The 2010 Toppserien was the twenty-fourth season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon. The season ran from 5 April to 11 November 2010,[1] and was won by Stabæk, their first ever title.[2] As champions, they also qualified for the Round of 32 of the 2011-12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Toppserien
Season2010
ChampionsStabæk
RelegatedDonn
Fløya
Champions LeagueStabæk
Matches played132
Goals scored443 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerLise Klaveness (21)
Biggest home winStabæk 9–0 Linderud-Grei
(7 August 2010)
Biggest away winKattem 0–7 Arna-Bjørnar
(12 June 2010)
Arna-Bjørnar 0–7 Stabæk
(4 September 2010)
Highest scoringKattem 2–7 Stabæk
(1 May 2010)
Linderud-Grei 2–7 Røa
(31 July 2010)
Stabæk 9–0 Linderud-Grei
(7 August 2010)
2009
2011

Stabæk completed the entire season undefeated, and were confirmed as league champions on the penultimate day after beating Trondheims-Ørn 3–0, at the same time as runners-up Røa lost 0–4 to Kolbotn.[2] The roles were thus reversed from the previous season, when Røa won the league ahead of Stabæk. Kolbotn once again finished third after winning 2–0 against Arna-Bjørnar in the final round.[3]

Fløya were the first team of the season to be relegated, on 30 October.[4] They would have been joined by newcomers Donn, whose licensing application for the 2011 season was denied on 4 November for financial reasons.[5] Those same reasons, however, lead to Donn being declared bankrupt six days later.[6]

Linderud-Grei, founded in 2006 by Linderud IL and SF Grei to promote women's football in Groruddalen,[7] played in the top flight for the first time. They finished second to last in the standings, but retained their Toppserien spot because of Donn's bankruptcy and demotion.[5] It was the first time since 2007 that a newly promoted team had avoided relegation.

As of 2010, the women's football club Team Strømmen are affiliated with Lillestrøm SK and have changed their name to LSK Kvinner.[8] This is the second instance in Norway of a leading women's club becoming affiliated with a leading men's club, the first occurring in 2009 when Asker Fotball relocated to Bærum and became Stabæk Fotball.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stabæk (C) 22 17 5 0 72 8 +64 56 Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2 Røa 22 15 3 4 56 33 +23 48
3 Kolbotn 22 15 2 5 49 12 +37 47
4 Arna-Bjørnar 22 14 1 7 55 26 +29 43
5 Trondheims-Ørn 22 12 2 8 34 29 +5 38
6 LSK Kvinner 22 11 3 8 42 32 +10 36
7 Klepp 22 8 5 9 34 29 +5 29
8 Amazon Grimstad 22 9 2 11 28 43 −15 29
9 Donn (R) 22 6 2 14 25 45 −20 20 Relegation to First Division[a]
10 Kattem 22 4 2 16 17 58 −41 14
11 Linderud-Grei 22 3 4 15 16 62 −46 13
12 Fløya (R) 22 1 3 18 15 66 −51 6 Relegation to First Division
Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Donn were demoted to the 1. divisjon after their licensing application for the 2011 season was denied.[5]

Results

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Home \ Away STB RØA KOL A-B ØRN LSK KLP AG FKD KAT LGT IFF
Stabæk 7–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 9–0 4–0
Røa 2–2 0–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 6–2 4–1 2–0 5–0
Kolbotn 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 6–0 3–1 4–0 8–0 4–0
Arna-Bjørnar 0–7 1–1 1–2 3–1 6–1 1–0 8–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0
Trondheims-Ørn 1–5 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
LSK Kvinner 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 4–0 4–0
Klepp 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 5–1 4–0 3–1 6–1
Amazon Grimstad 0–6 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–2
Donn 0–0 2–5 0–2 2–4 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 4–2
Kattem 2–7 3–5 0–1 0–7 0–3 0–5 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0
Linderud-Grei 0–4 2–7 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–5 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Fløya 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–6 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–4
Source: NRK Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1   Lise Klaveness Stabæk 21
2   Tina Algrøy Arna-Bjørnar 15
  Emilie Haavi Røa
4   Lisa-Marie Woods Stabæk 13
5   Kristy Moore Stabæk 13
6   Gry Ims Klepp 11
  Elise Thorsnes Røa
8   Rebecca Angus Kolbotn 10
  Cathrine Dyngvold Klepp
  Madeleine Giske Arna-Bjørnar
  Maiken Pape Stabæk

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Spilleplan Toppserien 2010". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  2. ^ a b "Stabæk seriemester for kvinner". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  3. ^ "Kolbotn vant bronsen". NRK Hordaland (in Norwegian). 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  4. ^ "Fløya rykket ned". iTromsø (in Norwegian). 2010-10-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  5. ^ a b c "Follo og Donn fikk ikke lisens for 2011". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  6. ^ "Donn slått konkurs". NRK Sørlandet (in Norwegian). 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  7. ^ "Informasjon om Linderud-Grei Toppfotball". Linderud-Grei Toppfotball (in Norwegian). 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  8. ^ "LSK Kvinner FK en del av LSK-familien". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). LSK Blogg. 2009-11-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  9. ^ "Toppscorer 2010". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-02-11.