Erling Moe

Erling Moe
Personal information
Full name	Erling Hagset Moe
Date of birth	22 July 1970 (age 56)
Place of birth	Molde, Norway
Senior career*
Years	Team
19??–1996	Træff
Managerial career
1999–2002	Træff
2011	Kristiansund
2015	Molde
2015–2018	Molde (assistant)
2019–2024	Molde
2025	Beşiktaş (assistant)
2026	Kayserispor
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erling Hagset Moe (born 22 July 1970) is a Norwegian professional football coach and former player. In his active playing career, Moe played for Træff until he was 26 years old.^[1]

Coaching career

Moe was head coach at Træff from 1999 to 2002.^[2] During Moe's period as Træff's head coach, the club played in 2. divisjon, the third-highest level in Norwegian football. The team was relegated to the 3. divisjon in his last season at the club.^[2] Moe has been a part of the coaching staff at Molde since 2005,^[3] with the exception of being head coach in third tier club Kristiansund for the second half of the 2011 season.^[4] On 7 August 2015, he took over as manager for the club after Tor Ole Skullerud was sacked.^[1] He was appointed as caretaker until the club found a new manager. Ole Gunnar Solskjær was appointed on 21 October 2015^[5] and Moe went back to his former role as first team coach. Moe again took caretaker charge in December 2018, when Solskjær was appointed interim manager of Manchester United.^[6] On 29 April 2019, Moe signed as permanent head coach till the end of the 2020 season.^[7]

The 2019 season, Moe's first full season as Molde's head coach ended with Molde winning the league title with 68 points, undefeated at home and with a 14 point gap margin to runners-up Bodø/Glimt.^[8] Of Molde's four title wins in history, this was won with the biggest title-winning margin.

Personal life

Moe has stated that he is a fan of English club Coventry City.^[9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 May 2026

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Kristiansund	25 July 2011	22 October 2011	13	10	2	1	076.92
Molde	7 August 2015	20 October 2015	15	7	4	4	046.67
Molde	19 December 2018	8 December 2024	274	169	39	66	061.68
Kayserispor	25 February 2026	30 May 2026	11	3	2	6	027.27
Total			313	189	47	77	060.38

Honours

Molde

Eliteserien: 2019, 2022
Norwegian Cup: 2021–22

Individual

Eliteserien Coach of the Month: June 2021,^[10] August 2022,^[11] September 2022,^[12] October 2022,^[13] September 2024^[14]
Eliteserien Coach of the Year: 2022

References

1 2 "Her er den nye Molde-treneren". Verdens Gang (VG) (in Norwegian). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
1 2 "A-lagets trenerhistorie" (in Norwegian). SK Træff. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
↑ "2005 FORSESONGEN". Molde FK. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
↑ "Moe og Råket leder treningen". Tidens Krav (in Norwegian). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
↑ "Solskjær er Moldes nye manager". Verdens Gang (VG) (in Norwegian). 21 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
↑ "Hamilton: Fredrik Brustad recalled by Molde after one goal in 15 games". BBC Sport. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
↑ "Erling Moe forlenger til ut 2020". www.moldefk.no. Molde FK. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
↑ "Molde slo Glimt etter festfotball". Dagbladet. Dagbladet. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
↑ "Da Moe flyttet inn på kontoret til Solskjær, gjorde han én endring sjefen ikke ville likt". Romsdals Budstikke. Aftenposten. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
↑ "Månedens trener for juni" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
↑ "Erling kåret til månedens trener!" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
↑ "Han er bare ett poeng unna å sikre gullet med Molde Fotballklubb". Facebook (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
↑ "Erling Moe er nok en gang kåret til månedens trener i Eliteserien". Facebook (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
↑ Thuve, Martin (4 October 2024). "Erling Moe og Magnus Wolff Eikrem hedret for strålende september" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[Molde-1] 1 2 "Her er den nye Molde-treneren". Verdens Gang (VG) (in Norwegian). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[Traeff-2] 1 2 "A-lagets trenerhistorie" (in Norwegian). SK Træff. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[3] "2005 FORSESONGEN". Molde FK. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

[4] "Moe og Råket leder treningen". Tidens Krav (in Norwegian). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[5] "Solskjær er Moldes nye manager". Verdens Gang (VG) (in Norwegian). 21 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[6] "Hamilton: Fredrik Brustad recalled by Molde after one goal in 15 games". BBC Sport. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[7] "Erling Moe forlenger til ut 2020". www.moldefk.no. Molde FK. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[8] "Molde slo Glimt etter festfotball". Dagbladet. Dagbladet. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[9] "Da Moe flyttet inn på kontoret til Solskjær, gjorde han én endring sjefen ikke ville likt". Romsdals Budstikke. Aftenposten. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[10] "Månedens trener for juni" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[11] "Erling kåret til månedens trener!" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.

[12] "Han er bare ett poeng unna å sikre gullet med Molde Fotballklubb". Facebook (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.

[13] "Erling Moe er nok en gang kåret til månedens trener i Eliteserien". Facebook (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.

[14] Thuve, Martin (4 October 2024). "Erling Moe og Magnus Wolff Eikrem hedret for strålende september" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

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