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

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]

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

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

Eliteserien

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

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon

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

Source: NFF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Raufoss have been deducted 1 point.^[5]
^ Strømmen have been deducted 3 points.^[5]

2. divisjon

Group 1

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

Source: fotball.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
Notes:

^ Senja have been deducted 1 point.

Promotion group 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

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Group 2

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

Source: fotball.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
Notes:

^ Levanger have been deducted 2 points.

Promotion group 2

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

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Women's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

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

Toppserien

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

Source: Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian)^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon

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

Source: Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

13 December 2020

15:30 CET

LSK Kvinner	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Vålerenga
	Report	Njoya 102' Markussen 105'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 200

Referee: Henrikke Holm Nervik (Trygg/Lade)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Molde	5–0	KuPS

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Celje	1–2	Molde

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Qarabağ	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Molde

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	3–3 (a)	Ferencváros	3–3	0–0

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

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

Second qualifying round

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

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rosenborg	1–0	Alanyaspor
Milan	3–2	Bodø/Glimt

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rosenborg	0–2	PSV Eindhoven

Group stage

Group B

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	—

Source: UEFA

The tournament continued into the 2021 season.

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vålerenga	7–0	KÍ

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gintra Universitetas	0–7	Vålerenga

Knockout phase

Round of 32

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.)

The tournament continued into the 2021 season.

National teams

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Play-offs path C

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)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Group 1

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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The Romania v Norway match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Romania after being cancelled as Norway could not travel to the match due to a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the team.

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)

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)

Norway women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group C

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	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head away goals: Northern Ireland 2; Wales 0.

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

Notes

^ The Romania v Norway match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Romania after the Norway national team were prohibited from travelling to Romania by the Norwegian government due to a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the squad.^[9]^[10]

References

^ "Nå åpner toppfotballen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ Vittersø Kvamme, Sigve; Botnen, Sverre Olav (18 September 2020). "All breddefotball for voksne i 2020 er avlyst" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ Herrebrøden, Øyvind; Øgar, Sindre (10 September 2020). "Dropper cupen for menn – gjennomfører for kvinner". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Eliteserien 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Poengtrekk for Strømmen og Raufoss". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Toppserien 2020" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ Madsen, Christer (14 November 2020). "Reisenekt fra regjeringen – A-herrer reiser ikke til Romania" [Travel refusal from the government – A men's team do not travel to Romania]. Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ "AB: Romania v Norway". UEFA. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "Útidysturin móti Norra avlýstur". fsf.fo (in Faroese). 13 November 2020.

[table_hth_RAU0.766087837874-6] Raufoss have been deducted 1 point.^[5]

[table_hth_SIF0.766087837874-7] Strømmen have been deducted 3 points.^[5]

[table_hth_SEN0.50970812398461-8] Senja have been deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_LEV0.69015582403641-9] Levanger have been deducted 2 points.

[table_note_ROU_NOR0.57760274064615-11] The Romania v Norway match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Romania after being cancelled as Norway could not travel to the match due to a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the team.

[table_hth_NIR0.34433564373494-17] Ranked on head-to-head away goals: Northern Ireland 2; Wales 0.

[ROUvNOR-16] The Romania v Norway match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Romania after the Norway national team were prohibited from travelling to Romania by the Norwegian government due to a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the squad.^[9]^[10]

[1] "Nå åpner toppfotballen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[2] Vittersø Kvamme, Sigve; Botnen, Sverre Olav (18 September 2020). "All breddefotball for voksne i 2020 er avlyst" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[3] Herrebrøden, Øyvind; Øgar, Sindre (10 September 2020). "Dropper cupen for menn – gjennomfører for kvinner". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[4] "Eliteserien 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[point_deductions-5] "Poengtrekk for Strømmen og Raufoss". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[10] "Toppserien 2020" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[12] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[13] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[14] Madsen, Christer (14 November 2020). "Reisenekt fra regjeringen – A-herrer reiser ikke til Romania" [Travel refusal from the government – A men's team do not travel to Romania]. Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[15] "AB: Romania v Norway". UEFA. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[18] "Útidysturin móti Norra avlýstur". fsf.fo (in Faroese). 13 November 2020.

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