2008 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2008
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Stabæk
1. divisjon	Odd Grenland
2. divisjon	Mjøndalen (Group 1); Skeid (Group 2); Stavanger (Group 3); Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Vålerenga
Women's football
Toppserien	Røa
	Sandviken
	Røa

The 2008 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football[]

League season[]

Promotion and relegation[]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Molde HamKam Bodø/Glimt	Odd Grenland Start Sandefjord
1. divisjon	Nybergsund Hødd Sandnes Ulf Alta	Raufoss Tromsdalen Skeid Mandalskameratene
2. divisjon	Lyn 2 Østsiden Valdres Strømsgodset 2 Vindbjart Randaberg Nest-Sotra Skarbøvik KIL/Hemne Lofoten Senja	Odd Grenland 2 FF Lillehammer Gjøvik-Lyn Nardo Averøykameratene Start 2 Askøy Arendal Harstad Mjølner Hammerfest

Tippeligaen[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	26	16	6	4	58	24	+34	54	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Fredrikstad	26	14	6	6	38	28	+10	48	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Tromsø	26	12	8	6	36	23	+13	44	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Bodø/Glimt	26	12	6	8	37	38	−1	42
5	Rosenborg	26	11	6	9	40	34	+6	39	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
6	Viking	26	11	6	9	38	32	+6	39
7	Lyn	26	11	5	10	38	34	+4	38
8	Brann	26	8	9	9	36	36	0	33
9	Molde	26	7	10	9	39	43	−4	31
10	Vålerenga	26	8	6	12	31	37	−6	30	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
11	Strømsgodset	26	8	5	13	33	44	−11	29
12	Lillestrøm	26	7	7	12	30	40	−10	28
13	Aalesund (O)	26	7	4	15	29	42	−13	25	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	HamKam (R)	26	5	6	15	22	50	−28	21	Relegation to 1. divisjon

Source: speaker.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Rosenborg, ranked second after already qualified Stabæk in the 2008 Fair Play competition^[1] will be granted access to the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round after Norway ranked first in the UEFA Fair Play ranking.^[2]
^ Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

1. divisjon[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Odd Grenland (C, P)	30	20	5	5	76	44	+32	65	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sandefjord (P)	30	17	9	4	46	25	+21	60
3	Start (P)	30	17	8	5	58	34	+24	59
4	Sogndal	30	15	9	6	53	36	+17	54	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
5	Hønefoss BK	30	15	6	9	47	33	+14	51
6	Notodden	30	12	10	8	55	40	+15	46
7	Haugesund	30	11	9	10	48	47	+1	42
8	Nybergsund-Trysil	30	12	6	12	49	53	−4	42
9	Moss	30	9	12	9	63	54	+9	39
10	Sarpsborg Sparta	30	10	7	13	45	43	+2	37
11	Bryne	30	10	6	14	38	53	−15	36
12	Løv-Ham	30	9	7	14	37	45	−8	34
13	Kongsvinger	30	8	6	16	33	58	−25	30
14	Alta	30	8	2	20	49	66	−17	26
15	Sandnes Ulf (R)	30	5	10	15	36	55	−19	25	Relegation to 2. divisjon
16	Hødd (R)	30	2	8	20	29	76	−47	14	Relegation to 2. divisjon

Source: speaker.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The winner, runner-up and third place finisher in the 1. divisjon are automatically promoted to the Tippeligaen. The fourth-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 13th-placed team in the Tippeligaen meet in a playoff at the end of the season. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the 2. divisjon.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2. divisjon[]

3. divisjon[]

Norwegian Cup[]

Final[]

9 November 2008

13:15 CET

Stabæk	1–4	Vålerenga
Andersson 69'	Report	Abdellaoue 31', 54' Fredheim Holm 50', 70'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,823

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Haugar)

Stabæk

Vålerenga


Stabæk:
GK	01	Jon Knudsen
DF	09	Christian Keller	74'
DF	02	Niklas Sandberg
DF	15	Morten Skjønsberg (C)
DF	03	Jon Inge Høiland	88'
MF	19	Johan Andersson
MF	17	Pontus Farnerud
MF	07	Henning Hauger
FW	25	Alanzinho
FW	10	Veigar Pall Gunnarsson 0	84'
FW	11	Daniel Nannskog
Substitutions:
DF	26	Bjørnar Holmvik	74'
MF	13	Pálmi Rafn Pálmason	84'
DF	06	Tom Stenvoll	88'
Coach:
Jan Jönsson


Vålerenga:
GK	01	Troy Perkins		89'
DF	06	Freddy dos Santos
DF	24	Kjetil Wæhler	63' 0	83'
DF	04	André Muri
DF	03	Allan Jepsen
MF	10	Lars Iver Strand
MF	23	Kristofer Hæstad
MF	08	Martin Andresen	77'
MF	11	Morten Berre	52'	86'
FW	07	Daniel Fredheim Holm (C)
FW	25	Mohammed Abdellaoue
Substitutions:
DF	05	Erik Hagen		83'
DF	28	Harmeet Singh		86'
GK	30	Øyvind Bolthof		89'
Coach:
Martin Andresen

Women's football[]

League season[]

Promotion and relegation[]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Fart FK Larvik	Sandviken Grand Bodø
1. divisjon	Voss Gjøvik	Tromsdalen

