The Valerenga Gazette
Market7 Sep 2026
Magnus Westergaard has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Valerenga they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match5 Sep 2026
Whatever happens, Valerenga do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Petar Mićin runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ghayas Zahid falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Valerenga
Ivan Näsberg 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Valerenga promote Stian Riise from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stian Riise 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Marcus Ajer steps up from the Valerenga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcus Ajer 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Aron Bohinen steps up from the Valerenga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aron Bohinen 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Petar Mićin the difference as Valerenga beat Mjondalen
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Petar Mićin. 1‑0 against Mjondalen, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Mohamed Ofkir at his very best
- Squad Oscar Hedvall named in the team of the month
- Squad Petar Mićin finally opens his account