2006 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2006
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Strømsgodset
2. divisjon	Notodden (Group 1); Skeid (Group 2); Mandalskameratene (Group 3); Raufoss (Group 4)
Cupen	Fredrikstad
Women's football
Toppserien	Kolbotn
1. divisjon	Asker
Cupen	Røa

Season2006

TippeligaenRosenborg

1. divisjonStrømsgodset

2. divisjonNotodden (Group 1)
Skeid (Group 2)
Mandalskameratene (Group 3)
Raufoss (Group 4)

The 2006 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Norway.

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Stabæk Sandefjord	Aalesund Bodø/Glimt
1. divisjon	Sarpsborg Sparta Manglerud Star Haugesund Tromsdalen	Mandalskameratene Skeid Tønsberg Alta
2. divisjon	Korsvoll Vålerenga 2 HamKam 2 Åmot Stabæk 2 Start 2 Kopervik Askøy Kristiansund KIL/Hemne Steigen Hammerfest	Mercantile Kvik Halden Fram Larvik Træff Frigg FF Lillehammer Egersund Hovding Brann 2 Lyngen/Karnes Lofoten Innstranden

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	15	8	3	47	24	+23	53	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brann	26	14	4	8	39	36	+3	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
3	Vålerenga	26	13	5	8	43	28	+15	44
4	Lillestrøm	26	12	8	6	44	33	+11	44
5	Stabæk	26	10	9	7	53	36	+17	39
6	Start	26	10	7	9	29	32	−3	37
7	Lyn	26	10	5	11	33	36	−3	35
8	Fredrikstad	26	8	8	10	38	46	−8	32	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[b]
9	Sandefjord	26	9	5	12	37	47	−10	32
10	Tromsø	26	8	5	13	33	39	−6	29
11	Viking	26	8	5	13	31	37	−6	29
12	Odd Grenland (O)	26	7	8	11	30	38	−8	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Ham-Kam (R)	26	7	7	12	35	39	−4	28	Relegation to First Division
14	Molde (R)	26	7	4	15	29	50	−21	25	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C, P)	30	20	5	5	68	36	+32	65	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Aalesund (P)	30	17	9	4	71	35	+36	60	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Bryne	30	14	10	6	52	44	+8	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs^[a]
4	Hønefoss	30	15	6	9	64	47	+17	51
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	14	7	9	65	49	+16	49
6	Sogndal	30	11	11	8	43	41	+2	44
7	Kongsvinger	30	11	10	9	39	42	−3	43
8	Moss	30	11	7	12	61	46	+15	40
9	Haugesund	30	11	5	14	40	37	+3	38
10	Sparta Sarpsborg	30	11	6	13	44	56	−12	37^[b]
11	Løv-Ham	30	8	11	11	38	40	−2	35
12	Tromsdalen	30	8	11	11	48	52	−4	35
13	Pors Grenland (R)	30	10	5	15	51	65	−14	35	Relegation to Second Division
14	Manglerud Star (R)	30	7	7	16	47	79	−32	28
15	Follo (R)	30	6	7	17	46	76	−30	25
16	Hødd (R)	30	4	7	19	29	61	−32	19

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notodden (P)	26	16	10	0	66	26	+40	58	Promotion to First Division
2	Bærum	26	17	5	4	60	28	+32	56
3	Lørenskog	26	17	3	6	78	36	+42	54
4	FK Tønsberg	26	14	8	4	61	26	+35	50
5	Sprint/Jeløy	26	12	7	7	50	40	+10	43
6	Drøbak/Frogn	26	10	6	10	59	47	+12	36
7	Stabæk 2	26	9	5	12	48	39	+9	32
8	Sarpsborg	26	9	4	13	45	61	−16	31
9	Odd Grenland 2	26	9	3	14	46	64	−18	30
10	Vålerenga 2	26	8	4	14	44	61	−17	28
11	Åmot	26	8	3	15	33	59	−26	27
12	Tollnes (R)	26	7	5	14	31	59	−28	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Ørn-Horten (R)	26	5	6	15	33	77	−44	21
14	Årdal (R)	26	5	3	18	38	69	−31	18

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Skeid (P)	26	20	3	3	67	23	+44	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Groruddalen	26	16	7	3	73	39	+34	55
3	Ranheim	26	13	6	7	63	40	+23	45
4	Rosenborg 2	26	13	3	10	60	47	+13	42
5	Strindheim	26	12	4	10	53	48	+5	40
6	Byåsen	26	12	2	12	65	48	+17	38
7	Kristiansund	26	11	5	10	44	33	+11	38
8	Korsvoll	26	11	3	12	58	59	−1	36
9	Steinkjer	26	11	3	12	56	59	−3	36
10	Kjelsås	26	10	3	13	36	55	−19	33
11	Molde 2 (R)	26	10	1	15	42	65	−23	31	Relegation to Third Division
12	Levanger	26	7	8	11	48	50	−2	29
13	Kolstad (R)	26	6	3	17	47	84	−37	21	Relegation to Third Division
14	KIL/Hemne (R)	26	3	3	20	29	91	−62	12	Relegation to Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mandalskameratene (P)	26	20	3	3	75	24	+51	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Sandnes Ulf	26	15	7	4	50	32	+18	52
3	Vard Haugesund	26	14	4	8	62	39	+23	46
4	Fyllingen	26	13	6	7	46	38	+8	45
5	Start 2	26	12	5	9	59	50	+9	41
6	Ålgård	26	11	5	10	48	51	−3	38
7	Flekkerøy	26	11	4	11	50	45	+5	37
8	Fana	26	11	3	12	54	57	−3	36
9	Viking 2	26	11	2	13	46	54	−8	35
10	Åsane	26	8	3	15	37	47	−10	27
11	Askøy	26	8	3	15	36	62	−26	27
12	Kopervik (R)	26	6	6	14	42	54	−12	24	Relegation to Third Division
13	Stord Sunnhordland^[a] (R)	26	7	4	15	33	55	−22	23
14	Klepp (R)	26	4	7	15	20	50	−30	19

