2011 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2011
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Molde
1. divisjon	Hønefoss
2. divisjon	Ullensaker/Kisa (Group 1); Bærum (Group 2); Notodden (Group 3); Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Aalesund
Women's football
Toppserien	Røa
1. divisjon	Vålerenga
Cupen	Stabæk

The 2011 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season began on 18 March 2011 for Tippeligaen, 3 April 2011 for Adeccoligaen, with 2. divisjon and 3. divisjon both starting six days later on 9 April 2011.^{[citation needed]} 2. divisjon and 3. divisjon ended on 22 October 2011 while Adeccoligaen ended eight days later on 30 October 2011 and Tippeligaen finished on 27 November 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Events of the season

January

8 January 2011: Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norway's most capped player with 104 games, dies from a stroke at the age of 86.^[1]

August

13 August 2011: Start beat Adeccoliga side Alta 1–0 and through to the semi-final of 2011 Norwegian Football Cup. 2009 winners Aalesund is heading for another Cup-victory after beating Rosenborg at home.^[2]

14 August 2011: Fredrikstad FK denies Ole Gunnar Solskjær success in the Norwegian Football Cup in his first year as a manager in Norway. Molde lost 2–3 at Fredrikstad Stadion after extra time. In Stavanger, Brann knocked out Viking on penalties shoot-out, with Piotr Leciejewski saving three of Vikings four penalties.^[3]

September

2 September 2011: With a late penalty goal from Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norway won 1–0 against Iceland, keeping Norway joint top of UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group H with two matches remaining.^[4]

6 September 2011: Denmark won 2–0 against Norway in Parken, after two goals from Nicklas Bendtner.^[5] The chances for Drillo's men to reach UEFA EURO 2012 is now very small.^[6]

10 September 2011: Notodden secured promotion to 1. divisjon with six matches left to play, after beating Førde 2–1 in Førde.^[7]

21 September 2011: Brann reach the Cup final after a 2–0 win against Fredrikstad at Fredrikstad Stadion.^[8]

21 September 2011: With an unlucky own goal, Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson sent his old team, Aalesund to the Cup final, two years after they won the Cup in 2009, after beating Start in the other semifinal.^[9]

October

2 October 2011: Molde move closer to the Tippeliga title with a 2–0 win against title challengers Tromsø, and becomes the first team this season to win at Alfheim Stadion this season.^[10]

19 October 2011: Hønefoss took another step towards promotion to 2012 Tippeligaen with a 2–1 win against Asker in 1. divisjon, while Tom Nordlie and Kongsvinger ruined Sandefjord's chances for promotion.^[11]

Men's football

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Sogndal Sarpsborg 08 Fredrikstad	Hønefoss Kongsvinger Sandefjord
1. divisjon	Asker HamKam Hødd Randaberg	Follo Tromsdalen Moss Lyn
2. divisjon	Kvik Halden Nesodden Tiller Elverum Herd Jevnaker Austevoll Mandalskameratene Viking 2 Hasle-Løren Mjølner Skarp	Os Stord Fana Skarbøvik Oslo City Kolstad Start 2 Kopervik Stavanger Eidsvold Turn Mo

League season

Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	17	7	6	54	38	+16	58	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Tromsø	30	15	8	7	56	34	+22	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rosenborg	30	14	7	9	69	44	+25	49	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Brann	30	14	6	10	51	49	+2	48
5	Odd Grenland	30	14	6	10	44	44	0	48
6	Haugesund	30	14	5	11	55	43	+12	47
7	Vålerenga	30	14	5	11	42	33	+9	47
8	Strømsgodset	30	12	9	9	44	43	+1	45
9	Aalesund	30	12	7	11	36	38	−2	43	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
10	Stabæk	30	11	6	13	44	50	−6	39	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[b]
11	Viking	30	9	10	11	33	40	−7	37
12	Fredrikstad	30	10	6	14	38	41	−3	36
13	Lillestrøm	30	9	7	14	46	52	−6	34
14	Sogndal	30	8	10	12	24	31	−7	34
15	Start (R)	30	7	5	18	39	61	−22	26	Relegation to First Division
16	Sarpsborg 08 (R)	30	5	6	19	31	65	−34	21	Relegation to First Division

