2013 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2013
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Strømsgodset
1. divisjon	Bodø/Glimt
2. divisjon	Bærum (Group 1); Alta (Group 2); Nest-Sotra (Group 3); Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Molde
Women's football
Toppserien	Stabæk
1. divisjon	Grand Bodø
Cupen	Stabæk

The 2013 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season began in March, and ended in November with the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Men's football edit

Promotion and relegation edit

Teams promoted to Tippeligaen

Teams relegated from Tippeligaen

Teams promoted to 1. divisjon

Teams relegated from 1. divisjon

Teams promoted to the 2. divisjon

Teams relegated from the 2. divisjon

League season edit

Tippeligaen edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C)	30	19	6	5	66	26	+40	63	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rosenborg	30	18	8	4	50	25	+25	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Haugesund	30	15	6	9	41	39	+2	51	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Aalesund	30	14	7	9	55	44	+11	49
5	Viking	30	12	10	8	41	36	+5	46
6	Molde	30	12	8	10	47	38	+9	44	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Odd	30	11	7	12	43	39	+4	40
8	Brann	30	11	6	13	46	46	0	39
9	Start	30	10	8	12	43	46	−3	38
10	Lillestrøm	30	9	9	12	37	44	−7	36
11	Vålerenga	30	10	6	14	41	50	−9	36
12	Sogndal	30	8	9	13	33	48	−15	33
13	Sandnes Ulf	30	9	6	15	36	58	−22	33
14	Sarpsborg 08 (O)	30	8	7	15	40	58	−18	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Tromsø (R)	30	7	8	15	41	50	−9	29	Europa League qualifying and relegation to First Division^[b]
16	Hønefoss (R)	30	6	11	13	34	47	−13	29	Relegation to First Division

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Molde qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2013 Norwegian Cup.
^ Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Tromsø IL received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Tippeligaen's Fair Play ranking.

1. divisjon edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C, P)	30	21	4	5	63	24	+39	67	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Stabæk (P)	30	14	10	6	51	46	+5	52	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Hødd	30	15	5	10	41	31	+10	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim	30	14	7	9	49	38	+11	49
5	HamKam	30	14	6	10	49	43	+6	48
6	Mjøndalen	30	14	5	11	37	40	−3	47
7	Bryne	30	13	7	10	55	50	+5	46
8	Sandefjord	30	12	7	11	39	39	0	43
9	Kristiansund BK	30	12	6	12	47	44	+3	42
10	Fredrikstad	30	11	8	11	44	41	+3	41
11	Strømmen	30	9	11	10	39	43	−4	38
12	Ullensaker/Kisa	30	9	7	14	46	48	−2	34
13	Vard Haugesund (R)	30	9	7	14	46	55	−9	34	Relegation to Second Division
14	Kongsvinger (R)	30	7	10	13	37	54	−17	31
15	Follo^[a] (R)	30	9	2	19	40	57	−17	27
16	Elverum (R)	30	3	6	21	37	67	−30	15

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

^ Follo were docked 2 points for lack of financial control^[1]

2. divisjon edit

Group 1 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bærum (P)	26	19	3	4	84	38	+46	60	Promotion to First Division
2	Asker	26	17	5	4	80	37	+43	56
3	Førde	26	17	0	9	64	47	+17	51
4	Træff	26	13	3	10	45	46	−1	42
5	Kvik Halden	26	12	5	9	34	35	−1	41
6	Kjelsås	26	12	4	10	39	37	+2	40
7	Drøbak-Frogn	26	12	4	10	41	47	−6	40
8	Vålerenga 2	26	12	0	14	47	47	0	36
9	Moss	26	10	3	13	47	53	−6	33
10	Birkebeineren	26	10	3	13	38	46	−8	33
11	Molde 2	26	9	1	16	49	63	−14	28
12	Skarbøvik (R)	26	7	5	14	45	52	−7	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Østsiden (R)	26	6	5	15	35	50	−15	23
14	Nesodden (R)	26	3	5	18	23	73	−50	14