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raufoss (P)	26	17	6	3	72	38	+34	57	Promotion to First Division
2	Alta	26	16	6	4	75	36	+39	54
3	Nybergsund	26	15	8	3	63	30	+33	53
4	Eidsvold Turn	26	14	6	6	55	33	+22	48
5	Mo	26	12	3	11	60	48	+12	39
6	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	10	9	7	45	43	+2	39
7	Harstad	26	10	3	13	47	54	−7	33
8	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	5	12	47	48	−1	32
9	Ham-Kam 2 (R)	26	10	2	14	40	49	−9	32	Relegation to Third Division
10	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	9	4	13	55	69	−14	31
11	Hammerfest	26	8	5	13	35	50	−15	29
12	Skarp	26	9	2	15	46	73	−27	29
13	Brumunddal (R)	26	7	5	14	45	58	−13	26	Relegation to Third Division
14	Steigen (R)	26	3	2	21	33	89	−56	11	Relegation to Third Division

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Arna-Bjørnar Amazon Grimstad	Asker Kattem
1. divisjon	Haugar Manglerud Star	Byåsen Kaupanger

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kolbotn (C)	18	13	3	2	76	17	+59	42	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Trondheims-Ørn	18	13	3	2	47	10	+37	42
3	Røa	18	12	3	3	69	24	+45	39
4	Team Strømmen	18	12	2	4	47	25	+22	38
5	Arna-Bjørnar	18	11	2	5	60	26	+34	35
6	Amazon Grimstad	18	7	2	9	42	32	+10	23
7	Fløya	18	4	2	12	24	57	−33	14
8	Sandviken	18	4	1	13	25	63	−38	13
9	Klepp (O)	18	3	2	13	17	61	−44	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Liungen (R)	18	1	0	17	10	102	−92	3	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Glentoran	0–2	Brann	0–1	0–1
Skála	0–4	Start	0–1	0–3
Lyn Oslo	1–1 (a)	Flora Tallinn	1–1	0–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Start	1–1 (11–10 p)	Drogheda United	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Brann	4–4 (a)	Åtvidaberg	3–3	1–1
Molde	2–1	Skonto	0–0	2–1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Umeå	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9
2	Kolbotn	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Espanyol	3	1	2	7	7	0	3
4	Lehenda	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	12	10	1	1	25	10	+15	31	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–4	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	5–0
2	Turkey	12	7	3	2	25	11	+14	24	Qualify for final tournament	0–1	—	2–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–0
3	Norway	12	7	2	3	27	11	+16	23		2–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	4	1	7	16	22	−6	13		0–4	3–2	0–2	—	0–1	1–3	1–0
5	Moldova	12	3	3	6	12	19	−7	12^[a]		0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	3–0	1–1
6	Hungary	12	4	0	8	11	22	−11	12^[a]		1–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	—	2–0
7	Malta	12	1	2	9	10	31	−21	5		0–1	2–2	1–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	—

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Competition	Norway scorers
25 January	Monster Park, San Francisco (A)	Mexico	1–2 Report	Friendly	Ole Martin Årst
29 January	Home Depot Center, Carson (A)	United States	0–5 Report	Friendly
1 March	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar (A)	Senegal	1–2 Report	Friendly	Erik Hagen
24 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Paraguay	2–2 Report	Friendly	Frode Johnsen (2)
1 June	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	South Korea	0–0 Report	Friendly
16 August	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Brazil	1–1 Report	Friendly	Morten Gamst Pedersen
2 September	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest (A)	Hungary	4–1 Report	Euro Qualifier	Ole Gunnar Solskjær (2) Fredrik Strømstad Morten Gamst Pedersen
6 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Moldova	2–0 Report	Euro Qualifier	Fredrik Strømstad Steffen Iversen
7 October	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens (A)	Greece	0–1 Report	Euro Qualifier
15 November	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade (A)	Serbia	1–1 Report	Friendly	John Carew

Promotion and relegation

Tippeligaen

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

League season

Promotion and relegation

Toppserien

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

First round

Intertoto Cup

Second round

Third round

Second qualifying round

Group 2

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Group C

Fixtures and results

Norway women's national football team

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