2017 in Norwegian football

The 2017 season was the 112th season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	2017
Men's football
Eliteserien	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Bodø/Glimt
2. divisjon	HamKam (Group 1) Nest-Sotra (Group 2)
Cupen	Lillestrøm
Mesterfinalen	Rosenborg
Women's football
Toppserien	LSK Kvinner
1. divisjon	Lyn
Cupen	Avaldsnes
← 2016 2018 →

The season began in March, and ended in December with the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Men's football

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Eliteserien	Kristiansund Sandefjord	Bodø/Glimt Start
1. divisjon	Tromsdalen Elverum Florø Arendal	Bryne Hødd KFUM Oslo Raufoss
2. divisjon	None	28 teams

Eliteserien

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	18	7	5	57	20	+37	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Molde	30	16	6	8	50	35	+15	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sarpsborg 08	30	13	12	5	50	36	+14	51
4	Strømsgodset	30	14	8	8	45	37	+8	50
5	Brann	30	13	8	9	51	36	+15	47
6	Odd	30	12	6	12	27	39	−12	42
7	Kristiansund	30	10	10	10	44	46	−2	40
8	Vålerenga	30	11	6	13	48	46	+2	39
9	Stabæk	30	10	9	11	46	50	−4	39
10	Haugesund	30	11	6	13	35	39	−4	39
11	Tromsø	30	10	8	12	42	49	−7	38
12	Lillestrøm	30	10	7	13	40	43	−3	37	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
13	Sandefjord	30	11	3	16	38	51	−13	36
14	Sogndal (R)	30	8	8	14	38	48	−10	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Aalesund (R)	30	8	8	14	38	50	−12	32	Relegation to 1. divisjon
16	Viking (R)	30	6	6	18	33	57	−24	24

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).[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C, P)	30	22	5	3	83	33	+50	71	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Start (P)	30	16	7	7	57	36	+21	55
3	Mjøndalen	30	15	7	8	56	37	+19	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim (O, P)	30	15	7	8	48	39	+9	52
5	Sandnes Ulf	30	14	9	7	44	39	+5	51
6	Ull/Kisa	30	15	3	12	61	55	+6	48
7	Levanger	30	10	12	8	39	36	+3	42
8	Florø	30	10	8	12	42	46	−4	38
9	Tromsdalen	30	9	10	11	43	43	0	37
10	Kongsvinger	30	10	6	14	47	46	+1	36
11	Strømmen	30	9	9	12	39	47	−8	36
12	Åsane	30	7	12	11	38	56	−18	33
13	Jerv	30	8	8	14	44	59	−15	32
14	Fredrikstad (R)	30	5	11	14	33	51	−18	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Elverum (R)	30	4	12	14	29	51	−22	24	Relegation to 2. divisjon
16	Arendal (R)	30	5	6	19	33	62	−29	21

Source: nifs (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).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (P)	26	21	2	3	56	18	+38	65	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Raufoss	26	14	5	7	53	28	+25	47	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Asker	26	13	8	5	50	36	+14	47
4	Alta	26	13	7	6	42	24	+18	46
5	Skeid	26	13	5	8	42	27	+15	44
6	Grorud	26	11	4	11	43	49	−6	37
7	KFUM-Oslo	26	10	4	12	43	39	+4	34
8	Kjelsås	26	9	7	10	34	40	−6	34
9	Bærum	26	8	9	9	46	44	+2	33
10	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	9	4	13	40	46	−6	31
11	Vålerenga 2	26	8	3	15	28	52	−24	27
12	Finnsnes (R)	26	6	4	16	26	45	−19	22	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Brumunddal (R)	26	6	4	16	21	46	−25	22
14	Follo (R)	26	6	4	16	28	58	−30	22

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Nest-Sotra (P)	26	15	9	2	60	22	+38	54	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Notodden (P)	26	17	3	6	53	26	+27	54	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bryne	26	13	8	5	52	37	+15	47
4	Vidar	26	13	3	10	56	49	+7	42
5	Fram Larvik	26	12	6	8	49	43	+6	42
6	Hødd	26	11	7	8	44	37	+7	40
7	Nardo	26	12	4	10	29	35	−6	40
8	Vard Haugesund	26	12	3	11	33	36	−3	39
9	Egersund	26	8	10	8	40	29	+11	34
10	Hønefoss	26	9	5	12	35	41	−6	32
11	Odd 2	26	7	5	14	51	69	−18	26
12	Vindbjart (R)	26	6	4	16	44	58	−14	22	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Fana (R)	26	5	7	14	30	64	−34	22
14	Byåsen (R)	26	3	4	19	22	52	−30	13

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

3. divisjon

4. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

3 December 2017

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Lillestrøm	3–2	Sarpsborg 08
Mikalsen  2' Haakenstad  12' Kippe  59'	Report	Mortensen  24' Kippe  64' (o.g.)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,091

Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Mesterfinalen

Match details

29 March 2017

19:00 CET

Brann	0 – 2	Rosenborg
	Report	Jevtovic  32' Reginiussen  90'

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 10,681

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Haugar)

Women's football

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to Toppserien

• Grand Bodø

Teams relegated from Toppserien

• Urædd

Toppserien

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LSK Kvinner (C)	22	19	2	1	68	18	+50	59	Qualification for the Women's Champions League round of 32
2	Avaldsnes	22	15	3	4	51	17	+34	48	Qualification for the Women's Champions League qualifying round
3	Stabæk	22	13	4	5	46	23	+23	43
4	Klepp	22	12	4	6	34	24	+10	40
5	Røa	22	11	4	7	42	28	+14	37
6	Arna-Bjørnar	22	9	8	5	39	28	+11	35
7	Vålerenga	22	10	4	8	38	33	+5	34
8	Trondheims-Ørn	22	8	6	8	36	36	0	30
9	Sandviken	22	4	6	12	23	34	−11	18
10	Kolbotn	22	4	3	15	17	43	−26	15
11	Grand Bodø (O)	22	2	2	18	30	80	−50	8	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Medkila (R)	22	1	2	19	9	69	−60	5	Relegation to 1. divisjon

