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Tromsø

2023 season
Chairman	Helge Kræmer
Manager	Gaute Helstrup
Stadium	Romssa Arena
Eliteserien	3rd
2022 Norwegian Cup	Quarter-finals
2023 Norwegian Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Vegard Erlien (14) All: Vegard Erlien (15)
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The 2023 season was Tromsø IL's 103rd season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Tromsø IL participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

Players

First team squad

As of 25 August 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Jakob Haugaard 2 DF  NOR Oskar Opsahl 4 DF  NOR Jostein Gundersen 5 DF  NOR Anders Jenssen 7 MF  DEN Felix Winther 8 MF  NOR Kent-Are Antonsen 10 MF  NOR Jakob Napoleon Romsaas 11 MF  NOR Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (captain) 12 GK  CAN Simon Thomas 14 DF  NOR Tobias Vonheim Norbye 15 FW  NOR Vegard Erlien 16 DF  FIN Miika Koskela

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  NOR Yaw Paintsil 18 FW  NOR Lasse Selvåg Nordås 19 DF  DEN Niklas Vesterlund 20 DF  GAM Dadi Dodou Gaye 22 MF  NOR Sakarias Opsahl 23 MF  NOR Runar Norheim 25 MF  NOR Lasse Nilsen 26 DF  SEN El Hadji Malick Diouf 27 FW  NOR Jens Hjertø-Dahl 28 DF  FRA Christophe Psyché 29 FW  GUI Maï Traoré (on loan from Viking) 32 GK  NOR Marius Tollefsen

For season transfers, see transfers summer 2023.

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  NOR Jesper Robertsen (at Mjøndalen until 31 December 2023) — FW  NOR Elias Aarflot (at Grorud until 31 December 2023) 21 FW  NOR Tobias Hafstad (at Egersund until 31 December 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NOR Mats Trige (at Alta until 31 December 2023) — DF  NOR Isak Vik (at Tromsdalen until 31 December 2023) — DF  NOR Isak Vådebu (at Tromsdalen until 31 December 2023)

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Jakob Haugaard (from AIK, previously on loan) 9 MF  ISL Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (on loan from Venezia) 10 MF  NOR Jakob Napoleon Romsaas (from Skeid) 14 DF  NOR Tobias Vonheim Norbye (from Alta) 15 FW  NOR Vegard Erlien (from Ranheim) 16 DF  FIN Miika Koskela (from Oulu) 17 FW  NOR Winston Paintsil (from Kjelsås) 26 DF  SEN El Hadji Malick Diouf (from Academie Mawade Wade) 27 FW  NOR Jens Hjertø-Dahl (promoted from junior squad) 29 FW  GUI Maï Traoré (on loan from Viking) 32 GK  NOR Mats Trige (loan return from Skeid)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  NOR Mikkel Konradsen Ceïde (loan return to Rosenborg) 9 FW  NOR Lasse Selvåg Nordås (loan return to Bodø/Glimt) 14 DF  NOR Warren Kamanzi (to Toulouse) 15 FW  FIN Jasse Tuominen (loan return to Häcken) 17 MF  NOR Eric Kitolano (to Molde) 18 FW  NOR Elias Aarflot (on loan to Lyn) 26 DF  NOR Isak Kjelsrud Vik (on loan to Tromsdalen) 29 FW  NOR Didrik Hafstad (to Tromsdalen) 32 GK  NOR Mats Trige (on loan to Skeid, previously on loan at Alta)

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  NOR Lasse Selvåg Nordås (from Bodø/Glimt) 20 DF  NOR Dadi Dodou Gaye (from KFUM) 30 DF  NOR Isak Vådebu (from Tromsdalen)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  NOR Jesper Bergset Robertsen (on loan to Mjøndalen) 9 MF  ISL Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (loan return to Venezia) 18 FW  NOR Elias Aarflot (on loan to Grorud, previously on loan at Lyn) 20 DF  NOR Casper Øyvann (to Molde) 21 MF  NOR Tobias Hafstad (on loan to Egersund) 24 MF  NOR Daniel Bassi (to Bodø/Glimt)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 April 2023 Friendly	Tromsø	1–0	HamKam	Tromsø
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Romssa Arena

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 3 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Eliteserien

League table

1. Molde qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Norwegian Football Cup.

Results summary

Last updated: 3 December 2023.
Source:

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.

