2021 Toppserien

Toppserien
Season2021
Dates22 May 2021 – 13 November 2021
ChampionsSandviken
RelegatedKlepp
Champions LeagueSandviken
Rosenborg
Matches played90
Goals scored303 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorerEmilie Haavi (13 goals)
Biggest home winSandviken 8–0 Klepp
(7 November 2021)
Biggest away winArna-Bjørnar 0–8 Vålerenga
(17 October 2021)
Highest scoringVålerenga 5–3 Avaldsnes
(22 May 2021)
Rosenborg 7–1 Arna-Bjørnar
(9 October 2021)
Arna-Bjørnar 0–8 Vålerenga
(17 October 2021)
Sandviken 8–0 Klepp
(7 November 2021)
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 Toppserien was the 35th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season started on 22 May 2021 and ended on 13 November 2021.

Sandviken won their first Toppserien title. Rosenborg were the runners-up.

Format

The league consists of 10 teams this season, which will play each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches per team.

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2021 Toppserien

Teams information

Team Home city Home ground Seasons
Arna-Bjørnar Indre Arna (Bergen) Arna Idrettspark 20
Avaldsnes Avaldsnes Avaldsnes Idrettssenter 9
Klepp Kleppe Klepp Stadion 35
Kolbotn Kolbotn Sofiemyr Stadion 27
LSK Kvinner Lillestrøm LSK-Hallen 35
Lyn Oslo Kringsjå kunstgress 4
Rosenborg Trondheim Koteng Arena 35
Sandviken Bergen Stemmemyren 28
Stabæk Bærum Nadderud Stadion 12
Vålerenga Oslo Intility Arena 10

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sandviken (C) 18 17 1 0 50 6 +44 52 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Rosenborg 18 16 0 2 42 15 +27 48
3 LSK Kvinner 18 12 1 5 46 32 +14 37
4 Vålerenga 18 11 2 5 46 17 +29 35
5 Arna-Bjørnar 18 6 3 9 27 44 −17 21
6 Kolbotn 18 6 2 10 21 31 −10 20
7 Stabæk 18 5 2 11 15 36 −21 17
8 Avaldsnes 18 3 3 12 25 35 −10 12
9 Lyn (O) 18 3 3 12 19 34 −15 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Klepp (R) 18 2 1 15 12 53 −41 7 Relegation to First Division
Source: Soccerway
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARN AVA KLE KOL LSK LYN ROS SAN STA VAL
Arna-Bjørnar — 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–4 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–8
Avaldsnes 1–3 — 3–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Klepp 4–1 0–4 — 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 1–3
Kolbotn 1–0 2–2 3–0 — 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–2
LSK Kvinner 5–2 4–3 2–0 5–2 — 3–2 0–3 0–2 4–0 1–1
Lyn 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 — 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–1
Rosenborg 7–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 — 0–2 2–0 2–1
Sandviken 4–0 3–0 8–0 1–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 — 3–0 3–0
Stabæk 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–5 1–2 — 0–5
Vålerenga 2–0 5–3 7–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The league's ninth placed team, Lyn, faced Åsane, the 2021 First Division runners-up, in a two-legged play-off to decide who would play in the 2022 Toppserien.[1]

Lyn2–1Åsane
Aahjem 4'
Olsen 54'		 Report Vestbøstad 89'
Kringsjå Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 123
Referee: Henrikke Holm Nervik
Åsane0–1Lyn
Report Tandberg 13'
Åsane Arena, Bergen
Attendance: 514
Referee: Karoline Marie Jensen

Lyn won 3–1 on aggregate and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Norway Emilie Haavi LSK Kvinner 13
2 Norway Synne Jensen Vålerenga 11
Norway Lisa-Marie Utland Rosenborg
4 Norway Julie Blakstad Rosenborg 10
Norway Maria Brochmann Sandviken
6 Norway Sophie Romàn Haug LSK Kvinner 9
Serbia Dejana Stefanović Vålerenga
8 Norway Sara Kanutte Fornes Rosenborg 7
Norway Marit Bratberg Lund Sandviken
10 Norway Vilde Hasund Sandviken 6

Disciplinary

Players

Updated to matches played on 26 June 2021

Rank Player Club Yellow Card Red Card Points[3]
1 Norway Sara Lindbak Hørte Kolbotn 2 0 2
Norway Ingeborg Lye Skretting Klepp
Norway Olaug Tvedten Avaldsnes
Serbia Dejana Stefanović Vålerenga

Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points.

Club

Updated to matches played on 26 June 2021

Rank Club Yellow Card Red Card Points
1 Kolbotn 6 0 6
LSK Kvinner
3 Avaldsnes 4 4
Klepp
5 Arna-Bjørnar 3 3
Sandviken
Vålerenga
8 Lyn 2 2
Rosenborg
Stabæk

Points classification: Yellow card = 1 point, Red card = 3 points

Awards

Best XI[4]
Goalkeeper Sweden Moa Edrud (Arna-Bjørnar)
Defenders Norway Ingrid Ryland (Sandviken) Norway Guro Bergsvand (Sandviken) Norway Emilie Bragstad (Rosenborg) Norway Marit Bratberg Lund (Sandviken)
Midfielders Norway Lisa Naalsund (Sandviken) Norway Emilie Joramo (Rosenborg) Serbia Dejana Stefanović (Vålerenga)
Forwards Norway Julie Blakstad (Rosenborg) Norway Sophie Román Haug (LSK Kvinner) Norway Emilie Haavi (LSK Kvinner)

References

  1. ^ "Slik spilles kvalifiseringen til Toppserien". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Toppscorerliste Toppserien 2021". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Toppserien yellow cards". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Årets lag i Toppserien 2021". Norske Fotballkvinner (in Norwegian). 15 November 2021.