List of Norwegian football champions

The Norwegian football champions (Norwegian: Seriemester i fotball) or Eliteserien champions, are the winners of the highest-level football league in Norway. Norgesserien was competed three times with eleven conferences and play-offs from 1937–38 to 1947–48. It was then replaced by the two-conference Hovedserien, which was replaced by the single-conference 1. divisjon in 1963. The top tier changed its name to the Tippeligaen in 1990, and to the current Eliteserien for 2017 and beyond.^[1] The winners of this title are not considered Norwegian football champions, as the title is reserved for the winners of the Norwegian Football Cup.

Sixteen clubs from ten cities have won the honor. With 26 titles Rosenborg is the most successful team, including 13 consecutive titles from 1992 through 2004. In the early years, Fredrikstad was highly successful, winning the first two titles and taking nine titles until 1960–61. Viking then took over dominance and rose to become the second-most winning team with their four consecutive titles from 1972 through 1975. The double—winning the league and cup the same season—has occurred fourteen times by six clubs.

At the end of the 1937–38 season, Fredrikstad were the first club to be crowned champions in the history of the championship. Rosenborg have won 26 titles, the most of any club.^[2] Fredrikstad are second with nine. Rosenborg dominated during the 1990s and 2000s, winning 13 consecutive league titles from 1992 to 2004. Fredrikstad secured all their titles before the league changed its format to a one-group top division in 1963. Third-most title winning team Viking dominated in the 1970s when they won five of their eight titles. Rosenborg and Viking are the only teams to have won the league title three or more consecutive times. All the clubs which have ever been crowned champions are still in existence today and all take part in the top six tiers of the Norwegian football league system - the football pyramid.

Format[]

Attempts to create a national league were started in 1914–16 with the , although this never held any official status. The first official league competition was the League of Norway, which started being contested in the 1937–38 season. It consisted of eleven double round robin conferences, each with six or seven teams, with the conference winners playing a two-legged, four-round play-off. Only two full seasons were contested before it was interrupted by World War II, but the league saw a final season be competed in 1947–48. The Main League started in the 1948–49 season, and saw two conferences each with eight teams. At the season end, the conference winners met for a two-legged final. In the 1959–60 and 1960–61, also bronze matches were played between the two conference runners-up.

The final season, in 1961–62, saw all 16 teams collected in a single league which was played over one and a half years. Starting with the 1963, ten team were collected into a single league, named the First Division. At the same time, the season changed from a winter to a summer league. From the 1972 season, teams from Northern Norway were also allowed to participate in the 1. divisjon, for the first time creating a pan-national league. The same season saw the number of teams increase from ten to twelve. The league was renamed to Tippeligaen in 1990, after the sponsor Norsk Tipping, and in 1997 a single-conference league was created below the top league for the first time. The Tippeligaen was expanded to 14 teams from the 1995 season and to 16 teams from the 2009 season.

List[]

The following is a list of winners (gold), runners-up (silver) and third place (bronze) teams in the highest-level football league in Norway. It also includes the top scorer and the number of scored goals, and shows teams which won the double.^[3]