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Aalesund qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2011 Norwegian Cup.
^ Stabæk qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play ranking.^[12]^[13]

1. divisjon (Adeccoligaen)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hønefoss (C, P)	30	16	9	5	61	28	+33	57	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sandnes Ulf (P)	30	18	2	10	58	32	+26	56	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Sandefjord	30	16	5	9	61	38	+23	53
4	Ranheim	30	15	7	8	61	39	+22	52
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	15	7	8	52	38	+14	52
6	HamKam	30	14	9	7	52	40	+12	51
7	Kongsvinger	30	14	7	9	50	36	+14	49
8	Hødd	30	13	7	10	54	42	+12	46
9	Bryne	30	11	11	8	47	36	+11	44
10	Mjøndalen	30	10	10	10	42	51	−9	40
11	Alta	30	10	9	11	45	51	−6	39
12	Strømmen	30	9	7	14	43	58	−15	34
13	Asker (R)	30	9	7	14	38	56	−18	34	Relegation to Second Division
14	Nybergsund (R)	30	6	5	19	42	72	−30	23
15	Randaberg (R)	30	4	5	21	37	87	−50	17
16	Løv-Ham^[a] (R)	30	4	5	21	32	71	−39	16

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Løv-Ham were deducted a total 1 points: 1 point because of lack of financial control^[14]

2. divisjon (Fair Play-ligaen)

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ull/Kisa (P)	26	14	9	3	59	38	+21	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Rosenborg 2	26	14	4	8	76	56	+20	46
3	Byåsen	26	12	8	6	65	48	+17	44
4	Lørenskog	26	12	7	7	55	46	+9	43
5	Kvik Halden	26	12	6	8	52	34	+18	42
6	Nesodden	26	13	2	11	53	44	+9	41
7	Levanger	26	12	3	11	52	45	+7	39
8	Stabæk 2	26	11	6	9	47	46	+1	39
9	KFUM Oslo	26	10	8	8	55	38	+17	38
10	Moss	26	11	5	10	58	56	+2	38
11	Nardo	26	8	5	13	43	55	−12	29
12	Tiller (R)	26	8	3	15	41	58	−17	27	Relegation to Third Division
13	Strindheim (R)	26	5	6	15	39	68	−29	21
14	Steinkjer (R)	26	3	2	21	43	106	−63	11

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bærum (P)	24	15	6	3	75	30	+45	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Kristiansund BK	24	15	3	6	55	29	+26	48
3	Raufoss	24	13	3	8	57	41	+16	42
4	Elverum	24	12	6	6	38	26	+12	42
5	Brumunddal	24	12	2	10	54	43	+11	38
6	Frigg	24	11	4	9	47	40	+7	37
7	Valdres	24	10	3	11	42	49	−7	33
8	Molde 2^[a]	24	9	4	11	43	53	−10	30
9	Lillehammer	24	8	5	11	39	56	−17	29
10	Follo	24	7	5	12	47	51	−4	26
11	Aalesund 2	24	7	5	12	36	59	−23	26
12	Jevnaker (R)	24	7	1	16	42	64	−22	22	Relegation to Third Division
13	Herd (R)	24	4	5	15	32	66	−34	17
14	Manglerud Star^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Molde 2 were deducted 1 point for using an illegal player in the match against Valdres on 23 June 2011.^[15]
^ Manglerud Star were bankrupted 4 April 2011, and will not play any matches.^[16]

