2000 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2000
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Lyn
2. divisjon	Skjetten (Group 1); Lillehammer (Group 2); Ørn Horten (Group 3); Mandalskameratene (Group 4); Hødd (Group 5); Aalesund (Group 6); Stålkameratene (Group 7); Lofoten (Group 8)
Cupen	Odd Grenland
Women's football
Toppserien	Trondheims-Ørn
Cupen	Asker

This article is a summary of 2000 in Norwegian football.

The 2000-season is the 95. 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)	26	16	6	4	61	26	+35	54	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Brann	26	14	5	7	53	40	+13	47	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	13	6	7	51	39	+12	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Tromsø	26	13	5	8	51	46	+5	44
5	Stabæk	26	12	6	8	59	33	+26	42
6	Lillestrøm	26	11	7	8	42	29	+13	40
7	Molde	26	11	7	8	46	47	−1	40
8	Odd Grenland	26	11	5	10	40	31	+9	38	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
9	Moss	26	8	8	10	38	44	−6	32
10	Bodø/Glimt	26	6	10	10	48	59	−11	28
11	Bryne	26	7	6	13	32	60	−28	27
12	Vålerenga (R)	26	5	9	12	32	44	−12	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Start (R)	26	5	6	15	40	66	−26	21	Relegation to First Division
14	Haugesund (R)	26	5	4	17	33	62	−29	19	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:

^ Odd Grenland qualified as the winner of the 2000 Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	26	19	4	3	55	24	+31	61	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Strømsgodset (P)	26	18	5	3	70	28	+42	59	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Sogndal (O, P)	26	15	6	5	73	37	+36	51	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Raufoss	26	11	6	9	50	39	+11	39
5	Kongsvinger	26	11	6	9	44	38	+6	39
6	HamKam	26	11	5	10	48	44	+4	38
7	L/F Hønefoss	26	10	4	12	45	42	+3	34
8	Kjelsås	26	8	7	11	30	40	−10	31
9	Tromsdalen	26	9	2	15	37	62	−25	29
10	Skeid	26	7	7	12	36	52	−16	28
11	Sandefjord	26	8	4	14	35	53	−18	28
12	Byåsen	26	9	1	16	33	58	−25	28
13	Strindheim (R)	26	7	5	14	39	58	−19	26	Relegation to Second Division
14	Eik-Tønsberg (R)	26	6	4	16	28	48	−20	22	Relegation to Second Division

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

2. divisjon

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

29 October 2000

13:15 CET

Odd Grenland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Viking
Tihinen 65' (o.g.) Flindt Bjerg 106'	Report	Dahl 43'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,864

Referee: Frode Kvam (Strindheim)

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trondheims-Ørn (C)	18	16	0	2	62	14	+48	48	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Asker	18	15	2	1	64	20	+44	47
3	Kolbotn	18	11	2	5	47	27	+20	35
4	Bjørnar	18	9	3	6	52	30	+22	30
5	Athene Moss	18	9	3	6	48	29	+19	30
6	Klepp	18	8	1	9	27	26	+1	25
7	Byåsen	18	4	1	13	17	47	−30	13
8	Setskog/Høland	18	4	0	14	27	78	−51	12
9	Larvik (R)	18	3	2	13	19	55	−36	11	Relegation to First Division
10	Grand Bodø (R)	18	3	2	13	18	55	−37	11	Relegation to First Division

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

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Asker 4–1 Bjørnar^[1]

National teams

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
FR Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
Belarus	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Wales	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Norway	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Armenia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Fixtures and results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Norwegian goalscorers
31 January	La Manga Stadium, La Manga (N)	Iceland	0 – 0	Nordic Cup
2 February	La Manga Stadium, La Manga (N)	Denmark	4 – 2	Nordic Cup	Henning Berg (2) Andreas Lund (2)
4 February	La Manga Stadium, La Manga (N)	Sweden	1 – 1	Nordic Cup	John Carew
23 February	Ali Sami Yen stadium, Istanbul (A)	Turkey	2 – 0	Friendly	John Arne Riise Roar Strand
29 March	Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano (A)	Switzerland	2 – 2	Friendly	Ståle Solbakken Bent Skammelsrud
26 April	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Belgium	0 – 2	Friendly
27 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Slovakia	2 – 0	Friendly	Ole Gunnar Solskjær Steffen Iversen
3 June	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Italy	1 – 0	Friendly	John Carew
13 Juni	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (N)	Spain	1 – 0 Report	UEFA Euro 2000	Steffen Iversen
18 Juni	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège (N)	FR Yugoslavia	0 – 1 Report	UEFA Euro 2000
21 Juni	Gelredome, Arnhem (N)	Slovenia	0 – 0 Report	UEFA Euro 2000
16 August	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki (A)	Finland	1 – 3	Nordic Cup	Thorstein Helstad
2 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Armenia	0 – 0 Report	World Cup Qualifier
7 October	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1 – 1 Report	World Cup Qualifier	Thorstein Helstad
11 October	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Ukraine	0 – 1 Report	World Cup Qualifier