| Club: | Start |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Manager: | Jóhannes Harðarson |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Sør Arena |
| League: | Eliteserien |
| League Result: | 15th |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Eirik Schulze (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Eirik Schulze (9) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
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The 2020 season was IK Start's first season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation at the end of the 2018 season. They finished the season in 15th position and where relegated back to the 1. divisjon at the first opportunity.
On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.[1]
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[2]
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.[3]
See main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2019–20 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2020.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 December 2019 | GK |  | Amund Wichne | Viking | Undisclosed | [4] | |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | | Eirik Schulze | Sogndal | Undisclosed | [5] | |
| 16 January 2020 | DF | | Henrik Gjesdal | Kristiansund | Undisclosed | [6] | |
| 28 May 2020 | DF | | Vegard Bergan | Bodø/Glimt | Undisclosed | [7] | |
| 24 August 2020 | FW | Christian Bolaños | Saprissa | Undisclosed | [8] | ||
| 31 August 2020 | MF |  | Mohamed El Makrini | Kilmarnock | Undisclosed | [9] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2020 | FW |  | Isac Lidberg | Gefle | Undisclosed | [11] | |
| 9 March 2020 | DF | | Espen Hammer Berger | Sandnes Ulf | Undisclosed | [12] | |
| 24 August 2020 | MF | Afeez Aremu | St. Pauli | Undisclosed | [13] | ||
| 24 September 2020 | MF |  | Isaac Twum | Mjøndalen | Undisclosed | [14] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | to | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2020 | MF | | Adnan Hadzic | Sandnes Ulf | 1 September 2020 | [15] | |
| 1 August 2020 | FW | | Kristian Strømland Lien | Fløy | 1 September 2020 | ||
| 13 September 2020 | FW | Adeleke Akinyemi | HamKam | End of season | [16] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2019[17] | GK | | Alexander Pedersen | KFUM Oslo | ||
| 31 December 2020 | FW |  | Aron Sigurðarson | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||
| 15 May 2020[18] | DF |  | Damion Lowe | Phoenix Rising | 16 September 2020[19] |
See main article: 2020 Eliteserien.
See main article: 2020 Norwegian Football Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Start on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Start during the season|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Eliteserien | width=200 | Norwegian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 11 | Eirik Schulze | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2 | Own goal | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 20 | Mathias Bringaker | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Kevin Kabran | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 19 | Kasper Skaanes | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| FW | 30 | Christian Bolaños | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Eman Markovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Jesper Daland | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 16 | Mikael Ugland | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 22 | Kristoffer Tønnessen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 10 | Steffen Skålevik | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 18 | Isaac Twum | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 4 | Mohamed El Makrini | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 23 | Erlend Segberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Eliteserien | width=200 | Norwegian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 1 | Jonas Deumeland | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Amund Wichne | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Jonas Deumeland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | | DF | Jesper Daland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | | DF | Vegard Bergan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | | MF | Mohamed El Makrini | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | | DF | Joackim Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | FW | Kevin Kabran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Eman Markovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Martin Ramsland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Steffen Skålevik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | MF | Eirik Schulze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | MF | Espen Børufsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | MF | Mikael Ugland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | MF | Kasper Skaanes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | FW | Mathias Bringaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | MF | Erlend Segberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | | DF | Eirik Wichne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | FW | Christian Bolaños | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Players who left Start during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Afeez Aremu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | MF | Isaac Twum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | |||||||