2019 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2019
Men's football
Eliteserien	Molde
1. divisjon	Aalesund
2. divisjon	Stjørdals-Blink (Group 1); Grorud (Group 2)
Cupen	Viking
Women's football
Toppserien	LSK Kvinner
1. divisjon	Fløya
Cupen	LSK Kvinner

Season2019

EliteserienMolde

1. divisjonAalesund

2. divisjonStjørdals-Blink (Group 1)
Grorud (Group 2)

The 2019 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season began on 31 March 2019, and ended on 8 December with the 2019 Norwegian Football Cup final.^[1]

[1]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Eliteserien	Viking Mjøndalen	Start Sandefjord
1. divisjon	Raufoss Skeid KFUM Oslo	Åsane Florø Levanger
2. divisjon	Oppsal Kvik Halden Sola Sotra Byåsen Senja	Nybergsund Hønefoss Stabæk 2 Fløy Vålerenga 2 Vard Haugesund

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	21	5	4	72	31	+41	68	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Bodø/Glimt	30	15	9	6	64	44	+20	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Rosenborg	30	14	10	6	53	41	+12	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Odd	30	15	7	8	45	40	+5	52
5	Viking	30	13	8	9	55	42	+13	47	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Kristiansund	30	11	8	11	41	41	0	41
7	Haugesund	30	9	13	8	44	37	+7	40
8	Stabæk	30	10	10	10	38	36	+2	40
9	Brann	30	10	10	10	32	37	−5	40
10	Vålerenga	30	8	10	12	39	44	−5	34
11	Strømsgodset	30	8	8	14	41	54	−13	32
12	Sarpsborg 08	30	5	15	10	30	40	−10	30
13	Mjøndalen	30	6	12	12	38	52	−14	30
14	Lillestrøm (R)	30	7	9	14	32	47	−15	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Tromsø (R)	30	8	6	16	39	58	−19	30	Relegation to First Division
16	Ranheim (R)	30	7	6	17	36	55	−19	27	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Aalesund (C, P)	30	25	4	1	67	25	+42	79	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Sandefjord (P)	30	19	8	3	53	30	+23	65	Promotion to Eliteserien
3	Start (O, P)	30	19	5	6	54	31	+23	62	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	KFUM Oslo	30	13	9	8	58	42	+16	48
5	Kongsvinger	30	14	4	12	38	36	+2	46
6	Sogndal	30	13	6	11	51	39	+12	45
7	Nest-Sotra	30	14	6	10	43	31	+12	44^[a]
8	Ull/Kisa	30	11	6	13	47	47	0	39
9	Sandnes Ulf	30	11	5	14	46	49	−3	38
10	HamKam	30	11	5	14	43	47	−4	38
11	Raufoss	30	12	2	16	47	59	−12	38
12	Jerv	30	8	9	13	34	54	−20	33
13	Strømmen	30	7	10	13	32	46	−14	30^[b]
14	Notodden (R)	30	6	7	17	35	53	−18	25	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Skeid (R)	30	4	10	16	38	54	−16	22	Relegation to Second Division
16	Tromsdalen (R)	30	3	4	23	36	79	−43	13	Relegation to Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stjørdals-Blink (C, P)	26	18	6	2	69	22	+47	60	Promotion to First Division
2	Kvik Halden	26	18	4	4	57	26	+31	58	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Fredrikstad	26	16	5	5	52	28	+24	53
4	Egersund	26	13	6	7	60	36	+24	45
5	Levanger	26	13	2	11	38	40	−2	41
6	Arendal	26	12	3	11	49	40	+9	39
7	Hødd	26	10	5	11	40	45	−5	35
8	Moss	26	10	4	12	35	46	−11	34
9	Brattvåg	26	9	6	11	43	50	−7	33
10	Bryne	26	7	7	12	30	41	−11	28
11	Nardo	26	8	5	13	27	43	−16	27^[a]
12	Vidar (R)	26	5	6	15	32	51	−19	21	Relegation to Third Division
13	Sola (R)	26	6	2	18	32	61	−29	20
14	Byåsen (R)	26	4	5	17	28	63	−35	17

