2023 Toppserien

Toppserien
Season2023
Dates25 March – 12 November
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Toppserien is the 37th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season started on 25 March 2023 and will end on 12 November 2023. The season will not include championship and relegation playoffs rounds which were scrapped after only one season. Instead, the league schedule was increased by nine matches per team with each team playing each other three times instead of twice.[1]

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2023 Toppserien

Åsane were promoted from the 2022 First Division.

Team Municipality Home ground
Arna-Bjørnar Bergen Arna Idrettspark
Avaldsnes Karmøy Avaldsnes Idrettssenter
Brann Bergen Stemmemyren
Brann Stadion
LSK Kvinner Lillestrøm LSK-Hallen
Lyn Oslo Kringsjå Kunstgress
Rosenborg Trondheim Koteng Arena
Lerkendal Stadion
Røa Oslo Røa Kunstgress
Stabæk Bærum Nadderud Stadion
Vålerenga Oslo Intility Arena
Åsane Bergen Åsane Arena

League table

The league consists of 10 teams who play each other three times, totalling 27 matches per team.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vålerenga (C) 27 17 8 2 68 28 +40 59 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Rosenborg 27 18 5 4 57 15 +42 58[a]
3 LSK Kvinner 27 16 7 4 44 21 +23 55
4 Brann 27 13 7 7 52 30 +22 46
5 Stabæk 27 10 7 10 41 43 −2 37
6 Lyn 27 7 7 13 33 44 −11 28
7 Røa 27 6 9 12 33 43 −10 27
8 Åsane 27 7 4 16 29 50 −21 25
9 Avaldsnes[b] (O, R) 27 5 6 16 18 63 −45 21 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Arna-Bjørnar[b] 27 4 4 19 32 70 −38 16
Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Rosenborg have been deducted 1 point.
  2. ^ a b Avaldsnes did not receive a Toppserien licence for the 2024 season. The last Toppserien spot was given to Arna-Bjørnar.[3]

Results

Round 1–18

Home \ Away ARN AVA BRA LSK LYN ROS RØA STA VÅL ÅSA
Arna-Bjørnar — 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–4 1–1
Avaldsnes 2–4 — 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1
Brann 1–2 3–0 — 0–2 1–0 1–4 5–2 0–0 2–3 3–2
LSK Kvinner 3–0 4–0 0–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1
Lyn 2–2 6–0 1–2 3–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1
Rosenborg 4–0 6–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 — 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0
Røa 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 — 1–1 3–3 1–3
Stabæk 5–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–5 2–2 — 0–2 1–0
Vålerenga 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 — 5–1
Åsane 2–0 5–1 0–2 0–3 4–0 0–3 0–4 1–3 1–4 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19–27

Home \ Away ARN AVA BRA LSK LYN ROS RØA STA VÅL ÅSA
Arna-Bjørnar — — 0–4 0–3 2–2 — 3–0 — — —
Avaldsnes 3–2 — 0–8 — — — 1–0 — — 1–2
Brann — — — 2–2 — 2–0 0–0 4–0 — —
LSK Kvinner — 1–0 — — 1–1 1–1 — — — 2–0
Lyn — 2–0 3–2 — — 0–2 — 1–1 0–3 —
Rosenborg 4–0 1–1 — — — — — 1–1 3–0 1–0
Røa — — — 0–1 2–2 0–3 — — 2–2 2–0
Stabæk 1–0 5–0 — 1–2 — — 4–2 — — 3–0
Vålerenga 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 — — — 3–1 — —
Åsane 2–1 — 0–1 — 1–1 — — — 1–1 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth placed team faced the second placed team of the First Division in a two-legged play-off to decide who would play in the Toppserien next season.[2]

TIL 20200–2Avaldsnes
Report Olsen 70'
Hovmark 72'
Attendance: 730
Referee: Marit Skurdal
Avaldsnes1–2TIL 2020
Natvik 20' Report Tunes 18'
Birkelund 27'
Åsebøen Stadion, Karmøy
Referee: Jørgen Haga

Avaldsnes won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

Best XI[4]
Goalkeeper Norway Cecilie Fiskerstrand (LSK Kvinner)
Defenders Denmark Janni Thomsen (Vålerenga) Norway Mia Authen (LSK Kvinner) Norway Mathilde Harviken (Rosenborg) Norway Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann)
Midfielders Norway Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga) Norway Emma Stølen Godø (LSK Kvinner) Norway Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga)
Forwards Norway Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) Norway Mimmi Löfwenius (Vålerenga) Norway Anna Aahjem (Lyn)

League attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brann 13,982 3,723 450 1,076 −41.6%†
2 Rosenborg 14,069 4,719 300 1,005 −38.9%†
3 Vålerenga 8,036 955 304 574 −27.0%†
4 LSK Kvinner 5,188 1,461 118 399 −5.9%†
5 Lyn 5,547 2,514 102 396 +52.3%†
6 Avaldsnes 3,897 570 157 300 −28.7%†
7 Røa 3,995 489 116 285 +14.5%†
8 Arna-Bjørnar 3,588 823 120 276 −8.9%†
9 Stabæk 3,752 367 151 268 −27.8%†
10 Åsane 3,338 555 100 257 +129.5%1
League total 65,392 4,719 100 484 −7.1%†

Updated to games played on 18 November 2023
Source: [1]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1 Divisjon.

References

  1. ^ "Ny seriestruktur for kvinner vedtatt". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Innstiller på ny seriestruktur for kvinner". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Avaldsnes Allianseidrettslag Toppfotball mister klubblisensen". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Dette er årets lag i Toppserien". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 4 December 2023.