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notodden (P)	26	22	2	2	79	23	+56	68	Promotion to First Division
2	Vard Haugesund	26	13	5	8	57	35	+22	44
3	Vindbjart	26	12	5	9	51	54	−3	41
4	Åsane	26	11	7	8	51	42	+9	40
5	Vidar	26	11	4	11	40	48	−8	37
6	Odd Grenland 2	26	10	6	10	36	37	−1	36
7	Flekkerøy	26	10	5	11	36	38	−2	35
8	Ålgård	26	8	10	8	45	43	+2	34
9	Nest-Sotra	26	9	6	11	51	45	+6	33
10	Mandalskameratene	26	8	7	11	45	59	−14	31
11	Pors Grenland	26	8	5	13	42	53	−11	29
12	Viking 2 (R)	26	7	8	11	36	55	−19	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Førde (R)	26	7	5	14	43	50	−7	26
14	Austevoll (R)	26	7	3	16	49	79	−30	24

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	20	2	4	105	28	+77	62	Promotion to First Division
2	Skeid	26	16	4	6	75	38	+37	52
3	Strømsgodset 2	26	15	3	8	88	65	+23	48
4	Ørn-Horten	26	15	3	8	50	38	+12	48
5	Senja	26	14	2	10	57	66	−9	44
6	FK Tønsberg	26	13	3	10	48	50	−2	42
7	Kjelsås	26	11	7	8	61	42	+19	40
8	Mjølner	26	12	4	10	39	32	+7	40
9	Tromsø 2	26	10	5	11	37	51	−14	35
10	Vålerenga 2	26	7	6	13	58	65	−7	27
11	Fram Larvik	26	7	6	13	34	56	−22	27
12	Harstad (R)	26	7	4	15	41	58	−17	25	Relegation to Third Division
13	Hasle-Løren (R)	26	2	8	16	39	87	−48	14
14	Skarp (R)	26	2	5	19	29	85	−56	11

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

14 August – Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad (AET)	2 (3)
		21 September – Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad
Molde	2 (2)
		Fredrikstad	0
14 August – Viking Stadion, Stavanger
		Brann	2
Viking	1 (1)
				6 November – Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo
Brann (pen.)	1 (3)
				Brann	1
13 August – Color Line Stadion, Ålesund
				Aalesund	2
Aalesund	3
		22 September – Color Line Stadion, Ålesund
Rosenborg	1
		Aalesund	1
13 August – Sør Arena, Kristiansand
		Start	0
Start	1

Alta	0

Final

6 November 2011

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Brann	1–2	Aalesund
Korcsmár 21'	Report	Barrantes 19', 38'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,032

Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Hamar IL)^[17]

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Røa (C)	22	18	0	4	76	18	+58	54	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	Stabæk	22	16	3	3	57	10	+47	51	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
3	Kolbotn	22	16	3	3	59	26	+33	51
4	Arna-Bjørnar	22	16	1	5	64	19	+45	49
5	LSK Kvinner	22	13	1	8	47	42	+5	40
6	Trondheims-Ørn	22	11	2	9	45	41	+4	35
7	Amazon Grimstad	22	8	3	11	33	42	−9	27
8	Klepp	22	6	5	11	28	37	−9	23
9	Kattem	22	5	4	13	36	60	−24	19
10	Sandviken	22	5	4	13	24	51	−27	19
11	Medkila (R)	22	3	3	16	20	63	−43	12	Relegation to First Division
12	Linderud-Grei (R)	22	0	1	21	16	96	−80	1	Relegation to First Division

Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Røa 2–2 (aet) (6–7 on penalties) Stabæk

Men's UEFA competitions

These are the results of the Norwegian teams in European competitions during the 2011 season. (Norwegian team score displayed first)

