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{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Football player infobox| playername= Håkon Opdal
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| image = [[Image:Opdal, Håkon06.jpg|80px]]
{{Infobox football biography
| fullname = Håkon André Opdal
| name = Håkon Opdal
| nickname =
| image = HåkonOpdal02(cropped).jpg
| dateofbirth = [[June 11]], [[1982]]
| image_size = 150
| cityofbirth = [[Odda]]
| fullname = Håkon Eikemo Opdal
| countryofbirth = [[Norway]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|11|df=y}}
| height = 187 cm
| currentclub = [[SK Brann]]
| birth_place = [[Odda]], Norway
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}<ref name=nifs>{{nifs|1|accessdate|24 April 2009}}</ref>
| position = [[Goalkeeper]]
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs = {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Odda F.K.]]
| years = [[2001]]-
| youthclubs1 = [[Odda FK|Odda]]
| years1 = 2001–2011
| clubs = {{flagicon|Norway}} [[SK Brann]]
| years2 = 2012
| caps(goals) = 68 (0)
| years3 = 2013–2018
| nationalyears = [[2002]]-[[2004]]
| years4 = 2019–2021
| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway U21 national football team|Norway U21]]
| clubs1 = [[SK Brann|Brann]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (0)
| clubs2 = [[SønderjyskE Fodbold|SønderjyskE]]
| pcupdate = July 30 2006
| clubs3 = [[IK Start|Start]]
| ntupdate = May 16 2006
| clubs4 = [[SK Brann|Brann]]
| caps1 = 178 | goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 141 | goals3 = 1
| caps4 = 56 | goals4 = 0
| pcupdate = 7 November 2021 <!-- PLEASE CORRECT THIS DATE WHEN UPDATING caps# and goals# -->
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2004 | nationalyears2 =2006–2008
| nationalteam1 = [[Norway U21 national football team|Norway U21]] | nationalteam2 =[[Norway national football team|Norway]]
| nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| ntupdate = 20 November 2012
}}
}}


'''Håkon Eikemo Opdal''' (born 11 June 1982) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He has previously played for [[SK Brann|Brann]] and [[IK Start|Start]], where he won [[Tippeligaen]] in [[2007 Norwegian Premier League|2007]] and the [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]] in [[2004 Norwegian Football Cup|2004]].
'''Håkon Opdal''' is a talented goalkeeper, currently playing for [[SK Brann]]. After being [[Ivar Rønningen]]'s reserve of for a couple of years, the 2003 season became Opdal's big breakthrough. After a serie of great matches, Opdal got a down period at the end of the season, and lost his spot in the starting lineup back to Rønningen. Despite being the clear first choice of the two, Rønningen got sold in the middle of the 2004 season, leaving Opdal with no competition. Since that, only injuries have put Opdal out of the team.


Opdal has been caped 10 times for [[Norway U21 national football team|Norway's under 21 national team]] and was for the first time in May 2006 caped for the Norwegian national football team.
While playing for Brann, Opdal was awarded [[Kniksen Award]] as the best goalkeeper in Norway in 2006 and 2007, and he was also the first choice goalkeeper at the [[Norway national football team|Norwegian national team]] where he was capped 12 times between 2006 and 2008.


== Hounors ==
==Club career==
Opdal was born in [[Odda]],<ref name="altomfotball">{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=18609 |language=Norwegian |title=Håkon Opdal |work=altomfotball.no |accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref> and played for [[Odda FK]] until he joined [[SK Brann]] in 2000. Opdal made his debut for the first team in the Third Round match of the [[2001 Norwegian Football Cup]] against [[FK Ørn-Horten|Ørn-Horten]].<ref name="brann"/> He made his debut in [[Tippeligaen]] in the match against [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] on 27 October 2002.<ref name="altomfotball"/> Opdal was reserve to [[Ivar Rønningen]] for a couple of seasons, but Opdal made his breakthrough during the [[2003 Norwegian Premier League|2003 season]], when he started some matches in Tippeligaen. Opdal became regular in the starting lineup when Rønningen was sold in the middle of the 2004 season, leaving Opdal with competition from [[Johan Thorbjørnsen]]. Opdal became a hero in one of his first starts. In a game in the [[2004 Norwegian Football Cup]] against [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] the score was 3–3 at the end of regular time. In the [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]], Opdal saved a penalty from [[Aasmund Bjørkan]] and later scored the winning penalty himself. Brann carried on to win the cup that year.<ref name="brann">{{cite web |url=http://historie.brann.no/spillerdatabase/hakon-opdal/ |language=Norwegian |title=Håkon Opdal |publisher=SK Brann |date= |accessdate=31 October 2012 |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004736/http://historie.brann.no/spillerdatabase/hakon-opdal/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


