2026 Sarpsborg 08 FF season
| 2026 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Hans Petter Arnesen | ||
| Head coach | Even Sel | ||
| Stadium | Sarpsborg Stadion | ||
| Eliteserien | 8th | ||
| 2025–26 Norwegian Cup | Fourth round | ||
| 2026–27 Norwegian Cup | Pre-season | ||
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The 2026 season is the 18th season in the history of Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening and the 14th consecutive season in the Eliteserien. In addition, Sarpsborg 08 will participate in the 2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup. The team also completed its participation in the 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup, where it was eliminated in the fourth round.
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK |  Carljohan Eriksson |
 Sandefjord |
Loan return | 31 December 2025 | |
| DF |  Claus Niyukuri |
Haugesund |
22 January 2026 | ||
| FW |  Noa Williams |
Kongsvinger |
6 February 2026 | ||
| DF |  Claus Niyukuri |
 Qarabağ FK |
13 March 2026 | ||
| MF | Harald Nilsen Tangen |
 Notts County |
Loan return | 30 June 2026 |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tord Flolid |
Sandnes Ulf |
Loan return | 31 December 2025 | |
| DF |  Mohanad Jeahze |
Duhok |
End of contract | 1 January 2026 | [1] |
| MF | Harald Nilsen Tangen |
Notts County |
Loan | 26 January 2026 | [2] |
| MF | Chris Kouakou |
 Ironi Tiberias |
Undisclosed | 1 July 2026 |
Pre-season and friendlies
| 24 January 2026 Friendly | GAIS | 4–1 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 1 February 2026 Friendly | Sarpsborg 08 | 3–0 | Östers IF |
| 5 February 2026 Friendly | Sirius | 2–3 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 6 February 2026 Friendly | Sarpsborg 08 | 3–1 | Moss |
| 13 February 2026 Friendly | HamKam | 2–3 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 19 February 2026 Friendly | Sarpsborg 08 | 2–0 |  Zbrojovka Brno |
| 25 February 2026 Friendly | Kristiansund | 0–1 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 1 March 2026 Friendly | Viking | 2–0 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 26 March 2026 Friendly | Sarpsborg 08 | 2–2 | HamKam |
| 28 June 2026 Friendly | Rosenborg | v | Sarpsborg 08 | Ullensaker |
| 15:00 | Stadium: Jessheim Stadion | |||
| Note: The match was canceled due to travel complications.[3] | ||||
| 3 July 2026 Friendly | Lillestrøm | 3–1 | Sarpsborg 08 | Lillestrøm |
| 12:00 |
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Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Eliteserien | 22 March 2026 | Matchday 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 36.36 | ||
| 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup | 8 March 2026 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
| 2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||||
| Total | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 33.33 | ||||
Last updated: 29 May 2026
Source: Competitions
Eliteserien
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Rosenborg | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 24 |
| 8 | Fredrikstad | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 23 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 22 |
| 10 | HamKam | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 22 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 21 |
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 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]
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 | 16 | −3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 |
Last updated: 29 May 2026.
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2026. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was issued on 19 December 2025.[5]
| 22 March 2026 2 | Sandefjord | 0–2 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 6 April 2026 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 1–1 | Start |
| 12 April 2026 4 | Rosenborg | 2–1 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 15 April 2026 1 | Sarpsborg 08 | 1–1 | Bodø/Glimt |
| 19 April 2026 5 | Sarpsborg 08 | 0–1 | Tromsø |
| 26 April 2026 6 | KFUM Oslo | 1–0 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 3 May 2026 7 | Lillestrøm | 4–0 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 9 May 2026 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 2–1 | Fredrikstad |
| 16 May 2026 9 | Vålerenga | 3–2 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| 25 May 2026 10 | Sarpsborg 08 | 2–1 | Molde |
| 29 May 2026 11 | Brann | 1–2 | Sarpsborg 08 | Bergen |
| 19:00 | Stadium: Brann Stadion |
Norwegian Football Cup
2025–26
| 8 March 2026 Fourth round | Fredrikstad | 2–1 | Sarpsborg 08 |
2026–27
| 22–23 August 2026 First round | Sparta Sarpsborg | v | Sarpsborg 08 |
References
- ↑ "Klart: Mohanad Jeahze flyttar till Irak". www.svenskafans.com.
- ↑ "Sarpsborg-spiller lånes ut til England". NRK. January 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Alexanderssons RBK-debut avlyst".
- ↑ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ↑ "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2026". VG. December 19, 2025.
