2013 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2013
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Strømsgodset
1. divisjon	Bodø/Glimt
2. divisjon	Bærum (Group 1); Alta (Group 2); Nest-Sotra (Group 3); Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Molde
Women's football
Toppserien	Stabæk
1. divisjon	Grand Bodø
	Stabæk

The 2013 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season began in March, and ended in November with the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Men's football[]

Promotion and relegation[]

Teams promoted to Tippeligaen

Teams relegated from Tippeligaen

Stabæk
Fredrikstad

Teams promoted to 1. divisjon

Elverum
Kristiansund
Vard Haugesund
Follo

Teams relegated from 1. divisjon

Teams promoted to the 2. divisjon

Drøbak/Frogn
Skedsmo
Lyn
Eidsvold Turn
Arendal
Viking 2
Arna-Bjørnar
Skarbøvik
Strindheim
Bodø/Glimt 2
Bossekop

Teams relegated from the 2. divisjon

Ørn-Horten
Lillehammer
Brumunddal

League season[]

Tippeligaen[]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification or relegation

1

Strømsgodset (C)

30

19

6

5

66

26

+40

63

Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round

2

Rosenborg

30

18

8

4

50

25

+25

62

Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round

3

Haugesund

30

15

6

9

41

39

+2

51

4

Aalesund

30

14

7

9

55

44

+11

49

5

Viking

30

12

10

8

41

36

+5

46

6

Molde

30

12

8

10

47

38

+9

44

Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]

7

Odd

30

11

7

12

43

39

+4

40

8

Brann

30

11

6

13

46

0

39

9

Start

30

10

8

12

43

46

−3

38

10

Lillestrøm

30

9

12

37

44

−7

36

11

Vålerenga

30

10

6

14

41

50

−9

36

12

Sogndal

30

8

9

13

33

48

−15

33

13

Sandnes Ulf

30

9

6

15

36

58

−22

33

14

Sarpsborg 08 (O)

30

8

7

15

40

58

−18

31

Qualification for the relegation play-offs

15

Tromsø (R)

30

7

8

15

41

50

−9

29

Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]

Relegation to 1. divisjon

16

Hønefoss (R)

30

6

11

13

34

47

−13

29

Relegation to 1. divisjon

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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, Tromsø IL received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Tippeligaen's Fair Play ranking.
^ Molde qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2013 Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C, P)	30	21	4	5	63	24	+39	67	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Stabæk (P)	30	14	10	6	51	46	+5	52	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Hødd	30	15	5	10	41	31	+10	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim	30	14	7	9	49	38	+11	49
5	HamKam	30	14	6	10	49	43	+6	48
6	Mjøndalen	30	14	5	11	37	40	−3	47
7	Bryne	30	13	7	10	55	50	+5	46
8	Sandefjord	30	12	7	11	39	39	0	43
9	Kristiansund BK	30	12	6	12	47	44	+3	42
10	Fredrikstad	30	11	8	11	44	41	+3	41
11	Strømmen	30	9	11	10	39	43	−4	38
12	Ullensaker/Kisa	30	9	7	14	46	48	−2	34
13	Vard Haugesund (R)	30	9	7	14	46	55	−9	34	Relegation to 2. divisjon
14	Kongsvinger (R)	30	7	10	13	37	54	−17	31
15	Follo^[a] (R)	30	9	2	19	40	57	−17	27
16	Elverum (R)	30	3	6	21	37	67	−30	15

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

^ Follo were docked 2 points for lack of financial control^[1]

2. divisjon[]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bærum (P)	26	19	3	4	84	38	+46	60	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Asker	26	17	5	4	80	37	+43	56
3		26	17	0	9	64	47	+17	51
4	Træff	26	13	3	10	45	46	−1	42
5	Kvik Halden	26	12	5	9	34	35	−1	41
6	Kjelsås	26	12	4	10	39	37	+2	40
7	Drøbak-Frogn	26	12	4	10	41	47	−6	40
8	Vålerenga 2	26	12	0	14	47	47	0	36
9	Moss	26	10	3	13	47	53	−6	33
10		26	10	3	13	38	46	−8	33
11	Molde 2	26	9	1	16	49	63	−14	28
12	Skarbøvik (R)	26	7	5	14	45	52	−7	26	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Østsiden (R)	26	6	5	15	35	50	−15	23
14	Nesodden (R)	26	4	4	18	23	73	−50	16

