Molde Fotballklubb () is a
football
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club based in
Molde,
Norway
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, that competes in
Eliteserien
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, the top flight of
Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to Molde in 1915. Molde are five-time league champions (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022) and six-time
Norwegian Cup winners (1994, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2022 and 2023), and have finished second in the league a further eleven times. Molde is one of only two Norwegian clubs to have participated in the
UEFA Champions League
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.
The club's home matches are played at the 11,249-capacity
Aker Stadion.
The stadium was inaugurated in 1998, and was a gift from local businessmen
Kjell Inge Røkke and
Bjørn Rune Gjelsten. The club was formerly based at
Molde stadion, which hosted the club's record attendance of 6,615. Molde's supporter club is called ''Tornekrattet'' ("Thicket of thorns", a reference to the city's nickname "The Town of Roses") and was founded after the
1994 Norwegian Cup final victory. Molde has its strongest rivalry with
Rosenborg.
Until the beginning of the 1970s, the club mainly played in local lower division leagues, except for a short visit in the
Hovedserien in the
1957–58 season. In
1974, Molde was back in the top division and finished second in the league, and have since then become one of Norway's leading clubs and generally stayed in the top division. Molde also finished second in the league in
1987
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, when the club lost the championship to
Moss
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in the decisive match of the season.
During the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, Molde was the second-best team in Norway (behind 13-times in a row champions
Rosenborg), with league silver medals in
1995
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,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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,
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
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and
2002
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, and cup championships in
1994
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and
2005
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, as well as participation in the UEFA Champions League in the
1999–2000 season, when
Real Madrid
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,
Porto
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and
Olympiacos visited Molde.
As of 2017, the club has approximately 1,000 members and around 55 teams in three departments.
Erling Moe has been manager of the club since the departure of
Ole Gunnar Solskjær in December 2018; he has been permanent head coach since 29 April 2019.
History
Early years (1911–63)
Molde FK was founded on 19 June 1911 by a group gathered by Klaus Daae Andersen (born 30 September 1873); they named J. Ferdinand Dahl as the inaugural chairman. On a general election on 24 April 1912, it was decided that the club would be named International,
perhaps because the opponents were primarily visitors from cruise ships or trading vessels,
or that it was to make room for the many Danes who worked in the Gideon engine factory.
The same year, on 5 August, the club played its first competitive match, an away match against
Kristiansund
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which ended 2–2.
The rising interest and activity in football in neighbouring towns caused the club to change its name to Molde Fotballklubb in 1915.
The club played its first season in the top division in
1939–40, but the season was abandoned due to the
German occupation and was never completed. In the first post-war season in
1947–48, Molde were relegated from the top flight.
The breakthrough (1964–77)
On 2 August 1964, Molde shocked nine-time
Norwegian Cup champions and nine-time
Norwegian League Champions Fredrikstad
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by eliminating them from the
1964 Norwegian Cup in the third round with a 3–2 win at home.
Jan Fuglset,
Torkild Brakstad and
Harry Hestad, amongst others, played at Molde during that period.
The club played in local lower leagues, save for a short visit in the top division in the
1957–58 season. In 1970, Molde was promoted to the
second tier and played there for three seasons until its promotion to the
top flight with a 5–1 away win against
Sogndal on 16 September 1973.
In
1974, Molde returned to the premier division following the debut of several talented players in the first team, which coincided with the return of top level players like Fuglset, Brakstad and Hestad. Molde surprised the established clubs in their first season of the
1. divisjon, leading the league in 9 of 22 matchdays. Ahead of the final match of the season, Molde would win the league if they defeated
Sarpsborg
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Sarpsbor ...
and
Viking
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lost against
Strømsgodset. However, both Molde and Viking won their last match, meaning Molde won the silver medal after finishing one point behind champions Viking.
Since then, Molde has generally stayed in the top division and has become one of Norway's leading clubs. The club has produced a respectable number of national team players, and players who have gone professional in foreign leagues.
Ups and downs (1978–93)
Between 1978 and 1984, Molde did not play on the same level in two consecutive years. Molde was relegated from the 1. divisjon in every even-numbered year, and promoted to back to the first tier in every odd-numbered year, making it three consecutive promotions and relegations. In fact, Molde and
Brann did not play at the same level these years, as Brann were promoted when Molde was relegated and the other way around.
In 1982, Molde played in their first
cup final, despite being relegated from the
1982 1. divisjon. They lost the
final
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at
Ullevaal Stadion 3–2 against Brann.