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Grorud (C, P)	26	15	6	5	47	32	+15	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Åsane (O, P)	26	15	5	6	66	31	+35	50	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Kjelsås	26	13	8	5	50	30	+20	47
4	Asker	26	13	7	6	39	28	+11	46
5	Fram Larvik	26	12	7	7	50	34	+16	43
6	Alta	26	12	5	9	44	41	+3	41
7	Florø	26	9	8	9	36	41	−5	35
8	Odd 2	26	10	2	14	46	45	+1	32
9	Sotra	26	8	6	12	34	37	−3	30
10	Bærum	26	7	8	11	39	55	−16	29
11	Senja	26	7	6	13	31	47	−16	27
12	Elverum (R)	26	7	5	14	34	46	−12	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Oppsal (R)	26	6	6	14	35	60	−25	24
14	Mjølner (R)	26	6	5	15	30	54	−24	23

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Eidsvold Turn (P)	26	22	2	2	73	17	+56	68	Promotion to Second Division
2	Lørenskog	26	19	2	5	75	34	+41	59
3	Sarpsborg 08 2	26	15	2	9	59	49	+10	47
4	Spjelkavik	26	12	6	8	48	33	+15	42
5	Nordstrand	26	11	7	8	60	45	+15	40
6	Aalesund 2	26	11	6	9	54	37	+17	39
7	Molde 2	26	11	3	12	50	48	+2	36
8	Kråkerøy	26	10	3	13	29	45	−16	33
9	Rommen	26	8	7	11	44	60	−16	31
10	Træff	26	8	5	13	33	47	−14	29
11	Stabæk 2	26	8	5	13	44	62	−18	29
12	Herd (R)	26	7	7	12	34	46	−12	28	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Sunndal (R)	26	5	5	16	36	67	−31	20
14	Årvoll (R)	26	2	6	18	24	73	−49	12

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vålerenga 2 (P)	26	20	3	3	85	27	+58	63	Promotion to Second Division
2	Tønsberg	26	16	4	6	56	25	+31	52
3	Follo	26	16	3	7	44	27	+17	51
4	Ullern	26	15	5	6	61	33	+28	50
5	Ørn-Horten	26	14	8	4	57	29	+28	50
6	Lyn	26	11	6	9	57	45	+12	39
7	Ready	26	10	5	11	37	41	−4	35
8	Frigg	26	10	4	12	38	55	−17	34
9	Mjøndalen 2	26	9	4	13	46	46	0	31
10	Lokomotiv Oslo	26	7	8	11	40	38	+2	29
11	Halsen	26	9	2	15	44	72	−28	29
12	Grei (R)	26	8	4	14	30	45	−15	28	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Norild (R)	26	4	1	21	35	91	−56	13
14	Drøbak/Frogn (R)	26	4	1	21	23	79	−56	13