*	Team won the double by winning the Norwegian Football Cup the same season

Season	League	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Winning manager
1937–38	Norgesserien	Fredrikstad*	Lyn	—	—
1938–39	Norgesserien	Fredrikstad (2)	Skeid	—	—
1947–48	Norgesserien	Freidig	Sparta	—	—
1948–49	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad (3)	Vålerenga	—
1949–50	Hovedserien	Fram Larvik	Fredrikstad	—
1950–51	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad (4)	Odd	—
1951–52	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad (5)	Brann	—
1952–53	Hovedserien	Larvik Turn	Skeid	—
1953–54	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad (6)	Skeid	—
1954–55	Hovedserien	Larvik Turn (2)	Fredrikstad	—
1955–56	Hovedserien	Larvik Turn (3)	Fredrikstad	—
1956–57	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad* (7)	Odd	—
1957–58	Hovedserien	Viking	Skeid	—	Georg Monsen William Danielsen
1958–59	Hovedserien	Lillestrøm	Fredrikstad	—	Karl Gudmundson
1959–60	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad* (8)	Lillestrøm	Eik-Tønsberg
1960–61	Hovedserien	Fredrikstad (9)	Eik-Tønsberg	Vålerenga
1961–62	Hovedserien	Brann	Steinkjer	Fredrikstad	Oddvar Hansen
1963	1. divisjon	Brann (2)	Lyn	Skeid	Oddvar Hansen
1964	1. divisjon	Lyn	Fredrikstad	Sarpsborg	John Sveinsson
1965	1. divisjon	Vålerenga	Lyn	Sarpsborg
1966	1. divisjon	Skeid	Fredrikstad	Lyn
1967	1. divisjon	Rosenborg	Skeid	Lyn	Knut Næss
1968	1. divisjon	Lyn* (2)	Rosenborg	Viking	Knut Osnes
1969	1. divisjon	Rosenborg (2)	Fredrikstad	Strømsgodset	George Curtis
1970	1. divisjon	Strømsgodset*	Rosenborg	Ham-Kam	Einar Larsen
1971	1. divisjon	Rosenborg* (3)	Lyn	Viking	Nils Arne Eggen
1972	1. divisjon	Viking (2)	Fredrikstad	Strømsgodset	Kjell Schou-Andreassen
1973	1. divisjon	Viking (3)	Rosenborg	Start	Sverre Andersen
1974	1. divisjon	Viking (4)	Molde	Vålerenga	Stuart Williams
1975	1. divisjon	Viking (5)	Brann	Start	Olav Nilsen
1976	1. divisjon	Lillestrøm (2)	Mjøndalen	Brann	Joar Hoff
1977	1. divisjon	Lillestrøm* (3)	Bodø/Glimt	Molde	Joe Hooley
1978	1. divisjon	Start	Lillestrøm	Viking	Karsten Johannessen
1979	1. divisjon	Viking* (6)	Moss	Start	Tony Knapp
1980	1. divisjon	Start (2)	Bryne	Lillestrøm	Karsten Johannessen
1981	1. divisjon	Vålerenga (2)	Viking	Rosenborg	Leif Eriksen
1982	1. divisjon	Viking (7)	Bryne	Lillestrøm	Kjell Schou-Andreassen
1983	1. divisjon	Vålerenga (3)	Lillestrøm	Start	Gunder Bengtsson
1984	1. divisjon	Vålerenga (4)	Viking	Start	Gunder Bengtsson
1985	1. divisjon	Rosenborg (4)	Lillestrøm	Vålerenga	Arne Dokken Bjørn Hansen
1986	1. divisjon	Lillestrøm (4)	Mjøndalen	Kongsvinger	Tom Lund
1987	1. divisjon	Moss	Molde	Kongsvinger	Nils Arne Eggen
1988	1. divisjon	Rosenborg* (5)	Lillestrøm	Molde	Nils Arne Eggen
1989	1. divisjon	Lillestrøm (5)	Rosenborg	Tromsø	David Hay
1990	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (6)	Tromsø	Molde	Nils Arne Eggen
1991	Tippeligaen	Viking (8)	Rosenborg	Start	Benny Lennartsson
1992	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (7)	Kongsvinger	Start	Nils Arne Eggen
1993	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (8)	Bodø/Glimt	Lillestrøm	Nils Arne Eggen
1994	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (9)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Nils Arne Eggen
1995	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (10)	Molde	Bodø/Glimt	Nils Arne Eggen
1996	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (11)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Nils Arne Eggen
1997	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (12)	Brann	Strømsgodset	Nils Arne Eggen
1998	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (13)	Molde	Stabæk	Trond Sollied
1999	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (14)	Molde	Brann	Nils Arne Eggen
2000	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (15)	Brann	Viking	Nils Arne Eggen
2001	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (16)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Nils Arne Eggen
2002	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (17)	Molde	Lyn	Nils Arne Eggen
2003	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (18)	Bodø/Glimt	Stabæk	Åge Hareide
2004	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (19)	Vålerenga	Brann	Ola By Rise
2005	Tippeligaen	Vålerenga (5)	Start	Lyn	Kjetil Rekdal
2006	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (20)	Brann	Vålerenga	Knut Tørum Per-Mathias Høgmo
2007	Tippeligaen	Brann (3)	Stabæk	Viking	Mons Ivar Mjelde
2008	Tippeligaen	Stabæk	Fredrikstad	Tromsø	Jan Jönsson
2009	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (21)	Molde	Stabæk	Erik Hamrén
2010	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg (22)	Vålerenga	Tromsø	Nils Arne Eggen Erik Hamrén
2011	Tippeligaen	Molde	Tromsø	Rosenborg	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
2012	Tippeligaen	Molde (2)	Strømsgodset	Rosenborg	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
2013	Tippeligaen	Strømsgodset (2)	Rosenborg	Haugesund	Ronny Deila
2014	Tippeligaen	Molde* (3)	Rosenborg	Odd	Tor Ole Skullerud
2015	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (23)	Strømsgodset	Stabæk	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
2016	Tippeligaen	Rosenborg* (24)	Brann	Odd	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
2017	Eliteserien	Rosenborg (25)	Molde	Sarpsborg 08	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
2018	Eliteserien	Rosenborg* (26)	Molde	Brann	Rini Coolen
2019	Eliteserien	Molde (4)	Bodø/Glimt	Rosenborg	Erling Moe
2020	Eliteserien	Bodø/Glimt	Molde	Vålerenga	Kjetil Knutsen