[[File:Håkon Opdal.jpg|thumb|left|Håkon Opdal while playing for Brann.]]
Opdal performance as goalkeeper in Brann was awarded with the [[Kniksen Award]] in 2006. and in 2007 Opdal was one of the most important contributors when Brann won Tippeligaen in [[2007 Norwegian Premier League|2007]] and Opdal was again awarded the Kniksen Award. In 2008 and 2009 Opdal suffered from injuries.<ref name="brann"/> Opdal was made captain of Brann by [[Steinar Nilsen]] ahead of the [[2009 Norwegian Premier League|2009 season]] instead of [[Eirik Bakke]]. Opdal was the captain of Brann until the [[2011 Norwegian Premier League|2011 season]] when [[Rune Skarsfjord]] stated that he wanted an outfield player to be captain.<ref name="captain">{{cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article193496.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Opdal ferdig som kaptein |publisher=Bergens Tidende |date=26 February 2011 |accessdate=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301114144/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article193496.ece |archivedate=1 March 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


Opdal was Brann's first choice until [[Piotr Leciejewski]] arrived at the club in 2011, and when his contract expired after the 2011 season Opdal was not offered a contract renewal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.7956712 |language=Norwegian |title=Håkon Opdal fremdeles klubbløs |publisher=NRK |date=16 January 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref> Still without a contract, Brann wanted to sign Opdal on a short-term contract in May 2012 as both Leciejewski and Jørgen Mohus were injured, but Opdal rejected Brann's offer due to a knee-injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article237136.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Brann henter ikke ny keeper med det første |publisher=Bergens Tidende |date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627074223/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article237136.ece |archivedate=27 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Opdal joined the [[Danish Superliga]] side [[SønderjyskE Fodbold|SønderjyskE]] in June 2012,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article3413476.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Opdal klar for ny klubb |publisher=TV 2 |date=7 June 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref> and made his debut for the club in the 6–1 win against [[Randers FC|Randers]] in the opening match of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article244275.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Håkon Opdals nye fotballiv |publisher=Bergens Tidende |first=Mads |last=Bøyum |date=28 July 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818215718/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article244275.ece |archivedate=18 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
=== Norway ===


On 25 September 2015, Opdal scored a [[Direct free kick|free kick]] goal from the half-way line for [[IK Start|Start]] against [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]].<ref>[http://www.ba.no/sport/fotball/keeper-hakon-opdal-med-ellevill-scoring/s/5-8-164063 Keeper Håkon Opdal med ellevill scoring!]</ref>
[[Norwegian football cup|Norwegian cup]]: 2004


On 14 August 2018 Opdal signed a two-year deal for his former club [[SK Brann]], starting from 1 January 2019, when his contract with [[IK Start]] expires. He announced his retirement from professional football after the 2021 season in early November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vik |first1=Øystein |last2=Bøyum |first2=Mads |title=Håkon Opdal legger opp |url=https://www.bt.no/fotball/i/wO9KaP/haakon-opdal-legger-opp |access-date=11 November 2021 |work=Bergens Tidende |date=10 November 2021 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>