The
1987 season was the closest Molde came to winning the league championship before winning it in 2011, when a draw at home against
Moss
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in the final round would have ensured the title. Despite numerous goal scoring opportunities, Moss won the match 2–0 at
Molde stadium, thus winning the league championship, while Molde won their second silver medal.
The attendance of 14,615 set the record at the old Molde stadion.
Molde played their second cup final in
1989
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. The first match against Viking ended in a 2–2 draw, and the subsequent replay was won 2–1 by Viking.
When Molde again was relegated from the Norwegian top flight in
1993
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, the club was in major economic difficulties following a number of projects, the most notably of which was an extension of the main stand at Molde stadion.
Local businessmen
Kjell Inge Røkke and
Bjørn Rune Gjelsten started to invest in the club, and since 1993 they have invested approximately on old debts, new players and the
new stadium.
The silver generation (1994–2000)
Ã…ge Hareide was the main coach of Molde in 1994, when they finished second in their
1. divisjon group and was thus re-promoted to Tippeligaen. Molde also met their main rivals
Rosenborg in the semi-final of the
1994 Norwegian Cup, and with 4–3 win on aggregate, Molde qualified for their third cup final. After having lost to Molde, Rosenborg head coach
Nils Arne Eggen called Molde's playing style "arse-football" ("''rævvafotball''"). Molde won their first title by defeating
Lyn 3–2 at
Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.

During the
1995 season, Molde became known for their three strikers:
Ole Gunnar Solskjær,
Arild Stavrum and
Ole Bjørn Sundgot. In their first league match, Molde won 6–0 against Brann in
Bergen
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, with Solskjær scoring two goals and Stavrum and Sundgot also contributing in one of Brann's heaviest-ever losses at home. With six-straight wins, Molde stayed in the top two positions of the league throughout the season, but eventually finished second, 15 points behind Rosenborg.
Solskjær scored 31 goals in 42 matches for Molde and was sold to
Manchester United
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on 29 July 1996 as Molde finished in eighth position that season. In 1997, Molde finished fourth in the league, and
Erik Brakstad replaced Ã…ge Hareide as head coach ahead of the 1998 season.
In 1998, Molde played their first 21 matches without losing, a Norwegian record until 2009, when Rosenborg went 26 matches undefeated.
In the 22nd round, Molde lost against
VÃ¥lerenga while Rosenborg defeated
Kongsvinger to surpass Molde at the top of the table. Rosenborg player
Mini Jakobsen subsequently said, "It was fun as long as you managed to keep up. Thank you for helping to create tension in the Premier League!" On 26 September 1998, Rosenborg won 2–0 against Molde in the 23rd round and won the championship, with Molde settling for second place.
In 1999, Molde had a successful season, finishing second in the league and reaching the semi-final of the
1999 Norwegian Cup, where they were eliminated by Brann. Molde also participated in the
UEFA Champions League
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, where Molde was drawn against
CSKA Moscow in the
second qualifying round. In the first match in Moscow, Molde lost 2–0, while in the second leg, 19-year-old
Magne Hoseth had his big break-through with two goals when CSKA was defeated 4–0 to send Molde to the third qualifying round, where they met
Mallorca
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. The first leg against Mallorca ended 0–0 at home. Away at Mallorca were Molde one goal behind for a long time, but
Andreas Lund became the big hero when he equalized on a penaltyin the 84th minute. With a 1–1 aggregate score, Molde qualified for the group stage on away goals,
and Molde became the team from the smallest city to have qualified for the group stage of Champions League until
Unirea Urziceni repeated the feat in
2009–10. In the group stage, Molde were drawn against
Real Madrid
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,
Porto
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and
Olympiacos, and with one win and five losses, Molde finished last in their group. On the occasion of Molde's 100-year anniversary in 2011, the readers of the local newspaper ''
Romsdals Budstikke'' voted 1999 as the best year in the history of the club.
From "Gunder method" to relegation (2001–2006)
On 6 November 2000, after the sacking of Erik Brakstad,
Gunder Bengtsson was announced head coach for two years. After one season, Bengtsson and his assistant
Kalle Björklund were signed for three more years. In 2002, Gunder Bengtsson led Molde to second place in the league, but like when he won the league with Vålerenga in 1983 and 1984, there was not much enthusiasm around the club's sixth silver medal because of the defensive tactics and lack of local players in the squad.
In the first six matches of the
2003 season, Molde collected five points. On 22 May 2003, Bengtsson was fired and replaced by
Odd Berg. In the third round of
2003 Norwegian Cup, Molde were eliminated by second-tier club
Skeid. Despite the change in the coaching staff, Molde was struggling in the relegation zone throughout the season, but after a 3–2 win away against Sogndal in the last match of the season, Molde avoided the relegation playoffs. In 2004, the team led by
Reidar VÃ¥gnes, former assistant coach under Erik Brakstad, but Molde only managed 11th place, four points clear of relegation.
