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2019 Eliteserien

The 2019 Eliteserien was the 75th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was third season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen.

Eliteserien
Season2019
Dates30 March – 1 December
ChampionsMolde
4th title
RelegatedLillestrøm
Tromsø
Ranheim
Champions LeagueMolde
Europa LeagueBodø/Glimt
Rosenborg
Viking
Matches played240
Goals scored699 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerTorgeir Børven (21 goals)
Biggest home winVålerenga 6–0 Bodø/Glimt
(5 July 2019)
Strømsgodset 6–0 Brann
(24 November 2019)
Biggest away winRanheim 1–5 Vålerenga
(12 May 2019)
Strømsgodset 0–4 Molde
(22 June 2019)
Brann 1–5 Viking
(1 December 2019)
Highest scoringMjøndalen 4–5 Bodø/Glimt
(6 April 2019)
Longest winning runBodø/Glimt, Kristiansund, Molde, Odd
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runMolde
(14 games)
Longest winless runVålerenga
(12 games)
Longest losing runTromsø
(5 games)
Highest attendance17,799
Rosenborg 0–2 Haugesund
(16 May 2019)
Lowest attendance1,353
Ranheim 0–2 Haugesund
(14 April 2019)
Average attendance5,773 Decrease 1.6%
← 2018
2020 →
All statistics correct as of 1 December 2019.

The season began on 30 March and was scheduled to end 30 November 2019, not including play-off matches, but due to Rosenborg competing in the Europa League the final matchday was moved to 1 December.[1] Fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on 19 December 2018.[2] Rosenborg were the defending champions. Viking and Mjøndalen joined as the promoted clubs from the 2018 1. divisjon. They replaced Sandefjord and Start who were relegated to the 2019 1. divisjon.

Molde won their fourth title, with two matches to spare following a 4–0 home win against Strømsgodset on 10 November 2019.[3]

Overview

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Summary

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On 10 November, Molde were confirmed as Eliteserien champions following their 4–0 home win against Strømsgodset in the 28th round.[3] They won their fourth title.

Teams

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Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon. The promoted teams were Viking and Mjøndalen, returning to the top flight after an absence of one and three years respectively. They replaced Sandefjord (after a two-year spell in Eliteserien) and Start (relegated after a season's presence).

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the teams in 2019 Eliteserien
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Arena Turf Capacity
Bodø/Glimt 24 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion Artificial 5,635
Brann 62 Bergen Brann Stadion Natural 17,049
Haugesund 13 Haugesund Haugesund Stadion Natural 8,754
Kristiansund 3 Kristiansund Kristiansund Stadion Artificial 4,444
Lillestrøm 56 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Natural 11,500
Mjøndalen 20 Mjøndalen Consto Arena Artificial 4,200
Molde 43 Molde Aker Stadion Artificial 11,249
Odd 38 Skien Skagerak Arena Artificial 11,767
Ranheim 9 Trondheim Extra Arena Artificial 3,000
Rosenborg 56 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,421
Sarpsborg 08 8 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion Artificial 8,022
Stabæk 23 Bærum Nadderud Stadion Natural 4,938
Strømsgodset 32 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Artificial 8,935
Tromsø 32 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial 6,687
Viking 69 Stavanger Viking Stadion Artificial 15,900
Vålerenga 59 Oslo Intility Arena Artificial 16,555

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Bodø/Glimt   Kjetil Knutsen   Ricardo Diadora Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Brann   Lars Arne Nilsen   Vito Wormgoor Nike Sparebanken Vest
Haugesund   Jostein Grindhaug   Christian Grindheim Macron Haugaland Kraft
Kristiansund   Christian Michelsen   Dan Peter Ulvestad Macron SpareBank 1 Nordvest
Lillestrøm   Jörgen Lennartsson   Frode Kippe Puma DNB
Mjøndalen   Vegard Hansen   Christian Gauseth Umbro Sparebanken Øst
Molde   Erling Moe   Ruben Gabrielsen Nike Sparebanken Møre
Odd   Dag-Eilev Fagermo   Steffen Hagen Hummel SpareBank 1 Telemark
Ranheim   Svein Maalen   Mads Reginiussen Umbro SpareBank 1 SMN
Rosenborg   Eirik Horneland   Mike Jensen Adidas SpareBank 1 SMN
Sarpsborg 08   Geir Bakke   Joachim Thomassen Select Borregaard
Stabæk   Jan Jönsson   Andreas Hanche-Olsen Macron SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Strømsgodset   Henrik Pedersen   Jakob Glesnes Puma DNB
Tromsø   Simo Valakari   Simen Wangberg Select Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Viking   Bjarne Berntsen   Zlatko Tripić Diadora Lyse
Vålerenga   Ronny Deila   Adam Larsen Kwarasey Umbro DNB