Team	Contest and round	Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score**	Aggregate score
Rosenborg	Champions League 2nd Qual. Round	Breiðablik	4–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	W 4–2
	Champions League 3rd Qual. Round	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1 (H)	2–3 (A)	L 2–4
	Europa League Play Off Round	AEK Larnaca	0–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	L 1–2
Strømsgodset	Europa League 3rd Qual. Round	Atlético Madrid	1–2 (A)	0–2 (H)	L 1–4
Vålerenga	Europa League 2nd Qual. Round	Mika	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	W 2–0
Vålerenga	Europa League 3rd Qual. Round	PAOK	0–2 (H)	0–3 (A)	L 0–5
Tromsø	Europa League 1st Qual. Round	Daugava Daugavpils	5–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	W 7–1
Tromsø	Europa League 2nd Qual. Round	Paks	1–1 (A)	0–3 (H)	L 1–4
Aalesund	Europa League 1st Qual. Round	Neath	4–1 (H)	2–0 (A)	W 6–1
	Europa League 2nd Qual. Round	Ferencváros	1–2 (A)	3–1 (aet) (H)	W 4–3
	Europa League 3rd Qual. Round	Elfsborg	4–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	W 5–1
	Europa League Play Off Round	AZ Alkmaar	2–1 (H)	0–6 (A)	L 2–7

* For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed
** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout stage

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stabæk	2–4	1. FFC Frankfurt	1–0	1–4

National teams

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	6	1	1	15	6	+9	19	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Portugal	8	5	1	2	21	12	+9	16^[a]	Advance to play-offs	3–1	—	1–0	5–3	4–4
3	Norway	8	5	1	2	10	7	+3	16^[a]		1–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1
4	Iceland	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	4		0–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–0
5	Cyprus	8	0	2	6	7	20	−13	2		1–4	0–4	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

During this season, the Norway national football team were to play the last five of their eight scheduled Group H qualifying matches for Euro 2012.

26 March 2011	Norway	1–1	Denmark	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
20:00 CET	Huseklepp 81'	Report	Rommedahl 27'	Attendance: 24,828 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

4 June 2011	Portugal	1–0	Norway	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
22:00 CEST	Postiga 53'	Report		Attendance: 47,829 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2 September 2011	Norway	1–0	Iceland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
20:00 CEST	Abdellaoue 88' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 22,381 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan, (Romania)

6 September 2011	Denmark	2–0	Norway	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
20:15 CEST	Bendtner 24', 44'	Report		Attendance: 37,167 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

11 October 2011	Norway	3–1	Cyprus	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
20:15 CEST	Pedersen 25' Carew 34' Høgli 65'	Report	Okkas 42'	Attendance: 13,490^[18] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Friendlies

The Norway national football team also participated in four friendly matches in 2011.

9 February 2011	Norway	0–1	Poland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:30 CET		Report	Lewandowski 19'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Ivo Santos, Portugal

7 June 2011	Norway	1–0	Lithuania	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
19:00 CEST	Gamst Pedersen 83'	Report		Attendance: 12,945 Referee: Stuart Attwell, England

10 August 2011	Norway	3–0	Czech Republic	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
20:00 CEST	Abdellaoue 23', 89' (pen.) J. A. Riise 72'	Report		Attendance: 12,734 Referee: Alan Black, Northern Ireland

12 November 2011	Wales	4–1	Norway	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
16:00 CET	Bale 10' Bellamy 15' Vokes 87', 89'		Huseklepp 60'	Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik, Austria

Norway women's national football team

Managerial changes

Name	Club	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Nils Arne Eggen	Rosenborg	31 December 2010	Jan Jönsson	1 January 2011^[19]
Jan Jönsson	Stabæk	31 December 2010	Jörgen Lennartsson	1 January 2011^[20]
Uwe Rösler	Molde	31 December 2010	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	1 January 2011^[21]
Tor Thodesen	Tønsberg	31 December 2010^[22]	Hein Henriksen	1 January 2011
Unknown	Moss	31 December 2010	Tor Thodesen	1 January 2011^[23]
Patrick Walker	Sandefjord	9 May 2011^[24]	Arne Sandstø	23 May 2011^[25]
Arne Sandstø	Løv-Ham	23 May 2011^[25]	Tom Mangersnes	24 May 2011
Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Bodø/Glimt	26 May 2011^[26]	Cato André Hansen	24 June 2011
Knut Tørum	Start	22 June 2011	Mons Ivar Mjelde	12 July 2011
Per Brogeland	Kongsvinger	30 August 2011^[27]	Tom Nordlie	1 September 2011^[28]

