2025 IK Start season
Start 2025 football season
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The 2025 season was the 120th in the history of IK Start and their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Norwegian football. The club competed in the Norwegian First Division and the Norwegian Football Cup.
| 2025 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Børre Fredriksen | ||
| Head coach | Azar Karadas | ||
| Stadium | Sparebanken Sør Arena | ||
| 1. divisjon | 2nd (promoted) | ||
| 2025 Norwegian Cup | Second round | ||
| 2025–26 Norwegian Cup | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Håkon Lorentzen (13) All: Håkon Lorentzen (14) | ||
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Omar Jebali |
 Vendsyssel FF |
Free | 16 January 2025 | [1] |
| MF |  Stève Mvoué |
 Paris 13 Atletico |
Free | 5 February 2025 | [2] |
| GK |  Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen |
Vålerenga |
Undisclosed | 17 February 2025 | [3] |
| FW |  Terry Benjamin |
Undisclosed | 8 March 2025 | [4] |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Mustapha Isah |
Randers FC |
Loan return | 31 December 2024 | |
| FW | Sander Svela |
Vindbjart |
Free | 17 February 2025 | |
| FW |  Salim Nkubiri |
Contract terminated | 21 March 2025 | [5] |
Friendlies
Pre-season
| 5 February 2025 Friendly | Start | 5–1 | Flekkerøy IL | |
| 18:30 |
| 15 February 2025 Friendly | Start | 0–0 | Egersund | Kristiansand |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Sør Arena |
| 20 February 2025 Friendly | Start | 3–0 | Arendal | Kristiansand |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Sør Arena |
| 28 February 2025 Friendly | Start | 3–1 | Jerv | |
| 18:00 |
| 4 March 2025 Friendly | Start | 0–2 | Rana | |
| 10:30 |
| 16 March 2025 Friendly | Start | 2–0 | Lyn | |
| 16:00 |
| 23 March 2025 Friendly | Viking | 3–4 | Start | |
| 16:00 |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Norwegian First Division | 31 March 2025 | 8 November 2025 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 53.33 |
| Norwegian Football Cup | 12 April 2025 | 24 April 2025 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Norwegian Football Cup | 13 August 2025 | 27 August 2025 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Total | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 52.94 | ||||
Source: Competitions
First Division
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lillestrøm (C, P) | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 18 | +69 | 80 | Promotion to Eliteserien and qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] |
| 2 | Start (P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 55 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 3 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 54 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs third round |
| 4 | Aalesund (O, P) | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs second round |
| 5 | Egersund | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs first round |
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League play-off round as winners of the 2025 Norwegian Football Cup.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 |
Source: NFF
Results by round
Matches
| 31 March 2025 1 | Start | 2–1 | Sogndal | Kristiansand |
| 19:00 |
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Stadium: Sør Arena Referee: Harald Vollstad Sletner |
| 21 April 2025 3 | Start | 1–2 | Hødd | Kristiansand |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Sør Arena |
| 3 May 2025 5 | Start | 2–3 | Åsane | Kristiansand |
| 16:00 |
| 11 May 2025 6 | Raufoss | 0–0 | Start |
| 16 May 2025 7 | Start | 2–1 | Egersund |
| 24 May 2025 8 | Aalesund | 1–1 | Start |
| 31 May 2025 9 | Moss | 0–3 | Start |
| 15 June 2025 10 | Start | 1–1 | Lyn |
| 18 June 2025 11 | Ranheim | 0–1 | Start |
| 21 June 2025 12 | Start | 5–1 | Stabæk |
| 28 June 2025 13 | Odd | 2–2 | Start |
| 26 July 2025 14 | Start | 0–3 | Lillestrøm |
| 30 July 2025 15 | Kongsvinger | 0–3 | Start |
| 2 August 2025 16 | Start | 4–0 | Mjøndalen |
| 6 August 2025 18 | Start | 2–0 | Odd |
| 10 August 2025 17 | Hødd | 0–2 | Start |
| 16 August 2025 19 | Lillestrøm | 3–0 | Start |
| 23 August 2025 20 | Start | 3–1 | Aalesund |
| 30 August 2025 21 | Stabæk | 1–1 | Start |
| 13 September 2025 22 | Start | 2–3 | Kongsvinger |
| 20 September 2025 23 | Start | 2–3 | Ranheim |
| 27 September 2025 24 | Egersund | 2–0 | Start |
| 4 October 2025 25 | Start | 4–0 | Raufoss |
| 18 October 2025 26 | Sogndal | 0–0 | Start |
| 22 October 2025 27 | Start | 2–1 | Skeid |
| 25 October 2025 28 | Åsane | 2–2 | Start |
| 1 November 2025 29 | Start | 2–1 | Moss |
| 8 November 2025 30 | Lyn | 0–3 | Start |
2025 Norwegian Football Cup
| 12 April 2025 First round | Våg | 2–4 | Start | Kristiansand |
| 13:00 | Stadium: Karuss kunstgress |
2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup
| 13 August 2025 First round | Vigør | 0–3 | Start |
| 27 August 2025 Second round | Eik Tønsberg | 3–0 | Start |