Toppserien[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Røa (C)	22	20	1	1	90	10	+80	61	Qualification for the Women's Champions League round of 32
2	Team Strømmen	22	14	4	4	44	22	+22	46	Qualification for the Women's Champions League qualifying round
3	Asker	22	14	3	5	53	26	+27	45
4	Kolbotn	22	12	6	4	51	23	+28	42
5	Arna-Bjørnar	22	12	5	5	58	26	+32	41
6	Klepp	22	8	7	7	51	30	+21	31
7	Fløya	22	9	3	10	41	39	+2	30
8	Amazon Grimstad	22	7	4	11	30	45	−15	25
9	Trondheims-Ørn	22	6	5	11	26	38	−12	23
10	Kattem	22	5	2	15	21	67	−46	17
11	Larvik (R)	22	3	3	16	24	80	−56	12	Relegation to 1.divisjon
12	Fart (R)	22	0	1	21	13	86	−73	1	Relegation to 1.divisjon

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

1. divisjon[]

Norwegian Women's Cup[]

Final[]

Røa 3–1 Team Strømmen^[3]

Men's UEFA competitions[]

Champions League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	2–2 (a)	Ventspils	1–0	1–2

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	1–3	Marseille	0–1	1–2

UEFA Cup[]

Qualifying rounds[]

First qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vėtra	1–2	Viking	1–0	0–2

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Honka	2–1	Viking	0–0	2–1
Stabæk	2–3	Rennes	2–1	0–2
Copenhagen	7–3	Lillestrøm	3–1	4–2

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	2–2 (2–3 p)	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Brøndby	3–5	Rosenborg	1–2	2–3

Group stage[]

Group G[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saint-Étienne	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Valencia	4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	6
3	Copenhagen	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
4	Club Brugge	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3
5	Rosenborg	4	0	2	2	1	8	−7	2

Source: RSSSF

Intertoto Cup[]

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ekranas	1–7	Rosenborg	1–3	0–4

Third round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NAC Breda	1–2	Rosenborg	1–0	0–2

Winners[]

The 11 co-winners were:

Braga (Overall winners) (Round of 16, lost to Paris Saint-Germain)
Aston Villa (Round of 32, lost to CSKA Moscow)
Deportivo La Coruña (Round of 32, lost to AaB)
Stuttgart (Round of 32, lost to Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Rosenborg (Group stage, fifth in Group G)
Napoli (First round, lost to Benfica)
Rennes (First round, lost to Twente)
Vaslui (First round, lost to Slavia Prague)
Elfsborg (Second qualifying round, lost to St Patrick's Athletic)
Grasshopper Zürich (Second qualifying round, lost to Lech Poznań)
Sturm Graz (Second qualifying round, lost to Zürich)

UEFA Women's Cup[]

First qualifying round[]

Group A4[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Røa	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6
2	Honka Espoo	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
3	NSA Sofia	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0
4	Iveria Khashuri (W)	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(W) Withdrew

Matches (played in Oslo, Norway)

Røa 2–0 Honka Espoo
Honka Espoo 6–0 NSA Sofia
NSA Sofia 0–7 Røa

Second qualifying round[]

Group B1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zvezda Perm	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9
2	Frankfurt	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Røa	3	1	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Glasgow City Ladies	3	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches (played in Oslo, Norway)

Glasgow City 1–6 Røa
1. FFC Frankfurt 3–1 Røa
Røa 1–3 Zvezda 2005 Perm

National teams[]

Norway men's national football team[]

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

Group 9[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	17	2	+15	24	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0
2	Norway	8	2	4	2	9	7	+2	10		0–1	—	4–0	2–1	2–2
3	Scotland	8	3	1	4	6	11	−5	10		0–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–1
4	Macedonia	8	2	1	5	5	11	−6	7		1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	1	2	5	7	13	−6	5		1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Fixtures and results[]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[4]	Competition	Norway scorers
6 February	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	0–3 Report	Friendly
26 March	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica (A)	Montenegro	1–3 Report	Friendly	John Carew
28 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Uruguay	2–2 Report	Friendly	Tarik Elyounoussi John Arne Riise
20 August	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Republic of Ireland	1–1 Report	Friendly	Tore Reginiussen
6 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Iceland	2–2 Report	World Cup Qualifier	Steffen Iversen (2)
11 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (A)	Scotland	0–0 Report	World Cup Qualifier
15 October	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Netherlands	0–1 Report	World Cup Qualifier
19 November	Olympic Stadium, Kiev (A)	Ukraine	0–1	Friendly

Key

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

Norway women's national football team[]

Notes and references[]

^ "Stabæk vant Fair Play-konkurransen 2008". www.fotball.no. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-11.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Norway win UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking". Bert Kassies. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
^ "Norway – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Norway's score given first

[table_note_res_EL10.48350865695789-3] Rosenborg, ranked second after already qualified Stabæk in the 2008 Fair Play competition^[1] will be granted access to the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round after Norway ranked first in the UEFA Fair Play ranking.^[2]

[table_note_res_VIF0.48350865695789-4] Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

[1] "Stabæk vant Fair Play-konkurransen 2008". www.fotball.no. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-11.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Norway win UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking". Bert Kassies. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

[5] "Norway – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[6] Norway's score given first

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