Notes and references

^ "Norway mourns Thorbjørn Svenssen". UEFA. 8 January 2011.
^ "Start og Aalesund til semifinale" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
^ "Brann seiret i straffedrama" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. 14 August 2011.
^ "Abdellaoue keeps Norway on course". UEFA. 2 September 2011.
^ "Bendtner double boosts Denmark's prospects". UEFA. 6 September 2011.
^ "Slik kommer Norge til EM" (in Norwegian). ba.no. 6 September 2011.
^ "NFK klare for førstedivisjon" (in Norwegian). Varden. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
^ "Skarsfjord spådde finale etter snuoperasjonen i mai" (in Norwegian). VG. 21 September 2011.
^ "Uheldige Gudmundsson: – Fryktelig skuffet" (in Norwegian). VG. 22 September 2011.
^ "Årets første hjemmetap" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ "Nordlie og KIL ødela for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
^ "Norway wins UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking". UEFA. 7 May 2012.
^ "Tromsø best på Fair play" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "Løv-Ham trekkes ett poeng". VG. 11 May 2011.
^ "Molde 2 trekkes ett poeng". NFF. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ "Deltar ikke i seriespill". NFF. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ "Edvartsen dømmer cupfinalen" (in Norwegian). VG. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
^ "Norway vs. Cyprus - 11 October 2011 - Soccerway".
^ "Jönsson klar for RBK". nrksport. NRK. 26 July 2010.
^ "Jørgen Lennartsson overtar Stabæk". vg.no. Verdens Gang. 2 August 2010.
^ "- Han har vært fantastisk for klubben". dagbladet.no. Dagbladet. 9 November 2010.
^ "– Jeg så ingen mulighet til å fortsette i FKT" (in Norwegian). Tønsbergs Blad. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ "Tor Thodesen tar over Moss" (in Norwegian). Moss FK. 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ "Walker har fått sparken" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 9 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Arne Sandstø klar for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 23 May 2011.
^ "Kaare Ingebrigtsen ferdig i Bodø/Glimt" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 26 May 2011.
^ "Per Brogeland sparket i Kongsvinger" (in Norwegian). VG. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012.
^ "Nordlie klar for Kongsvinger" (in Norwegian). VG. 1 September 2011.

[table_note_res_EL2Qcup0.84211068080836-12] Aalesund qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2011 Norwegian Cup.

[table_note_res_EL1QFP0.84211068080836-15] Stabæk qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play ranking.^[12]^[13]

[table_note_LØV0.80593573479258-17] Løv-Ham were deducted a total 1 points: 1 point because of lack of financial control^[14]

[table_note_MOL20.20944570107825-19] Molde 2 were deducted 1 point for using an illegal player in the match against Valdres on 23 June 2011.^[15]

[table_note_MST0.20944570107825-21] Manglerud Star were bankrupted 4 April 2011, and will not play any matches.^[16]

[table_hth_POR0.10478346939421-23] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[1] "Norway mourns Thorbjørn Svenssen". UEFA. 8 January 2011.

[2] "Start og Aalesund til semifinale" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[3] "Brann seiret i straffedrama" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. 14 August 2011.

[4] "Abdellaoue keeps Norway on course". UEFA. 2 September 2011.

[5] "Bendtner double boosts Denmark's prospects". UEFA. 6 September 2011.

[6] "Slik kommer Norge til EM" (in Norwegian). ba.no. 6 September 2011.

[7] "NFK klare for førstedivisjon" (in Norwegian). Varden. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

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