2020 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2020
Men's football
Eliteserien	Bodø/Glimt
1. divisjon	Tromsø
2. divisjon	Fredrikstad (Group 1); Bryne (Group 2)
Women's football
Toppserien	Vålerenga
1. divisjon	Stabæk
Cupen	Vålerenga

Season2020

EliteserienBodø/Glimt

1. divisjonTromsø

2. divisjonFredrikstad (Group 1)
Bryne (Group 2)

The 2020 season was the 115th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season was originally scheduled to start on 4 April, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway the football season was delayed. On 7 May 2020, the Norwegian government allowed the league to start on 16 June 2020.^[1]

The men's 3. divisjon and women's 2. divisjon, along with all other lower divisions, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] The men's football cup was also cancelled.^[3]

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[2]

[3]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Eliteserien	Aalesund Sandefjord Start	Lillestrøm Tromsø Ranheim
1. divisjon	Stjørdals-Blink Grorud Åsane	Notodden Skeid Tromsdalen
2. divisjon	Eidsvold Turn Vålerenga 2 Fløy Vard Haugesund Rosenborg 2 Fløya	Vidar Sola Byåsen Elverum Oppsal Mjølner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	30	26	3	1	103	32	+71	81	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Molde	30	20	2	8	77	36	+41	62	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Vålerenga	30	15	10	5	51	33	+18	55
4	Rosenborg	30	15	7	8	50	35	+15	52
5	Kristiansund	30	12	12	6	57	45	+12	48
6	Viking	30	12	8	10	54	52	+2	44
7	Odd	30	13	4	13	52	51	+1	43
8	Stabæk	30	9	12	9	41	45	−4	39
9	Haugesund	30	11	6	13	39	51	−12	39
10	Brann	30	9	9	12	40	49	−9	36
11	Sandefjord	30	9	8	13	31	43	−12	35
12	Sarpsborg 08	30	8	8	14	33	43	−10	32
13	Strømsgodset	30	7	10	13	41	57	−16	31
14	Mjøndalen (O)	30	8	3	19	26	45	−19	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Start (R)	30	6	9	15	33	56	−23	27	Relegation to First Division
16	Aalesund (R)	30	2	5	23	30	85	−55	11	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tromsø (C, P)	30	19	6	5	60	29	+31	63	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Lillestrøm (P)	30	16	9	5	49	26	+23	57	Promotion to Eliteserien
3	Sogndal	30	15	6	9	57	36	+21	51	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim	30	13	8	9	61	41	+20	47
5	Åsane	30	12	9	9	60	48	+12	45
6	Raufoss	30	11	10	9	53	44	+9	42^[a]
7	Sandnes Ulf	30	11	8	11	46	55	−9	41
8	KFUM Oslo	30	10	9	11	44	44	0	39
9	HamKam	30	10	9	11	49	52	−3	39
10	Strømmen	30	10	8	12	47	51	−4	35^[b]
11	Jerv	30	9	8	13	41	57	−16	35
12	Ull/Kisa	30	10	5	15	45	63	−18	35
13	Grorud	30	9	7	14	45	56	−11	34
14	Stjørdals-Blink (O)	30	8	9	13	52	59	−7	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Kongsvinger (R)	30	6	10	14	35	53	−18	28	Relegation to Second Division
16	Øygarden (R)	30	6	9	15	37	67	−30	27	Relegation to Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad	13	13	0	0	45	12	+33	39	Qualification for promotion group 1
2	Hødd	13	8	2	3	21	7	+14	26
3	Skeid	13	8	1	4	29	17	+12	25
4	Kvik Halden	13	8	1	4	29	20	+9	25
5	Alta	13	8	1	4	25	17	+8	25
6	Brattvåg	13	5	4	4	26	17	+9	19
7	Tromsdalen	13	5	3	5	26	17	+9	18
8	Vålerenga 2	13	5	2	6	14	29	−15	17
9	Eidsvold Turn	13	5	1	7	25	33	−8	16
10	Florø	13	4	2	7	26	25	+1	14
11	Kjelsås	13	3	5	5	21	21	0	14
12	Moss	13	3	2	8	16	24	−8	11
13	Senja	13	2	3	8	13	33	−20	8^[a]
14	Fløya	13	0	1	12	10	54	−44	1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C, P)	19	17	1	1	60	19	+41	52	Promotion to First Division
2	Skeid	19	12	2	5	36	21	+15	38	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Hødd	17	9	3	5	28	14	+14	30
4	Alta	17	9	2	6	33	26	+7	29
5	Kvik Halden	17	9	2	6	37	31	+6	29
6	Brattvåg	18	6	6	6	32	28	+4	24
7	Tromsdalen	18	6	4	8	31	24	+7	22