==International career==
[[Category:Norwegian footballers|Opdal, Håkon]]
Opdal played eight matches for Norway U16 in 1998, five matches for the [[Norway national under-17 football team|under-17 team]] in 1999 and six matches for the under-18 team in 2000. He was also capped for [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway U21]], where he played 13 matches between 2000 and 2002.<ref name="nff">{{cite web|url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2307867 |language=Norwegian |title=Håkon Eikemo Opdal's profil |work=fotball.no |publisher=[[Football Association of Norway]] |accessdate=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821122431/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2307867 |archivedate=21 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
[[Category:Brann players|Opdal, Håkon]]

[[Category:1982 births|Opdal, Håkon]]
Opdal was called up for the [[Norway national football team|senior team]] for the first time in May 2006,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/norge/article637104.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Opdal håper på fast plass |publisher=Nettavisen |first=Sturla |last=Johannessen |date=15 May 2006 |accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref> and when [[Thomas Myhre]] was injured Opdal made his debut against [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]] on 15 November 2006.<ref name="debut">{{cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/landslaget/article69214.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Ny Serbia-utfordring for Opdal |publisher=Bergens Tidende |first=Tore |last=Strand |date=14 November 2006 |accessdate=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224093500/http://fotball.bt.no/landslaget/article69214.ece |archivedate=24 February 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Opdal played 12 matches between 2006 and 2008 and was the first choice goalkeeper for the national team.<ref name="brann"/> After playing in the 3–1 loss against [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] in March 2008,<ref name="tilbake"/> Opdal lost his position as first-choice goalkeeper to [[Rune Jarstein]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/landslaget/article108732.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Duket for keeperskifte |publisher=Stavanger Aftenblad |first=Olav Rege |last=Olsen |date=26 May 2008 |accessdate=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527093158/http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/landslaget/article108732.ece |archivedate=27 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> When Jarstein was made unavailable for the friendly match against [[Finland national football team|Finland]] in April 2009, Opdal was again called up for the national team, but stayed on the bench with [[Jon Knudsen]] playing 90 minutes.<ref name="tilbake">{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/sport_nrk_hordaland/brann/1.6539182 |language=Norwegian |title=Opdal tilbake på landslaget |publisher=NRK |first=Roy Hilmar |last=Svendsen |date=24 March 2009 |accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref>
[[Category:Living people|Opdal, Håkon]]

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 28 August 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Håkon Opdal|url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=18609&tournamentId=1&seasonId=341&teamId=302&useFullUrl=false|website=altomfotball.no|publisher=TV 2|accessdate=17 July 2019|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12" |[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|[[2001 Tippeligaen|2001]]
|rowspan="11" |[[Tippeligaen]]
|0||0||1||0||1||0||2||0
|-
|[[2002 Tippeligaen|2002]]
|1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|[[2003 Tippeligaen|2003]]
|13||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
|-
|[[2004 Tippeligaen|2004]]
|16||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0
|-
|[[2005 Tippeligaen|2005]]
|24||0||4||0||4||0||32||0
|-
|[[2006 Tippeligaen|2006]]
|25||0||2||0||1||0||28||0
|-
|[[2007 Tippeligaen|2007]]
|25||0||1||0||9||0||35||0
|-
|[[2008 Tippeligaen|2008]]
|18||0||3||0||4||0||25||0
|-
|[[2009 Tippeligaen|2009]]
|20||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0
|-
|[[2010 Tippeligaen|2010]]
|30||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|[[2011 Tippeligaen|2011]]
|6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!178!!0!!26!!0!!19!!0!!223!!0
|-
|rowspan="2" |[[SønderjyskE Fodbold|SønderjyskE]]
|[[2012–13 Danish Superliga|2012–13]]
|rowspan="1" |[[Danish Superliga|Superliga]]
|13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!13!!0!!0!!0!!-!!-!!13!!0
|-
|rowspan="7" |[[IK Start|Start]]
|[[2013 Tippeligaen|2013]]
|rowspan="4" |[[Tippeligaen]]
|30||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||33||0
|-
|[[2014 Tippeligaen|2014]]
|20||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||21||0
|-
|[[2015 Tippeligaen|2015]]
|29||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||29||1
|-
|[[2016 Tippeligaen|2016]]
|30||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||31||0
|-
|[[2017 Norwegian First Division|2017]]
|rowspan="1" |[[Norwegian First Division|OBOS-ligaen]]
|28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||28||0
|-
|[[2018 Eliteserien|2018]]
|rowspan="1" |[[Eliteserien]]
|4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!141!!1!!7!!0!!-!!-!!148!!1
|-
|rowspan="4" |[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|[[2019 Eliteserien|2019]]
|rowspan="3" |[[Eliteserien]]
|27||0||1||0||2||0||30||0
|-
|[[2020 Eliteserien|2020]]
|17||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|[[2021 Eliteserien|2021]]
|12||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!56!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!59!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!388!!1!!34!!0!!21!!0!!443!!1
|}