Details[]

• Bold indicates double winners – League and Domestic Cup winners
• Bold italic indicates treble winners – League, Domestic Cup and Mesterfinalen winners.

Norgesserien (1937–1948)[]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1937–38	Fredrikstad (1)	Lyn	none	?	?
1938–39	Fredrikstad (2)	Skeid	none	?	?
1939/40–1946/47	League suspended owing to the Second World War
1947–48	Freidig (1)	Sparta	none	?	?

Hovedserien (1948–1962)[]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1948–49	Fredrikstad (3)	Odd	none	(Sandefjord BK)	12
1949–50	Fram Larvik (1)	Fredrikstad	none	Reidar Dørum (Ørn-Horten)	13
1950–51	Fredrikstad (4)	Odd	none	John Sveinsson (Lyn)	19
1951–52	Fredrikstad (5)	Brann	none	(Strømmen)	15
1952–53	Fram Larvik (2)	Skeid	none	Gunnar Thoresen (Larvik Turn) (Odd)	15
1953–54	Fredrikstad (6)	Skeid	none	Gunnar Thoresen (Larvik Turn)	15
1954–55	Larvik Turn (1)	Fredrikstad	none	Harald Hennum (Skeid)	13
1955–56	Larvik Turn (2)	Fredrikstad	none	Willy Fossli (Asker)	17
1956–57	Fredrikstad (7)	Odd	none	Per Kristoffersen (Fredrikstad)	15
1957–58	Viking (1)	Skeid	none	Harald Hennum (Skeid)	17
1958–59	Lillestrøm (1)	Fredrikstad	none	Reidar Sundby (Larvik Turn)	13
1959–60	Fredrikstad (8)	Lillestrøm	Eik-Tønsberg	Per Kristoffersen (Fredrikstad)	13
1960–61	Fredrikstad (9)	Eik-Tønsberg	Vålerenga	Per Kristoffersen (Fredrikstad)	15
1961–62	Brann (1)	Steinkjer	Fredrikstad	Rolf Birger Pedersen (Brann)	26

