Eliteserien records and statistics

The top tier of Norwegian football has existed as a one-league top flight since 1963. The league was renamed Eliteserien for the start of the 2017 season.^[1] The following page details the football records and statistics of the Norwegian top flight since 1963.

Titles

Most titles: 26, Rosenborg^[2]
Most consecutive title wins: 13, Rosenborg (1992 – 2004)^[2]^[3]
Biggest title-winning margin: 19 points, 2020; Bodø/Glimt (81 points) over Molde (62 points)^[4]
Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points and 0 goal difference (+18) – 2004; Rosenborg (52 scored goals) over Vålerenga (40 scored goals).^[5] Both finished on 48 points and +18 in goal difference, but Rosenborg won the title with a superior number of goals scored – the only time that the number of goals scored has determined Eliteserien.

Wins

Most wins in a season (30 games): 26, Bodø/Glimt (2020)^[6]
Most wins in a season (26 games): 20, Rosenborg (1998)^[6]
Most wins in a season (22 games): 16, joint record:
- Viking (1972)^[6]
- Lillestrøm (1977, 1986, 1989)^[6]
Most wins in a season (18 games): 14, Lyn (1968)^[6]
Fewest wins in a season (26/30 games): 2, joint record:
- Start (2002, 2016)^[6]
- Lyn (2009)^[6]
- Sandefjord (2010)^[6]
- Aalesund (2020)^[6]
Fewest home wins in a season (9/11 games): 0, joint record:
- Sandefjord (1965)
- Os (1975)^[7]
- Steinkjer (1978)
Most home wins in a season (15 games): 15,
- Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Fewest home wins in a season (15 games): 1, joint record:
- Lyn (2009)
- Sandefjord (2022)
Most away wins in a season (15 games): 13,
- Molde (2022)
Fewest away wins in a season: 0, joint record:
- Brann (1964, 1979, 1992)
- Sandefjord (1965)
- Strømsgodset (1967, 1994)
- Frigg (1968)
- Mjølner (1972)
- Raufoss (1974)
- Os (1975)^[7]
- Vard (1976)
- Rosenborg (1977)
- Lyn (1981, 1997)
- Mjøndalen (1982, 1988, 2015)
- Eik-Tønsberg (1985)
- Moss (1988)
- Strømmen (1990)
- Viking (1992)
- Sogndal (1992, 2004)
- Fyllingen (1993)
- Bryne (2000, 2003)
- Sandefjord (2007, 2010, 2015)
- Sarpsborg 08 (2011)
- Tromsø (2013)
- Sandnes Ulf (2014)
- Start (2016)
Most consecutive wins: 17,
- Molde (2022–)
Most consecutive games without a win: 39, Start (12 July 2015 – 18 September 2016)

Defeats

Fewest defeats in a season (30 games): 0, Rosenborg (2010)^[6]
Longest unbeaten run: 33 games, Rosenborg (18 October 2009 – 7 November 2010)
Most defeats in total: 423, Brann^[8]
Fewest home defeats in a season (15 games): 0, joint record:
- Rosenborg (2010, 2015)
- Vålerenga (2010)
- Strømsgodset (2012, 2013)
- Molde (2019)
- Odd (2019)
- Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Fewest away defeats in a season (15 games): 0, joint record:
- Rosenborg (2009, 2010)
- Molde (2022)
Most consecutive defeats: 11, Vålerenga (6 August 1989 – 6 May 1990)
Most consecutive defeats in a season: 10, joint record:
- Os (1975)
- Strømsgodset (1994)
- Bryne (2003)
Most consecutive games unbeaten from beginning of season: 30, Rosenborg
Most consecutive home games unbeaten: 46, Strømsgodset (26 June 2011 – 6 July 2014)^[9]
Most consecutive away games unbeaten: 30, Rosenborg (23 March 2009 – 31 October 2010)