==Honours==
'''Norway'''
*[[Tippeligaen]]: [[2007 Norwegian Premier League|2007]]
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[2004 Norwegian Football Cup|2004]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Kniksen award]] Goalkeeper of the Year: 2006 and 2007

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

{{SK Brann squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opdal, Hakon}}
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Odda]]
[[Category:Norwegian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Norway men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Norway men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:SK Brann players]]
[[Category:Sønderjyske Fodbold players]]
[[Category:IK Start players]]
[[Category:Eliteserien players]]
[[Category:Norwegian First Division players]]
[[Category:Danish Superliga players]]
[[Category:Kniksen Award winners]]
[[Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Vestland]]

Latest revision as of 14:05, 17 January 2024

Håkon Opdal
Personal information
Full name Håkon Eikemo Opdal
Date of birth (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Odda, Norway
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Odda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2011 Brann 178 (0)
2012 SønderjyskE 13 (0)
2013–2018 Start 141 (1)
2019–2021 Brann 56 (0)
International career
2002–2004 Norway U21 13 (0)
2006–2008 Norway 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2012

Håkon Eikemo Opdal (born 11 June 1982) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has previously played for Brann and Start, where he won Tippeligaen in 2007 and the Norwegian Cup in 2004.

While playing for Brann, Opdal was awarded Kniksen Award as the best goalkeeper in Norway in 2006 and 2007, and he was also the first choice goalkeeper at the Norwegian national team where he was capped 12 times between 2006 and 2008.

Club career[edit]

Opdal was born in Odda,[2] and played for Odda FK until he joined SK Brann in 2000. Opdal made his debut for the first team in the Third Round match of the 2001 Norwegian Football Cup against Ørn-Horten.[3] He made his debut in Tippeligaen in the match against Rosenborg on 27 October 2002.[2] Opdal was reserve to Ivar Rønningen for a couple of seasons, but Opdal made his breakthrough during the 2003 season, when he started some matches in Tippeligaen. Opdal became regular in the starting lineup when Rønningen was sold in the middle of the 2004 season, leaving Opdal with competition from Johan Thorbjørnsen. Opdal became a hero in one of his first starts. In a game in the 2004 Norwegian Football Cup against Bodø/Glimt the score was 3–3 at the end of regular time. In the penalty shootout, Opdal saved a penalty from Aasmund Bjørkan and later scored the winning penalty himself. Brann carried on to win the cup that year.[3]

Håkon Opdal while playing for Brann.

Opdal performance as goalkeeper in Brann was awarded with the Kniksen Award in 2006. and in 2007 Opdal was one of the most important contributors when Brann won Tippeligaen in 2007 and Opdal was again awarded the Kniksen Award. In 2008 and 2009 Opdal suffered from injuries.[3] Opdal was made captain of Brann by Steinar Nilsen ahead of the 2009 season instead of Eirik Bakke. Opdal was the captain of Brann until the 2011 season when Rune Skarsfjord stated that he wanted an outfield player to be captain.[4]