1. divisjon (1963–1989)[]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1963	Brann (2)	Lyn	Skeid	Leif Eriksen (Vålerenga)	16
1964	Lyn (1)	Fredrikstad	Sarpsborg	Ole Stavrum (Lyn)	18
1965	Vålerenga (1)	Lyn	Sarpsborg	Harald Berg (Lyn)	19
1966	Skeid (1)	Fredrikstad	Lyn	Per Kristoffersen (Fredrikstad)	20
1967	Rosenborg (1)	Skeid	Lyn	Odd Iversen (Rosenborg)	17
1968	Lyn (2)	Rosenborg	Viking	Odd Iversen (Rosenborg)	30
1969	Rosenborg (2)	Fredrikstad	Strømsgodset	Odd Iversen (Rosenborg)	26
1970	Strømsgodset (1)	Rosenborg	HamKam	Steinar Pettersen (Strømsgodset)	17
1971	Rosenborg (3)	Lyn	Viking	Jan Fuglset (Fredrikstad)	17
1972	Viking (2)	Fredrikstad	Strømsgodset	Egil Solberg (Mjøndalen) Johannes Vold (Viking)	17
1973	Viking (3)	Rosenborg	Start	Stein Karlsen (HamKam)	17
1974	Viking (4)	Molde	Vålerenga	Odd Berg (Molde)	13
1975	Viking (5)	Brann	Start	Arne Dokken (Strømsgodset)	18
1976	Lillestrøm (2)	Mjøndalen	Brann	Jan Fuglset (Molde)	17
1977	Lillestrøm (3)	Bodø/Glimt	Molde	Trygve Johannessen (Viking)	17
1978	Start (1)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Tom Lund (Lillestrøm)	17
1979	Viking (6)	Moss	Start	Odd Iversen (Vålerenga)	16
1980	Start (2)	Bryne	Lillestrøm	Arne Dokken (Lillestrøm)	14
1981	Vålerenga (2)	Viking	Rosenborg	Pål Jacobsen (Vålerenga)	16
1982	Viking (7)	Bryne	Lillestrøm	(HamKam) Trygve Johannessen (Viking)	11
1983	Vålerenga (3)	Lillestrøm	Start	Olav Nysæter (Kongsvinger)	14
1984	Vålerenga (4)	Viking	Start	Sverre Brandhaug (Rosenborg)	13
1985	Rosenborg (4)	Lillestrøm	Vålerenga	Jørn Andersen (Vålerenga)	23
1986	Lillestrøm (4)	Mjøndalen	Kongsvinger	Arve Seland (Start)	12
1987	Moss (1)	Molde	Kongsvinger	Jan Kristian Fjærestad (Moss)	18
1988	Rosenborg (5)	Lillestrøm	Molde	Jan Åge Fjørtoft (Lillestrøm)	14
1989	Lillestrøm (5)	Rosenborg	Tromsø	Jahn Ivar Jakobsen (Rosenborg)	18

Tippeligaen (1990–2016)[]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1990	Rosenborg (6)	Tromsø	Molde	Tore André Dahlum (Start)	20
1991	Viking (8)	Rosenborg	Start	Karl Petter Løken (Rosenborg)	12
1992	Rosenborg (7)	Kongsvinger	Start	Kjell Roar Kaasa (Kongsvinger)	17
1993	Rosenborg (8)	Bodø/Glimt	Lillestrøm	Mons Ivar Mjelde (Lillestrøm)	20
1994	Rosenborg (9)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Harald Martin Brattbakk (Rosenborg)	17
1995	Rosenborg (10)	Molde	Bodø/Glimt	Harald Martin Brattbakk (Rosenborg)	26
1996	Rosenborg (11)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Harald Martin Brattbakk (Rosenborg)	28
1997	Rosenborg (12)	Brann	Strømsgodset	Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg)	25
1998	Rosenborg (13)	Molde	Stabæk	Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg)	27
1999	Rosenborg (14)	Molde	Brann	Rune Lange (Tromsø)	23
2000	Rosenborg (15)	Brann	Viking	Thorstein Helstad (Brann)	18
2001	Rosenborg (16)	Lillestrøm	Viking	Thorstein Helstad (Brann) Frode Johnsen (Rosenborg) Clayton Zane (Lillestrøm)	17
2002	Rosenborg (17)	Molde	Lyn	Harald Martin Brattbakk (Rosenborg)	17
2003	Rosenborg (18)	Bodø/Glimt	Stabæk	Harald Martin Brattbakk (Rosenborg)	17
2004	Rosenborg (19)	Vålerenga	Brann	Frode Johnsen (Rosenborg)	19
2005	Vålerenga (5)	Start	Lyn	Ole Martin Årst (Tromsø)	16
2006	Rosenborg (20)	Brann	Vålerenga	Daniel Nannskog (Stabæk)	19
2007	Brann (3)	Stabæk	Viking	Thorstein Helstad (Brann)	22
2008	Stabæk (1)	Fredrikstad	Tromsø	Daniel Nannskog (Stabæk)	16
2009	Rosenborg (21)	Molde	Stabæk	Rade Prica (Rosenborg)	17
2010	Rosenborg (22)	Vålerenga	Tromsø	Baye Djiby Fall (Molde)	16
2011	Molde (1)	Tromsø	Rosenborg	Mustafa Abdellaoue (Tromsø)	17
2012	Molde (2)	Strømsgodset	Rosenborg	Péter Kovács (Strømsgodset) Zdeněk Ondrášek (Tromsø)	14
2013	Strømsgodset (2)	Rosenborg	Haugesund	Frode Johnsen (Odd)	16
2014	Molde (3)	Rosenborg	Odd	Vidar Örn Kjartansson (Vålerenga)	25
2015	Rosenborg (23)	Strømsgodset	Stabæk	Alexander Søderlund (Rosenborg)	22
2016	Rosenborg (24)	Brann	Odd	Christian Gytkjær (Rosenborg)	19

