2010 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2010
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Sogndal
2. divisjon	Asker (Group 1); Hødd (Group 2); Randaberg (Group 3); HamKam (Group 4)
Cupen	Strømsgodset
Superfinalen	Rosenborg
Women's football
Toppserien	Stabæk
1. divisjon	Sandviken
Cupen	Røa

The 2010 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	19	11	0	58	24	+34	68	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Vålerenga	30	19	4	7	69	36	+33	61	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Tromsø	30	14	8	8	36	30	+6	50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
4	Aalesund	30	14	5	11	46	37	+9	47
5	Odd Grenland	30	12	10	8	48	41	+7	46
6	Haugesund	30	12	9	9	51	39	+12	45
7	Strømsgodset	30	13	4	13	51	59	−8	43	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
8	Start	30	11	9	10	57	60	−3	42
9	Viking	30	10	11	9	48	41	+7	41
10	Lillestrøm	30	9	13	8	51	44	+7	40
11	Molde	30	10	10	10	42	45	−3	40
12	Stabæk	30	11	6	13	46	47	−1	39
13	Brann	30	8	10	12	48	50	−2	34
14	Hønefoss (R)	30	7	6	17	28	62	−34	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Kongsvinger (R)	30	4	8	18	27	58	−31	20	Relegation to First Division
16	Sandefjord (R)	30	2	6	22	25	58	−33	12	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:

^ Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.^[1]
^ Strømsgodset qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2010 Norwegian Cup.^[2]

1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sogndal (C, P)	28	17	5	6	51	28	+23	56	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sarpsborg 08 (P)	28	16	6	6	54	36	+18	54	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Fredrikstad (O, P)	28	14	8	6	53	37	+16	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Løv-Ham	28	13	4	11	46	38	+8	43
5	Ranheim	28	12	7	9	37	38	−1	43
6	Bodø/Glimt	28	12	6	10	41	28	+13	42
7	Strømmen	28	12	4	12	43	42	+1	40
8	Alta	28	10	6	12	41	51	−10	36
9	Bryne	28	10	5	13	57	52	+5	35
10	Mjøndalen	28	10	5	13	41	49	−8	35
11	Nybergsund	28	9	8	11	38	47	−9	35
12	Follo (R)	28	8	8	12	35	43	−8	32	Relegation to Second Division^[a]
13	Sandnes Ulf	28	8	7	13	33	40	−7	31
14	Tromsdalen (R)	28	8	4	16	33	50	−17	28	Relegation to Second Division
15	Moss (R)	28	7	5	16	32	56	−24	26	Relegation to Second Division
16	Lyn (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Sixth Division^[b]

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

^ Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation.^[3]
^ FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June,^[3] following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July.^[3] Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn have been annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.

2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Asker (P)	26	17	6	3	71	30	+41	57	Promotion to First Division
2	Notodden	26	16	3	7	71	25	+46	51
3	Kjelsås	26	14	5	7	58	47	+11	47
4	Nest-Sotra	26	14	4	8	54	50	+4	46
5	Manglerud Star	26	11	8	7	62	46	+16	41
6	Åsane	26	11	5	10	49	46	+3	38
7	Bærum	26	10	5	11	52	44	+8	35
8	Førde	26	10	5	11	43	61	−18	35
9	Frigg	26	8	10	8	44	48	−4	34
10	Vålerenga 2	26	10	2	14	61	68	−7	32
11	Stabæk 2	26	8	7	11	41	53	−12	31
12	Os (R)	26	7	6	13	41	52	−11	27	Relegation to Third Division
13	Stord (R)	26	5	5	16	35	71	−36	20
14	Fana (R)	26	3	5	18	27	68	−41	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hødd (P)	26	18	6	2	81	23	+58	60	Promotion to First Division
2	Kristiansund	26	17	4	5	60	35	+25	55
3	Skeid	26	15	5	6	49	28	+21	50
4	Rosenborg 2	26	14	5	7	64	39	+25	47
5	Aalesund 2	26	11	3	12	36	47	−11	36
6	Nardo	26	9	7	10	44	46	−2	34
7	Strindheim	26	8	9	9	33	42	−9	33
8	Molde 2	26	8	8	10	47	57	−10	32
9	Steinkjer	26	9	4	13	40	56	−16	31
10	Levanger	26	8	6	12	46	49	−3	30
11	Byåsen^[a]	26	8	7	11	40	60	−20	29
12	Skarbøvik (R)	26	8	4	14	34	39	−5	28	Relegation to Third Division
13	Oslo City (R)	26	5	4	17	37	61	−24	19
14	Kolstad (R)	26	3	10	13	32	61	−29	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Byåsen was docked two points for using an ineligible player.

