2025 FK Bodø/Glimt season

Bodø/Glimt
2025 season
PresidentInge Henning Andersen
Head CoachKjetil Knutsen
StadiumAspmyra Stadion
Eliteserien5th
Norwegian Football CupThird round
2024–25 UEFA Europa LeagueSemi-finals
2025–26 UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerJens Petter Hauge (7)

The 2025 season is the 109th season in the history of FK Bodø/Glimt and their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the Eliteserien and the Norwegian Football Cup, Bodø/Glimt will participate in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.

On 17 April 2025, Bodø/Glimt defeated Italian club Lazio in a penalty shootout in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final, becoming the first Norwegian club to reach the semi-finals of a European competition.[1]

Current squad

As of 6 February 2025[2]

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  NOR Julian Faye Lund
2 DF  DEN Villads Nielsen
4 DF  NOR Odin Bjørtuft
5 DF  NOR Haitam Aleesami
6 DF  NOR Jostein Gundersen
7 MF  NOR Patrick Berg (captain)
8 MF  NOR Sondre Auklend
9 FW  DEN Kasper Høgh
10 FW  NOR Jens Petter Hauge
11 FW  NOR Ole Didrik Blomberg
12 GK  RUS Nikita Haikin
14 MF  NOR Ulrik Saltnes
15 DF  NOR Fredrik André Bjørkan
16 MF  NOR Syver Skeide
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  NOR Brede Moe
19 MF  NOR Sondre Brunstad Fet
20 MF  NOR Fredrik Sjøvold
21 FW  NOR Andreas Helmersen
24 FW  NOR Daniel Bassi
25 DF  NOR Isak Dybvik Määttä
26 MF  NOR Håkon Evjen
27 FW  NOR Sondre Sørli
30 GK  NOR Tidemann Nicolaysen
44 GK  NOR Magnus Brøndbo
45 GK  NOR Isak Sjong
77 MF  DEN Mikkel Bro Hansen
95 FW  DEN Jeppe Kjær
MF  NOR Gaute Høberg Vetti

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2024–25 and transfers summer 2024.

Out 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
17 FW  SWE Samuel Burakovsky (at Lyn until 30 June 2025)
94 FW  NOR August Mikkelsen (at Tromsø until 31 December 2025)
MF  NGA Gift Sunday (at Start until 31 December 2025)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 January 2025 Friendly Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 Bodø/Glimt Marbella, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Banus Football Center
15 January 2025 Friendly Sparta Prague 3–0 Bodø/Glimt Marbella, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
7 February 2025 Friendly Aalborg 5–3 Bodø/Glimt Marbella, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
22 March 2025 Friendly Molde 1–2 Bodø/Glimt Molde
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Aker Stadion
15 June 2025 Friendly Bodø/Glimt 4–0 AIK Bodø
15:00 CET (UTC+2)
  • Evjen 29'
  • Høgh 35'
  • Fet 48'
  • Bro Hansen 90'
Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eliteserien 30 March 2025 30 November 2025 Matchday 1 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 060.00
Norwegian Football Cup 26 March 2025 12 May 2025 First round Third round 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 066.67
2024–25 UEFA Europa League 23 January 2025 8 May 2025 League Phase Semi-finals 10 4 1 5 18 16 +2 040.00
2025–26 UEFA Champions League Play-off round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 18 9 2 7 41 22 +19 050.00

Last updated: 12 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Rosenborg 14 6 5 3 15 14 +1 23 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Sandefjord 12 7 0 5 22 16 +6 21
6 Bodø/Glimt 11 6 2 3 25 11 +14 20
7 Sarpsborg 12 5 5 2 21 12 +9 20
8 Fredrikstad 13 5 3 5 15 14 +1 18
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2025. Source: Football Association of Norway (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.[3]

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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
1 1 0 0 1 0  +1 3 0 0 0 0 0  0 1 0 0 1 0  +1

Last updated: 30 March 2025.
Source: NFF

Results by round

Round12
GroundAH
ResultWW
Position7
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2025. Source: NFF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was announced on 20 December 2024.[4]

