Eliteserien is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 1. divisjon.
Sogndal Fotball is the association football department of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Vestland. The club was founded in 1926. The men's team currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club's home matches are played at the 5,622 capacity Fosshaugane Campus.
1. divisjon or OBOS-ligaen is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are promoted to the Eliteserien, and the lowest finishing teams are relegated to 2. divisjon.
Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the two teams who placed last must play the top two teams from First Division for the rights to play in the next Eliteserie season.
Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Ranheim in Trondheim that currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier in the Norwegian football league system. Ranheim is the football department of Ranheim IL, founded on 17 February 1901.
REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1968, and it is currently contested by thirteen teams. Larvik HK, which has dominated the competition in recent years, is the championship's most successful team with eighteen titles, followed by IL Vestar and Byåsen IL with nine and five respectively. The league has previously been known as eliteserien, Gildeserien, Postenligaen and GRUNDIGligaen.
The 2016 Tippeligaen was the 72nd completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 11 March 2016. Due to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, there was a break between the rounds played on 29 May and 3 July. The decisive matches of the home-and-away season were played on 6 November 2016. A promotion/relegation play-off between the third-from-bottom team of the Tippeligaen and the winner of the promotion play-offs of the 2016 1. divisjon was contested on 30 November and 4 December 2016.
The 2017 Eliteserien was the 73rd completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017, not including play-off matches. Rosenborg were the defending champions, while Kristiansund and Sandefjord entered as the promoted teams from the 2016 1. divisjon.
The 2018 Eliteserien was the 74th completed season of top-tier football in Norway.
The 2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs was the 44th time a spot in the Eliteserien was decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs.
The 2019 Eliteserien was the 75th season of top-tier football in Norway.
The 2018 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs was the 45th time a spot in the Eliteserien was decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs. In the play-offs, five teams compete for one spot in the 2019 Eliteserien.
The 2019 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The 2020 Eliteserien was the 76th season of top-tier football in Norway.
The 2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs is the 46th time a spot in the Eliteserien will be decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs. In the play-offs, five teams compete for one spot in the 2020 Eliteserien.
Mjøndalen IF Fotball – commonly known as Mjøndalen IF, and Mjøndar'n or MIF – is the football department of Mjøndalen IF. Founded in 1910, the club is located in Mjøndalen, Viken, Norway. The team plays its home matches in the 4,350-capacity Consto Arena. Mjøndalen competes in Eliteserien, the top tier in the Norwegian football league system.
The 2021 Eliteserien will be the 77th season of top-tier football in Norway.