2021 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2021
Men's football
Eliteserien	Bodø/Glimt
1. divisjon	HamKam
2. divisjon	Kongsvinger (Group 1); Skeid (Group 2)
Women's football
Toppserien	Sandviken
1. divisjon	Røa
Cupen	Vålerenga
	← 2020 2022 →

Season2021

EliteserienBodø/Glimt

1. divisjonHamKam

2. divisjonKongsvinger (Group 1)
Skeid (Group 2)

The 2021 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season was scheduled to begin on 1 May 2021.^[1]

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League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Eliteserien	Tromsø Lillestrøm	Start Aalesund
1. divisjon	Fredrikstad Bryne	Kongsvinger Øygarden
2. divisjon	none	none

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	30	18	9	3	59	25	+34	63	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Molde	30	18	6	6	70	40	+30	60	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Viking	30	17	6	7	60	47	+13	57
4	Lillestrøm	30	14	7	9	49	40	+9	49
5	Rosenborg	30	13	9	8	58	42	+16	48
6	Kristiansund	30	14	4	12	41	46	−5	46
7	Vålerenga	30	11	12	7	46	37	+9	45
8	Sarpsborg 08	30	11	6	13	39	44	−5	39
9	Strømsgodset	30	9	9	12	43	43	0	36
10	Sandefjord	30	10	6	14	38	52	−14	36
11	Haugesund	30	9	8	13	46	45	+1	35
12	Tromsø	30	8	11	11	33	44	−11	35
13	Odd	30	8	9	13	44	58	−14	33
14	Brann (R)	30	5	11	14	38	55	−17	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Stabæk (R)	30	6	7	17	35	62	−27	25	Relegation to First Division
16	Mjøndalen (R)	30	4	10	16	33	52	−19	22	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (C, P)	30	21	6	3	62	21	+41	69	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Aalesund (P)	30	16	10	4	68	43	+25	58	Promotion to Eliteserien
3	Jerv (O, P)	30	15	9	6	49	46	+3	54	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Fredrikstad	30	15	7	8	60	42	+18	52
5	KFUM Oslo	30	12	8	10	46	45	+1	44
6	Sogndal	30	11	9	10	40	35	+5	42
7	Åsane	30	11	7	12	44	53	−9	40
8	Sandnes Ulf	30	10	9	11	43	49	−6	39
9	Start	30	10	8	12	59	59	0	38
10	Bryne	30	11	4	15	44	48	−4	37
11	Raufoss	30	10	5	15	51	54	−3	34^[a]
12	Ranheim	30	9	7	14	56	62	−6	34
13	Grorud	30	10	4	16	45	59	−14	34
14	Stjørdals-Blink (O)	30	8	7	15	32	50	−18	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Ull/Kisa (R)	30	7	8	15	34	50	−16	29	Relegation to Second Division
16	Strømmen (R)	30	4	12	14	32	49	−17	24	Relegation to Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kongsvinger (C, P)	26	22	2	2	88	26	+62	68	Promotion to First Division
2	Hødd	26	18	6	2	67	18	+49	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Asker	26	15	4	7	60	37	+23	49
4	Tromsdalen	26	13	6	7	52	34	+18	45
5	Brattvåg	26	12	5	9	55	48	+7	41
6	Alta	26	12	5	9	49	47	+2	41
7	Kvik Halden	26	12	5	9	46	48	−2	41
8	Eidsvold Turn	26	11	6	9	45	47	−2	39
9	Bærum	26	9	3	14	41	51	−10	30
10	Moss	26	8	5	13	44	51	−7	29
11	Vålerenga 2	26	7	5	14	43	63	−20	26
12	Florø (R)	26	5	3	18	29	63	−34	18	Relegation to Third Division
13	Fløya (R)	26	2	8	16	29	72	−43	14
14	Senja (R)	26	2	5	19	22	65	−43	11