Draws

Most draws in a season (30 games): 15, Sarpsborg 08 (2019)^[6]^[10]
Most draws in a season (22/26 games): 12 – joint record:
- Haugar (1981)^[6]
- Brann (1992)^[6]
- Vålerenga (2002)^[6]
- Viking (2004)^[6]
Most draws in a season (18 games): 9, Lyn (1966)^[6]
Most home draws in a season: 9, Sarpsborg 08 (2019)
Most away draws in a season: 8, Bodø/Glimt (2018)
Fewest home draws in a season (30 games): 0 – joint record:
- Molde (2012)
- Rosenborg (2010, 2016)
- Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Fewest away draws in a season (30 games): 0 – joint record:
- Bodø/Glimt (2014, 2022)
- Viking (2015)
- Sandefjord (2022)
Most consecutive draws:
Most draws in total: 354, Viking^[8]

Attendances

Highest attendance, single game: 28,569, Rosenborg 1–0 Lillestrøm (at Lerkendal Stadion, 12 October 1985)^[11]
Lowest attendance, single game: 202, Strømmen 1–2 Mjøndalen (at Strømmen Stadion, 19 October 1986)^[12]
Highest average attendance, season: 19,903, Rosenborg (2007)
Lowest average attendance, season: 1,448, Strømmen (1986)

These figures do not take into account the 2020 and 2021 seasons, when many matches had an attendance of zero due to public health measures adopted to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

Goals

Most goals scored in a season: 103, Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Fewest goals scored in a season (30 games): 23, joint record:
- Start (2016)^[6]
- Aalesund (2020)
Fewest goals scored in a season (26 games): 21, Start (2002)^[6]
Fewest goals scored in a season (18/22 games): 10, joint record:
- Pors (1970)^[6]
- Mjølner (1972)^[6]
Most goals conceded in a season: 85, Aalesund (2020)^[6]
Most goals conceded in a season (22 games): 59, Djerv 1919 (1988)^[6]
Most goals conceded in a season (18 games): 57, Sandefjord BK (1965)^[6]
Fewest goals conceded in a season (26/30 games): 20, Rosenborg (1997, 2017)^[6]
Best goal difference in a season: 71, Bodø/Glimt (2020)^[6]
Most goals scored in a season by a relegated team: 41, joint record:
- Tromsø (2013)^[6]
- Brann (2014)^[6]
Most goals scored at home in a season: 59, Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Fewest goals scored at home in a season (15 games): 10, Stabæk (2012)
Most goals conceded at home in a season (15 games): 36, Mjøndalen (2015)
Most goals conceded at home in a season (13 games): 38, Sogndal (1998)
Fewest goals conceded at home in a season (15 games): 6, Brann (2016)
Most goals scored away in a season (13 games): 44, Rosenborg (1997)
Most goals scored away in a season (15 games): 44, Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Fewest goals scored away in a season (15 games): 8, joint record:
- Sandefjord (2010)
- Start (2016)
Most goals conceded away in a season (15 games): 41, joint record:
- Hønefoss (2010)
- Stabæk (2012)
Fewest goals conceded away in a season (15 games): 10, joint record:
- Molde (2014)
- Rosenborg (2017, 2018)
Most goals scored in total: 2,773, Rosenborg^[8]
Most goals conceded in total: 1,880, Brann^[8]

Points

Most points in a season: 81, Bodø/Glimt (2020)
Most points in a season (26 games): 63, Rosenborg (1998)^[6]
Most points in a season (22 games, 3 points for a win): 52, Lillestrøm (1989)^[6]
Most points in a season (22 games, 2 points for a win): 36, Lillestrøm (1977)^[6]
Most points in a season (18 games, 2 points for a win): 28, Lyn (1968)^[6]
Fewest points in a season (30 games): 9, FK Haugesund (2025)
Fewest points in a season (26 games): 11, Start (2002)^[6]
Fewest points in a season (22 games, 3 points for a win): 12, joint record:
- Djerv 1919 (1988)^[6]
- Moss (1990)^[6]
Fewest points in a season (22 games, 2 points for a win): 5, Os (1975)^[6]
Fewest points in a season (18 games, 2 points for a win): 2, Sandefjord BK (1965)^[6]
Most points in a season without winning the league: 62, joint record:
- Rosenborg (2013)^[6]
- Molde (2020)
Fewest points in a season while winning the league (30 games): 58, Molde (2011)^[6]
Fewest points in a season while winning the league (26 games): 46, Vålerenga (2005)^[6]
Most points in a season while being relegated:
- 30 games: 34, Fredrikstad (2009)^[6]
- 26 games: 29, joint record:
  - Moss (1996)^[6]
  - Odd Grenland (2006)^[6]
Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation (30 games): 22, Start (2015)^[6]