In 2005,
Bo Johansson became head coach of Molde, and on 15 June 2005, Molde won 3–2 against
Nybergsund to qualify for the fourth round of the Norwegian Cup, having lost in the third round for three consecutive years. Molde finished 12th in the league and had to play in the relegation playoff against Moss, which Molde won 5–2 on aggregate. Molde won their second Norwegian Cup title on 6 November 2005 when they won 4–2 after extra time against
Lillestrøm in the
final
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. Bo Johansson left Molde after only one season with the club, and on Christmas Eve,
Arild Stavrum was announced as the new head coach.
Following the Norwegian Cup champions, Molde played in the
2006–07 UEFA Cup. On 25 August 2006, they were drawn to face Scottish giants
Rangers in the first round. They were eliminated 2–0 on aggregate after holding Rangers to a 0–0 draw at the Aker Stadion. The same year, Molde was relegated, having been in the relegation zone for the last four seasons. The relegation became final after losing 8–0 against
Stabæk at
Nadderud in the second-last match of the season. Arild Stavrum was fired at the end of the season.
A new era (2007–present)
In December 2006,
Kjell Jonevret became head coach after Stavrum was fired, though
Ove Christensen was the club's first choice. With Jonevret as coach, Molde won the
2007 1. divisjon and was again promoted back to the top flight. After the promotion to Tippeligaen, Molde recorded a 5–1 win against Vålerenga on the last day of
Moldejazz 2008, as well as eliminating Brann from the cup with an impressive 8–0 win at home four days later. Regardless of these strong results, Molde finished ninth in their comeback season in the top flight.
In the 2009 season, Molde was again the second-best team in Norway, behind champions Rosenborg, who that season overtook Molde's 1998 unbeaten streak record.
Conversely, Molde ruined Rosenborg's march for a possible double with a 5–0 win at Aker Stadion in the quarter-final of the
2009 Norwegian Cup. In the
final
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, Molde met their local rivals
Aalesunds FK, where Aalesund won the Norwegian Championship on penalty shoot-out after the score ended 2–2
after extra time. After collecting only 20 points during the first 22 matches in the
2010 Tippeligaen, Jonevret was sacked and replaced by
Uwe Rösler. Under Röslers management, Molde collected 20 points in the last eight matches and avoided relegation. Despite the poor performance by the team,
Baye Djiby Fall, who spent the season on loan from
Lokomotiv Moscow
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, became the first Molde player since Jan Fuglset in 1976 to be the
top goalscorer in Eliteserien.
Prior to the club's 100-year anniversary in 2011, former Molde and Manchester United player
Ole Gunnar Solskjær returned to Molde to manage the club. In the opening match of
2011 Tippeligaen, his first competitive match, Molde lost 3–0 away against newly promoted
Sarpsborg 08. On 19 June 2011, Molde celebrated their anniversary with a 2–0 win against Sogndal and positioned themselves at the top of the league table. Molde was leading the league until they eventually won their first championship on 30 October 2011, when Rosenborg, the only team that could mathematically have still beaten them to first place with two matches remaining, lost 6–3 at home to Brann. Molde successfully defended their title in 2012 by beating
Hønefoss 1–0 on 11 November, with one match remaining in the season. Although Molde could only finish sixth behind champions Strømgodset in the 2013 Tippeligaen, they defeated Rosenborg 4–2 in the
2013 Norwegian Cup final on 24 November to win the Norwegian Cup for the third time in their history. Ole Gunnar Solskjær left the club to sign for
Premier League
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side
Cardiff City on 2 January 2014.
Under new manager
Tor Ole Skullerud, Molde won their first domestic league and cup double in 2014, however Skullerud was fired in August 2015 due to a run of mediocre results and Solskjær (whose run at Cardiff lasted just nine months) was brought back to the team. On 19 December 2018 Solskjær left the club to join Manchester United as caretaker manager, with club director
Øystein Neerland stating that Solskjær left on a loan deal for the remainder of the season. However, Solskjær was signed permanently by Manchester United in March 2019 and Molde's caretaker manager Erling Moe got the manager job on a permanent basis on 29 April. Moe led Molde to their fourth league title in his first full season in charge.
Kit
Molde's club colours are blue shirts, white shorts and white socks,
which has become the standard Molde FK home kit. Molde's traditional away colours are the same as for the home kit, but in the opposite order; white shirts, blue shorts and blue socks. All-blue home kits and all-white away kits have been common for Molde to use in European games.