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alta (P)	26	18	3	5	71	35	+36	57	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Raufoss	26	16	3	7	54	35	+19	51
3	Fram Larvik	26	14	8	4	62	34	+28	50
4	Lyn	26	11	8	7	47	32	+15	41
5	Pors Grenland	26	12	5	9	44	44	0	41
6	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	11	7	8	50	56	−6	40
7	Valdres	26	11	4	11	49	46	+3	37
8	Strømsgodset 2	26	11	1	14	59	77	−18	34
9	Gjøvik FF	26	9	6	11	39	48	−9	33
10	Harstad	26	8	8	10	44	44	0	32
11	Odd 2	26	9	5	12	41	60	−19	32
12	Frigg (R)	26	7	4	15	42	45	−3	25	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	FK Tønsberg (R)	26	5	5	16	44	67	−23	20
14	Bossekop (R)	26	4	5	17	28	51	−23	17

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

Group 3[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nest-Sotra (P)	26	20	3	3	70	24	+46	63	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Vindbjart	26	15	4	7	67	38	+29	49
3	Notodden	26	13	3	10	48	34	+14	42
4	Fyllingsdalen	26	11	5	10	41	40	+1	38
5	Arendal	26	11	4	11	36	42	−6	37
6	Brann 2	26	11	2	13	54	54	0	35
7	Egersund	26	10	5	11	41	45	−4	35
8	Fana	26	10	5	11	40	47	−7	35
9	Ålgård	26	9	6	11	38	37	+1	33
10	Åsane	26	10	3	13	45	48	−3	33
11	Vidar	26	10	3	13	49	66	−17	33
12	Flekkerøy (R)	26	8	6	12	39	45	−6	30	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Viking 2 (R)	26	8	6	12	34	43	−9	30
14	Arna-Bjørnar (R)	26	8	1	17	28	67	−39	25

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	19	5	2	70	31	+39	62	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	KFUM Oslo	26	17	6	3	62	26	+36	57
3	Levanger	26	13	5	8	61	43	+18	44
4	Grorud	26	11	7	8	60	51	+9	40
5	Byåsen	26	12	4	10	52	44	+8	40
6	Mo	26	12	4	10	47	44	+3	40
7	Eidsvold TF	26	10	6	10	43	51	−8	36
8	Tromsø 2 (R)	26	11	1	14	51	77	−26	34	Relegation to 3. divisjon
9	Nardo	26	8	8	10	50	49	+1	32
10	Lørenskog	26	8	7	11	49	56	−7	31
11	Rosenborg 2	26	8	6	12	52	63	−11	30
12	Strindheim	26	6	5	15	51	60	−9	23
13	Skedsmo (R)	26	5	6	15	32	68	−36	21	Relegation to 3. divisjon
14	Senja (R)	26	6	2	18	41	58	−17	20	Relegation to 3. divisjon

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

3. divisjon[]

Norwegian Cup[]

Final[]

24 November 2013

13:15 CET

Rosenborg	2–4	Molde
Diskerud 17' Reginiussen 49'	Report	Rindarøy 16' Berget 71' Hoseth 82' Høiland 90'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,824

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Haugar)

Women's football[]

League season[]

Toppserien[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	22	17	4	1	64	9	+55	55	Qualification for the Women's Champions League round of 32
2	LSK Kvinner	22	15	4	3	51	18	+33	49
3	Arna-Bjørnar	22	10	8	4	39	24	+15	38
4	Avaldsnes	22	10	3	9	39	33	+6	33
5	Vålerenga	22	8	8	6	41	37	+4	32
6	Kolbotn	22	9	4	9	39	42	−3	31
7	Trondheims-Ørn	22	9	3	10	39	49	−10	30
8	Røa	22	7	7	8	25	33	−8	28
9	Medkila	22	7	5	10	27	44	−17	26
10	Klepp	22	6	3	13	29	50	−21	21
11	Amazon Grimstad (O)	22	3	6	13	22	39	−17	15	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Sandviken (R)	22	3	1	18	19	56	−37	10	Relegation to 1.divisjon