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

Group 2 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alta (P)	26	18	3	5	71	35	+36	57	Promotion to First Division
2	Raufoss	26	16	3	7	54	35	+19	51
3	Fram Larvik	26	14	8	4	62	34	+28	50
4	Lyn	26	11	8	7	47	32	+15	41
5	Pors Grenland	26	12	5	9	44	44	0	41
6	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	11	7	8	50	56	−6	40
7	Valdres	26	11	4	11	49	46	+3	37
8	Strømsgodset 2	26	11	1	14	59	77	−18	34
9	Gjøvik FF	26	9	6	11	39	48	−9	33
10	Harstad	26	8	8	10	44	44	0	32
11	Odd 2	26	9	5	12	41	60	−19	32
12	Frigg (R)	26	7	4	15	42	45	−3	25	Relegation to Third Division
13	FK Tønsberg (R)	26	5	5	16	44	67	−23	20
14	Bossekop (R)	26	4	5	17	28	51	−23	17

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

Group 3 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nest-Sotra (P)	26	20	3	3	74	25	+49	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Vindbjart	26	15	4	7	67	38	+29	49
3	Notodden	26	13	3	10	48	34	+14	42
4	Fyllingsdalen	26	11	5	10	42	44	−2	38
5	Arendal	26	11	4	11	36	42	−6	37
6	Brann 2	26	11	2	13	54	54	0	35
7	Egersund	26	10	5	11	41	45	−4	35
8	Fana	26	10	5	11	40	47	−7	35
9	Ålgård	26	9	6	11	38	38	0	33
10	Åsane	26	10	3	13	45	48	−3	33
11	Vidar	26	10	3	13	49	66	−17	33
12	Flekkerøy	26	8	6	12	40	45	−5	30
13	Viking 2 (R)	26	8	6	12	34	43	−9	30	Relegation to Third Division
14	Arna-Bjørnar (R)	26	8	1	17	28	67	−39	25	Relegation to Third Division

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

Group 4 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	19	5	2	70	31	+39	62	Promotion to First Division
2	KFUM Oslo	26	17	6	3	62	26	+36	57
3	Levanger	26	13	5	8	61	43	+18	44
4	Grorud	26	11	7	8	60	51	+9	40
5	Byåsen	26	12	4	10	52	44	+8	40
6	Mo	26	12	4	10	47	44	+3	40
7	Eidsvold TF	26	10	6	10	43	51	−8	36
8	Tromsø 2 (R)	26	11	1	14	51	77	−26	34	Relegation to Third Division
9	Nardo	26	8	8	10	50	49	+1	32
10	Lørenskog	26	8	7	11	49	56	−7	31
11	Rosenborg 2	26	8	6	12	52	63	−11	30
12	Strindheim (R)	26	6	5	15	51	60	−9	23	Relegation to Third Division
13	Skedsmo (R)	26	5	6	15	32	68	−36	21
14	Senja (R)	26	6	2	18	41	58	−17	20

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

3. divisjon edit

Norwegian Cup edit

Final edit

24 November 2013

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Rosenborg	2–4	Molde
Diskerud 17' Reginiussen 49'	Report	Rindarøy 16' Berget 71' Hoseth 82' Høiland 90'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,824

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Haugar)

Women's football edit

League season edit

Toppserien edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	22	17	4	1	64	9	+55	55	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	LSK Kvinner	22	15	4	3	51	18	+33	49
3	Arna-Bjørnar	22	10	8	4	39	24	+15	38
4	Avaldsnes	22	10	3	9	39	33	+6	33
5	Vålerenga	22	8	8	6	41	37	+4	32
6	Kolbotn	22	9	4	9	39	42	−3	31
7	Trondheims-Ørn	22	9	3	10	39	49	−10	30
8	Røa	22	7	7	8	25	33	−8	28
9	Medkila	22	7	5	10	27	44	−17	26
10	Klepp	22	6	3	13	29	50	−21	21
11	Amazon Grimstad (O)	22	3	6	13	22	39	−17	15	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Sandviken (R)	22	3	1	18	19	56	−37	10	Relegation to First Division

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon edit

Norwegian Women's Cup edit

Final edit

Avaldsnes 0–1 Stabæk

Men's UEFA competitions edit

Champions League edit

Qualifying phase edit

Second qualifying round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sligo Rovers	0–3	Molde	0–1	0–2

Third qualifying round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	1–1 (a)	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–0