Molde's first shirt sponsor,
Opel
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, agreed for the 1980 season. Following that, several short-term deals was made before a long-term deal was signed with G-Sport in 1992. In 1999, Molde ended their contract with G-Sport and were sponsored by Commit for three seasons.
Sparebanken Møre became their shirt sponsor in 2003, a deal first renewed in 2007 worth
NOK 20 million over a five-year period. In 2016, the club once again renewed their sponsorship with the savings bank, signing a deal until 2019. In February 2020, Molde and Sparebanken Møre announced that they had agreed to a deal until the end of the 2022 season.
For twelve years in the beginning of the 21st century, from 2002 to the end of 2013, Molde's shirts were supplied by
Umbro. In December 2013, Molde signed a four-year deal with Nike starting January 2014.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Stadiums
Molde's current stadium is the Aker Stadion, formerly known as Molde Stadion, located at Reknes, by the seashore of central Molde. The cost was mostly paid for by investor
Kjell Inge Røkke, after whom the ground has been nicknamed "''Røkkeløkka''". The official name of the new stadium was Molde Stadion until 3 May 2006, when the stadium name changed to Aker Stadion following a sponsorship deal with Røkke's company
Aker. The stadium was inaugurated on 18 April 1998, when the stadium was officially opened by
Prime Minister
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and Molde fan
Kjell Magne Bondevik
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.
In the opening match, Molde defeated Lillestrøm 4–0 in their first home match of the season, attracting 13,010 spectators.
Tommy Berntsen scored the first goal on Aker Stadion with an own goal, while
Daniel Berg Hestad was the first Molde player to score a goal at the new stadium. The all-time attendance record was set on 26 September when Molde hosted Rosenborg in front of 13,308 people. When Molde qualified for the
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, the stadium was converted to an all-seater, with seats being installed on the lower sections of the short end stands. This reduced the attendance capacity permanently because the club chose not to remove the seats afterwards. Today the capacity of Aker Stadion is 11,249.
Before moving to Aker Stadion in the beginning of the 1998 season, Molde had been playing their home matches at
Molde Idrettspark (at the time called Molde stadion), a municipal-owned multi-use venue, since 1955. Molde Idrettspark was inaugurated on 28 August 1955, when
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was defeated 1–0.
About 2,500 spectators attended the inaugural match.
The first top-tier league match was played here on 28 July 1957, when Molde managed a 1–1 draw against
Sandefjord
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in the first round of
1957–58 Norwegian Main League.
When Molde earned a promotion to the
1974 1. divisjon, the main stand was expanded.
The unsurpassed record attendance at Molde Idrettspark is 14,615 in a match against Moss in 1987.
Today, Molde Idrettspark is used by
Træff and
Molde 2.
Support
Molde's supporter club is Tornekrattet (
English: "The thicket of thorns"). The name Tornekrattet is a reference to the city's nickname "Rosenes by" (English: "The Town of Roses") and was founded after the
1994 Norwegian Football Cup final victory.
Rivalries
Molde has their strongest rivalry with Rosenborg. Other rivals are
Møre og Romsdal neighbours
Aalesund and
Kristiansund
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.
The rivalry with Rosenborg arises from the numerous times the two teams have battled for the Eliteserien title. With 29 titles between them, this fixture has become known as one of the finest Eliteserien match-ups.
Players
Current squad
''For season transfers, see
2025 Molde FK season.''
Reserves
Former players
Player records
''All current players are in bold''
Most matches played
The following is a list of the ten Molde players with the most appearances in the ''top division''.
Last updated: 9 January 2025
Most goals scored
The following is a list of the twelve Molde players who have scored the most ''top division'' goals.
Last updated: 9 January 2025
Player of the season
Club officials
Club directors
Coaching staff
Medical and sport science staff
Honours
Molde are one of the most successful clubs in Norway in terms of trophies won. The club's first trophy was the
Norwegian Cup, which it won in 1994. In 2011, the club won its first league title, and won its first double in 2014.
Domestic
League
;First tier
*
Eliteserien
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[1. divisjon was the name of the top tier of Norwegian league football from 1963 until 1990. The top tier changed its name to the sponsor-affiliated name ''Tippeligaen'' ahead of the 1990 season. The second tier formerly known as 2. divisjon inherited the name 1. divisjon ahead of the 1991 season. The third tier, formerly known as 3. divisjon was named 2. divisjon ahead of the 1991 season and the names of all the lower divisions were adjusted accordingly. Effecting 2017, the top tier is named Eliteserien.]