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances: 473, Daniel Berg Hestad (23 May 1993 to 8 November 2015)^[13]
Most appearances at one club: 473, Daniel Berg Hestad^[13]
Oldest player: Thorleif «Toffa» Olsen, 41 years and 332 days (for Vålerengen v. Brann, 13 October 1963)^[14]
Youngest player: Gabriel Rajkovic, 15 years and 20 days (for Vålerenga v. Sandefjord, 15 March 2026)^[15]
Most seasons appeared in: 22, Roar Strand (every season from 1989 to 2010)

As of match played 1 December 2024^[16]^[17]

Rank	Player	Years	Apps
1	Daniel Berg Hestad	1993–2016	473
2	Steffen Hagen	2006–present	462
3	Morten Berre	1996–2015	452
4	Frode Kippe	1997–2019	441
5	Roar Strand	1989–2010	439
6	Øyvind Storflor	1999–2019	421
7	Erling Knudtzon	2007–present	420
8	Espen Hoff	1999–2016	406
9	Christer Basma	1993–2008	350
10	Håkon Opdal	2002–2021	347

Goals

Most goals: 172, Sigurd Rushfeldt^[18]
Most goals at one club: 151, Harald Martin Brattbakk (Rosenborg)
Oldest goalscorer: 41 years and 323 days, Thorleif «Toffa» Olsen (for Vålerengen v. Skeid, 4 October 1963)
Youngest goalscorer: Martin Ødegaard, 15 years and 151 days (for Strømsgodset v. Sarpsborg 08, 16 May 2014)^[19]
Most seasons scored in: 21, Roar Strand (every season from 1990 to 2010)^[20]

Rank	Name	Goals	Games	Goals per game	Playing position	First goal	Last goal
1	Sigurd Rushfeldt	172	299	0.58	Forward	1992	2011
2	Harald Martin Brattbakk	166	255	0.69	Forward	1990	2005
3	Petter Belsvik	159	292	0.54	Forward	1989	2003
4	Odd Iversen	158	225	0.70	Forward	1967	1982
5	Per Kristoffersen	145¹	194	0.75	Forward	1956–57	1968
6	Frode Johnsen	132	301	0.44	Forward	1999	2015
7	Thorstein Helstad	116	234	0.50	Forward	1995	2013
7	Bengt Sæternes	116	280	0.41	Forward	1996	2011
9	Jostein Flo	114	213	0.54	Forward	1987	2001
10	Arild Sundgot	111	325	0.34	Forward	1995	2011

Note: ¹ Per Kristoffersen's goals scored before 1963 are included in the statistics.

Most goals in one season: 30, Odd Iversen (Rosenborg) in 1968^[21]
Most Eliteserien hat-tricks: 11, Sigurd Rushfeldt
Most goals in a game: 6, joint record:
- Odd Iversen (for Rosenborg v. Vålerengen 20 October 1968) W 7–2^[22]
- Jan Fuglset (for Molde v. Strømsgodset 17 October 1976) W 1–6^[23]

Further information: List of Eliteserien hat-tricks

Fastest goal: 11 seconds, Erik Mjelde (for Brann v. Haugesund 15 April 2011)^[24]
Fastest hat-trick: 2 minutes 30 seconds, Erik Karlsen (for Lillestrøm v. Mjøndalen 1 May 1977)^[25]^[26]
Most consecutive seasons to score at least 25 goals: 2, joint record:
- Odd Iversen (1968–1969 for Rosenborg)
- Harald Martin Brattbakk (1995–1996 for Rosenborg)
- Sigurd Rushfeldt (1997–1998 for Rosenborg)
Most consecutive seasons to score at least 15 goals: 4, joint record:
- Petter Belsvik (1993 for HamKam, 1994–95 for Start, 1996 for Stabæk)
- Harald Martin Brattbakk (1994–1997 for Rosenborg)
Most different clubs to score for: 7, Petter Belsvik (for Molde, HamKam, Start, Stabæk, Rosenborg, Vålerenga, Lillestrøm)