10 April 2023 1	Tromsø	1–0	Molde	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nilsen  42' Opsahl 51' Erlien 54'  90+3'	Report	Risa  81'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 3,723 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

16 April 2023 2	Sandefjord	0–0	Tromsø	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amin  22' Ottosson  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Release Arena Attendance: 3,313 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

23 April 2023 3	Tromsø	1–1	Viking	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vesterlund  20' Erlien 30' (pen.)	Report	Stensness  29' Svendsen 70' D'Agostino  77' Yazbek  80'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

30 April 2023 4	Strømsgodset	0–1	Tromsø	Drammen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Paintsil 73' Koskela  90'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,008 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

7 May 2023 5	Tromsø	0–1	Odd	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koskela  86'	Report	Ruud  35' Jevtović  39' Bang-Kittilsen 80' Tomas  88'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

13 May 2023 6	HamKam	1–2	Tromsø	Hamar
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Melgalvis 72' (pen.) Sandberg  90+9'	Report	Bassi 45' Psyché  65' Antonsen  71' Vesterlund 90+11' (pen.)	Stadium: Briskeby Stadion Attendance: 3,315 Referee: Ajdin Medic

16 May 2023 7	Tromsø	2–3	Bodø/Glimt	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Erlien 2', 60' Gundersen  56' Antonsen  83'	Report	Pemi 4', 58' Pellegrino 25' (pen.) Vetlesen  67'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 6,691 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

29 May 2023 8	Haugesund	1–2	Tromsø	Haugesund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leite 32'	Report	Gundersen 18'  90+3' A. Jenssen 49' Bassi  69' Traoré  90'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 3,807 Referee: Steinar Hauge

4 June 2023 9	Tromsø	2–1	Sarpsborg 08	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vesterlund 73' Traoré 90+2' Erlien  90+5'	Report	Torp 30'  49' Maigaard  58'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 2,910 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

11 June 2023 10	Aalesund	2–3	Tromsø	Ålesund
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kristensen 24' Karlsbakk 81'	Report	Psyché  28' Erlien 40', 54' Vesterlund 73'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 4,042 Referee: Daniel Higraff

25 June 2023 11	Tromsø	2–1	Stabæk	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paintsil 15' Erlien 35'	Report	Høgh 7'  86' Wangberg  29'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 3,902 Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

2 July 2023 12	Lillestrøm	0–1	Tromsø	Lillestrøm
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Traoré 50' Hjertø-Dahl  87'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 6,637 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

9 July 2023 13	Tromsø	0–0	Vålerenga	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diouf  84'	Report	Riisnæs  48' Zuta  65'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 4,406 Referee: Tore Hansen

16 July 2023 14	Rosenborg	2–1	Tromsø	Trondheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereira  29' Sæter 41' Cornic  55' U. Y. Jenssen 90+1'	Report	Diouf 69'  71'  84' Traoré  85'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12,513 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

23 July 2023 15	Tromsø	3–1	Brann	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Romsaas 6', 46' Antonsen  71' Jenssen  75' R. Y. Jenssen 90+3'	Report	Knudsen  17' Øyvann 65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 4,906 Referee: Espen Eskås

30 July 2023 16	Bodø/Glimt	0–2	Tromsø	Bodø
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Grønbæk  66'	Report	Romsaas 21' Paintsil 62' Antonsen  66' R. Y. Jenssen  70'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 8,192 Referee: Tore Hansen

6 August 2023 17	Tromsø	3–1	Lillestrøm	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gundersen  23' 66' Erlien 72' (pen.) Paintsil 89'	Report	Svendsen  25' Garnås 45'  51'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 5,381 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

20 August 2023 19	Tromsø	1–0	Sandefjord	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Romsaas 85' Gundersen  90'	Report		Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 5,411 Referee: Daniel Higraff

26 August 2023 20	Sarpsborg 08	4–0	Tromsø	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maigaard 11' Opseth 50' Christiansen  54' Skålevik 77' Meister  82' Casas  82' Sandberg 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

3 September 2023 21	Tromsø	3–1	Rosenborg	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Romsaas 15' Antonsen 49' Erlien 85'	Report	Þorvaldsson 66'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 6,216 Referee: Christian Moen

17 September 2023 22	Tromsø	2–1	HamKam	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Opsahl 33' R. Y. Jenssen 38'	Report	Kjærgaard 53' Opsahl  90'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 4,790 Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

