2026 Eliteserien

Eliteserien
Season	2026
Dates	14 March – 6 December 2026
Matches	89
Goals	262 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kasper Høgh; (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Viking 5–0 Bodø/Glimt; (11 April 2026); Bodø/Glimt 5–0 Start; (30 April 2026); Bodø/Glimt 5–0 Tromsø; (16 May 2026
Biggest away win	Tromsø 0–5 Brann; (29 April 2026)
Highest scoring	Viking 6–3 Start; (16 May 2026)
Longest winning run	9 matches; Viking
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Viking
Longest winless run	10 matches; Start
Longest losing run	4 matches; Fredrikstad
Highest attendance	21,426; Rosenborg 2–3 Aalesund; (16 May 2026)
Lowest attendance	1,365; KFUM Oslo 1–2 Sandefjord; (7 April 2026)
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 1 June 2026.

The 2026 Eliteserien is the 82nd season of top-tier football in Norway.

Season2026

Dates14 March – 6 December 2026

Matches89

Goals262 (2.94 per match)

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This is the tenth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen.

The season started on 14 March and will end on 6 December 2026, not including playoff matches.^[1]

Viking are the defending champions. Lillestrøm, Start, and Aalesund joined as the promoted clubs from the 2025 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Strømsgodset, Haugesund, and Bryne, who were relegated to the 2026 Norwegian First Division.

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Team	Ap.	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	20	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778^[2]
Bodø/Glimt	31	Bodø	Nordland	Aspmyra Stadion	Artificial	8,200^[3]
Brann	68	Bergen	Vestland	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,500^[4]
Fredrikstad	45	Fredrikstad	Østfold	Fredrikstad Stadion	Artificial	12,560^[5]
HamKam	27	Hamar	Innlandet	Briskeby Stadion	Artificial	8,068^[6]
KFUM	3	Oslo	Oslo	KFUM Arena	Artificial	3,300^[7]
Kristiansund	9	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	Nordmøre Stadion	Artificial	4,364^[8]
Lillestrøm	60	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen	Natural	10,540^[9]
Molde	50	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249^[10]
Rosenborg	63	Trondheim	Trøndelag	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,423^[11]
Sandefjord	14	Sandefjord	Vestfold	Jotun Arena	Artificial	6,582^[12]
Sarpsborg	15	Sarpsborg	Østfold	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	8,022^[13]
Start	43	Kristiansand	Agder	Sparebanken Norge Arena Kristiansand	Artificial	14,448^[14]
Tromsø	38	Tromsø	Troms	Romssa Arena	Artificial	6,691^[15]
Viking	76	Stavanger	Rogaland	Lyse Arena	Artificial	15,900^[16]
Vålerenga	65	Oslo	Oslo	Intility Arena	Artificial	16,556^[17]