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Randaberg (P)	26	17	2	7	51	40	+11	53	Promotion to First Division
2	Flekkerøy	26	14	5	7	60	33	+27	47
3	FK Tønsberg	26	13	7	6	62	39	+23	46
4	Ørn-Horten	26	14	3	9	52	46	+6	45
5	Vard Haugesund^[a]	26	13	4	9	54	35	+19	40
6	Odd Grenland 2	26	10	8	8	40	41	−1	38
7	Vindbjart	26	11	5	10	47	52	−5	38
8	Vidar	26	10	7	9	47	40	+7	37
9	Pors Grenland	26	11	4	11	41	41	0	37
10	Ålgård	26	8	10	8	45	36	+9	34
11	Fram Larvik	26	9	6	11	45	53	−8	33
12	Start 2^[b] (R)	26	7	6	13	40	51	−11	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Kopervik (R)	26	4	3	19	29	65	−36	15
14	Stavanger^[c] (R)	26	3	6	17	29	70	−41	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Vard was docked three points for using an ineligible player.
^ Start 2 was docked one point for using an ineligible player.
^ Stavanger was docked one point for using an ineligible player.

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HamKam (P)	26	19	2	5	75	25	+50	59	Promotion to First Division
2	KFUM Oslo	26	18	3	5	69	30	+39	56^[a]
3	Brumunddal	26	14	4	8	62	50	+12	46
4	Raufoss	26	13	3	10	41	38	+3	42
5	Harstad	26	13	2	11	58	51	+7	41
6	Tromsø 2	26	12	1	13	51	50	+1	37
7	Lørenskog	26	11	3	12	56	55	+1	36
8	Senja	26	10	5	11	48	52	−4	35
9	Valdres	26	10	5	11	40	45	−5	35
10	Ull-Kisa	26	9	5	12	43	56	−13	32
11	Strømsgodset 2	26	9	4	13	63	70	−7	31
12	Lillehammer^[b]	26	9	4	13	45	53	−8	31
13	Eidsvold Turn (R)	26	7	5	14	41	58	−17	26	Relegation to Third Division
14	Mo (R)	26	3	4	19	26	85	−59	13	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ KFUM was docked one point for using an ineligible player.
^ Lillehammer survived as the best number-twelve-team, because the club Lyn was liquidated.

3. divisjon

Cup competitions

Norwegian Cup

Final

14 November 2010

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Follo	0–2	Strømsgodset
	Report	Kamara 30' Andersen 42'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,532

Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Grue)

Superfinalen

7 March 2010

19:00 CET

Aalesund	1–3	Rosenborg
Larsen 59'	Report	Stadsgaard 7' Prica 26' Olsen 49'

Color Line Stadion, Ålesund

Attendance: 3,180

Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Kaupanger)^[4]

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	22	17	5	0	72	8	+64	56	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	Røa	22	15	3	4	56	33	+23	48
3	Kolbotn	22	15	2	5	49	12	+37	47
4	Arna-Bjørnar	22	14	1	7	55	26	+29	43
5	Trondheims-Ørn	22	12	2	8	34	29	+5	38
6	LSK Kvinner	22	11	3	8	42	32	+10	36
7	Klepp	22	8	5	9	34	29	+5	29
8	Amazon Grimstad	22	9	2	11	28	43	−15	29
9	Donn (R)	22	6	2	14	25	45	−20	20	Relegation to First Division^[a]
10	Kattem	22	4	2	16	17	58	−41	14
11	Linderud-Grei	22	3	4	15	16	62	−46	13
12	Fløya (R)	22	1	3	18	15	66	−51	6	Relegation to First Division