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon[]

Norwegian Women's Cup[]

Final[]

Avaldsnes 0–1 Stabæk

Men's UEFA competitions[]

Champions League[]

Qualifying phase[]

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sligo Rovers	0–3	Molde	0–1	0–2

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	1–1 (a)	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–0

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying phase[]

First qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	3–2	Celje	1–2	2��0
Crusaders	3–9	Rosenborg	1–2	2–7

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hødd	1–2	Aktobe	1–0	0–2
Strømsgodset	5–2	Debrecen	2–2	3–0
Tromsø	2–1	Inter Baku	2–0	0–1
Rosenborg	1–2	St Johnstone	0–1	1–1

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	1–1 (4–3 p)	Differdange 03	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Jablonec	5–2	Strømsgodset	2–1	3–1

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	2–3	Beşiktaş	2–1	0–2
Molde	0–5	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3

Group stage[]

Group K[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	ANZ	SHE	TRO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	2–1	3–0
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6		0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Tromsø	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1		0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LSK Kvinner	1–8	LdB Malmö	1–3	0–5

National teams[]

Norway men's national football team[]

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

During the season, the Norway national team played five games in the qualification for 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Group E[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	10	7	3	0	17	6	+11	24	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup	—	4–4	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Iceland	10	5	2	3	17	15	+2	17	Advance to second round	0–2	—	2–4	2–0	2–1	2–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	0	5	14	11	+3	15		0–2	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	2–1
4	Norway	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12		0–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	2–0
5	Albania	10	3	2	5	9	11	−2	11		1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	3–1
6	Cyprus	10	1	2	7	4	15	−11	5		0–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

22 March 2013	Norway	0 – 1	Albania	showOslo
19:00	Forren 52'		Roshi 43' Salihi 67' Lila 85' Lila	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,207 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

6 September 2013	Norway	2 – 0	Cyprus	showOslo
19:00 UTC+2	Elyounoussi 43' King 66'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,295 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

10 September 2013	Norway	0 – 2	Switzerland	showOslo
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Schär 12', 51'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 16,631 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

11 October 2013	Slovenia	3 – 0	Norway	showMaribor
	Novaković 13', 15', 49'		Hangeland 90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,890 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 October 2013	Norway	1 – 1	Iceland	showOslo
20:00	Braaten 30'	Report	Sigþórsson 12' Sævarsson 38'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 6,796 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Friendlies[]

8 January 2013	South Africa	0 – 1	Norway	showCape Town
18:30	Letsholonyane 86'	Summary	Elyounoussi 41' Vilsvik 56' Fellah 78' Semb Berge 85'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rainhold Shikongo (Namibia)

12 January 2013	Zambia	0 – 0	Norway	showNdola
12:00		Summary	Ruud 55' Jenssen 90'	Stadium: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium Referee: Victor Hlungwani (South Africa)

6 February 2013	Norway	0 – 2	Ukraine	showSeville
18:00		Summary	Morozyuk 17' Yarmolenko 42' Mandzyuk 84' Fedetskiy 87'	Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carlos Clos (Spain)

11 June 2013	Norway	2 – 0	North Macedonia	showOslo
19:00	Skjelbred 9' Wæhler 37' Braaten 79'	Summary	Mojsov 31' Grnčarov 60' 60'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

14 August 2013	Sweden	4 – 2	Norway	showStockholm
20:00	Ibrahimović 2', 28', 57' Svensson 75'	Summary	Abdellaoue 38' (pen.) Johansen 43'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 13,438 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Norway women's national football team[]

Friendlies[]

12 January 2013	South Korea	0 – 2	Norway	show, China
17:00		Report	Thorsnes 28' Kaurin 76'	Stadium: Attendance: 4,000 Referee: (China)

14 January 2013	China PR	0 – 1	Norway	show, China
16:00		Report	Bjånesøy 88'	Stadium: Attendance: 5,000 Referee: (China)

16 January 2013	Canada	0 – 0	Norway	showChongchuan, China
17:00		Report		Stadium: Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wang Zhe (China)

6 April 2013	Switzerland	3 – 1	Norway	showNyon, Switzerland
14:30	Mändly 2' Crnogorčević 33', 77' (pen.)	Report	Hegerberg 45'	Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Attendance: 873 Referee: (Switzerland)