Disciplinary

Most yellow cards in a season: 10, joint record:
- Fegor Ogude (2011)^[27]
- Kjetil Wæhler (2016)^[28]
- Flamur Kastrati (2018)^[28]^[29]
Most red cards in a season: 3, joint record:
- Raoul Kouakou (2002, 2003)^[30]
- Frode Kippe (2007)^[31]

Goalkeepers

Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 730 minutes, Sondre Rossbach (for Odd, 1 November 2015 – 24 April 2016)

Youngest goalscorers

This is a list of the top 10 youngest players to score a goal in Eliteserien.^[19]^[32]^[33]

	Player	Date	Team	Age	Opposition
1	Martin Ødegaard	16 May 2014 ^[19]	Strømsgodset	15 years, 151 days	Sarpsborg 08
2	Håkon Lorentzen	10 November 2013 ^[32]	Brann	16 years, 100 days	Tromsø
3	Kristoffer Ajer	21 April 2014	Start	16 years, 164 days	Sarpsborg 08
4	Kjetil Sigurdsen	14 September 1986 ^[32]	Bryne	16 years, 207 days	Tromsø
5	Mikkel Bro Hansen	12 September 2025 ^[34]	Bodø/Glimt	16 years, 230 days	KBK
6	Sander Svendsen	21 April 2014 ^[33]	Molde	16 years, 259 days	Sarpsborg 08
7	Ohi Omoijuanfo	7 November 2010	Lillestrøm	16 years, 300 days	Strømsgodset
8	Kjetil Rekdal	15 September 1985 ^[35]	Molde	16 years, 313 days	Bryne
9	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	2 May 1999	Bodø/Glimt	16 years, 314 days	Brann
10	Benjamin Thoresen Faraas	14 August 2022	HamKam	16 years, 340 days	Vålerenga

Match records

Scorelines

Biggest home win: 10–0, Rosenborg v. Brann (5 May 1996)^[36]^[37]
Biggest away win: 0–9, Sogndal v. Stabæk (25 October 1998)^[38]^[39]
Biggest loss by reigning champions: 1–8
- Lyn 1–8 Strømsgodset (16 May 1969), after Lyn won the 1968 season
Highest scoring: 11–2, Lyn v. Viking (28 July 1968)^[40]^[41]
Highest scoring draw: 5–5, Viking v. Vålerenga (2 August 2014)^[42]

All-time Eliteserien table

The all-time Eliteserien table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Eliteserien since the start of a one-league top flight in the 1961–62 season. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season.^[43] Teams in bold are part of the 2025 Eliteserien. Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.