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

^ Donn were demoted to the 1. divisjon after their licensing application for the 2011 season was denied.^[5]

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Røa 7–0 Trondheims-Ørn

Men's UEFA competitions

Champions League

Qualifying phase

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Linfield	0–2	Rosenborg	0–0	0–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AIK	0–4	Rosenborg	0–1	0–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	2–2 (a)	Copenhagen	2–1	0–1

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stabæk	3–3 (a)	Dnepr Mogilev	2–2	1–1
Molde	2–2 (a)	Jelgava	1–0	1–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	4–5	Stuttgart	2–3	2–2
Aalesund	1–4	Motherwell	1–1	0–3

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	ARI	ATL	RBK
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–1	4–0
2	Aris	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Atlético Madrid	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8		1–1	2–3	—	3–0
4	Rosenborg	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3		0–1	2–1	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout stage

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zorka-BDU Minsk	1–2	Røa	1–2	0–0

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Røa	1–5	Zvezda 2005 Perm	1–1	0–4

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.

Fixtures and results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[6]	Competition	Norwegian goalscorers
3 March	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina (A)	Slovakia	1–0 Report	Friendly	Morten Moldskred
29 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Montenegro	2–1 Report	Friendly	Christian Grindheim Morten Gamst Pedersen
2 June	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Ukraine	0–1 Report	Friendly
11 August	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	France	2–1 Report	Friendly	Erik Huseklepp (2)
3 September	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	2–1 Report	Euro Qualifier	Brede Hangeland Mohammed Abdellaoue
7 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Portugal	1–0 Report	Euro Qualifier	Erik Huseklepp
8 October	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca (A)	Cyprus	2–1 Report	Euro Qualifier	John Arne Riise John Carew
12 October	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (A)	Croatia	1–2 Report	Friendly	Mohammed Abdellaoue
17 November	Aviva Stadium, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	2–1 Report	Friendly	Morten Gamst Pedersen Erik Huseklepp

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
N = Neutral ground

Norway women's national football team

Notes and references

^ "Fair Play Ranking". Bert Kasses. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
^ "Godset ut i Europa uansett" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 2010-11-05. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
^ "Skjerven leder Superfinalen". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
^ "Follo og Donn fikk ikke lisens for 2011". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
^ Norway's score given first

[table_note_res_EL10.36966682894606-2] Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.^[1]

[table_note_res_EL30.36966682894606-4] Strømsgodset qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2010 Norwegian Cup.^[2]

[table_note_res_R20.62364125839604-6] Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation.^[3]

[table_note_res_R60.62364125839604-7] FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June,^[3] following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July.^[3] Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn have been annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.

[table_note_BYÅ0.61944491258797-8] Byåsen was docked two points for using an ineligible player.

[table_note_VAH0.23858740517804-9] Vard was docked three points for using an ineligible player.

[table_note_STR0.23858740517804-10] Start 2 was docked one point for using an ineligible player.

[table_note_STV0.23858740517804-11] Stavanger was docked one point for using an ineligible player.

[table_hth_KFO0.76054655516546-12] KFUM was docked one point for using an ineligible player.

[table_note_LIL0.76054655516546-13] Lillehammer survived as the best number-twelve-team, because the club Lyn was liquidated.

[table_note_res_R10.071140535674589-16] Donn were demoted to the 1. divisjon after their licensing application for the 2011 season was denied.^[5]

[table_hth_POR0.097784864296105-17] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[1] "Fair Play Ranking". Bert Kasses. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

[3] "Godset ut i Europa uansett" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-09.

[tv2sporten-5] "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 2010-11-05. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-07.

[referee-14] "Skjerven leder Superfinalen". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2010.

[demoted-15] "Follo og Donn fikk ikke lisens for 2011". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

[18] Norway's score given first

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