| Club: | Odd |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Manager: | Jan Frode Nornes |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Trond Haukvik |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Skagerak Arena |
| League: | Eliteserien |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Mushaga Bakenga (15) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mushaga Bakenga (15) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
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The 2020 season was Odd's twelfth continuous season in the Eliteserien since winning the 1. divisjon in 2008.
On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo left to become manager of Vålerenga,[1] with Jan Frode Nornes being appointed as his replacement on 11 March 2020.[2]
On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.[3]
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[4]
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.[5]
On 14 October, Odds match against Viking was postponed due to the Viking squad having to isolate after Veton Berisha tested positive for COVID-19, eventually being rearranged for 4 November.[6]
On 28 November, Odds matches against Sandefjord on 29 November, and Strømsgodset on 2 December where postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.[7]
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2020 | MF |  | Elias Skogvoll | Mjølner | Free | [8] | |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Kachi | Sandnes Ulf | Free | [9] | ||
| 23 January 2020 | DF | | Tobias Hallstensen | Florø | Undisclosed | [10] | |
| 29 June 2020 | FW | | Mushaga Bakenga | Tromsø | Free | [11] | |
| 29 August 2020 | FW |  | Robin Simović | Livorno | Undisclosed | [12] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | to | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Kasper Lunding | AGF Aarhus | 5 October | [13] [14] | ||
| 5 October 2020 | DF | | John Kitolano | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of season | [15] | |
| 5 October 2020 | MF |  | Vladimir Rodić | Hammarby | End of season | [16] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 January 2020 | MF | | André Sødlund | Sandnes Ulf | Undisclosed | [17] | |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | | Filip Delaveris | SBV Vitesse | Undisclosed | [18] | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | | Torgeir Børven | Rosenborg | Undisclosed | [19] | |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | | Birk Risa | Molde | Undisclosed | [20] | |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | | Bilal Njie | KFUM Oslo | Undisclosed | [21] |
See main article: 2020 Eliteserien.
See main article: 2020 Norwegian Football Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Odd on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Odd 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 | FW | | 9 | Mushaga Bakenga | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 22 | Torgeir Børven | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Espen Ruud | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | 7 | Kasper Lunding | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF | | 16 | Joshua Kitolano | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | FW | | 20 | Tobias Lauritsen | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| FW | 11 | Elbasan Rashani | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 6 | Vebjørn Hoff | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Markus Kaasa | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | | 22 | Robin Simović | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | | 5 | Birk Risa | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 18 | Odin Bjørtuft | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 13 | Kevin Egell-Johnsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 52 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Sondre Rossbach | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||||
| width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Sondre Rossbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Espen Ruud | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | John Kitolano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | MF | Vebjørn Hoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Vladimir Rodić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Markus Kaasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Mushaga Bakenga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | FW | Kachi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | FW | Elbasan Rashani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | | MF | Joshua Kitolano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | DF | Odin Bjørtuft | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | FW | Tobias Lauritsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | MF | Filip Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Players who left Odd during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 5 | | DF | Birk Risa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | MF | Kasper Lunding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||||||