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying phase edit

First qualifying round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	3–2	Celje	1–2	2–0
Crusaders	3–9	Rosenborg	1–2	2–7

Second qualifying round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hødd	1–2	Aktobe	1–0	0–2
Strømsgodset	5–2	Debrecen	2–2	3–0
Tromsø	2–1	Inter Baku	2–0	0–1
Rosenborg	1–2	St Johnstone	0–1	1–1

Third qualifying round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	1–1 (4–3 p)	Differdange 03	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Jablonec	5–2	Strømsgodset	2–1	3–1

Play-off round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	2–3	Beşiktaş	2–1	0–2
Molde	0–5	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3

Group stage edit

Group K edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	ANZ	SHE	TRO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	2–1	3–0
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6		0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Tromsø	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1		0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

UEFA Women's Champions League edit

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LSK Kvinner	1–8	LdB Malmö	1–3	0–5

National teams edit

Norway men's national football team edit

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) edit

During the season, the Norway national team played five games in the qualification for 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Group E edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	10	7	3	0	17	6	+11	24	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup	—	4–4	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Iceland	10	5	2	3	17	15	+2	17	Advance to second round	0–2	—	2–4	2–0	2–1	2–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	0	5	14	11	+3	15		0–2	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	2–1
4	Norway	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12		0–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	2–0
5	Albania	10	3	2	5	9	11	−2	11		1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	3–1
6	Cyprus	10	1	2	7	4	15	−11	5		0–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	—

Source: ^[3]

22 March 2013	Norway	0–1	Albania	Oslo
19:00	Forren 52'		Roshi 43' Salihi 67' Lila 85' Lila	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,207 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

6 September 2013	Norway	2–0	Cyprus	Oslo
19:00 UTC+2	Elyounoussi 43' King 66'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,295 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

10 September 2013	Norway	0–2	Switzerland	Oslo
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Schär 12', 51'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 16,631 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

11 October 2013	Slovenia	3–0	Norway	Maribor
	Novaković 13', 15', 49'		Hangeland 90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,890 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 October 2013	Norway	1–1	Iceland	Oslo
20:00	Braaten 30'	Report	Sigþórsson 12' Sævarsson 38'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 6,796 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Friendlies edit

8 January 2013	South Africa	0–1	Norway	Cape Town
18:30	Letsholonyane 86'	Summary	Elyounoussi 41' Vilsvik 56' Fellah 78' Semb Berge 85'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rainhold Shikongo (Namibia)

12 January 2013	Zambia	0–0	Norway	Ndola
12:00		Summary	Ruud 55' Jenssen 90'	Stadium: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium Referee: Victor Hlungwani (South Africa)

6 February 2013	Norway	0–2	Ukraine	Seville
18:00		Summary	Morozyuk 17' Yarmolenko 42' Mandzyuk 84' Fedetskiy 87'	Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carlos Clos (Spain)

11 June 2013	Norway	2–0	North Macedonia	Oslo
19:00	Skjelbred 9' Wæhler 37' Braaten 79'	Summary	Mojsov 31' Grnčarov 60' 60'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

14 August 2013	Sweden	4–2	Norway	Stockholm
20:00	Ibrahimović 2', 28', 57' Svensson 75'	Summary	Abdellaoue 38' (pen.) Johansen 43'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 13,438 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Norway women's national football team edit

Friendlies edit

12 January 2013	South Korea	0–2	Norway	Youngchuan, China
17:00		Report	Thorsnes 28' Kaurin 76'	Stadium: Youngchuan Sports Center Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Shi Zhenlu (China)

14 January 2013	China	0–1	Norway	Youngchuan, China
16:00		Report	Bjånesøy 88'	Stadium: Youngchuan Sports Center Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yao Qing (China)

16 January 2013	Canada	0–0	Norway	Chongchuan, China
17:00		Report		Stadium: Chongchuan Sports Center Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wang Zhe (China)

6 April 2013	Switzerland	3–1	Norway	Nyon, Switzerland
14:30	Mändly 2' Crnogorčević 33', 77' (pen.)	Report	Hegerberg 45'	Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Attendance: 873 Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

2013 Algarve Cup edit

Group A edit

6 March 2013	Norway	2–0	Japan	Portimao, Portugal
13:10	Hansen 8' Hegerberg 16'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Bela Vista Attendance: 500 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