Source: Norges Fotballforbund[2]
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

1. divisjon

Final

• Avaldsnes 1–0 Vålerenga

Men's UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dundalk	2–3	Rosenborg	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	1–0	Rosenborg	0–0	1–0

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Haugesund	7–0	Coleraine	7–0	0–0
Odd	5–0	Ballymena United	3–0	2–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Haugesund	3–4	Lech Poznań	3–2	0–2
Ružomberok	2–1	Brann	0–1	2–0
Vaduz	0–2	Odd	0–1	0–1

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Odd	2–1	0–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	2–4	Rosenborg	0–1	2–3

Group stage

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZEN	RS	ROS	VRD
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–1	2–1
2	Real Sociedad	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12			1–3	—	4–0	3–0
3	Rosenborg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5			1–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Vardar	6	0	1	5	3	20	−17	1			0–5	0–6	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

National teams

Norway men's national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	43	4	+39	30	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	3–0	6–0	5–1	7–0
2	Northern Ireland	10	6	1	3	17	6	+11	19	Advance to second round		1–3	—	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0
3	Czech Republic	10	4	3	3	17	10	+7	15			1–2	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	5–0
4	Norway	10	4	1	5	17	16	+1	13			0–3	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–1
5	Azerbaijan	10	3	1	6	10	19	−9	10			1–4	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	5–1
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	2	51	−49	0			0–8	0–3	0–6	0–8	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

26 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Northern Ireland	2–0	Norway	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45	Ward  2' Washington  33'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 18,161 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

10 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	1–1	Czech Republic	Oslo, Norway
20:45	Søderlund  55' (pen.)	Report (UEFA)	Gebre Selassie  36'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

1 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	2–0	Azerbaijan	Oslo, Norway
20:45	King  32' Sadygov  60' (o.g.)	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,599 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

4 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Germany	6–0	Norway	Stuttgart , Germany
20:45	Özil  10' Draxler  17' Werner  21', 40' Goretzka  50' Gómez  79'			Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

5 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	San Marino	0–8	Norway	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (UEFA)	Henriksen  8' King  14' (pen.), 17' Elyounoussi  39', 48', 68' Selnæs  58' Linnes  86'	Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

8 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Norway	1–0	Northern Ireland	Oslo, Norway
20:45	Brunt  71' (o.g.)	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)

Friendlies

13 June 2017 Friendly	Norway	1–1	Sweden	Oslo, Norway
19:45	Elyounoussi  45'	Report (1st) Report (2nd)	Armenteros  82'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,940 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

11 November 2017 Friendly	North Macedonia	2–0	Norway	Skopje, Macedonia
	Pandev  43' Markoski  90+4'			Stadium: Philip II Arena

14 November 2017 Friendly	Slovakia	1–0	Norway	Trnava, Slovakia
	Lobotka  90+3'			Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského

Norway women's national football team

The following is a list of matches in 2017[3]

Friendlies

19 January 2017 Friendly	Norway	2–1	Sweden	Murcia, Spain
	Utland  21' Minde  26'	Summary	Jakobsson  20'	Stadium: La Manga Club Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza

22 January 2017 Friendly	Norway	1–0	England	Murcia, Spain
	Hegerberg  26'	Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza

10 April 2017 Friendly	Norway	2–1	Switzerland	Skien, Norway
	Hegerberg  8' Minde  67'	Report	Dickemann  66'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

11 June 2017 Friendly	Norway	0–1	United States	Sandefjord, Norway
13:15 ET		Report	Press  60'	Stadium: Komplett Arena Attendance: 3,866 Referee: Amy Fearn (England)

11 July 2017 Friendly	France	1–1	Norway	Sedan, France
21:00 CET	Abily  3'		Mjelde  84'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

2017 Algarve Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Iceland	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Norway	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source:

1 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Norway	1–1	Iceland	Parchal, Portugal
	Hegerberg  4'	Report	Jónsdóttir  8'	Stadium: Bela Vista Municipal Stadium Referee: Jonesla Kabakama (Tanzania)

3 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Spain	3–0	Norway	Algarve, Portugal
	Thorisdottir  24' (o.g.) Hermoso  38' O. García  40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

6 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Norway	0–2	Japan	Algarve, Portugal
		Report	Yokoyama  59', 89'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Eleventh place match

8 March 2017 2017 Algarve Cup	Norway	2–0	Portugal	Portugal
	Isaksen  13' Reiten  66'	Report		Stadium: Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NED	DEN	BEL	NOR
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Knockout stage		—
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6				—
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3					—
4	Norway	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0						—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

16 July 2017 UEFA Women's Euro – GS	Netherlands	1–0	Norway	Utrecht, Netherlands
	van de Sanden  66'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 21,732 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

20 July 2017 UEFA Women's Euro – GS	Norway	0–2	Belgium	Breda, Netherlands
		Report	Van Gorp  59' Cayman  67'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 8,477[4] Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

24 July 2017 UEFA Women's Euro – GS	Norway	0–1	Denmark	Deventer, Netherlands
		Report	Veje  5'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

References

1. "Eliteserien 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
2. "Toppserien 2017 - Tabell". Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
3. Norway games
4. Belgian Red Flames [@BelRedFlames] (20 July 2017). "6.200 amazing 🇧🇪 fans are with us @weuro2017breda ! 8.477 spectators in total. Thx 4 the support !! #NORBEL #WEURO2017 #Flames4History" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 July 2017 – via Twitter.