2013 Algarve Cup[]

Group A[]

6 March 2013	Norway	2 – 0	Japan	showPortimao, Portugal
13:10	Hansen 8' Hegerberg 16'	Report		Stadium: Attendance: 500 Referee: (Canada)

8 March 2013	Norway	0 – 0	Denmark	showPortimao, Portugal
16:00		Report		Stadium: Attendance: 348 Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary)

11 March 2013	Germany	2 – 0	Norway	showLagos, Portugal
12:20	Šašić 52' Keßler 86'	Report		Stadium: Attendance: 878 Referee: Salome di Iorio (Argentina)

Third place match[]

13 March 2013	Norway	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sweden	showLagos, Portugal
12:00	Hegland 39' Hegerberg 90'	Report	Asllani 15' Göransson 46'	Stadium: Attendance: 310 Referee: (Greece)
	Penalties
	Christensen Bjånesøy Isaksen Stensland Gulbrandsen Kaurin		Hammarström Thunebro Holmberg Göransson Berglund Moberg

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

Group 5[]

25 September 2013	Norway	4 – 1	Belgium	showUllevaal Stadion, Oslo
18:00 (UTC+02:00)	Hansen 5' Hegland 35', 54', 66'	Report	de Gernier 62'	Attendance: 4,233 Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)

26 October 2013	Norway	7 – 0	Albania	showSarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg
18:00 (UTC+01:00)	Christensen 12' Thorsnes 29' Mjelde 45+2' Hansen 51', 70', 73' Gulbrandsen 62'	Report		Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

30 October 2013	Netherlands	1 – 2	Norway	showKras Stadion, Volendam
19:00 (UTC+01:00)	Miedema 23'	Report	Hansen 18' Stensland 37'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Managerial changes[]

Name	Club	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Martin Andresen	Vålerenga	18 Novemberember 2012	Kjetil Rekdal	8 January 2013
Kjetil Rekdal	Aalesund	26 November 2012	Jan Jönsson	8 January 2013
Jan Jönsson	Rosenborg	7 December 2012	Per Joar Hansen	1 January 2013
Per Mathias Høgmo	Tromsø	31 December 2012	Agnar Christensen	1 January 2013
Aasmund Bjørkan	Ranheim	31 December 2012^[3]		1 January 2013^[4]
Cato Hansen	Bodø/Glimt	31 December 2012^[5]	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	1 January 2013^[5]
Tom Nordlie	Kongsvinger	31 December 2012	Stian Aasen
Arne Erlandsen	Ullensaker/Kisa	31 December 2012	Roar Johansen	1 January 2013
Roar Johansen	Sarpsborg 08	31 December 2012	Brian Deane	1 January 2013
Tor Thodesen	Moss	31 December 2012	Michael Frank	1 January 2013
	Tønsberg	31 December 2012	Tor Thodesen	1 January 2013
Agnar Christensen	Tromsø	1 October 2013	Steinar Nilsen	1 October 2013
Rune Skarsfjord	Brann	6 November 2013	Kenneth Mikkelsen (interim)	6 November 2013

References[]

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^ "Marerittoppsett for Norge i VM-kvaliken". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Røiseland, Simen Follesø (19 December 2012). "Jan Halvor Halvorsen trener Bodø/Glimt de neste tre årene" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[1] 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, Tromsø IL received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Tippeligaen's Fair Play ranking.

[table_note_res_R60.38449914026284-2] Molde qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2013 Norwegian Cup.

[table_note_FOL0.33679645850174-4] Follo were docked 2 points for lack of financial control^[1]

[poengtrekk-3] "Follo fratatt poeng" (in Norwegian). TV2. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

[5] "Marerittoppsett for Norge i VM-kvaliken". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

[6] Andersen, Martin K. (16 July 2012). "Aasmund Bjørkan ferdig i Trondheim" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[7] Sagbakken, Ole Krstian; Bråten, Roy Tommy (23 October 2012). "Nordsteien blir Ranheim-trener" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[glimt-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Røiseland, Simen Follesø (19 December 2012). "Jan Halvor Halvorsen trener Bodø/Glimt de neste tre årene" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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