Team	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsors
Team	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main	Other(s)
Aalesund	Kjetil Rekdal	Paul Ngongo	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre	List Front: Sundolitt, Intersport Back: Tafjord Kraft, MOT Sleeves: Jangaard Shorts: Color Line Socks: Sunnmørsposten
Bodø/Glimt	Kjetil Knutsen	Captaincy team^{[note 1]}	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge	List Front: Stingray Marine Solutions, Elkem Back: The Quartz Corp, Action Now Sleeves: Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner Shorts: None Socks: Coop Norge
Brann	Eirik Horneland	Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen	Nike	Sparebanken Norge	List Front: Eviny, BOB Back: FotMob, MOT Sleeves: REMA 1000 Shorts: Lerøy, EGD Holding Socks: None
Fredrikstad	Casper Røjkjær	Captaincy team^{[note 2]}	Craft	OBOS [no]	List Front: Terje Høili, Stene Stål Gjenvinning Back: Europris, SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus Sleeves: Værste Shorts: Unger, McDonald's Socks: Toyota Østfold
HamKam	Thomas Myhre	Fredrik Sjølstad	Puma	OBOS [no]	List Front: CC Hamar, Eidsiva Energi Back: SpareBank 1 Østlandet, Kiwi Ridabu Sleeves: Pepsi Shorts: Norsk Tipping, AJ Produkter Socks: Betong ØST
KFUM	Jørgen Isnes	Robin Rasch	Hummel	OBOS [no]	List Front: SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge Back: Arctic Asset Management, NMS Gjenbruk Sleeves: Intility Shorts: Kiwi, R Utemiljø Socks: None
Kristiansund	Amund Skiri	Dan Peter Ulvestad	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nordmøre	List Front: NEAS, Lerøy Back: Slatlem Bil, MOT Sleeves: Odin Utleie Shorts: Olivita Kapsler, Alti Socks: Betonmast
Lillestrøm	Hans Erik Ødegaard	Ruben Gabrielsen	Puma	Romerike Sparebank [no]	List Front: Åråsen Eiendom Back: Oslo Bud & Vare, MOT Sleeves: Apex Gruppen Shorts: Åkrene Mek Verksted, AJ Produkter Socks: Romerikes Blad
Molde	Sindre Tjelmeland	Emil Breivik	Adidas^[20]	Sparebanken Møre	List Front: Wenaas Workwear Back: Brunvoll, MOT Sleeves: Istad Shorts: BDO Global Socks: None
Rosenborg	Freyr Alexandersson	Jonas Svensson	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN	List Front: Scandic Hotels, Slatlem Bil Back: Coop Norge, MOT Sleeves: SalMar Shorts: Multiconsult, Adresseavisen Socks: None
Sandefjord	Andreas Tegström	Sander Risan Mørk	Macron	Jotun	List Front: SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge, BDO Global Back: Harmonie, Fotballstiftelsen Sleeves: Komplett Shorts: Color Line Socks: None
Sarpsborg	Even Sel [no]	Captaincy team^{[note 3]}	Hummel	Borregaard	List Front: SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus, Pretec Group Back: Lions Clubs International Sleeves: Økonomi-deler Shorts: CBE Eiendom, Flexi Regnskap Socks: None
Start	Azar Karadas	Eirik Schulze	Macron	Sparebanken Norge	List Front: Obs BYGG, Murisør Back: Murisør, IK Start Samfunn Sleeves: Å Energi Shorts: None Socks: Recto Solskjerming
Tromsø	Jørgen Vik	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Select	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge	List Front: Consto, Harila Bilforhandler Back: Nordlys, Redd Barna Sleeves: Arctic Water Shorts: Extra, C&M Brannsikring Socks: Kræmer
Viking	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen	Zlatko Tripić	Diadora	Lyse	List Front: OBOS, SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge Back: Bouvet, Kraft og Kjærlighet Sleeves: OMV Shorts: Coop Norge, BDO Global Socks: Coop Norge
Vålerenga	Johannes Moesgaard	Henrik Bjørdal	Adidas	OBOS [no]	List Front: Coop Norge, Eidsiva Energi Back: SpareBank 1 Østlandet, Vålerenga mot rasisme Sleeves: Elkjøp Shorts: Coca-Cola, Hurtigruta Carglass Socks: None

Team	Outgoing manager(s)	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sarpsborg	Martin Foyston	Contract expired	6 December 2025^[22]	Pre-season	Even Sel [no]	22 December 2025^[23]
Molde	Magne Hoseth Daniel Berg Hestad (caretakers)	End of caretaker spell	21 December 2025^[24]	Pre-season	Martin Falk (caretaker)	21 December 2025^[24]
Rosenborg	Alfred Johansson	Sacked	5 May 2026^[25]	14th	Alexander Tettey (caretaker)	5 May 2026^[25]
Vålerenga	Geir Bakke	Sacked	6 May 2026^[26]	11th	Petter Myhre (caretaker)	6 May 2026^[26]
KFUM	Johannes Moesgaard	Signed by Vålerenga	13 May 2026^[27]	12th	Thomas Holm (caretaker)	13 May 2026^[27]
Vålerenga	Petter Myhre (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	13 May 2026^[27]	11th	Johannes Moesgaard	13 May 2026^[27]
KFUM	Thomas Holm (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	18 May 2026^[28]	13th	Jørgen Isnes	18 May 2026^[28]
Fredrikstad	Andreas Hagen	Sacked	18 May 2026^[29]	11th	Casper Røjkjær	20 May 2026^[30]
Molde	Martin Falk (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	27 May 2026^[31]	5th	Sindre Tjelmeland	27 May 2026^[31]
Brann	Freyr Alexandersson	Sacked	1 June 2026^[32]	11th	Eirik Horneland	2 July 2026^[33]
Rosenborg	Alexander Tettey (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	17 June 2026^[34]	15th	Freyr Alexandersson	17 June 2026^[34]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tromsø	14	8	4	2	22	14	+8	28	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Viking	11	9	0	2	29	11	+18	27	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Bodø/Glimt	12	8	2	2	30	11	+19	26	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Lillestrøm	12	7	1	4	19	11	+8	22
5	Molde	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
6	HamKam	11	5	3	3	19	18	+1	18
7	Sarpsborg	12	5	2	5	14	16	−2	17
8	Brann	13	5	1	7	26	21	+5	16
9	Sandefjord	12	4	3	5	12	15	−3	15
10	Fredrikstad	12	4	2	6	15	22	−7	14
11	Vålerenga	12	4	2	6	13	21	−8	14
12	Aalesund	12	2	6	4	17	22	−5	12
13	Rosenborg	12	3	3	6	12	18	−6	12
14	KFUM	12	3	3	6	12	19	−7	12	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Kristiansund	12	3	2	7	11	21	−10	11	Relegation to First Division
16	Start	13	1	4	8	14	30	−16	7	Relegation to First Division