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Rosenborg   Rini Coolen End of interim period 31 December 2018 Pre-season   Eirik Horneland 9 January 2019[4] Pre-season
Haugesund   Eirik Horneland Signed by Rosenborg 7 January 2018[5]   Jostein Grindhaug 8 January 2019[6][7]
Molde   Ole Gunnar Solskjær Signed by Manchester United 28 March 2019   Erling Moe[a] 29 April 2019[8][9]
Strømsgodset   Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen Health reasons 15 May 2019[10] 14th   Håkon Wibe-Lund (interim) 15 May 2019 14th
Stabæk   Henning Berg Signed by Omonia 6 June 2019[11] 15th   Jan Jönsson 11 June 2019[12] 15th
Strømsgodset   Håkon Wibe-Lund (interim) End of interim period 20 June 2019 15th   Henrik Pedersen 20 June 2019[13] 15th
Lillestrøm   Jörgen Lennartsson Sacked 2 December 2019[14] 14th   Tom Nordlie (interim) 3 December 2019[15] 14th
  1. ^ Solskjær was initially appointed as caretaker manager of Manchester United on 19 December 2018 by loan until June 2019, and Moe was appointed as caretaker manager until Solskjær's expected return in June, but Solskjær was ultimately signed with Manchester United. Moe was appointed as permanent manager on 29 April 2019.

Transfers

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Winter

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Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2018–19

Summer

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Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2019

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Molde (C) 30 21 5 4 72 31 +41 68 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Bodø/Glimt 30 15 9 6 64 44 +20 54 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Rosenborg 30 14 10 6 53 41 +12 52
4 Odd 30 15 7 8 45 40 +5 52
5 Viking 30 13 8 9 55 42 +13 47 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
6 Kristiansund 30 11 8 11 41 41 0 41
7 Haugesund 30 9 13 8 44 37 +7 40
8 Stabæk 30 10 10 10 38 36 +2 40
9 Brann 30 10 10 10 32 37 −5 40
10 Vålerenga 30 8 10 12 39 44 −5 34
11 Strømsgodset 30 8 8 14 41 54 −13 32
12 Sarpsborg 08 30 5 15 10 30 40 −10 30
13 Mjøndalen 30 6 12 12 38 52 −14 30
14 Lillestrøm (R) 30 7 9 14 32 47 −15 30 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Tromsø (R) 30 8 6 16 39 58 −19 30 Relegation to First Division
16 Ranheim (R) 30 7 6 17 36 55 −19 27
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).[16]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Viking qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2019 Norwegian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

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Main article: 2019 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Lillestrøm takes part in a two-legged play-off against Start, the winners of the 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2020 Eliteserien.

Start2–1Lillestrøm
Sigurðarson   54' (pen.), 69' Report Gustavsson   28'
Attendance: 4,013
Lillestrøm4–3Start
Mikalsen   2'
Lowe   22' (o.g.)
Gustavsson   49'
Melgalvis   61'		 Report Ramsland   76', 79', 82'
Attendance: 7,892

Lillestrøm lost on the away goals rule after 5–5 on aggregate and were relegated to 1. divisjon.

Results

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Home \ Away BOD BRA HAU KRI LIL MIF MOL ODD RAN ROS SRP STB STM TRO VÅL VIK
Bodø/Glimt — 1–2 2–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1
Brann 1–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–5
Haugesund 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 5–1 1–4 1–0
Kristiansund 1–2 1–0 2–2 — 5–2 4–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–2
Lillestrøm 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 — 3–2 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–2
Mjøndalen 4–5 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 — 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Molde 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 4–1 5–1
Odd 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 — 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Ranheim 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 — 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–5 5–2
Rosenborg 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 — 1–0 3–2 0–0 5–2 3–0 5–1
Sarpsborg 08 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 — 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–2
Stabæk 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–3 — 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Strømsgodset 1–3 6–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–3 0–4 2–3 1–0 3–3 2–1 0–2 — 3–1 3–2 0–0
Tromsø 1–2 1–2 2–2 5–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–2
Vålerenga 6–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 — 0–4
Viking 3–4 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 —
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Odd's Torgeir Børven became the Eliteserien top scorer after scoring 21 goals.
Rank Player Club Goals[17] Games Average
1   Torgeir Børven Odd 21 30 0,70
2   Leke James Molde 17 28 0,61
3   Ohi Omoijuanfo Molde 15 27 0,56
4   Håkon Evjen Bodø/Glimt 13 29 0,45
5   Magnus Wolff Eikrem Molde 11 25 0,44
6   Amor Layouni Bodø/Glimt 10 21 0,48
  Amahl Pellegrino Strømsgodset/Kristiansund 10 24 0,42
  Kristian Thorstvedt Viking 10 26 0,38
9   Tommy Høiland Viking 9 22 0,41
  Lars-Jørgen Salvesen Sarpsborg 08/Strømsgodset 9 26 0,35

