André de Wahl, Daniel (February 12, 2025). "Nettavisen erfarer: Vålerenga henter fra dansk storklubb". Nettavisen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] "Håkon Sjåtil er kongeblå". Vålerenga.

[4] "Brasilianer klar for Vålerenga". Vålerenga.

[5] "Jones El-Abdellaoui (18) solgt til spanske Celta – VIF får stor millionsum". VG. January 8, 2025.

[6] "Kolbjørnsen klar for IK Start". Vålerenga.

[7] "Hammer Kjelsen solgt til Aalesund". Vålerenga.

[8] "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.

[9] Herrebrøden, Øyvind (December 20, 2024). "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2025: Rosenborg i åpningskampen". VG.

[10] Vålerenga åpner på hjemmebane – slik spilles Eliteserien i 2025

[11] Kristoffersen, Erlend Borren; Gustavsen, Johannes (2025-11-25). "Protest tatt til følge – KBK straffes med 0-3-tap og mister poeng". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-11-27.

[12] "NFF tok Vålerenga-protest til følge – Kristiansund straffes med 0-3-tap og trekkes ett poeng". VG (in Norwegian Bokmål). NTB. 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-27.

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