2026 Vålerenga Fotball season

Vålerenga
2026 season
Chairman	Thor Gjermund Eriksen
Head coach	Geir Bakke; (until 6 May); Johannes Moesgaard; (from 13 May)
Stadium	Intility Arena
Eliteserien	9th
2026–27 Norwegian Cup	Pre-season
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2025

The 2026 season is the 113th season in the history of Vålerenga Fotball and the second consecutive season in the Eliteserien. In addition, Vålerenga will participate in the 2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
FW	Lucas Haren	Kongsvinger		3 December 2025
MF	Magnus Westergaard	Wycombe Wanderers		8 January 2026
DF	Kolbeinn Finnsson	FC Utrecht		2 February 2026
FW	Onyebuchi Obasi	FC Stockholm	Loan return	30 June 2026

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Promise Meliga	Kristiansund	Loan	13 March 2026	^[1]
FW	Onyebuchi Obasi	Hobro	Undisclosed	1 July 2026	^[2]
MF	Elias Sørensen	PEC Zwolle	Undisclosed	1 July 2026	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

30 January 2026 Friendly

Vålerenga

4–0

Örgryte IS

6 February 2026 Friendly

Vålerenga

5–2

Sandefjord

14 February 2026 Friendly

Djurgården

2–1

Vålerenga

21 February 2026 Friendly

Vålerenga

3–2

Tromsø

21 February 2026 Friendly

Vålerenga

1–0

KFUM Oslo

27 February 2026 Friendly

Rosenborg

0–1

Vålerenga

7 March 2026 Friendly	Vålerenga	4–3	Strømsgodset	Oslo
		Report		Stadium: Intility Arena

27 March 2026 Friendly	Vålerenga	3–3	IFK Göteborg	Oslo
		Report		Stadium: Intility Arena

18 June 2026 Friendly	IFK Göteborg	1–1	Vålerenga	Gothenburg
17:00				Stadium: Hjällbovallen

27 June 2026 Friendly	GAIS	2–1	Vålerenga	Strömstad
14:00				Stadium: Strömsvallen

4 July 2026 Friendly	Vålerenga	3–1	Fredrikstad	Oslo
14:00	9' 14' 32'		29' , 45+1	Stadium: Intility Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eliteserien	15 March 2026		Matchday 1	11	4	2	5	13	17	−4	036.36
2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				11	4	2	5	13	17	−4	036.36

Last updated: 29 May 2026
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Sarpsborg	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	14
8	Sandefjord	11	4	2	5	10	13	−3	14
9	Vålerenga	11	4	2	5	13	17	−4	14
10	Fredrikstad	11	4	2	5	15	20	−5	14
11	Brann	12	4	1	7	24	20	+4	13

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2026. 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.^[4]

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
11	4	2	5	13	17	−4	14	3	1	2	9	8	+1	1	1	3	4	9	−5

Last updated: 29 May 2026.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was issued on 19 December 2025.^[5]

15 March 2026 1	Vålerenga	1–0	Sandefjord	Oslo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lange 5'	Report	Möller 60' Lambrix 61'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 12,263 Referee: Rohit Saggi

22 March 2026 2	Rosenborg	0–2	Vålerenga	Trondheim
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Witry 85'	Report	Lange 58' Näsberg 63' Finnsson 65' Haren 78'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 13,374 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

6 April 2026 3	Vålerenga	0–1	Viking	Oslo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kiil Olsen 35' Sørensen 45' Jarl (on bench) 90+8'	Report	Falchener 10' Kvia-Egeskog 45', 61' Heggheim 73' Tripić (on bench) 90+8'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 14,712 Referee: Tore Hansen

12 April 2026 4	Fredrikstad	1–1	Vålerenga	Fredrikstad
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nuñez 77' Eid 79' Kvile 90+6'	Report	Grundetjern 25' Westergaard 55' Näsberg 60' Sæter 90+6'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 10,234 Referee: Sivert Amland

19 April 2026 5	Vålerenga	0–2	Lillestrøm	Oslo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lange 45' Ambina 45+4' Kiil Olsen 90+12'	Report	Ranger 39' Karlsbakk 86', 90' Nyheim 90+11' Gabrielsen 90+11' Arierhi 90+13' Dahlberg 90+15'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 16,556 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

26 April 2026 6	Molde	5–1	Vålerenga	Molde
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gulbrandsen 21', 55', 38' Breivik 51' Hestad 57' Granaas 86'	Report	Haren 45+1' Sjåtil 48'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 5,461 Referee: Christian Moen

3 May 2026 7	Vålerenga	2–2	KFUM	Oslo
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoseth 2' (o.g.) Sjåtil 39' Haren 51' Bjørdal 64' Finnsson 82' Hedenstad 90+3' Grundetjern 90+7' Näsberg 90+8'	Report	Grødem 33' Sjøkvist 45+2' Wolff Eikrem 55'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 11,244 Referee: Espen Eskås

8 May 2026 8	HamKam	1–0	Vålerenga	Hamar
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Udahl 7'	Report	Westergaard 28' Kiil Olsen 50' Finnsson 72' Bjørdal 74'	Stadium: Briskeby Attendance: 6,608 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

16 May 2026 9	Vålerenga	3–2	Sarpsborg 08	Oslo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorvaldsen 6' Sørensen 20', 20' Kiil Olsen 30' Grundetjern 90'	Report	Karlsbakk 11' Nibe 28'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 12,889 Referee: Marius Lien

25 May 2026 10	Start	2–0	Vålerenga	Kristiansand
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornelius 5' Mvoué 32' Pålerud 71'	Report		Stadium: Sparebanken Norge Arena Kristiansand Attendance: 9,601 Referee: Rohit Saggi

29 May 2026 11	Vålerenga	3–1	Kristiansund	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haren 1' Ambina 27' Lange 69' Westergaard 75'	Report	Kilen 52' Alvheim 83'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 9,465 Referee: Tore Hansen

Norwegian Football Cup

23 August 2026 First round	Christiania	v	Vålerenga	Oslo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jordal Idrettspark

References

↑ "Promise leies ut". Vålerenga.
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↑ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
↑ "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2026". VG. December 19, 2025.

[1] "Promise leies ut". Vålerenga.

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

[5] "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2026". VG. December 19, 2025.

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