The 2012 season is Stabæk's 7th consecutive year in

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, and their 17th season in the top flight of

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. It is

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's first season as the club's manager after

Jörgen Lennartsson Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965) is a Swedish football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Allsvenskan team Helsingborgs IF. Career Lennartsson was born in Växjö. He took over Elfsborg from Magnus ...

joined

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at the end of the previous season. Stabæk also competed in the

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after qualifying through the Fair Play rankings. They entered, and were knocked out, in the first qualifying round against JJK of

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. On October 28, Stabæk were relegated from the Tippeligaen to the

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with three games still remaining.

Squad

Transfers

Winter

In: Out:

Summer

In: Out:

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Norwegian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="14", ''Players away from Stabæk on loan:'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for Stabæk no longer at the club:''

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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