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bryne	13	9	3	1	33	16	+17	30	Qualification for promotion group 2
2	Vard Haugesund	13	9	1	3	29	10	+19	28
3	Egersund	13	7	2	4	34	15	+19	23
4	Asker	13	6	5	2	21	15	+6	23
5	Arendal	13	6	3	4	22	10	+12	21
6	Fløy-Flekkerøy	13	6	3	4	18	13	+5	21
7	Sotra	13	6	2	5	17	18	−1	20
8	Levanger	13	5	4	4	20	18	+2	17^[a]
9	Notodden	13	5	1	7	16	24	−8	16
10	Nardo	13	2	6	5	12	20	−8	12
11	Bærum	13	1	8	4	13	18	−5	11
12	Rosenborg 2	13	3	2	8	12	24	−12	11
13	Odd 2	13	2	3	8	9	31	−22	9
14	Fram Larvik	13	1	3	9	17	41	−24	6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bryne (C, P)	19	13	5	1	47	23	+24	44	Promotion to First Division
2	Asker	19	10	7	2	38	21	+17	37	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Egersund	19	10	4	5	48	22	+26	34
4	Vard Haugesund	19	11	1	7	34	19	+15	34
5	Arendal	19	9	5	5	32	18	+14	32
6	Fløy-Flekkerøy	18	6	3	9	21	27	−6	21
7	Sotra	18	6	2	10	21	34	−13	20

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	none	Stabæk Fart
1. divisjon	Frigg KIL/Hemne	Grand Bodø Byåsen Kaupanger Nanset Snøgg

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vålerenga (C)	18	11	5	2	39	14	+25	38	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Rosenborg	18	10	8	0	34	16	+18	38	Qualification for the Champions League first round
3	Avaldsnes	18	10	4	4	31	21	+10	34
4	Sandviken	18	9	3	6	29	23	+6	30
5	LSK Kvinner	18	9	2	7	29	23	+6	29
6	Lyn	18	6	3	9	24	30	−6	21
7	Klepp	18	5	3	10	19	33	−14	18
8	Arna-Bjørnar	18	5	2	11	13	29	−16	17
9	Kolbotn (O)	18	2	7	9	18	29	−11	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Røa (R)	18	3	3	12	15	33	−18	12	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C, P)	18	17	0	1	68	13	+55	51	Promotion to Toppserien
2	Medkila	18	12	0	6	33	21	+12	36	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Øvrevoll Hosle	18	11	2	5	39	21	+18	35
4	Hønefoss	18	11	1	6	44	33	+11	34
5	Åsane	18	10	2	6	43	23	+20	32
6	KIL/Hemne	18	5	6	7	30	36	−6	21
7	Amazon Grimstad	18	6	2	10	25	38	−13	20
8	Grei	18	4	6	8	20	32	−12	18
9	Fløya	18	1	3	14	19	55	−36	6
10	Fart	18	1	2	15	13	62	−49	5

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rosenborg	4–2	Breiðablik
Bodø/Glimt	6–1	Kauno Žalgiris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Viking	0–2	Aberdeen
Ventspils	1–5	Rosenborg
Bodø/Glimt	3–1	Žalgiris

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	MOL	RW	DUN
1	Arsenal	6	6	0	0	20	5	+15	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	4–1	3–0
2	Molde	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–3	—	1–0	3–1
3	Rapid Wien	6	2	1	3	11	13	−2	7		1–2	2–2	—	4–3
4	Dundalk	6	0	0	6	8	19	−11	0		2–4	1–2	1–3	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Minsk	1–2	LSK Kvinner	0–2	1–0
Vålerenga	1–1 (4–5 p)	Brøndby	—	1–1 (a.e.t.)

8 October 2020 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs	Norway	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Serbia	Oslo, Norway
18:00	Normann 88'	Report	Milinković-Savić 82', 102'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

4 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Norway	1–2	Austria	Oslo, Norway
20:45	Haaland 66'	Report	Gregoritsch 35' Sabitzer 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: NIL^[7] Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

7 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Northern Ireland	1–5	Norway	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	McNair 6'	Report	Elyounoussi 2' Haaland 7', 58' Sørloth 19', 47'	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: NIL^[8] Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

11 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Norway	4–0	Romania	Oslo, Norway
18:00	Haaland 13', 64', 74' Sørloth 39'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

14 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Norway	1–0	Northern Ireland	Oslo, Norway
20:45	Dallas 68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria (P)	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13	Promotion to League A	—	1–1	2–3	2–1
2	Norway	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10		1–2	—	4–0	1–0
3	Romania	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8		0–1	3–0^[a]	—	1–1
4	Northern Ireland (R)	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2	Relegation to League C	0–1	1–5	1–1	—

15 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Romania	3–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Norway	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

18 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Austria	1–1	Norway	Vienna, Austria
20:45	Grbić 90+4'	Report	Zahid 61'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	6	6	0	0	34	1	+33	18	Final tournament	—	6–0	1–0	Canc.	Canc.
2	Northern Ireland	8	4	2	2	17	17	0	14^[a]	Play-offs	0–6	—	0–0	3–2	5–1
3	Wales	8	4	2	2	16	4	+12	14^[a]		0–1	2–2	—	3–0	4–0
4	Belarus	7	2	0	5	11	15	−4	6		1–7	0–1	0–1	—	6–0
5	Faroe Islands	7	0	0	7	1	42	−41	0		0–13	0–6	0–6	0–2	—

22 September 2020 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Norway	1–0	Wales	Oslo
18:00	Reiten 29' Wold 65' Minde 71'	Report	James 75' K. Green 81'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

27 October 2020 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Wales	0–1	Norway	Newport, Wales
19:00		Report	Maanum 61'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Referee: Marta Frías Acedo (Spain)

26 November 2020 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Norway	Cancelled^[11]	Faroe Islands	Drammen
20:00		Cancellation		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

Promotion and relegation

Eliteserien

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Group 1

Promotion group 1

Group 2

Promotion group 2

League season

Promotion and relegation

Toppserien

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group B

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Play-offs path C

2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Group 1

Norway women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group C

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