The game will start at 16:00 Kyiv time.
Stromsgodset
Founded: February 10 1907
Colors: blue, white
Ground: Marienlyst Stadion, 8 935 seats
Head coach: Henrik Pedersen
Position in 2019 Norwegian league: 11
Lineup average age: 22,7 years
Titles
Champions of Norway: 2 titles (1970, 2013)
Norwegian Cup: 5 (1969, 1970, 1973, 1991, 2010)
Last season
Stromsgodset finished 11th in the domestic league last season with 32 points in 30 matches (W-8, D-8, L-14, goal difference – 41:54).
The team had three gaffers last season.
Stromsgodset tumbled out of the national cup in the third round by losing against the second league side Fram (1:2).
The best striker of the team last season was 23-year-old forward Lars-Jorgen Salvesen with 7 goals to his name. The best assistant was Herman Stengel (5 assists).
Lineup
The average age of Stromsgodset lineup at the moment is 22,7 years. Foreigners make only 19 of the squad (5 players).
Their #1 goalkeeper is 23-year-old Viljar Myhra. He conceded 28 goals in 17 matches last season. Leading outfield players are right back Lars-Christopher Vilsvik (1 goal in 28 matches), centre back Duplexe Tchamba (2 goals in 15 matches), left backs Prosper Mendy (1 goal in 14 matches) and Jonathan Parr (11 matches), midfielders Herman Stengel (1 goal in 30 matches) and Johan Hove (2 goals in 23 matches), right winger Kristoffer Tokstad (3 goals in 21 matches), attacking midfielder Mikkel Maigaard (4 goals in 15 matches) and forwards Lars-Jorgen Salvesen (7 goals in 13 matches), Moses Mawa (4 goals in 14 matches) and Mustapha Fofana (1 goal in 10 matches).
Coach
42-year-old Danish specialist Henrik Pedersen took charge of Stromsgodset in June of 2019. Early in his coaching career he worked with youth teams of several Danish clubs and in 2008 joined FC Red Bull Salzburg system and worked there for six years. He was in charge of U-19 and U-18 teams, worked for Salzburg side academy in Ghana and was the global development manager.
Then Pedersen took charge of HB Koge and was assistant coach in FC Union Berlin. Before joining Stromsgodset he was Eintracht Braunschweig gaffer.