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid (C, P)	26	17	5	4	63	22	+41	56	Promotion to First Division
2	Arendal	26	13	9	4	57	38	+19	48	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Egersund	26	15	3	8	55	40	+15	48
4	Levanger	26	13	4	9	65	41	+24	43
5	Vard Haugesund	26	13	4	9	39	32	+7	43
6	Notodden	26	11	6	9	53	43	+10	39
7	Øygarden	26	10	9	7	41	34	+7	39
8	Odd 2	26	10	4	12	32	42	−10	34
9	Kjelsås	26	8	9	9	43	44	−1	33
10	Sotra	26	10	3	13	41	48	−7	33
11	Fløy-Flekkerøy	26	5	12	9	30	38	−8	27
12	Fram Larvik (R)	26	6	9	11	33	42	−9	27	Relegation to Third Division
13	Nardo (R)	26	6	6	14	31	55	−24	24
14	Rosenborg 2 (R)	26	2	3	21	29	93	−64	9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gjøvik-Lyn (P)	13	13	0	0	49	9	+40	39	Promotion to Second Division
2	Gjelleråsen	13	8	2	3	37	18	+19	26
3	Elverum	13	7	4	2	27	18	+9	25
4	Brumunddal	13	7	3	3	33	15	+18	24
5	Kongsvinger 2	13	7	1	5	32	24	+8	22
6	Lillestrøm 2	13	6	3	4	27	23	+4	21
7	Lørenskog	13	5	3	5	18	17	+1	18
8	Grorud 2	13	4	4	5	21	22	−1	16
9	Raufoss 2	13	4	2	7	19	30	−11	14
10	Toten	13	4	2	7	21	42	−21	14
11	Fu/Vo	13	3	2	8	18	30	−12	11
12	Nybergsund (R)	13	2	5	6	11	23	−12	11	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Ull/Kisa 2 (R)	13	2	2	9	12	33	−21	8
14	Stovner (R)	13	1	3	9	12	33	−21	6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ørn Horten (P)	13	9	2	2	32	12	+20	29	Promotion to Second Division
2	Eik Tønsberg	13	8	3	2	29	14	+15	27
3	Pors	13	7	4	2	33	13	+20	25
4	Hønefoss	13	7	4	2	28	18	+10	25
5	Oppsal	13	5	4	4	17	20	−3	19
6	Strømsgodset 2	13	5	3	5	34	29	+5	18
7	Sarpsborg 08 2	13	5	3	5	26	28	−2	18
8	Fredrikstad 2	13	4	5	4	28	21	+7	17
9	Halsen	13	5	1	7	20	33	−13	16
10	Follo	13	3	6	4	18	14	+4	15
11	Mjøndalen 2	13	3	6	4	23	20	+3	15
12	Flint (R)	13	4	3	6	21	26	−5	15	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Kråkerøy (R)	13	3	1	9	16	32	−16	10
14	Åssiden (R)	13	0	1	12	10	55	−45	1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Staal Jørpeland (P)	13	8	3	2	30	18	+12	27	Promotion to Second Division
2	Sola	13	8	2	3	34	18	+16	26
3	Vindbjart	13	8	1	4	32	24	+8	25
4	Djerv 1919	13	6	4	3	25	18	+7	22
5	Brodd	13	6	3	4	15	19	−4	21
6	Viking 2	13	6	2	5	29	20	+9	20
7	Start 2	13	5	4	4	24	15	+9	19
8	Vidar	13	5	2	6	21	20	+1	17
9	Åkra	13	4	5	4	21	23	−2	17
10	Express	13	5	2	6	26	31	−5	17
11	Mandalskameratene	13	4	4	5	27	22	+5	16
12	Hinna (R)	13	3	2	8	15	29	−14	11	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Madla (R)	13	3	1	9	18	36	−18	10
14	Donn (R)	13	2	1	10	17	41	−24	7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Frigg (P)	13	11	2	0	48	10	+38	35	Promotion to Second Division
2	Fana	13	11	1	1	43	16	+27	34
3	Fyllingsdalen	13	9	0	4	34	22	+12	27
