2008 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2008
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Stabæk
1. divisjon	Odd Grenland
2. divisjon	Mjøndalen (Group 1); Skeid (Group 2); Stavanger (Group 3); Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Vålerenga
Women's football
Toppserien	Røa
1. divisjon	Sandviken
Cupen	Røa

Season2008

TippeligaenStabæk

1. divisjonOdd Grenland

2. divisjonMjøndalen (Group 1)
Skeid (Group 2)
Stavanger (Group 3)
Tromsdalen (Group 4)

The 2008 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Norway.

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Molde HamKam Bodø/Glimt	Odd Grenland Start Sandefjord
1. divisjon	Nybergsund Hødd Sandnes Ulf Alta	Raufoss Tromsdalen Skeid Mandalskameratene
2. divisjon	Lyn 2 Østsiden Skjetten Valdres Strømsgodset 2 Vindbjart Randaberg Nest-Sotra Skarbøvik KIL/Hemne Lofoten Senja	Odd Grenland 2 FF Lillehammer Gjøvik-Lyn Nardo Averøykameratene Start 2 Askøy Arendal Harstad Mjølner Hammerfest

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	26	16	6	4	58	24	+34	54	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Fredrikstad	26	14	6	6	38	28	+10	48	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Tromsø	26	12	8	6	36	23	+13	44	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Bodø/Glimt	26	12	6	8	37	38	−1	42
5	Rosenborg	26	11	6	9	40	34	+6	39	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
6	Viking	26	11	6	9	38	32	+6	39
7	Lyn	26	11	5	10	38	34	+4	38
8	Brann	26	8	9	9	36	36	0	33
9	Molde	26	7	10	9	39	43	−4	31
10	Vålerenga	26	8	6	12	31	37	−6	30	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
11	Strømsgodset	26	8	5	13	33	44	−11	29
12	Lillestrøm	26	7	7	12	30	40	−10	28
13	Aalesund (O)	26	7	4	15	29	42	−13	25	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	HamKam (R)	26	5	6	15	22	50	−28	21	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Odd Grenland (C, P)	30	20	5	5	76	44	+32	65	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sandefjord (P)	30	17	9	4	46	25	+21	60
3	Start (P)	30	17	8	5	58	34	+24	59
4	Sogndal	30	15	9	6	53	36	+17	54	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
5	Hønefoss	30	15	6	9	47	33	+14	51
6	Notodden	30	12	10	8	55	40	+15	46
7	Haugesund	30	11	9	10	48	47	+1	42
8	Nybergsund	30	12	6	12	49	53	−4	42
9	Moss	30	9	12	9	63	54	+9	39
10	Sarpsborg Sparta	30	10	7	13	45	43	+2	37
11	Bryne	30	10	6	14	38	53	−15	36
12	Løv-Ham	30	9	7	14	37	45	−8	34
13	Kongsvinger	30	8	6	16	33	58	−25	30
14	Alta	30	8	2	20	49	66	−17	26
15	Sandnes Ulf (R)	30	5	10	15	36	55	−19	25	Relegation to Second Division
16	Hødd (R)	30	2	8	20	29	76	−47	14	Relegation to Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mjøndalen (P)	26	17	4	5	64	34	+30	55	Promotion to First Division
2	Lørenskog	26	16	3	7	48	27	+21	51
3	Stabæk 2	26	13	5	8	48	34	+14	44
4	Raufoss	26	13	4	9	55	37	+18	43
5	Drøbak/Frogn	26	12	5	9	51	40	+11	41
6	Follo	26	10	7	9	44	35	+9	37
7	Strømsgodset 2	26	9	7	10	56	68	−12	34
8	Manglerud Star	26	9	5	12	48	43	+5	32
9	Valdres	26	6	14	6	40	48	−8	32
10	Fredrikstad 2	26	9	5	12	36	48	−12	32
11	Strømmen	26	8	5	13	31	49	−18	29
12	Modum (R)	26	7	5	14	34	57	−23	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Østsiden (R)	26	6	7	13	30	52	−22	25
14	Sprint-Jeløy (R)	26	6	6	14	28	41	−13	24