8 March 2013	Norway	0–0	Denmark	Portimao, Portugal
16:00		Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Bela Vista Attendance: 348 Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary)

11 March 2013	Germany	2–0	Norway	Lagos, Portugal
12:20	Šašić 52' Keßler 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Lagos Attendance: 878 Referee: Salome di Iorio (Argentina)

Third place match edit

13 March 2013	Norway	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sweden	Lagos, Portugal
12:00	Hegland 39' Hegerberg 90'	Report	Asllani 15' Göransson 46'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Lagos Attendance: 310 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
	Penalties
	Christensen Bjånesøy Isaksen Stensland Gulbrandsen Kaurin		Hammarström Thunebro Holmberg Göransson Berglund Moberg

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) edit

Group 5 edit

25 September 2013	Norway	4–1	Belgium	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
18:00 (UTC+02:00)	Hansen 5' Hegland 35', 54', 66'	Report	de Gernier 62'	Attendance: 4,233 Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)

26 October 2013	Norway	7–0	Albania	Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg
18:00 (UTC+01:00)	Christensen 12' Thorsnes 29' Mjelde 45+2' Hansen 51', 70', 73' Gulbrandsen 62'	Report		Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

30 October 2013	Netherlands	1–2	Norway	Kras Stadion, Volendam
19:00 (UTC+01:00)	Miedema 23'	Report	Hansen 18' Stensland 37'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Managerial changes edit

Name	Club	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Martin Andresen	Vålerenga	18 Novemberember 2012	Kjetil Rekdal	8 January 2013
Kjetil Rekdal	Aalesund	26 November 2012	Jan Jönsson	8 January 2013
Jan Jönsson	Rosenborg	7 December 2012	Per Joar Hansen	1 January 2013
Per Mathias Høgmo	Tromsø	31 December 2012	Agnar Christensen	1 January 2013
Aasmund Bjørkan	Ranheim	31 December 2012^[4]	Trond Nordsteien	1 January 2013^[5]
Cato Hansen	Bodø/Glimt	31 December 2012^[6]	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	1 January 2013^[6]
Tom Nordlie	Kongsvinger	31 December 2012	Stian Aasen
Arne Erlandsen	Ullensaker/Kisa	31 December 2012	Roar Johansen	1 January 2013
Roar Johansen	Sarpsborg 08	31 December 2012	Brian Deane	1 January 2013
Tor Thodesen	Moss	31 December 2012	Michael Frank	1 January 2013
	Tønsberg	31 December 2012	Tor Thodesen	1 January 2013
Agnar Christensen	Tromsø	1 October 2013	Steinar Nilsen	1 October 2013
Rune Skarsfjord	Brann	6 November 2013	Kenneth Mikkelsen (interim)	6 November 2013

References edit

^ "Follo fratatt poeng" (in Norwegian). TV2. 20 September 2013.
^ "Marerittoppsett for Norge i VM-kvaliken". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Andersen, Martin K. (16 July 2012). "Aasmund Bjørkan ferdig i Trondheim" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ Sagbakken, Ole Krstian; Bråten, Roy Tommy (23 October 2012). "Nordsteien blir Ranheim-trener" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b Røiseland, Simen Follesø (19 December 2012). "Jan Halvor Halvorsen trener Bodø/Glimt de neste tre årene" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[table_note_res_R60.49227676749801-1] Molde qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2013 Norwegian Cup.

[table_note_res_R150.49227676749801-2] Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Tromsø IL received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Tippeligaen's Fair Play ranking.

[table_note_FOL0.382539978429-4] Follo were docked 2 points for lack of financial control^[1]

[poengtrekk-3] "Follo fratatt poeng" (in Norwegian). TV2. 20 September 2013.

[5] "Marerittoppsett for Norge i VM-kvaliken". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

[soccer365_UEFA_2014-6] "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[7] Andersen, Martin K. (16 July 2012). "Aasmund Bjørkan ferdig i Trondheim" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[8] Sagbakken, Ole Krstian; Bråten, Roy Tommy (23 October 2012). "Nordsteien blir Ranheim-trener" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[glimt-9] Røiseland, Simen Follesø (19 December 2012). "Jan Halvor Halvorsen trener Bodø/Glimt de neste tre årene" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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