2017 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2017
Men's football
Eliteserien	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Bodø/Glimt
2. divisjon	HamKam (Group 1); Nest-Sotra (Group 2)
Cupen	Lillestrøm
Mesterfinalen	Rosenborg
Women's football
Toppserien	LSK Kvinner
1. divisjon	Lyn
	Avaldsnes

The 2017 season was the 112th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season began in March, and ended in December with the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Men's football[]

Promotion and relegation[]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Eliteserien	Kristiansund Sandefjord	Bodø/Glimt Start
1. divisjon	Tromsdalen Elverum Florø Arendal	Bryne Hødd KFUM Oslo Raufoss
2. divisjon	None	28 teams

League season[]

Eliteserien[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	18	7	5	57	20	+37	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Molde	30	16	6	8	50	35	+15	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sarpsborg 08	30	13	12	5	50	36	+14	51	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Strømsgodset	30	14	8	8	45	37	+8	50
5	Brann	30	13	8	9	51	36	+15	47
6	Odd	30	12	6	12	27	39	−12	42
7	Kristiansund	30	10	10	10	44	46	−2	40
8	Vålerenga	30	11	6	13	48	46	+2	39
9	Stabæk	30	10	9	11	46	50	−4	39
10	Haugesund	30	11	6	13	35	39	−4	39
11	Tromsø	30	10	8	12	42	49	−7	38
12	Lillestrøm	30	10	7	13	40	43	−3	37	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
13	Sandefjord	30	11	3	16	38	51	−13	36
14	Sogndal (R)	30	8	8	14	38	48	−10	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Aalesund (R)	30	8	8	14	38	50	−12	32	Relegation to 1. divisjon
16	Viking (R)	30	6	6	18	33	57	−24	24	Relegation to 1. divisjon

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).^[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C, P)	30	22	5	3	83	33	+50	71	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Start (P)	30	16	7	7	57	36	+21	55	Promotion to Eliteserien
3	Mjøndalen	30	15	7	8	56	37	+19	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim (O, P)	30	15	7	8	48	39	+9	52
5	Sandnes Ulf	30	14	9	7	44	39	+5	51
6	Ull/Kisa	30	15	3	12	61	55	+6	48
7	Levanger	30	10	12	8	39	36	+3	42
8	Florø	30	10	8	12	42	46	−4	38
9	Tromsdalen	30	9	10	11	43	43	0	37
10	Kongsvinger	30	10	6	14	47	46	+1	36
11	Strømmen	30	9	9	12	39	47	−8	36
12	Åsane	30	7	12	11	38	56	−18	33
13	Jerv	30	8	8	14	44	59	−15	32
14	Fredrikstad (R)	30	5	11	14	33	51	−18	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Elverum (R)	30	4	12	14	29	51	−22	24	Relegation to 2. divisjon
16	Arendal (R)	30	5	6	19	33	62	−29	21	Relegation to 2. divisjon

Source: nifs (in Norwegian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2. divisjon[]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (P)	26	21	2	3	56	18	+38	65	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Raufoss	26	14	5	7	53	28	+25	47	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Asker	26	13	8	5	50	36	+14	47
4	Alta	26	13	7	6	42	24	+18	46
5	Skeid	26	13	5	8	42	27	+15	44
6	Grorud	26	11	4	11	43	49	−6	37
7	KFUM-Oslo	26	10	4	12	43	39	+4	34
8	Kjelsås	26	9	7	10	34	40	−6	34
9	Bærum	26	8	9	9	46	44	+2	33
10	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	9	4	13	40	46	−6	31
11	Vålerenga 2	26	8	3	15	28	52	−24	27
12	Finnsnes (R)	26	6	4	16	26	45	−19	22	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Brumunddal (R)	26	6	4	16	21	46	−25	22
14	Follo (R)	26	6	4	16	28	58	−30	22