Home \ Away	AAL	BOD	BRA	FFK	HAM	KFU	KBK	LSK	MOL	RBK	SAN	S08	STA	TIL	VIK	VIF
Aalesund			2–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2
Bodø/Glimt	3–0		3–1						0–1				5–0	5–0
Brann				3–1		2–1					0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2
Fredrikstad					2–1	3–1		0–2					2–1		1–2	1–1
HamKam			1–5			4–0		2–0					2–1		2–1	1–0
KFUM		0–2								2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2
Kristiansund		0–3	3–2	2–0	1–1										1–2
Lillestrøm		0–2					1–2				3–1	4–0	3–1
Molde					4–1		1–0	0–1		2–0	2–1					5–1
Rosenborg	2–3	2–2	1–1				3–0	2–0				2–1				0–2
Sandefjord	1–0			1–1	2–2		2–0			0–0		0–2
Sarpsborg		1–1		2–1					2–1				0–0	0–1	1–0
Start	1–1	1–4							1–1					1–1		2–0
Tromsø	1–1		0–5	4–0			2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1					4–0
Viking		5–0	3–2						4–1	3–0			6–3
Vålerenga						2–2	3–1	0–2			1–0	3–2	6–3		0–1

2026 Eliteserien

Teams

Changes from the previous season

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Transfers

Winter

Summer

League table

Results

Positions by round

Results by round

Relegation play-offs

Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

League attendances

See also

Notes

References

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Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
Viking	11	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Tromsø	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Bodø/Glimt	8	11	8	11	6	5	6	4	4	3	3
Molde	3	9	11	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4
Lillestrøm	2	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
HamKam	6	7	13	14	10	7	7	6	6	6	6
Sarpsborg	8	4	7	9	11	12	13	9	13	8	7
Sandefjord	12	15	12	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8
Vålerenga	7	2	4	4	7	11	10	10	8	12	9
Fredrikstad	16	10	5	5	9	9	12	14	11	11	10
KFUM	3	8	10	10	12	10	9	11	14	9	11
Aalesund	13	12	15	15	16	16	16	15	12	14	12
Kristiansund	5	3	6	8	4	6	5	8	9	10	13
Brann	10	14	9	12	14	14	11	13	10	13	14
Rosenborg	14	16	16	13	13	13	14	12	15	15	15
Start	14	13	14	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16

	Leader and Champions League play off round
	Champions League second qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2027 Norwegian First Division

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[36]
2	Jens Hjertø-Dahl	Tromsø	7
2	Kasper Høgh	Bodø/Glimt	7
3	Emil Breivik	Molde	6
	Peter Christiansen	Viking
	Heine Åsen Larsen	Tromsø
	Mame Alassane Niang	HamKam

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[37]
1	Jakob Haugaard	Tromsø	7
2	Nikita Haikin	Bodø/Glimt	5
3	Pontus Dahlberg	Lillestrøm	4
3	Elias Hadaya	Sandefjord	4
5	Marcus Sandberg	HamKam	3
5	Emil Ødegaard	KFUM Oslo	3
7	Ľubomír Belko	Viking	2
	Oscar Hedvall	Vålerenga
	Albert Posiadała	Molde
	Leopold Wahlstedt	Rosenborg
	Arild Østbø	Viking

Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month		Young Player of the Month		References
Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	References
March/April	Jørgen Vik	Tromsø	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Tromsø	Alexander Warneryd	Tromsø	^[42]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viking	79,103	15,900	15,503	15,821	+15.2%^†
2	Brann	78,727	17,500	14,569	15,745	−2.1%^†
3	Rosenborg	83,493	21,426	10,246	13,916	−3.6%^†
4	Vålerenga	77,129	16,556	9,465	12,855	+15.8%^†
5	Fredrikstad	43,943	10,290	7,534	8,789	−4.1%^†
6	Lillestrøm	41,231	10,368	5,802	8,246	+32.8%¹
7	Start	37,954	10,494	5,795	7,591	+72.9%¹
8	Molde	40,481	9,630	5,112	6,747	+7.6%^†
9	Bodø/Glimt	33,545	8,232	5,441	6,709	−2.0%^†
10	Sarpsborg 08	29,824	8,022	4,227	5,965	+17.5%^†
11	Tromsø	41,372	6,027	4,255	5,172	+4.3%^†
12	Aalesund	28,582	5,611	4,008	4,764	+11.6%¹
13	HamKam	27,450	6,608	2,852	4,575	+14.9%^†
14	Sandefjord	21,328	6,023	3,485	4,266	−11.3%^†
15	Kristiansund	15,773	3,737	2,708	3,155	−4.1%^†
16	KFUM	13,443	3,199	1,365	2,241	+3.3%^†
	League total	693,378	21,426	1,365	7,791	+9.3%^†