Pos.	Club	S	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	Relegated	Best Pos.
1	Rosenborg	58	1448	779	338	331	2926	1710	1216	2675	26	7	5	2	1
2	Viking	58	1432	613	374	445	2290	1933	357	2213	7	2	10	3	1
3	Brann	54	1340	548	313	479	2139	1992	147	1957	3	7	4	7	1
4	Molde	46	1192	564	258	370	2086	1637	449	1950	5	11	3	5	1
5	Lillestrøm	49	1254	527	323	404	1988	1622	366	1903	4	7	3	2	1
6	Vålerenga	51	1274	488	313	473	1967	1861	106	1774	5	3	5	6	1
7	Tromsø	36	956	354	234	368	1338	1397	−59	1296		2	4	3	2
8	Strømsgodset	36	928	354	208	366	1477	1513	−36	1270	2	2	3	5	1
9	Start	37	932	322	218	392	1351	1505	−154	1184	2	1	7	10	1
10	Bodø/Glimt	29	774	318	185	271	1356	1188	168	1139	4	5	1	4	1
11	Odd	29	798	312	182	304	1181	1223	−42	1117		2	2	4	2
12	Stabæk	26	728	283	176	269	1156	1102	54	1025	1	1	4	4	1
13	Fredrikstad	27	618	237	149	232	942	926	16	860		5	1	6	2
14	Lyn	27	614	228	147	239	962	977	−15	831	2	3	4	7	1
15	Haugesund	18	528	186	124	218	735	797	−62	682			1	2	3
16	HamKam	24	564	181	137	246	712	891	−179	680			1	8	3
17	Moss	19	442	153	102	187	622	701	−79	561	1	1		4	1
18	Kongsvinger	18	424	154	90	180	600	700	−100	554		1	2	2	2
19	Aalesund	16	464	146	106	212	591	786	−195	544				5	4
20	Skeid	19	406	149	80	177	569	643	−74	527	1	1	1	5	1
21	Sogndal	18	468	124	124	220	566	830	−264	496				8	6
22	Bryne	17	390	133	96	161	561	614	−53	495		2		2	2
23	Sarpsborg 08	13	390	125	108	157	537	620	−83	483			1	1	3
24	Mjøndalen	17	406	127	90	189	489	634	−145	471		2		7	2
25	Sandefjord Fotball	12	352	86	77	189	435	642	−207	335				4	8
26	Kristiansund	7	210	73	59	78	298	324	−26	278				1	5
27	Sarpsborg FK¹	11	206	71	49	86	253	295	−42	262			2	2	3
28	Frigg	9	178	60	51	67	235	298	−63	231				3	4
29	Steinkjer	7	124	45	29	50	203	209	−6	164		1		3	2
30	Hødd	6	120	28	25	67	146	240	−94	109				3	8
31	Eik Tønsberg	4	96	28	20	48	126	184	−58	104				2	5
32	Hønefoss	3	90	20	29	41	92	151	−59	89				2	13
33	Sandnes Ulf	3	90	21	24	45	107	167	−60	87				1	13
34	Fyllingen	3	66	17	19	30	65	106	−41	70				2	7
35	Ranheim	2	60	19	12	29	79	105	−26	69				1	7
36	Sandefjord BK	3	66	17	10	39	64	131	−67	61				1	7
37	Raufoss	3	62	11	15	36	59	117	−58	48				2	9
38	Lisleby	2	48	12	8	28	64	100	−36	44				1	9
39	KFUM	1	30	9	10	11	35	36	−1	37				0	8
40	Strindheim	2	48	9	10	29	54	114	−60	37				2	12
41	Mjølner	2	44	7	9	28	33	83	−50	30				2	12
42	Strømmen	2	44	6	9	29	39	80	−41	27				2	11
43	Ørn Horten	1	30	7	3	20	45	91	−46	24				1	14
44	Jerv	1	30	5	5	20	30	69	−39	20				1	16
45	Greåker	1	30	4	8	18	35	75	−40	20				1	15
46	Haugar	1	22	2	12	8	20	38	−18	18				1	11
47	Gjøvik-Lyn²	1	18	5	1	12	29	47	−18	16				1	10
48	Vard Haugesund	1	22	2	9	11	21	36	−15	15				1	12
49	Djerv 1919	1	22	3	4	15	17	59	−42	13				1	12
50	Larvik Turn	1	30	3	4	23	35	90	−55	13				1	16
51	Pors	1	18	3	1	14	10	46	−36	10				1	10
52	Os	1	22	0	5	17	15	50	−35	5				1	12

League at the beginning of 2025:

	Eliteserien
	First Division
	Second Division
	Third Division
	Fourth Division or lower

¹By a 2007 agreement, Sarpsborg FK merged into Sarpsborg 08,^[44] and Sarpsborg FK continued as an amateur club, currently playing in the 4. divisjon.
²By a 2013 agreement, SK Gjøvik-Lyn merged with Gjøvik Fotballforening and changed the club's name to Fotballklubben Gjøvik-Lyn. FK Gjøvik-Lyn regards itself as custodian of SK Gjøvik-Lyn's statistics.^[45]

Leaders	Years	Seasons
Brann	1961–1963	2
Lyn	1964–1971	8
Fredrikstad	1972–1974	3
Viking	1975–1991	17
Rosenborg	1992–Present	33

Eliteserien records and statistics

Titles

Wins

Defeats

Draws

Attendances

Goals

Points

Player records

Appearances

Goals

Disciplinary

Goalkeepers

Youngest goalscorers

Match records

Scorelines

All-time Eliteserien table

Managers

References

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