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fløy-Flekkerøy (P)	26	23	3	0	86	17	+69	72	Promotion to Second Division
2	Mandalskameratene	26	16	5	5	68	43	+25	53
3	Viking 2	26	16	4	6	85	39	+46	52
4	Vindbjart	26	12	7	7	62	48	+14	43
5	Flint	26	12	3	11	53	52	+1	39
6	Madla	26	10	7	9	50	53	−3	37
7	Pors	26	11	3	12	42	44	−2	36
8	Staal Jørpeland	26	9	7	10	45	40	+5	34
9	Brodd	26	9	5	12	51	50	+1	32
10	Start 2	26	9	5	12	40	59	−19	32
11	Donn	26	9	4	13	40	60	−20	31
12	Bryne 2 (R)	26	6	5	15	42	70	−28	23	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Vardeneset (R)	26	5	5	16	34	73	−39	20
14	Storm (R)	26	2	3	21	24	74	−50	9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vard Haugesund (P)	26	20	3	3	103	22	+81	63	Promotion to Second Division
2	Lysekloster	26	17	3	6	85	30	+55	54
3	Djerv 1919	26	16	3	7	72	38	+34	51
4	Fyllingsdalen	26	16	2	8	68	41	+27	50
5	Fana	26	14	6	6	76	40	+36	48
6	Stord	26	12	4	10	70	48	+22	40
7	Strømsgodset 2	26	12	3	11	55	49	+6	39
8	Sogndal 2	26	10	5	11	54	52	+2	35
9	Brann 2	26	10	3	13	49	49	0	33
10	Fjøra	26	10	3	13	54	78	−24	33
11	Os	26	9	4	13	58	46	+12	31
12	Vestfossen (R)	26	7	3	16	43	70	−27	24	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Bergen Nord (R)	26	6	2	18	30	71	−41	20
14	Valdres (R)	26	1	0	25	10	193	−183	3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rosenborg 2 (P)	26	19	3	4	74	29	+45	60	Promotion to Second Division
2	Strindheim	26	14	4	8	59	46	+13	46
3	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	15	0	11	63	50	+13	45
4	Kolstad	26	13	4	9	55	43	+12	43
5	Nybergsund IL-Trysil	26	13	3	10	49	36	+13	42
6	Ranheim 2	26	12	5	9	65	52	+13	41
7	Brumunddal	26	11	5	10	51	40	+11	38
8	Tillerbyen	26	11	4	11	36	38	−2	37
9	Melhus	26	10	5	11	43	52	−9	35
10	Raufoss 2	26	10	2	14	42	69	−27	32
11	Kongsvinger 2	26	8	6	12	54	56	−2	30
12	Orkla^[a]	26	8	6	12	48	55	−7	30
13	Verdal (R)	26	6	8	12	32	52	−20	26	Relegation to Fourth Division
14	Steinkjer (R)	26	2	5	19	20	73	−53	11	Relegation to Fourth Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fløya (P)	26	18	2	6	75	40	+35	56	Promotion to Second Division
2	Finnsnes	26	16	6	4	67	29	+38	54
3	Gjelleråsen	26	15	3	8	61	41	+20	48
4	Hønefoss	26	14	5	7	67	40	+27	47
5	Melbo	26	14	4	8	54	32	+22	46
6	Bodø/Glimt 2	26	14	4	8	62	49	+13	46
7	Junkeren	26	12	3	11	69	56	+13	39
8	Skjervøy	26	12	3	11	47	54	−7	39
9	Ull/Kisa 2	26	10	4	12	50	61	−11	34
10	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	5	12	52	47	+5	32
11	Tromsø 2	26	9	4	13	51	61	−10	31
12	Harstad (R)	26	8	3	15	33	59	−26	27	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Skjetten (R)	26	5	2	19	31	62	−31	17
14	Leknes (R)	26	0	4	22	20	108	−88	4

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Fart	Grand Bodø
1. divisjon	Hønefoss Snøgg	Urædd Bossekop

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LSK Kvinner (C)	22	15	5	2	51	18	+33	50	Qualification for the Champions League Round of 32
2	Vålerenga	22	14	4	4	41	24	+17	46	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
3	Klepp	22	14	2	6	48	19	+29	44
4	Sandviken	22	12	4	6	43	32	+11	40
5	Avaldsnes	22	9	7	6	40	33	+7	34
6	Røa	22	7	8	7	40	35	+5	29
7	Trondheims-Ørn	22	8	5	9	26	22	+4	29
8	Kolbotn	22	7	6	9	35	39	−4	27
9	Arna-Bjørnar	22	6	5	11	26	41	−15	23
10	Lyn (O)	22	4	8	10	23	37	−14	20	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Stabæk (R)	22	3	4	15	16	43	−27	13	Relegation to First Division
12	Fart (R)	22	2	4	16	14	60	−46	10	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fløya (C)	22	15	2	5	62	30	+32	47	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Hønefoss	22	14	3	5	47	23	+24	45
3	Øvrevoll Hosle	22	13	4	5	55	26	+29	43
4	Medkila	22	12	5	5	37	33	+4	41
5	Amazon Grimstad	22	11	1	10	51	36	+15	34
6	Grei	22	9	6	7	46	40	+6	33
7	Åsane	22	9	5	8	38	33	+5	32
8	Grand Bodø (R)	22	8	3	11	34	45	−11	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Byåsen (R)	22	7	5	10	39	55	−16	26	Relegation to Second Division
10	Kaupanger (R)	22	4	6	12	13	41	−28	18
11	Nanset (R)	22	5	1	16	21	52	−31	16
12	Snøgg (R)	22	2	5	15	18	47	−29	11

