The Oddevold Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Hassan Mohamed Yusuf would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Hassan Mohamed Yusuf is living that version at Oddevold, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tony Miettinen due for a Oddevold medical
Everything agreed with Mjällby, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Oddevold
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexander Almqvist was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Oddevold
Jesper Merbom Adolfsson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Morten Sætra
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mattias Svensson steps up from the Oddevold academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mattias Svensson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oddevold promote Karl Hiljemark from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Karl Hiljemark has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oddevold promote Gustav Berg from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustav Berg has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marcus Krafth joins the Oddevold first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcus Krafth is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Oddevold against Kalmar FF
- Squad Gabriel Sandberg signs a new deal
- The dugout The view from the dugout