Football Season Guide

Eliteserien
Norway
Eliteserien
2019
Mjøndalen
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Mjøndalen

In


Akeem Latifu (def) - Sogndal, Fredrik Brustad (att) - Molde, Tonny Brochmann (mid) - Stabaek, Sondre Liseth (att) - Nest Sotra, Joackim Solberg (def) - Sandefjord

Out


Mads Gundersen (mid) - Assiden IF, Ousseynou Boye (att) - El Gouna FC, Jonathan Lindseth (mid) - Sarpsborg 08, Ylldren Ibrahimaj (mid) - Viking

Mjondalen are back in the Eliteserien, three years on from last time they spent a season in the top tier. Back then they received plenty of plaudits for their commitment and attitude, but ultimately they fell short and were relegated after form completely evaded them in the second half of the season. The question remains whether Vegard Hansen can coach his side to survival this time around? The jury is well and truly out and Mjondalen go into the season as firm underdogs again. That won't be something they will mind too much. The squad has been freshened up and there are only a handful of players that were around in 2015 when Mjondalen were last an Eliteserien side. Vamouti Diomande missed the enitre season with a nasty injury, and he will relish a second chance to show what he can do. Fredrik Brustad has been brought in from Molde while the likes of Tonny Brochmann and Joachim Olsen Solberg are veterans who will know what is required from the more inexperienced players around them.

Target


But for all intents and purposes the Mjondalen squad still looks far too thin for this season to be anything other than a struggle for survival. Not many are giving them a chance of that, but the club will at least be focused on the task ahead and would like nothing better than to prove the critics wrong again. If injuries start to bite early, this could be a very tough season indeed. Prediction: 16th