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, qualification or relegation
1	Nest-Sotra (P)	26	15	9	2	60	22	+38	54	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Notodden (P)	26	17	3	6	53	26	+27	54	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bryne	26	13	8	5	52	37	+15	47
4	Vidar	26	13	3	10	56	49	+7	42
5	Fram Larvik	26	12	6	8	49	43	+6	42
6	Hødd	26	11	7	8	44	37	+7	40
7	Nardo	26	12	4	10	29	35	−6	40
8	Vard Haugesund	26	12	3	11	33	36	−3	39
9	Egersund	26	8	10	8	40	29	+11	34
10	Hønefoss	26	9	5	12	35	41	−6	32
11	Odd 2	26	7	5	14	51	69	−18	26
12	Vindbjart (R)	26	6	4	16	44	58	−14	22	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Fana (R)	26	5	7	14	30	64	−34	22
14	Byåsen (R)	26	3	4	19	22	52	−30	13

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

3. divisjon[]

4. divisjon[]

Cup competitions[]

Norwegian Cup[]

Final[]

3 December 2017

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Lillestrøm	3–2	Sarpsborg 08
Mikalsen 2' Haakenstad 12' Kippe 59'	Report	Mortensen 24' Kippe 64' (o.g.)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,091

Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Mesterfinalen[]

Match details

29 March 2017

19:00 CET

Brann	0 – 2	Rosenborg
	Report	Jevtovic 32' Reginiussen 90'

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 10,681

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Haugar)

Women's football[]

Promotion and relegation[]

Teams promoted to Toppserien

Grand Bodø

Teams relegated from Toppserien

Urædd

League season[]

Toppserien[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LSK Kvinner (C)	22	19	2	1	68	18	+50	59	Qualification for the Women's Champions League round of 32
2	Avaldsnes	22	15	3	4	51	17	+34	48	Qualification for the Women's Champions League qualifying round
3	Stabæk	22	13	4	5	46	23	+23	43
4	Klepp	22	12	4	6	34	24	+10	40
5	Røa	22	11	4	7	42	28	+14	37
6	Arna-Bjørnar	22	9	8	5	39	28	+11	35
7	Vålerenga	22	10	4	8	38	33	+5	34
8	Trondheims-Ørn	22	8	6	8	36	36	0	30
9	Sandviken	22	4	6	12	23	34	−11	18
10	Kolbotn	22	4	3	15	17	43	−26	15
11	Grand Bodø (O)	22	2	2	18	30	80	−50	8	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Medkila (R)	22	1	2	19	9	69	−60	5	Relegation to 1. divisjon

Source: Norges Fotballforbund^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon[]

Norwegian Women's Cup[]

Final[]

Avaldsnes 1–0 Vålerenga

UEFA competitions[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying phase[]

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dundalk	2–3	Rosenborg	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	1–0	Rosenborg	0–0	1–0

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[]

First qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Haugesund	7–0	Coleraine	7–0	0–0
Odd	5–0	Ballymena United	3–0	2–0

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Haugesund	3–4	Lech Poznań	3–2	0–2
Ružomberok	2–1	Brann	0–1	2–0
Vaduz	0–2	Odd	0–1	0–1

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Odd	2–1	0–0

Play-off round[]

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

Group stage[]

Group L[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZEN	RS	ROS	VRD
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–1	2–1
2	Real Sociedad	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	4–0	3–0
3	Rosenborg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5		1–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Vardar	6	0	1	5	3	20	−17	1		0–5	0–6	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Qualifying round[]

Group 9[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AVA	SUB	PLJ	KIR
1	Avaldsnes	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Round of 32	—	2–0	2–1	—
2	Spartak Subotica	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6		—	—	6–0	7–1
3	Breznica Pljevlja (H)	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1		—	—	—	2–2
4	Kiryat Gat	3	0	1	2	5	15	−10	1		2–6	—	—	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lillestrøm	3–1	Brøndby	0–0	3–1
Avaldsnes	0–6	Barcelona	0–4	0–2

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lillestrøm	1–7	Manchester City	0–5	1–2

National teams[]

Norway men's national football team[]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	43	4	+39	30	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	3–0	6–0	5–1	7–0
2	Northern Ireland	10	6	1	3	17	6	+11	19	Advance to second round	1–3	—	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0
3	Czech Republic	10	4	3	3	17	10	+7	15		1–2	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	5–0
4	Norway	10	4	1	5	17	16	+1	13		0–3	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–1
5	Azerbaijan	10	3	1	6	10	19	−9	10		1–4	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	5–1
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	2	51	−49	0		0–8	0–3	0–6	0–8	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

26 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Northern Ireland	2–0	Norway	showBelfast, Northern Ireland
20:45	Ward 2' Washington 33'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 18,161 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