4	Lyn	13	6	5	2	32	20	+12	23
5	Bjarg	13	7	1	5	25	29	−4	22
6	Os	13	5	3	5	26	27	−1	18
7	Ready	13	4	4	5	25	24	+1	16
8	Brann 2	13	5	0	8	34	30	+4	15
9	Lysekloster	13	4	3	6	27	23	+4	15
10	Sandviken	13	4	3	6	25	26	−1	15
11	Stord	13	4	3	6	30	35	−5	15
12	Fjøra (R)	13	4	1	8	26	32	−6	13	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Årdal (R)	13	2	2	9	10	35	−25	8
14	Sogndal 2 (R)	13	0	2	11	7	63	−56	2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Træff (P)	13	10	1	2	41	20	+21	31	Promotion to Second Division
2	Spjelkavik	13	9	1	3	28	9	+19	28
3	Strindheim	13	7	5	1	33	17	+16	26
4	Aalesund 2	13	7	2	4	25	19	+6	23
5	Kolstad	13	6	3	4	31	20	+11	21
6	Byåsen	13	5	4	4	23	20	+3	19
7	Tiller	13	5	3	5	22	21	+1	18
8	Molde 2	13	5	2	6	24	21	+3	17
9	Orkla	13	5	2	6	24	34	−10	17
10	Volda	13	4	4	5	27	21	+6	16
11	Melhus	13	4	3	6	14	19	−5	15
12	Ranheim 2 (R)	13	3	3	7	24	50	−26	12	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	NTNUI (R)	13	2	3	8	18	31	−13	9
14	Tynset (R)	13	1	0	12	19	51	−32	3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ullern (P)	13	11	2	0	36	9	+27	35	Promotion to Second Division
2	Lokomotiv Oslo	13	7	2	4	28	17	+11	23
3	Junkeren	13	6	4	3	33	22	+11	22
4	Tromsø 2	13	6	3	4	24	19	+5	21
5	Stabæk 2	13	6	3	4	24	22	+2	21
6	Nordstrand	13	6	2	5	20	20	0	20
7	Mjølner	13	5	4	4	23	16	+7	19
8	Rana	13	6	1	6	23	30	−7	19
9	Bodø/Glimt 2	13	6	0	7	22	28	−6	18
10	Skjervøy	13	5	2	6	19	21	−2	17
11	Skeid 2	13	4	4	5	26	25	+1	16
12	Melbo (R)	13	4	2	7	15	25	−10	14	Relegation to Fourth Division
13	Skånland (R)	13	2	1	10	15	35	−20	7
14	Finnsnes (R)	13	2	0	11	17	36	−19	6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sandviken (C)	18	17	1	0	50	6	+44	52	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Rosenborg	18	16	0	2	42	15	+27	48	Qualification for the Champions League first round
3	LSK Kvinner	18	12	1	5	46	32	+14	37
4	Vålerenga	18	11	2	5	46	17	+29	35
5	Arna-Bjørnar	18	6	3	9	27	44	−17	21
6	Kolbotn	18	6	2	10	21	31	−10	20
7	Stabæk	18	5	2	11	15	36	−21	17
8	Avaldsnes	18	3	3	12	25	35	−10	12
9	Lyn (O)	18	3	3	12	19	34	−15	12	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Klepp (R)	18	2	1	15	12	53	−41	7	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Røa (C, P)	18	13	5	0	54	6	+48	44	Promotion to Toppserien
2	Åsane	18	11	3	4	33	19	+14	36	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Øvrevoll Hosle	18	10	5	3	39	25	+14	35
4	Amazon Grimstad	18	10	2	6	24	20	+4	32
5	Fløya	18	7	3	8	31	27	+4	24
6	Hønefoss	18	7	2	9	24	35	−11	23
7	Medkila	18	7	1	10	24	42	−18	22
8	KIL/Hemne	18	5	2	11	27	32	−5	17
9	Grei (R)	18	4	2	12	18	33	−15	14	Relegation to Second Division
10	Fart (R)	18	2	3	13	17	52	−35	9	Relegation to Second Division

