2026 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season

Strømsgodset
2026 season
ChairmanFinn Egil Holm
Head coachMagne Hoseth
StadiumMarienlyst Stadion
1. divisjon1st
2026–27 Norwegian CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sebastian Pingel (8)

All:
Sebastian Pingel (8)
Biggest winEgersund 0–5 Strømsgodset
Biggest defeatHaugesund 4–2 Strømsgodset

The 2026 season is the 119th season in the history of Strømsgodset Toppfotball and its first season in the Norwegian First Division, the second level of football in the country since 2006 after relegation.[1] In addition, the club will participate in the 2026–27 Norwegian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK Faroe Islands Mattias Lamhauge Denmark Fredericia Undisclosed 10 January 2026 [2]
DF Denmark Victor Dedes Denmark Hillerød Undisclosed 17 January 2026 [3]
FW Denmark Sebastian Pingel Denmark Horsens Undisclosed 4 February 2026 [4]
MF Norway Kent-Are Antonsen Norway Tromsø Free 9 March 2026

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
GK Norway Per Kristian Bråtveit Scotland Aberdeen End of contract 31 December 2025 [5]
GK Norway Jasper Silva Torkildsen Norway IK Start Loan return 31 December 2025
MF Iraq Marko Farji Italy Venezia ~NOK 15 million 8 January 2026
DF Norway Fredrik Kristensen Dahl Norway Molde ~NOK 5 million 10 January 2026 [6]
DF Norway Sivert Westerlund Norway Egersund 4 February 2026 [7]
FW Sierra Leone Alie Conteh Finland FC Inter Turku Loan 23 February 2026 [8]

Pre-season and friendlies

27 January 2026 Friendly Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine 2–1 Norway Strømsgodset
13 February 2026 Friendly Lillestrøm Norway 4–4 Norway Strømsgodset
18 February 2026 Friendly Odd Norway 2–0 Norway Strømsgodset
28 February 2026 Friendly Strømsgodset Norway 0–3 Norway KFUM Oslo
7 March 2026 Friendly Vålerenga Norway 4–3 Norway Strømsgodset Oslo
Stadium: Intility Arena
13 March 2026 Friendly Strømsgodset Norway 1–1 Norway Mjøndalen
20 March 2026 Friendly Strømsgodset Norway 3–1 Norway Hønefoss
27 March 2026 Friendly Strømsgodset Norway 2–2 Norway Sandefjord

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2026 Norwegian First Division 5 April 2026 Matchday 1 12 8 3 1 36 16 +20 066.67
2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 12 8 3 1 36 16 +20 066.67

Source: Competitions

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Kongsvinger 18 12 3 3 48 28 +20 39 Promotion to Eliteserien
3 Haugesund 18 12 1 5 57 36 +21 37 Qualification for the promotion play-offs third round
4 Strømsgodset 18 10 5 3 47 26 +21 35 Qualification for the promotion play-offs second round
5 Hødd 18 9 3 6 32 32 0 30 Qualification for the promotion play-offs first round
6 Odd 18 8 5 5 35 28 +7 29
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2026. 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.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
9 6 2 1 21 11  +10 20 5 0 0 14 5  +9 1 2 1 7 6  +1

Source:

Results by round

Round123456789
GroundHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWDWWWDW
Position
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures schedule was released on 19 December 2025.[9]

5 April 2026 1 Strømsgodset 2–1 Stabæk Drammen
17:00
Report
  • Hanstad 54'
  • Karsten Arman Ekorness Yellow card 76'
Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
Attendance: 5,309
Referee: Norway Jørgen Haugen
11 April 2026 2 Haugesund 4–2 Strømsgodset Haugesund
15:00
  • Anders Bondhus 50'
  • Diarra 61' (pen.)
  • Rasmus Møller Yellow card 73'
  • Leite Yellow card 76' 81'
  • Eirik Viland Andersen 90+3'
Report
Stadium: Haugesund Stadion
Attendance: 4,167
Referee: Norway Herman Holthe
18 April 2026 3 Strømsgodset 3–0 Sogndal Drammen
15:00
Report
Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
Attendance: 4,566
Referee: Norway Steinar Hauge
26 April 2026 4 Sandnes Ulf 1–1 Strømsgodset Sandnes
17:00
  • Zifarlino Nsoni Yellow card 80'
  • Sebastian Pingel red-colored football 90+3' (o.g.)
Report
Stadium: Øster Hus Arena
Attendance: 1,572
Referee: Norway Ajdin Medić
1 May 2026 5 Strømsgodset 3–0 Strømmen Drammen
16:00
Report
  • Lillo Yellow card 34'
  • Simen Beck Yellow card 65'
Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
Attendance: 4,558
Referee: Norway Ali al Hatam
10 May 2026 6 Åsane 0–3 Strømsgodset Bergen
17:00
  • Ole Kallevåg Yellow card 42'
  • Jesper Eikrem Yellow card 57'
  • Malte Fismen Yellow card 61'
Report
  • Fredrik Ardraa 79'
  • Melkersen 84'
  • Sebastian Pingel 86'
Stadium: Åsane Arena
Attendance: 432
Referee: Norway Mohammad Hafezi
16 May 2026 7 Strømsgodset 5–4 Ranheim
20 May 2026 8 Moss 1–1 Strømsgodset
25 May 2026 9 Strømsgodset 1–0 Bryne
14 June 2026 11 Strømsgodset 6–1 Raufoss Drammen
16:00 Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
21 June 2026 12 Kongsvinger 4–4 Strømsgodset Kongsvinger
14:00 Stadium: Gjemselund 1 kunstgress 11er
4 July 2026 14 Hødd 4–3 Strømsgodset Ulsteinvik
16:00

Norwegian Football Cup

22–23 August 2026 First round Modum v Strømsgodset

References

  1. ↑ "Rykket ned etter 19 strake år i Eliteserien". 9 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mattias Lamhauge klar for Strømsgodset". Strømsgodset.
  3. ↑ "Victor Dedes klar for Strømsgodset". Strømsgodset.
  4. ↑ "Sebastian Pingel klar for Strømsgodset". Strømsgodset.
  5. ↑ "Aberdeen sign Norway international keeper Per Kristian Bratveit after Nick Suman injury". BBC Sport. January 23, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Molde kjøper Godset-profil". VG. January 10, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Sivert Westerlund blir gul og svart". Egersunds IK.
  8. ↑ "Conteh lånes ut". Strømsgodset.
  9. ↑ AS, TV 2 (December 19, 2025). "Slik spilles OBOS-ligaen 2026". TV 2.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)