10 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	1–1	Czech Republic	showOslo, Norway
20:45	Søderlund 55' (pen.)	Report (UEFA)	Gebre Selassie 36'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

1 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	2–0	Azerbaijan	showOslo, Norway
20:45	King 32' Sadygov 60' (o.g.)	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,599 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

4 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Germany	6–0	Norway	showStuttgart , Germany
20:45	Özil 10' Draxler 17' Werner 21', 40' Goretzka 50' Gómez 79'			Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05) 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	San Marino	0–8	Norway	showSan Marino Stadium, Serravalle
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (UEFA)	Henriksen 8' King 14' (pen.), 17' Elyounoussi 39', 48', 68' Selnæs 58' Linnes 86'	Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

8 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	1–0	Northern Ireland	showOslo, Norway
20:45	Brunt 71' (o.g.)	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)

Friendlies[]

13 June 2017 Friendly	Norway	1–1	Sweden	showOslo, Norway
19:45	Elyounoussi 45'	Report (1st) Report (2nd)	Armenteros 82'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,940 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

11 November 2017 Friendly	North Macedonia	2–0	Norway	showSkopje, Macedonia
	Pandev 43' Markoski 90+4'			Stadium: Philip II Arena

14 November 2017 Friendly	Slovakia	1–0	Norway	showTrnava, Slovakia
	Lobotka 90+3'			Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského

Norway women's national football team[]

The following is a list of matches in 2017^[3]

Friendlies[]

19 January 2017 Friendly	Norway	2–1	Sweden	showMurcia, Spain
	Utland 21' Minde 26'	Summary	Jakobsson 20'	Stadium: La Manga Club Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza

22 January 2017 Friendly	Norway	1–0	England	showMurcia, Spain
	Hegerberg 26'	Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza

10 April 2017 Friendly	Norway	2–1	Switzerland	showSkien, Norway
	Hegerberg 8' Minde 67'	Report	Dickemann 66'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

11 June 2017 Friendly	Norway	0–1	United States	showSandefjord, Norway
13:15 ET		Report	Press 60'	Stadium: Komplett Arena Attendance: 3,866 Referee: Amy Fearn (England)

11 July 2017 Friendly	France	1–1	Norway	showSedan, France
21:00 CET	Abily 3'		Mjelde 84'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

2017 Algarve Cup[]

Group B[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Iceland	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Norway	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Norway	1–1	Iceland	showParchal, Portugal
	Hegerberg 4'	Report	Jónsdóttir 8'	Stadium: Bela Vista Municipal Stadium Referee: Jonesla Kabakama (Tanzania)

3 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Spain	3–0	Norway	showAlgarve, Portugal
	Thorisdottir 24' (o.g.) Hermoso 38' O. García 40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

6 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Norway	0–2	Japan	showAlgarve, Portugal
		Report	Yokoyama 59', 89'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Eleventh place match[]

8 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Norway	2–0	Portugal	showPortugal
	Isaksen 13' Reiten 66'	Report		Stadium: Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

UEFA Women's Euro 2017[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NED	DEN	BEL	NOR
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	4	1	+3	9	Knockout stage	—
2	Denmark	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6	Knockout stage		—
3	Belgium	3	1	2	3	3	0	3				—
4	Norway	3	0	3	0	4	−4	0					—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

16 July 2017 UEFA Women's Euro – GS	Netherlands	1–0	Norway	showUtrecht, Netherlands
	van de Sanden 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 21,732 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

20 July 2017 UEFA Women's Euro – GS	Norway	0–2	Belgium	showBreda, Netherlands
		Report	Van Gorp 59' Cayman 67'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 8,477^[4] Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

24 July 2017 UEFA Women's Euro – GS	Norway	0–1	Denmark	showDeventer, Netherlands
		Report	Veje 5'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

References[]

^ "Eliteserien 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
^ "Toppserien 2017 - Tabell". Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ Norway games
^ Belgian Red Flames [@BelRedFlames] (20 July 2017). "6.200 amazing

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.87406867969505-1] Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

[2] "Eliteserien 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[3] "Toppserien 2017 - Tabell". Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

[4] Norway games

[5] Belgian Red Flames [@BelRedFlames] (20 July 2017). "6.200 amazing

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