Opdal was Brann's first choice until Piotr Leciejewski arrived at the club in 2011, and when his contract expired after the 2011 season Opdal was not offered a contract renewal.[5] Still without a contract, Brann wanted to sign Opdal on a short-term contract in May 2012 as both Leciejewski and Jørgen Mohus were injured, but Opdal rejected Brann's offer due to a knee-injury.[6] Opdal joined the Danish Superliga side SønderjyskE in June 2012,[7] and made his debut for the club in the 6–1 win against Randers in the opening match of the season.[8]

On 25 September 2015, Opdal scored a free kick goal from the half-way line for Start against Vålerenga.[9]

On 14 August 2018 Opdal signed a two-year deal for his former club SK Brann, starting from 1 January 2019, when his contract with IK Start expires. He announced his retirement from professional football after the 2021 season in early November 2021.[10]

International career[edit]

Opdal played eight matches for Norway U16 in 1998, five matches for the under-17 team in 1999 and six matches for the under-18 team in 2000. He was also capped for Norway U21, where he played 13 matches between 2000 and 2002.[11]

Opdal was called up for the senior team for the first time in May 2006,[12] and when Thomas Myhre was injured Opdal made his debut against Serbia on 15 November 2006.[13] Opdal played 12 matches between 2006 and 2008 and was the first choice goalkeeper for the national team.[3] After playing in the 3–1 loss against Montenegro in March 2008,[14] Opdal lost his position as first-choice goalkeeper to Rune Jarstein.[15] When Jarstein was made unavailable for the friendly match against Finland in April 2009, Opdal was again called up for the national team, but stayed on the bench with Jon Knudsen playing 90 minutes.[14]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 28 August 2021[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brann 2001 Tippeligaen 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2002 1 0 1 0 - 2 0
2003 13 0 3 0 - 16 0
2004 16 0 7 0 - 23 0
2005 24 0 4 0 4 0 32 0
2006 25 0 2 0 1 0 28 0
2007 25 0 1 0 9 0 35 0
2008 18 0 3 0 4 0 25 0
2009 20 0 3 0 - 23 0
2010 30 0 0 0 - 30 0
2011 6 0 1 0 - 7 0
Total 178 0 26 0 19 0 223 0
SønderjyskE 2012–13 Superliga 13 0 0 0 - 13 0
Total 13 0 0 0 - - 13 0
Start 2013 Tippeligaen 30 0 3 0 - 33 0
2014 20 0 1 0 - 21 0
2015 29 1 0 0 - 29 1
2016 30 0 1 0 - 31 0
2017 OBOS-ligaen 28 0 0 0 - 28 0
2018 Eliteserien 4 0 2 0 - 6 0
Total 141 1 7 0 - - 148 1
Brann 2019 Eliteserien 27 0 1 0 2 0 30 0
2020 17 0 0 0 - 17 0
2021 12 0 0 0 - 12 0
Total 56 0 1 0 2 0 59 0
Career total 388 1 34 0 21 0 443 1

Honours[edit]

Norway

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "accessdate". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Håkon Opdal". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Håkon Opdal" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Opdal ferdig som kaptein" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Håkon Opdal fremdeles klubbløs" (in Norwegian). NRK. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Brann henter ikke ny keeper med det første" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Opdal klar for ny klubb" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. ^ Bøyum, Mads (28 July 2012). "Håkon Opdals nye fotballiv" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  9. ^ Keeper Håkon Opdal med ellevill scoring!
  10. ^ Vik, Øystein; Bøyum, Mads (10 November 2021). "Håkon Opdal legger opp". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Håkon Eikemo Opdal's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  12. ^ Johannessen, Sturla (15 May 2006). "Opdal håper på fast plass" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  13. ^ Strand, Tore (14 November 2006). "Ny Serbia-utfordring for Opdal" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  14. ^ a b Svendsen, Roy Hilmar (24 March 2009). "Opdal tilbake på landslaget" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  15. ^ Olsen, Olav Rege (26 May 2008). "Duket for keeperskifte" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Håkon Opdal". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 July 2019.