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Skeid (P)	26	22	3	1	88	28	+60	69	Promotion to First Division
2	Ranheim	26	16	4	6	74	32	+42	52
3	Skarbøvik	26	14	5	7	51	38	+13	47
4	Kristiansund	26	14	2	10	56	32	+24	44
5	Levanger	26	14	2	10	47	49	−2	44
6	Lyn 2	26	11	5	10	61	50	+11	38
7	Byåsen	26	11	5	10	55	51	+4	38
8	Strindheim	26	10	7	9	49	44	+5	37
9	Korsvoll	26	10	6	10	37	53	−16	36
10	Kjelsås	26	9	6	11	32	41	−9	33
11	Steinkjer	26	10	1	15	56	68	−12	31
12	Vålerenga 2^[a]	26	9	3	14	40	58	−18	30
13	KIL/Hemne (R)	26	3	3	20	33	82	−49	12	Relegation to Third Division
14	Groruddalen (R)	26	2	2	22	23	76	−53	8	Relegation to Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stavanger^[a] (P)	26	20	3	3	63	23	+40	61	Promotion to First Division
2	Randaberg	26	17	5	4	68	29	+39	56
3	Flekkerøy	26	13	3	10	59	42	+17	42
4	Mandalskameratene	26	12	3	11	60	46	+14	39
5	Fyllingen	26	11	6	9	45	51	−6	39
6	Åsane	26	11	4	11	56	53	+3	37
7	Vard Haugesund	26	10	4	12	44	48	−4	34
8	Ålgård	26	9	6	11	47	60	−13	33
9	Vindbjart	26	9	4	13	45	45	0	31
10	Nest-Sotra	26	8	7	11	46	52	−6	31
11	Fana	26	9	4	13	43	52	−9	31
12	Lillestrøm 2^[b]	26	8	7	11	44	56	−12	31
13	Os (R)	26	9	3	14	32	50	−18	30	Relegation to Third Division
14	Viking 2 (R)	26	3	7	16	36	81	−45	16	Relegation to Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	17	5	4	64	24	+40	56	Promotion to First Division
2	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	16	7	3	68	26	+42	55
3	Tønsberg	26	17	4	5	75	35	+40	55
4	Pors Grenland	26	15	6	5	62	41	+21	51
5	Bærum	26	15	1	10	62	39	+23	46
6	Asker	26	14	2	10	58	52	+6	44
7	Rosenborg 2^[a]	26	13	3	10	69	51	+18	40
8	Mo	26	11	3	12	54	45	+9	36
9	Skjetten	26	10	4	12	52	53	−1	34
10	Eidsvold Turn	26	9	4	13	50	55	−5	31
11	Tromsø 2	26	8	3	15	35	62	−27	27
12	Senja (R)	26	6	2	18	36	92	−56	20	Relegation to Third Division
13	Skarp (R)	26	5	0	21	28	83	−55	15
14	Lofoten (R)	26	3	2	21	35	90	−55	11

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Fart FK Larvik	Sandviken Grand Bodø
1. divisjon	Voss Gjøvik	Skjetten Tromsdalen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Røa (C)	22	20	1	1	90	10	+80	61	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	Team Strømmen	22	14	4	4	44	22	+22	46	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
3	Asker	22	14	3	5	53	26	+27	45
4	Kolbotn	22	12	6	4	51	23	+28	42
5	Arna-Bjørnar	22	12	5	5	58	26	+32	41
6	Klepp	22	8	7	7	51	30	+21	31
7	Fløya	22	9	3	10	41	39	+2	30
8	Amazon Grimstad	22	7	4	11	30	45	−15	25
9	Trondheims-Ørn	22	6	5	11	26	38	−12	23
10	Kattem	22	5	2	15	21	67	−46	17
11	Larvik (R)	22	3	3	16	24	80	−56	12	Relegation to First Division
12	Fart (R)	22	0	1	21	13	86	−73	1	Relegation to First Division

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Honka	2–1	Viking	0–0	2–1
Stabæk	2–3	Rennes	2–1	0–2
Copenhagen	7–3	Lillestrøm	3–1	4–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	2–2 (2–3 p)	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Brøndby	3–5	Rosenborg	1–2	2–3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STE	VAL	FCK	BRU	ROS
1	Saint-Étienne	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	—	—	3–0
2	Valencia	4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	6		—	—	1–1	1–1	—
3	Copenhagen	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5		1–3	—	—	—	1–1
4	Club Brugge	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3		1–1	—	0–1	—	—
5	Rosenborg	4	0	2	2	1	8	−7	2		—	0–4	—	0–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Røa	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6
2	Honka Espoo	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
3	NSA Sofia	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0
4	Iveria Khashuri (W)	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zvezda Perm	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9
2	Frankfurt	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Røa	3	1	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Glasgow City Ladies	3	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	17	2	+15	24	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0
2	Norway	8	2	4	2	9	7	+2	10		0–1	—	4–0	2–1	2–2
3	Scotland	8	3	1	4	6	11	−5	10		0–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–1
4	Macedonia	8	2	1	5	5	11	−6	7		1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	1	2	5	7	13	−6	5		1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[5]	Competition	Norway scorers
6 February	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	0–3 Report	Friendly
26 March	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica (A)	Montenegro	1–3 Report	Friendly	John Carew
28 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Uruguay	2–2 Report	Friendly	Tarik Elyounoussi John Arne Riise
20 August	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Republic of Ireland	1–1 Report	Friendly	Tore Reginiussen
6 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Iceland	2–2 Report	World Cup Qualifier	Steffen Iversen (2)
11 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (A)	Scotland	0–0 Report	World Cup Qualifier
15 October	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Netherlands	0–1 Report	World Cup Qualifier
19 November	Olympic Stadium, Kyiv (A)	Ukraine	0–1	Friendly

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

Third qualifying round

UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

First round

Group stage

Group G

Intertoto Cup

Second round

Third round

Winners

First qualifying round

Group A4

Second qualifying round

Group B1

Norway men's national football team

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group 9

Fixtures and results

Norway women's national football team

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