Eliteserien (2017–)[]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2017	Rosenborg (25)	Molde	Sarpsborg 08	Nicklas Bendtner (Rosenborg)	19
2018	Rosenborg (26)	Molde	Brann	Franck Boli (Stabæk)	17
2019	Molde (4)	Bodø/Glimt	Rosenborg	Torgeir Børven (Odd)	21
2020	Bodø/Glimt (1)	Molde	Vålerenga	Kasper Junker (Bodø/Glimt)	27

Total titles won[]

By club[]

The following is a breakdown of top three league positions by team and also presents the team's home city or town. Teams in bold compete in the Eliteserien as of the 2021 season.

Club	City	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Winning years
Rosenborg	Trondheim	26	7	4	1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, , 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	9	9	1	1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61
Viking	Stavanger	8	2	8	1957–58, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1991
Lillestrøm	Skedsmo	5	8	3	1958–59, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1989
Vålerenga	Oslo	5	3	5	1965, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2005
Molde	Molde	4	10	3	2011, 2012, 2014, 2019
Brann	Bergen	3	6	4	1961–62, 1963, 2007
Larvik Turn	Larvik	3	0	0	1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56
Lyn	Oslo	2	5	4	1964, 1968
Strømsgodset	Drammen	2	2	3	1970, 2013
Start	Kristiansand	2	1	7	1978, 1980
Skeid	Oslo	1	5	1	1966
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	1	4	1	2020
Stabæk	Bærum	1	2	4	2008
Moss	Moss	1	1	0	1987
Fram Larvik	Larvik	1	0	0	1949–50
Freidig	Trondheim	1	0	0	1947–48
Tromsø	Tromsø	0	2	3	—
Odd	Skien	0	2	1	—
Bryne	Bryne	0	2	0	—
Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker	0	2	0	—
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	0	1	2	—
Eik-Tønsberg	Tønsberg	0	1	1	—
Sparta	Sarpsborg	0	1	0	—
Steinkjer	Steinkjer	0	1	0	—
Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg	0	0	2	—
Ham-Kam	Hamar	0	0	1	—
Haugesund	Haugesund	0	0	1	—
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	0	0	1	—

By region[]

Region	Number of titles	Clubs	Winning seasons
Eastern Norway	30	Fredrikstad (9), Lillestrøm (5), Vålerenga (5), Larvik Turn (3), Lyn (2), Strømsgodset (2), Fram Larvik (1), Moss (1), Skeid (1), Stabæk (1)	1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2008, 2013
Trøndelag	27	Rosenborg (26), Freidig (1)	1947–48, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Western Norway	15	Viking (8), Molde (4), Brann (3)	1957–58, 1961–62, 1963, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1991, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019
Southern Norway	2	Start (2)	1978, 1980
Northern Norway	1	Bodø/Glimt (1)	2020

By City / Town[]

City / Town	Championships	Clubs	Winning seasons
Trondheim	27	Rosenborg (26), Freidig (1)	1947–48, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Fredrikstad	9	Fredrikstad (9)	1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61
Stavanger	8	Viking (8)	1957–58, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1991
Oslo	8	Vålerenga (5), Lyn (2), Skeid (1)	1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2005
Lillestrøm	5	Lillestrøm (5)	1958–59, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1989
Larvik	4	Larvik Turn (3), Fram Larvik (1)	1949–50, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56
Molde	4	Molde (4)	2011, 2012, 2014, 2019
Bergen	3	Brann (3)	1961–62, 1963, 2007
Kristiansand	2	Start (2)	1978, 1980
Drammen	2	Strømsgodset (2)	1970, 2013
Moss	1	Moss (1)	1987
Bærum	1	Stabæk (1)	2008
Bodø	1	Bodø/Glimt (1)	2020

References[]