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	3–4	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	1–2
Cliftonville	1–6	Haugesund	0–1	1–5
Molde	7–1	KR	7–1	0–0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LASK	SPO	PSV	ROS
1	LASK	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	4–1	1–0
2	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8		0–0	3–2	—	1–1
4	Rosenborg	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		1–2	0–2	1–4	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	8	2	0	31	5	+26	26	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	7–0
2	Sweden	10	6	3	1	23	9	+14	21	Qualify for final tournament	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Norway	10	4	5	1	19	11	+8	17	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–1	3–3	—	2–2	4–0	2–0
4	Romania	10	4	2	4	17	15	+2	14	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–2	0–2	1–1	—	4–1	1–0
5	Faroe Islands	10	1	0	9	4	30	−26	3^[a]		1–4	0–4	0–2	0–3	—	1–0
6	Malta	10	1	0	9	3	27	−24	3^[a]		0–2	0–4	1–2	0–4	2–1	—

23 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Spain	2–1	Norway	Valencia, Spain
20:45 (UTC+1)	Rodrigo 16' Ramos 71' (pen.)	Report	King 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 39,752 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

26 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Norway	3–3	Sweden	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (UTC+1)	Johnsen 41' King 59' Kamara 90+7'	Report	Claesson 70' Quaison 86', 90+1'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 23,439 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Haugesund	3–2	Sturm Graz	2–0	1–2
Molde	3–1	Čukarički	0–0	3–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Haugesund	0–1	PSV Eindhoven	0–1	0–0
Molde	4–3	Aris	3–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anderlecht (H)	3	3	0	11	3	+8	9	Knockout phase
2	LSK Kvinner	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Linfield	3	1	2	4	9	−5	3
4	PAOK	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

7 June 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Norway	2–2	Romania	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (UTC+2)	T. Elyounoussi 56' Ødegaard 70'	Report	Keșerü 77', 90+2'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 17,664 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

10 June 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Faroe Islands	0–2	Norway	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
20:45 (UTC+2)		Report	Johnsen 49', 84'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

5 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Norway	2–0	Malta	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (UTC+2)	Berge 34' King 45+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

8 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Sweden	1–1	Norway	Stockholm, Sweden
20:45 (UTC+2)	Forsberg 60'	Report	Johansen 45'	Stadium: Friends Arena Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

12 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Norway	1–1	Spain	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (UTC+2)	King 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Saúl 47'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

15 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Romania	1–1	Norway	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 (UTC+2)	Mitriță 62'	Report	Sørloth 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 29,854 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

15 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Norway	4–0	Faroe Islands	Oslo, Norway
18:00 (UTC+1)	Reginiussen 4' Fossum 8' Sørloth 62', 65'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Promotion and relegation

Eliteserien

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Group 1

Group 2

3. divisjon

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

4. divisjon

Cup competitions

Norwegian Cup

Final

Mesterfinalen

League season

Promotion and relegation

Toppserien

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group D

UEFA Women's Champions League

2018–19

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

2019–20

Qualifying round

Group 8

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Group F

Norway women's national football team

Friendlies

2019 Algarve Cup

Group C

Final

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Knockout stage

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group C

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21:00	Yeo Min-ji 78'	Report	C. Hansen 4' (pen.) Herlovsen 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 13,034 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

22 June 2019 2019 Women's World Cup – R16	Norway	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Australia	Nice, France
21:00	Herlovsen 31'	Report	Kellond-Knight 83'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 12,229 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
	Penalties
	C. Hansen Reiten Mjelde Ingrid Engen		Kerr Gielnik Catley