Draft:2025 IK Start season

IK Start
2025 season
Manager	Azar Karadas
Stadium	Sparebanken Sør Arena
Norwegian First Division	5th
Norwegian Football Cup	Second round

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Declined by Spiderone 2 months ago. Last edited by Spiderone 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: No meaningful prose in the article. Have a look at 2020–21 SC East Bengal season and 2014–15 York City F.C. season in comparison. If you could add a few paragraphs to summarise the season then this may be acceptable as an article. Also, this article does not have any independent sources. IK Start's website doesn't count as a reliable source. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:08, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

The 2025 season is the 120th in the history of IK Start and their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Norwegian football. The club will compete in the Norwegian First Division and the Norwegian Football Cup.

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	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Norwegian First Division	31 March 2025	8 November 2025	Matchday 1		4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	075.00
Norwegian Football Cup	12 April 2025	24 April 2025	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Total					6	4	0	2	15	11	+4	066.67

Last updated: 28 April 2025
Source: Competitions

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm	13	8	5	0	28	7	+21	29	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Start	13	7	4	2	26	15	+11	25	Promotion to Eliteserien
3	Kongsvinger	13	6	4	3	30	18	+12	22	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Egersund	13	6	3	4	26	22	+4	21
5	Sogndal	13	6	2	5	24	20	+4	20

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2025. 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.

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
4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9	1	0	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	6	3	+3

Last updated: 28 April 2025.
Source: NFF

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W
Position	4

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2025. Source: NFF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 March 2025 1	Start	2–1	Sogndal	Kristiansand
19:00	Grundetjern 33' Lorentzen 50'		Hovden Flataker 2' (pen.)	Stadium: Sør Arena Referee: Harald Vollstad Sletner

5 April 2025 2	Skeid	1–3	Start	Oslo
16:00

21 April 2025 3	Start	1–2	Hødd	Kristiansand
17:00				Stadium: Sør Arena

28 April 2025 4	Mjøndalen	2–3	Start	Mjøndalen
19:00

3 May 2025 5	Start	2–3	Åsane	Kristiansand
16:00

Norwegian Football Cup

12 April 2025 First round	Våg	2–4	Start	Kristiansand
13:00				Stadium: Karuss kunstgress

24 April 2025 Second round	Pors	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Start	Porsgrunn
18:00				Stadium: Pors Stadion KG

References

^ Forsvarsspiller klar for IK Start
^ "Midtbanespiller Stève Mvoué er klar for IK Start". Start.
^ "Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen blir Start-spiller". Start.
^ "Terry Benjamin signerer for IK Start". Start.
^ "Salim Nkubiri forlater IK Start". Start.

[1] Forsvarsspiller klar for IK Start

[2] "Midtbanespiller Stève Mvoué er klar for IK Start". Start.

[3] "Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen blir Start-spiller". Start.

[4] "Terry Benjamin signerer for IK Start". Start.

[5] "Salim Nkubiri forlater IK Start". Start.

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