30 March 2025 1 Bryne 0–1 Bodø/Glimt Bryne
19:15 UTC+1 Report Høgh 35' Stadium: Bryne Stadion
Attendance: 5,151
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam
5 April 2025 2 Bodø/Glimt 3–0 HamKam Bodø
16:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
21 April 2025 3 Molde 2–2 Bodø/Glimt Molde
19:15 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 6,940
Referee: Rohit Saggi
27 April 2025 4 Bodø/Glimt 3–0 KFUM Bodø
17:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 5,910
Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug
16 May 2025 7 Tromsø 2–1 Bodø/Glimt Tromsø
18:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Romssa Arena
Attendance: 6,691
Referee: Daniel Higraff
24 May 2025 8 Bodø/Glimt 4–0 Rosenborg Bodø
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 8,107
Referee: Tore Hansen
28 May 2025 19 Bodø/Glimt 2–4 Viking Bodø
21:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 6,869
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
1 June 2025 9 Haugesund 0–4 Bodø/Glimt Haugesund
17:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Haugesund Sparebank Arena
Attendance: 4,335
Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta
21 June 2025 10 Bodø/Glimt 3–0 Brann Bodø
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 7,325
29 June 2025 11 Bodø/Glimt 1–2 Sarpsborg 08 Bodø
17:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 6,440
5 July 2025 12 Kristiansund 1–1 Bodø/Glimt Kristiansund
20:00 UTC+2
  • Alvheim 90+8'
Stadium: Nordmøre Stadion
Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Norwegian Football Cup

26 March 2025 First round Innstranda IL 0–8 Bodø/Glimt Bodø
18:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Referee: Mohammad Hafezi
24 April 2025 Second round Junkeren 1–5 Bodø/Glimt Bodø
18:00 UTC+2
  • Chooly 73'
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Referee: Even Andreas Richter Eliassen
12 May 2025 Third round Aalesund 1–0 Bodø/Glimt Ålesund
19:00 UTC+2
  • Andresen 52'
Report Stadium: Color Line Stadion
Attendance: 3,008
Referee: Marius Lien

2024–25 UEFA Europa League

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Olympiacos 8 4 3 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
8 Rangers 8 4 2 2 16 10 +6 14
9 Bodø/Glimt 8 4 2 2 14 11 +3 14 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10 Anderlecht 8 4 2 2 14 12 +2 14
11 FCSB 8 4 2 2 10 9 +1 14
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Matches

The first six matches of the League phase were played as part of the 2024 season.

23 January 2025 7 Bodø/Glimt 3–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Bodø
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 3,989
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)
30 January 2025 8 Nice 1–1 Bodø/Glimt Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 31 January 2025.

13 February 2025 First leg Twente 2–1 Bodø/Glimt Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
20 February 2025 Second leg Bodø/Glimt 5–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–4 agg.)
Twente Bodø
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 6,417
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 February 2025.

6 March 2025 First leg Bodø/Glimt 3–0 Olympiacos Bodø
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
13 March 2025 Second leg Olympiacos 2–1
(2–4 agg.)
Bodø/Glimt Piraeus
19:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,850
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 21 February 2025.

10 April 2025 First leg Bodø/Glimt 2–0 Lazio Bodø
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
17 April 2025 Second leg Lazio 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(2–3 p)
Bodø/Glimt Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 54,873
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Penalties
Semi-finals

The draw for the order of the semi-final legs was held on 21 February 2025, after the draw for the round of 16 and quarter-finals.

1 May 2025 First leg Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Bodø/Glimt London, England
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
8 May 2025 Second leg Bodø/Glimt 0–2
(1–5 agg.)
Tottenham Hotspur Bodø
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

2025–26 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round will be held on 4 August 2025. Bodø/Glimt will be one of the seeded teams.

