2023 Toppserien

Toppserien
Season	2023
Dates	25 March – 12 November
Champions	Vålerenga
Relegated	Avaldsnes
Champions League	Vålerenga; Rosenborg
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Toppserien was the 40th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season started on 25 March 2023 and ended on 12 November 2023. The season did 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

Bergen

Bergen teams:
Arna-Bjørnar
Brann
Åsane

Oslo

Oslo teams:
Lyn
Røa
Vålerenga

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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]	Qualification for the Champions League first round
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:

^ Rosenborg were deducted 1 point.
^ ^a ^b Avaldsnes did not receive a Toppserien licence for the 2024 season and were relegated to the First Division. 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]

22 November 2023

18:00 CET

TIL 2020	0–2	Avaldsnes
	Report	Olsen 70' Hovmark 72'

Romssa Arena, Tromsø

Attendance: 730

Referee: Marit Skurdal

26 November 2023

13:00 CET

Avaldsnes	1–2	TIL 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	Cecilie Fiskerstrand (LSK Kvinner)
Defenders	Janni Thomsen (Vålerenga)	Mia Authen (LSK Kvinner)		Mathilde Harviken (Rosenborg)		Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann)
Midfielders	Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga)		Emma Stølen Godø (LSK Kvinner)		Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga)
Forwards	Karina Sævik (Vålerenga)		Mimmi Löfwenius (Vålerenga)		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

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

External links

Official website
2023 Toppserien at Soccerway.com

[table_hth_ROS0.053156930512356-3] Rosenborg were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_AVA0.053156930512356-5] Avaldsnes did not receive a Toppserien licence for the 2024 season and were relegated to the First Division. The last Toppserien spot was given to Arna-Bjørnar.^[3]

[1] "Ny seriestruktur for kvinner vedtatt". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). 5 March 2023.

[format-2] "Innstiller på ny seriestruktur for kvinner". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[4] "Avaldsnes Allianseidrettslag Toppfotball mister klubblisensen". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 13 December 2023.

[6] "Dette er årets lag i Toppserien". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 4 December 2023.

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