Eliteserien (Norway)

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Elite series
Association Norges Fotballforbund
First edition 1937
Teams 16
master Molde FK (4)
Record champions Rosenborg Trondheim (26)
Current season 2020
Website Eliteserien on fotball.no
Qualification for UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League

The Eliteserien is the top division in Norwegian football .

Current season

Teams of the Eliteserien 2020

The season usually lasts from mid-March or early April to late November.

Surname

In the rules of the Norwegian Football Association , the league is referred to as 0. Divisjon , the name of which is determined annually by the association. The current official name is Eliteserien . From 1990 to 2016 the league was called Tippeligaen (betting league) after the sponsor at the time, the betting company Norsk Tipping .

From 1948 to 1962 the league was called Hovedserien , before that Norgesserien ("Norwegian League"). From 1963 to 1990 the top division was called 1. Divisjon . This designation was later used for the second highest class, but it was called Adeccoligaen from 2005 to 2013 and OBOS-Ligaen from 2015 (both names also after a sponsor).

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The top Norwegian league consists of 16 teams (since 2009). From March or April to November each year, the Norwegian champions are determined in 30 games (one home and one away game). The two clubs at the bottom of the table are relegated to the 1st division . The third from last plays relegation games against the winner of the qualifying round of the 1st division.

In the 2009 and 2010 seasons, the third relegated or promoted team was determined in a final round with semi-finals and a final: The third from bottom of the elite series played at home against the fifth placed in the 1st division in the first semi-final. The second semi-final was played by the third placed (home team) and fourth placed in the 1st division (there was only one game each). In the final, the two winners played against each other in a return match. The winner was a participant in the elite series the following season. In the 2011 season, the qualifying tournament was abolished again.

Qualification for European club competitions

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

  • 21. +6( 27 ) Belarus ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 21.875 - CL: 1, EL: 3BelarusBelarus 
  • 22. ± 0( 22 ) Sweden ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 20,900 - CL: 1, EL: 3SwedenSweden 
  • 23. +6( 29 ) Norway ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 20,200 - CL: 1, EL: 3NorwayNorway 
  • 24. +4( 28 ) Kazakhstan ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 19,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3KazakhstanKazakhstan 
  • 25. −4( 21 ) Poland ( league , cup )) - coefficient: 19.250 - CL: 1, EL: 3PolandPoland 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

In the 2019 UEFA five-year ranking, the Norwegian league is in 23rd place. This means that the Norwegian champions are starting the second qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League . The team in second place and the cup winners will start in the second round of the Europa League qualification. The club in third place has to enter the competition in the first round. If the cup winner is already qualified via the elite series, the right to participate goes to the final opponent and then to the fourth in the championship.

League champions

The following list contains the clubs that have won the league championship in the major division since 1938 . However, clubs from Northern Norway , e.g. B. the two-time cup winner Tromsø IL , only play in the top league from 1972.

society title year
Rosenborg Trondheim 26th 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1985 , 1988 , 1990 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2009 , 2010 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018
Fredrikstad FK 9 1938 , 1939 , 1949 , 1951 , 1952 , 1954 , 1957 , 1960 , 1961
Viking Stavanger 8th 1958 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1979 , 1982 , 1991
Lillestrøm SK 5 1959 , 1976 , 1977 , 1986 , 1989
Vålerenga Oslo 5 1965 , 1981 , 1983 , 1984 , 2005
Molde FK 4th 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2019
Larvik Turn 3 1953 , 1955 , 1956
Brann Bergen 3 1962 , 1963 , 2007
Lyn Oslo 2 1964 , 1968
Start Kristiansand 2 1978 , 1980
Strømsgodset IF 2 1970 , 2013
Fram Larvik 1 1950
SK Freidig 1 1948
Moss FK 1 1987
Skeid Fotball 1 1966
Stabæk Fotball 1 2008

Record champions

Audience numbers

In the 2019 season, the average attendance was 5,693 people per game. Rosenborg Trondheim (12,703), Brann Bergen (11,042) and Viking Stavanger (8,933) had the highest average attendance .

season cut Games total
2000 5,718 175 1,000,694
2001 5,564 182 1,012,614
2002 6,200 182 1,128,474
2003 6,598 182 1,200,779
2004 7,999 182 1,455,896
2005 9,491 182 1,727,367
2006 9,100 182 1,656,223
2007 10,519 182 1,914,377
2008 9,753 182 1,775,070
2009 8,961 240 2,150,658
2010 8.106 239 1,937,222
2011 7,997 240 1,919,275
2012 6,996 240 1,678,947
2013 6,811 240 1,634,733
2014 6,951 240 1,668,235
2015 6,674 240 1,601,774
2016 6,928 240 1,662,647
2017 6,699 240 1,607,762
2018 5,854 240 1,405,059
2019 5,693 240 1,366,509

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rules of the NFF §5.5 (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Christer Madsen: Tippeligaen endrer navn til Eliteserien i 2017 Retrieved on 2017-30-01 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ rules of the NFF §5.4 (Norwegian)
  4. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Eliteserien 2019 - Tilskuere og mål. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (Norwegian).