24 September 2023 23	Brann	2–1	Tromsø	Bergen
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Børsting 40' Finne  42' 45+2' Nilsen  62'	Report	Romsaas  27' Psyché  29' Erlien 90+3' (pen.) R. Y. Jenssen  90+7'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 15,062 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

30 September 2023 18	Stabæk	0–1	Tromsø	Bærum
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Edwards  16' Kostadinov  19'	Report	Traoré 50' Romsaas  90+5'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,119 Referee: Christian Moen

8 October 2023 24	Tromsø	1–2	Aalesund	Tromsø
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Psyché  45' Erlien 52' Nordås  84'	Report	Segberg  40' Kristensen  45' Karlsbakk 45+2' Kitolano  73' Hammer 88'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 4,613 Referee: Ajdin Medic

22 October 2023 25	Viking	3–4	Tromsø	Stavanger
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Adegbenro  34' Yazbek 63' Auklend 79' Haugen  83' Salvesen 85'	Report	Erlien  42' 49', 51' R. Y. Jenssen  44' Gundersen  81' Vesterlund 89' Paintsil 90+4'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 13,105 Referee: Espen Eskås

30 October 2023 26	Molde	1–4	Tromsø	Molde
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haugen 84' Eikrem  88'	Report	Gundersen  19' Diouf 33' Traoré 56' Nordås 75', 78'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 5,597 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

5 November 2023 27	Tromsø	0–1	Strømsgodset	Tromsø
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Psyché  45' Opsahl  90+7'	Report	Valsvik  29' Leifsson  57' Farji 84'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 4,852 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

12 November 2023 28	Odd	1–2	Tromsø	Skien
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ingebrigtsen 77'	Report	Erlien 12', 60' Diouf  60'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 3,894 Referee: Ajdin Medic

26 November 2023 29	Tromsø	2–1	Haugesund	Tromsø
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Psyché 35' Vesterlund 52'	Report	Bærtelsen  90'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 6,067 Referee: Christian Moen

3 December 2023 30	Vålerenga	1–1	Tromsø	Oslo
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ilić 63'	Report	Yttergård Jenssen  28' Romsaas 90+3'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 12,899 Referee: Tore Hansen

Norwegian Football Cup

2022

12 March 2023 Fourth round	Start	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Tromsø	Kristiansand
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pedersen 35' Robstad  57' Sanyang  96'	Report Penalties	Antonsen  47' Erlien 70' Diouf  94' Gundersen  97' R. Y. Jenssen  98' Aarflot  101' Paintsil  120+1'	Stadium: Sør Arena Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland
	Penalties
	Mares Ness Svela Sjøkvist Robstad		Erlien Opsahl Diouf Vesterlund Aarflot

19 March 2023 Quarter-finals	Tromsø	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Lillestrøm	Tromsø
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Opsahl 32' Mikaelsson 60' Diouf  94' Jenssen  116'	Report	Adams  41' Lehne Olsen 48' (pen.) Ibrahimaj  51' Åsen 71' Jenssen 111' (o.g.) Ranger  120'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 2,331 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

2023

24 May 2023 First round	HIF/Stein	0–8	Tromsø	Hammerfest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Knudsen  58'	Report	Hjertø-Dahl 9', 45' Øyvann  22' Traoré 13', 54' Hafstad 29', 63' Romsaas 34', 88'	Stadium: Vår Energi Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Magnus Henriksen Tjelle

1 June 2023 Second round	Tromsdalen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Tromsø	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skogvoll  15' Larsen 61' S. Pedersen  67' T. Nilsen  105'	Report	Hafstad  9' A. Jenssen 90+4'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Kristian Kristiansen
	Penalties
	S. Pedersen Vådebu Ness		Erlien Nielsen Antonsen Diouf

7 June 2023 Third round	Alta	0–1	Tromsø	Alta
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reginiussen  89' Norbye  90+1'	Report	Bassi 29'	Stadium: SmartDok Arena Attendance: 781 Referee: Magnus Nicolai Koløy

28 June 2023 Fourth round	Bodø/Glimt	3–2	Tromsø	Bodø
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Žugelj 77' Bjørtuft 90+4' Saltnes 90+6' Pellegrino  90+7'	Report	Hjertø-Dahl 20' Gundersen  45' Erlien 69' Jenssen  85' Diouf  87'  90+2'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 6,377 Referee: Rohit Saggi

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External links

• Official website

• Tromsø IL seasons
• Norwegian football clubs 2023 season