List of Molde FK players

This article is about Molde players with at least 100 appearances. For a list of all Molde players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Molde FK players. For the current Molde first-team squad, see Molde FK § Current squad.

Daniel Berg Hestad made 666 appearances in 23 years for Molde FK.

Molde Fotballklubb, also known simply as Molde FK, is a Norwegian professional football club based in Molde. The club is affiliated with Nordmøre og Romsdal Fotballkrets and play their home games at Aker Stadion.[1] Formed on 19 June 1911, the club have won five national league titles and five national cup titles.[2] Molde participated in the UEFA Champions League in 1999 where they met Real Madrid, Porto and Olympiacos in the group stage.[3] This made them the second Norwegian football club, to have reached the group stage of the competition. Currently playing in Eliteserien, where the season lasts from March to November. They won their first championship in 2011, and defended the title in 2012. In 2014, they won their first league and cup double. Molde also had a successful period from 1994 to 2005, when they won two Norwegian Cup titles, and finished second in the league on four occasions. Since playing their first competitive match, a number of players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom a number of players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances).

Molde's record appearance-maker is Daniel Berg Hestad, who made a total of 666 appearances over a 23-year playing career; he broke his father Stein Olav Hestad's previous appearance record.

  1. ^ "Klubbinfo, Molde FK". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Molde Fotballklubb – Klubbfakta" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. ^ "UEFA Champions League 1999/00 - History - Molde". Retrieved 8 April 2012.