From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Tobias Svensson has until the next board meetingWhat was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Stabaek can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Match8 Nov 2027
Stabaek sink to position 1430 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market8 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jacob Hanstad commits to Stabaek for another 3 years.
Squad8 Nov 2027
At 21, William Wendt is already the best thing here
An average of 7.07 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stabaek have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Stabaek pull $3.8M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market8 Nov 2027
Marius Ulla linked with a move awayThe name of Marius Ulla keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Stabaek say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match11 Oct 2027
Stabaek are in real trouble nowPosition 14, 29 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market11 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Stabaek 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Stabaek has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad11 Oct 2027
A season average of 7.06 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Stabaek know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Market20 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad20 Sep 2027
An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stabaek have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oscar Solnørdal commits to Stabaek for another 3 years.
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Upbeat
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match11 Sep 2027
10 unbeaten for Stabaek
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Stabaek did not have in the autumn.
Squad13 Sep 2027
At 21, William Wendt is already the best thing here
An average of 7.05 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stabaek have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match11 Sep 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad13 Sep 2027
William Wendt knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stabaek , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market16 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market16 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stabaek can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Nicolai Næss : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Stabaek have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market16 Aug 2027
The fee is $1.1M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bodo/Glimt drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
At 21, William Wendt is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stabaek have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match14 Aug 2027
6 unbeaten for Stabaek
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Stabaek did not have in the autumn.
Match14 Aug 2027
A 2-0 win over Sarpsborg 08 , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match24 Jul 2027
13 matches without a win for Stabaek
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Stabaek are no longer polite ones.
Market26 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stabaek can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Armand Wangen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad26 Jul 2027
William Wendt asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Match24 Jul 2027
Stabaek draw a blank against Odd The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Odd defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Match17 Jul 2027
12 matches without a win for Stabaek
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Stabaek are no longer polite ones.
Match14 Jul 2027
Stabaek out of the cupMolde ended it 0-0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stabaek can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Marius Ulla is the hero from the spotA shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Marius Ulla : 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market19 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Stabaek have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match17 Jul 2027
A 1-1 draw with Sandefjord leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad19 Jul 2027
William Wendt knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stabaek , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad19 Jul 2027
At 17 years old, Kristian Daehli became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Crisis
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match7 Jun 2027
Stabaek are in real trouble nowPosition 14, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match5 Jun 2027
No end in sight to Stabaek 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Stabaek has to find a result from somewhere.
Match5 Jun 2027
A bad afternoon for Stabaek against Molde
0-2 to Molde , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of William Wendt
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Stabaek ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 33, Marius Lundemo has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
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Steady
Match29 May 2027
No end in sight to Stabaek 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Stabaek has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad31 May 2027
Aleksa Matić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kimi Løkkevik commits to Stabaek for another 4 years.
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Uneasy
Market12 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market12 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Morten Lien is back at Stabaek , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market12 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Marcus Haaland is back at Stabaek , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market12 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Armand Wangen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Apr 2027
William Wendt asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of William Wendt
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Apr 2027
The name of Karsten Ekorness keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Stabaek say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Alagie Sanyang knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stabaek , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sebastian Olderheim commits to Stabaek for another 5 years.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stabaek , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of William Wendt
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Frederik Ellegaard commits to Stabaek for another 3 years.
Squad4 Jan 2027
William Wendt asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
At 21, Oskar Boesen is already the best thing here
An average of 7.02 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stabaek have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Marius Lundemo has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Oskar Boesen At 21, Oskar Boesen is already the best thing here
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
William Wendt knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stabaek , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Alagie Sanyang
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Oscar Solnørdal has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Crisis
Market12 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stabaek is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Karsten Ekorness commits to Stabaek for another 5 years.
Match10 Oct 2026
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market12 Oct 2026
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Stabaek money.
Market12 Oct 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Triumph
Match19 Sep 2026
Stabaek through in the cupA 1-0 win over Molde , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Marius Ulla
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Sep 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stabaek is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ola Kamara
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Nicolai Næss finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Stabaek have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Aleksa Matić knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stabaek , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Alagie Sanyang has come up in conversations Stabaek were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marius Lundemo and Stabaek agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Brage Tobiassen has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Stabaek .