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valur	0–6	Bodø/Glimt	0–3	0–3
Molde	3–2	Servette	3–0	0–2
Gent	4–2	Vålerenga	4–0	0–2
FH	1–6	Rosenborg	0–2	1–4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Prishtina	2–3	Bodø/Glimt	2–1	0–2
Trabzonspor	4–4 (4–3 p)	Molde	3–3	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg	8–2	Domžale	6–1	2–1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROM	BOD	ZOR	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	18	11	+7	13	Advance to round of 16	—	2–2	4–0	5–1
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	3	0	14	5	+9	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	6–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7		0–3	1–1	—	2–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1		2–3	0–0	0–1	—

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vålerenga	5–0	Mitrovica
FC Minsk	1–2	Rosenborg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vålerenga	2–0	PAOK
Levante	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Rosenborg

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	7	2	1	33	8	+25	23	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	6–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	6–0
2	Turkey	10	6	3	1	27	16	+11	21	Advance to play-offs	4–2	—	1–1	2–2	3–3	6–0
3	Norway	10	5	3	2	15	8	+7	18		1–1	0–3	—	2–0	0–0	5–1
4	Montenegro	10	3	3	4	14	15	−1	12		2–2	1–2	0–1	—	0–0	4–1
5	Latvia	10	2	3	5	11	14	−3	9		0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	—	3–1
6	Gibraltar	10	0	0	10	4	43	−39	0		0–7	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	2–3	Bodø/Glimt	2–2	0–1
Rennes	5–1	Rosenborg	2–0	3–1

24 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Gibraltar	0–3	Norway	Gibraltar
20:45 UTC+1		Report	Sørloth 43' Thorstvedt 45' Svensson 57'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

27 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	0–3	Turkey	Málaga, Spain
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Tufan 4', 59' Söyüncü 28'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

30 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Montenegro	0–1	Norway	Podgorica, Montenegro
20:45 UTC+1		Report	Sørloth 35'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

1 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	1–1	Netherlands	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1	Haaland 20'	Report	Klaassen 37'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

4 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Latvia	0–2	Norway	Riga, Latvia
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Haaland 20' (pen.) M. Elyounoussi 66'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

7 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	5–1	Gibraltar	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1	Thorstvedt 23' Haaland 27', 39', 90+1' Sørloth 59'	Report	Styche 43'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

8 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Turkey	1–1	Norway	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 UTC+1	Aktürkoğlu 6'	Report	Thorstvedt 41'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

11 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	2–0	Montenegro	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1	Elyounoussi 29', 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

13 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	0–0	Latvia	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+1		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

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

Norwegian Cup

League season

Promotion and relegation

Toppserien

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group C

UEFA Women's Champions League

2020–21

Knockout phase

Round of 16

2021–22

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Round 2

Norway men's national football team

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group G

Friendlies

Norway women's national football team

Friendlies

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group F

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16 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Netherlands	2–0	Norway	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 UTC+1	Bergwijn 84' Depay 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

2 June 2021 Friendly	Norway	1–0	Luxembourg	Málaga, Spain
	Haaland 90+2'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

6 June 2021 Friendly	Norway	1–2	Greece	Málaga, Spain
19:00	Strandberg 64'	Report	Masouras 13' Androutsos 21'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

8 April 2021 Friendly	Belgium	0–2	Norway	Brussels, Belgium
11:00 UTC+1		Report	Reiten 41' Utland 73'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)

13 April 2021 Friendly	Germany	3–1	Norway	Wiesbaden, Germany
16:00 UTC+1	Freigang 8' Dallmann 17' Krumbiegel 62'	Report	Reiten 4'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

10 June 2021 Friendly	Sweden	1–0	Norway	Kalmar, Sweden
18:30 UTC+2	Blackstenius 66'	Report		Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Maika Vanderstichel (France)

15 June 2021 Friendly	Netherlands	7–0	Norway	Enschede, Netherlands
11:00 UTC+1	Miedema 13', 57' Spitse 35' Roord 51' Moe Wold (o.g.) Van de Sanden 73' Van de Donk 84'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	9	1	0	47	2	+45	28	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	4–0	2–1	5–0	5–1	10–0
2	Belgium	10	7	1	2	56	7	+49	22	Play-offs	0–1	—	4–0	7–0	7–0	19–0
3	Poland	10	6	2	2	28	9	+19	20		0–0	1–1	—	2–0	7–0	12–0
4	Albania	10	3	1	6	14	30	−16	10		0–7	0–5	1–2	—	1–1	5–0
5	Kosovo	10	2	1	7	8	35	−27	7		0–3	1–6	1–2	1–3	—	2–1
6	Armenia	10	0	0	10	1	71	−70	0		0–10	0–7	0–1	0–4	0–1	—

16 September 2021 2023 Women's World Cup Q	Norway	10–0	Armenia	Oslo, Norway
18:00	Bergsvand 10' Graham Hansen 28' (pen.), 78', 90+5' Sævik 38' Karlseng Utland 47', 79', 87' Blakstad 62' Terland 90'	Report	Sakhinova 27' Osipyan 49'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

21 September 2021 2023 Women's World Cup Q	Kosovo	0–3	Norway	Pristina, Kosovo
19:00		Report	Avduli 12' (o.g.) Blakstad 36' Karlseng Utland 56'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)