2025 IK Start season

Start
2025 season
ChairmanBørre Fredriksen
Head coachAzar Karadas
StadiumSparebanken Sør Arena
1. divisjon2nd (promoted)
2025 Norwegian CupSecond round
2025–26 Norwegian CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Håkon Lorentzen (13)
All:
Håkon Lorentzen (14)

The 2025 season was the 120th in the history of IK Start and their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Norwegian football. The club competed in the Norwegian First Division and the Norwegian Football Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Tunisia Omar Jebali Denmark Vendsyssel FF Free 16 January 2025 [1]
MF Cameroon Stève Mvoué France Paris 13 Atletico Free 5 February 2025 [2]
GK Norway Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen Norway Vålerenga Undisclosed 17 February 2025 [3]
FW Nigeria Terry Benjamin Undisclosed 8 March 2025 [4]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Nigeria Mustapha Isah Denmark Randers FC Loan return 31 December 2024
FW Norway Sander Svela Norway Vindbjart Free 17 February 2025
FW Sweden Salim Nkubiri Contract terminated 21 March 2025 [5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

5 February 2025 Friendly Start Norway 5–1 Norway Flekkerøy IL
18:30
15 February 2025 Friendly Start Norway 0–0 Norway Egersund Kristiansand
14:00 Report Stadium: Sør Arena
20 February 2025 Friendly Start Norway 3–0 Norway Arendal Kristiansand
19:00 Report Stadium: Sør Arena
28 February 2025 Friendly Start Norway 3–1 Norway Jerv
18:00
4 March 2025 Friendly Start Norway 0–2 Norway Rana
10:30
16 March 2025 Friendly Start Norway 2–0 Norway Lyn
16:00
23 March 2025 Friendly Viking Norway 3–4 Norway Start
16:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Norwegian First Division 31 March 2025 8 November 2025 Matchday 1 2nd 30 16 7 7 58 35 +23 053.33
Norwegian Football Cup 12 April 2025 24 April 2025 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 050.00
Norwegian Football Cup 13 August 2025 27 August 2025 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 34 18 7 9 67 43 +24 052.94

Source: Competitions

First Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C, P) 30 25 5 0 87 18 +69 80 Promotion to Eliteserien and qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
2 Start (P) 30 16 7 7 58 35 +23 55 Promotion to Eliteserien
3 Kongsvinger 30 15 9 6 61 42 +19 54 Qualification for the promotion play-offs third round
4 Aalesund (O, P) 30 14 10 6 56 35 +21 52 Qualification for the promotion play-offs second round
5 Egersund 30 15 7 8 51 38 +13 52 Qualification for the promotion play-offs first round
Source: OBOS-ligaen (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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League play-off round as winners of the 2025 Norwegian Football Cup.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 16 7 7 58 35  +23 55 9 1 5 34 21  +13 7 6 2 24 14  +10

Source: NFF

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWLDWDWDWWDLWWWWLWDLLLWDWDWW
Position315455542222222222222222233332
Source: NFF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 March 2025 1 Start 2–1 Sogndal Kristiansand
19:00
Stadium: Sør Arena
Referee: Harald Vollstad Sletner
5 April 2025 2 Skeid 1–3 Start Oslo
16:00
21 April 2025 3 Start 1–2 Hødd Kristiansand
17:00 Stadium: Sør Arena
28 April 2025 4 Mjøndalen 2–3 Start Mjøndalen
19:00
3 May 2025 5 Start 2–3 Åsane Kristiansand
16:00
11 May 2025 6 Raufoss 0–0 Start
16 May 2025 7 Start 2–1 Egersund
24 May 2025 8 Aalesund 1–1 Start
31 May 2025 9 Moss 0–3 Start
15 June 2025 10 Start 1–1 Lyn
18 June 2025 11 Ranheim 0–1 Start
21 June 2025 12 Start 5–1 Stabæk
28 June 2025 13 Odd 2–2 Start
26 July 2025 14 Start 0–3 Lillestrøm
30 July 2025 15 Kongsvinger 0–3 Start
2 August 2025 16 Start 4–0 Mjøndalen
6 August 2025 18 Start 2–0 Odd
10 August 2025 17 Hødd 0–2 Start
16 August 2025 19 Lillestrøm 3–0 Start
23 August 2025 20 Start 3–1 Aalesund
30 August 2025 21 Stabæk 1–1 Start
13 September 2025 22 Start 2–3 Kongsvinger
20 September 2025 23 Start 2–3 Ranheim
27 September 2025 24 Egersund 2–0 Start
4 October 2025 25 Start 4–0 Raufoss
18 October 2025 26 Sogndal 0–0 Start
22 October 2025 27 Start 2–1 Skeid
25 October 2025 28 Åsane 2–2 Start
1 November 2025 29 Start 2–1 Moss
8 November 2025 30 Lyn 0–3 Start

2025 Norwegian Football Cup

12 April 2025 First round Våg 2–4 Start Kristiansand
13:00 Stadium: Karuss kunstgress
24 April 2025 Second round Pors 3–2 (a.e.t.) Start Porsgrunn
18:00 Stadium: Pors Stadion KG

2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup

13 August 2025 First round Vigør 0–3 Start
27 August 2025 Second round Eik Tønsberg 3–0 Start

References

  1. ↑ Forsvarsspiller klar for IK Start
  2. ↑ "Midtbanespiller Stève Mvoué er klar for IK Start". Start.
  3. ↑ "Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen blir Start-spiller". Start.
  4. ↑ "Terry Benjamin signerer for IK Start". Start.
  5. ↑ "Salim Nkubiri forlater IK Start". Start.
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