**Champions (5):
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,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
2014
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,
2019
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,
2022
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**Runners-up (11):
1974,
1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
,
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
,
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
,
2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
,
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
,
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
**Third (3):
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
,
1988,
1990
;Second tier
*1. divisjon
**Winners (3): 1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49
*
Landsdelsserien (Møre)
**Winners (3):
1953–54,
1955–56,
1956–57
*
2. divisjon/
1. divisjon[
**Winners (3): ]1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
, 1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
, 2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
;Third tier
* 3. divisjon (Møre)
**Winners (2): 1969, 1970
Cup
* Norwegian Cup:
**Winners (6): 1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
, 2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, 2021–22, 2023
Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
**Runners-up (4): 1982, 1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
, 2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
, 2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
Doubles
*League and Cup: 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
Non-official
* La Manga Cup:
**Winners (1): 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
Records
Source:
European history
The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Molde's games in the three UEFA tournaments the club has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the match against Gent on 3 November 2022.
Recent history
List of Molde managers
* Arne Legernes (player-manager) and Gunnar Talsethagen (1956–1957)
* Charlie Pohl (1958)
* Gunnar Talsethagen (1959–1961)
* Ulf Møller (1962)
* Gunnar Talsethagen (1963–1968)
* Harry Hestad and Torkild Brakstad (both player-managers) (1969)
* Torkild Brakstad (player-manager) (1970–71)
* Harry Hestad and Torkild Brakstad (both player-managers) (1972)
* Jan Fuglset (player-manager) (1973)
* Joseph Hooley (7 January 1974 – 19 May 1974)
* Torkild Brakstad, Jan Fuglset and Harry Hestad (all player-managers) (1974)
* Jack Johnsen (1975)
* Torkild Brakstad and Jan Fuglset (both player-managers) (1976)
* Huib Ruygrook (1 March 1977 – 1979)
* Torkild Brakstad (4 January 1980 – 31 December 1981)
* Jan Fuglset (player-manager) (11 January 1982 – 21 July 1984)
* Joseph Hooley (22 July 1984 – 31 December 1984)
* Hans Backe
Hans Roland "Hasse" Backe (; born 14 February 1952) is a Swedish football manager and former player who most recently led Finland's national team. Prior to this he managed the New York Red Bulls.
He has coached clubs in Sweden, Norway, Greece ...
(7 January 1985 – 31 December 1985)
* Åge Hareide and Harry Hestad (4 January 1986 – 31 December 1989)
* Åge Hareide (5 January 1990 – 18 August 1991)
* Ulrich Møller (caretaking player-manager) (18 August 1991 – 31 December 1991)
* Jan Fuglset and Ulrich Møller (player-manager) (1 January 1992 – 31 December 1993)
* Åge Hareide (1 January 1994 – 31 December 1997)
* Erik Brakstad (1 January 1998 – 31 October 2000)
* Gunder Bengtsson (1 January 2001 – 22 May 2003)
* Odd Berg (caretaker) (22 May 2003 – 31 December 2003)
* Reidar Vågnes (1 January 2004 – 5 March 2005)
* Bo Johansson (18 March 2005 – 31 December 2005)
* Arild Stavrum (1 January 2006 – 8 November 2006)
* Kjell Jonevret (1 January 2007 – 30 August 2010)
* Uwe Rösler (interim) (31 August 2010 – 31 December 2010)
* Ole Gunnar Solskjær (10 January 2011 – 2 January 2014)
* Tor Ole Skullerud (13 January 2014 – 6 August 2015)
* Erling Moe (caretaker) (7 August 2015 – 21 October 2015)
* Ole Gunnar Solskjær (21 October 2015 – 18 December 2018)
* Erling Moe (19 December 2018 – 8 December 2024)
* Trond Strande & Eirik Mæland (joint caretakers) (8 December 2024 – 30 December 2024)
* Per-Mathias Høgmo
Per-Mathias Høgmo (born 1 December 1959) is a Norway, Norwegian football manager and former player. who is the head coach of Eliteserien club Molde FK, Molde. He has previously been head coach of Norway women's national football team and the Tipp ...
(9 January 2025 – Present)
History of league positions (since 1963)
Molde played in the top tier and appeared among the championship contestants in 1947–48 and 1957–58, but the league was differently organized at the top levels until 1963.
Footnotes
References
External links
Molde F.K.
– official website
MFKWeb – Frequently updated independent supporter site
Tornekrattet supporter club – formerly official, now independent
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Association football clubs established in 1911
1911 establishments in Norway
Football clubs in Norway
Eliteserien clubs
Sport in Molde