Squad statistics

As of match played 24 May 2025

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Eliteserien Norwegian Cup UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  NOR Julian Faye Lund 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF  DEN Villads Nielsen 11 0 0+2 0 3 0 4+2 0
4 DF  NOR Odin Bjørtuft 12 0 4+1 0 1 0 5+1 0
5 DF  NOR Haitam Aleesami 9 0 1+5 0 2+1 0 0 0
6 DF  NOR Jostein Gundersen 17 0 6 0 1 0 10 0
7 MF  NOR Patrick Berg 17 2 6 0 2 1 9 1
8 MF  NOR Sondre Auklend 9 0 0+2 0 2+1 0 0+4 0
9 FW  DEN Kasper Høgh 18 13 4+2 6 0+2 1 10 6
10 FW  NOR Jens Petter Hauge 17 0 4+1 0 1+1 0 9+1 0
11 FW  NOR Ole Didrik Blomberg 14 2 5 2 0+1 0 8 0
12 GK  RUS Nikita Haikin 17 0 6 0 1 0 10 0
14 MF  NOR Ulrik Saltnes 18 9 6 4 1+1 2 9+1 3
15 DF  NOR Fredrik André Bjørkan 17 1 6 0 1 0 10 1
16 MF  NOR Syver Skeide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF  NOR Gaute Vetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF  NOR Brede Moe 7 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+2 0
19 MF  NOR Sondre Brunstad Fet 13 1 0+3 0 2 0 2+6 1
20 DF  NOR Fredrik Sjøvold 18 1 6 1 1+1 0 10 0
21 FW  NOR Andreas Helmersen 14 2 2+2 0 0+1 1 0+9 1
24 FW  NOR Daniel Bassi 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
25 FW  NOR Isak Dybvik Määttä 16 1 2+3 0 2 1 3+6 0
26 MF  NOR Håkon Evjen 16 1 6 0 0+1 0 9 1
27 MF  NOR Sondre Sørli 15 1 1+4 0 3 1 1+6 0
37 DF  NOR Magnus Fagervik Antonsen 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
39 DF  NOR Cassander Krane Dreyer 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 FW  POL Eryk Lukaszka 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
77 FW  DEN Mikkel Bro Hansen 4 6 0+1 0 3 6 0 0
95 MF  DEN Jeppe Kjær 4 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+2 0
Players away from Bodø/Glimt on loan:
17 FW  SWE Samuel Burakovsky 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
94 FW  NOR August Mikkelsen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Bodø/Glimt no longer at the club:
5 DF  NOR Brice Wembangomo 2 1 0 0 0 0 0+2 1
99 FW  SVN Nino Žugelj 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0

Goal scorers

Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Eliteserien Norwegian Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1 FW 9 Kasper Høgh 6 1 6 13
2 MF 14 Ulrik Saltnes 4 2 3 9
3 FW 77 Mikkel Bro Hansen 0 6 0 6
4 Own goal 1 0 3 4
5 FW 11 Ole Didrik Blomberg 2 0 0 2
MF 7 Patrick Berg 0 1 1 2
FW 21 Andreas Helmersen 0 1 1 2
8 DF 20 Fredrik Sjøvold 1 0 0 1
FW 25 Isak Dybvik Määttä 0 1 0 1
MF 27 Sondre Sørli 0 1 0 1
DF 5 Brice Wembangomo 0 0 1 1
DF 15 Fredrik André Bjørkan 0 0 1 1
MF 19 Sondre Brunstad Fet 0 0 1 1
MF 26 Håkon Evjen 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 14 13 18 45

Clean sheets

Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Eliteserien Norwegian Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1 GK 12 Nikita Haikin 4 0 2 6
2 GK 1 Julian Faye Lund 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 4 1 2 7

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Name Eliteserien Norwegian Cup UEFA Conference League Total
6 DF Jostein Gundersen 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
7 MF Patrick Berg 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
9 FW Kasper Høgh 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
10 FW Jens Petter Hauge 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
12 GK Nikita Haikin 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
14 MF Ulrik Saltnes 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
15 DE Fredrik André Bjørkan 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
20 DF Fredrik Sjøvold 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
21 FW Andreas Helmersen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
25 FW Isak Dybvik Määttä 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF Håkon Evjen 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
95 FW Jeppe Kjær 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players away from Bodø/Glimt on loan:
Players who appeared for Bodø/Glimt no longer at the club:
TOTALS 6 0 1 0 15 1 22 1

References

  1. ^ "Bodo/Glimt survived a superb Lazio fightback to win a frantic encounter on penalties and reach the Europa League semi-finals". BBC. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  2. ^ "A-laget" [First team squad] (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. ^ Slik spilles Eliteserien 2025: Rosenborg i åpningskampen