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Amor Layouni Bodø/Glimt Lillestrøm 4–0 (H) 5 May 2019
  Ohi Omoijuanfo Molde Viking 5–1 (H) 20 May 2019
  Ibrahima Wadji Haugesund Mjøndalen 4–1 (A) 26 May 2019
  Leke James Molde Strømsgodset 4–0 (A) 22 June 2019
  Erik Botheim Rosenborg Tromsø 5–2 (H) 10 August 2019
  Amahl Pellegrino Kristiansund Viking 4–2 (H) 27 October 2019
  Kasper Junker Stabæk Mjøndalen 4–2 (H) 24 November 2019

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Iven Austbø Viking 11
2   Marcus Sandberg Stabæk 10
3   Håkon Opdal Brann 8
  Helge Sandvik Haugesund
5   Ricardo Friedrich Bodø/Glimt 7
  Andreas Linde Molde
  Marco Marić Lillestrøm
  Sean McDermott Kristiansund
8   André Hansen Rosenborg 6
  Adam Larsen Kwarasey Vålerenga
  Julian Faye Lund Mjøndalen
  Sondre Rossbach Odd

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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  • Most red cards: 4[21]
    • Vålerenga

League attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 190,554 17,799 10,040 12,704 −22.6%†
2 Brann 165,634 16,484 8,693 11,042 +5.9%†
3 Viking 134,002 15,029 6,500 8,933 +13.1%1
4 Vålerenga 117,516 14,418 5,037 7,834 −14.7%†
5 Molde 96,828 9,010 5,952 6,916 −2.7%†
6 Lillestrøm 86,868 9,884 4,337 5,791 +4.2%†
7 Odd 83,978 7,295 4,492 5,599 +4.0%†
8 Sarpsborg 08 82,892 7,042 4,767 5,526 +10.4%†
9 Strømsgodset 79,458 8,505 4,576 5,297 −10.8%†
10 Haugesund 62,878 7,001 3,305 4,186 −3.0%†
11 Kristiansund 61,376 4,444 3,820 4,092 +1.2%†
12 Stabæk 54,793 4,621 3,082 3,653 −0.1%†
13 Bodø/Glimt 50,099 4,248 2,777 3,340 +3.8%†
14 Tromsø 49,683 5,522 2,514 3,312 −9.4%†
15 Mjøndalen 35,145 3,350 1,963 2,343 +27.2%1
16 Ranheim 28,248 2,925 1,353 1,883 −6.7%†
League total 1,379,861 17,799 1,353 5,773 −1.6%†

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

Awards

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Year   Håkon Evjen[22] Bodø/Glimt
Young Player of the Year   Håkon Evjen[22] Bodø/Glimt
Manager of the Year   Kjetil Knutsen[23] Bodø/Glimt
Goal of the Year Video   Ola Brynhildsen[22] Stabæk
Team of the Year (Verdens Gang)[24]
Goalkeeper   Marcus Sandberg (Stabæk)
Defenders   Ruben Gabrielsen (Molde)   Tore Reginiussen (Rosenborg)   Kristoffer Haugen (Molde)
Midfielders   Aron Dønnum (Vålerenga)   Kristian Thorstvedt (Viking)   Magnus Wolff Eikrem (Molde)   Håkon Evjen (Bodø/Glimt)   Herolind Shala (Vålerenga)
Forwards   Zlatko Tripic (Viking)   Amor Layouni (Bodø/Glimt)
Team of the Year (Eurosport)[25]
Goalkeeper   Marcus Sandberg (Stabæk)
Defenders   Kristoffer Haraldseid (Molde)   Ruben Gabrielsen (Molde)   Tore Reginiussen (Rosenborg)   Fredrik André Bjørkan (Bodø/Glimt)
Midfielders   Magnus Wolff Eikrem (Molde)   Sondre Tronstad (Haugesund)   Håkon Evjen (Bodø/Glimt)
Forwards   Zlatko Tripic (Viking)   Torgeir Børven (Odd)   Amor Layouni (Bodø/Glimt)
Team of the Year (Nettavisen)[26]
Goalkeeper   Marcus Sandberg (Stabæk)
Defenders   Ruben Gabrielsen (Molde)   Tore Reginiussen (Rosenborg)   Fredrik André Bjørkan (Bodø/Glimt)   Martin Bjørnbak (Molde)
Midfielders   Magnus Wolff Eikrem (Molde)   Håkon Evjen (Bodø/Glimt)   Fredrik Aursnes (Molde)   Zlatko Tripic (Viking)
Forwards   Leke James (Molde)   Torgeir Børven (Odd)

References

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