2003 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2003
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	HamKam
2. divisjon	Pors Grenland (Group 1); Kongsvinger (Group 2); Vard Haugesund (Group 3); Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Rosenborg
Women's football
Toppserien	Trondheims-Ørn
1. divisjon	Sandviken
Cupen	Medkila

Last updated March 26, 2024

The 2003 season was the 98th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football
League season
Norwegian Cup
Women's football
League season 2
Norwegian Women's Cup
Men's UEFA competitions
Norwegian representatives
Champions League
UEFA Cup
Intertoto Cup
UEFA Women's Cup
Norwegian representatives 2
Second qualifying round 2
Quarter-finals
National teams
Norway men's national football team
Norway women's national football team
References

Men's football

League season

Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	19	4	3	68	28	+40	61	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Bodø/Glimt	26	14	5	7	45	30	+15	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Stabæk	26	11	9	6	51	35	+16	42
4	Odd Grenland	26	11	5	10	46	43	+3	38
5	Viking	26	9	10	7	46	34	+12	37
6	Brann	26	10	7	9	45	47	−2	37
7	Lillestrøm	26	10	7	9	33	35	−2	37
8	Sogndal	26	9	8	9	43	46	−3	35
9	Molde	26	9	4	13	32	41	−9	31
10	Lyn	26	8	6	12	34	45	−11	30
11	Tromsø	26	8	5	13	30	52	−22	29
12	Vålerenga (O)	26	6	10	10	30	33	−3	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Aalesund (R)	26	7	7	12	30	43	−13	28	Relegation to First Division
14	Bryne (R)	26	7	1	18	35	56	−21	22	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

Play-offs

November 10: Sandefjord – Vålerenga 0–0

November 22: Vålerenga – Sandefjord 5–3 (agg. 5–3)

Vålerenga stay up.

Top scorers

17 goals: Harald Martin Brattbakk, Rosenborg

15 goals: Frode Johnsen, Rosenborg

13 goals: Håvard Flo, Sogndal

11 goals: Magne Hoseth, Molde

Erik Nevland, Viking

10 goals: Edwin van Ankeren, Odd Grenland

Thomas Finstad, Stabæk

1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HamKam (C, P)	30	19	6	5	60	29	+31	63	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Fredrikstad (P)	30	19	5	6	68	37	+31	62	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Sandefjord	30	19	4	7	71	41	+30	61	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Raufoss	30	17	5	8	75	47	+28	56
5	Hønefoss BK	30	16	7	7	55	41	+14	55
6	Haugesund	30	13	10	7	53	42	+11	49
7	Mandalskameratene	30	14	7	9	57	51	+6	49
8	Skeid	30	13	6	11	46	47	−1	45
9	Start	30	12	4	14	53	50	+3	40
10	Strømsgodset	30	10	7	13	56	58	−2	37
11	Hødd	30	9	8	13	51	54	−3	35
12	Moss	30	8	11	11	34	39	−5	35
13	Bærum (R)	30	7	6	17	34	58	−24	27	Relegation to Second Division
14	Oslo Øst ^{[lower-alpha 1]}(R)	30	5	7	18	36	67	−31	20
15	Ørn-Horten (R)	30	5	5	20	40	83	−43	20
16	Alta (R)	30	3	4	23	31	76	−45	13

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

↑ Oslo Øst were deducted a total 2 points.

2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pors Grenland	26	17	5	4	69	28	+41	56	Promotion to First Division
2	FK Tønsberg	26	12	10	4	57	35	+22	46
3	Kvik Halden	26	13	7	6	52	41	+11	46
4	Tollnes	26	11	9	6	53	45	+8	42
5	Larvik Fotball	26	11	6	9	45	28	+17	39
6	Frigg	26	10	9	7	46	43	+3	39
7	Kjelsås	26	8	9	9	32	36	−4	33
8	Stabæk 2	26	7	10	9	37	32	+5	31
9	Sprint-Jeløy	26	7	9	10	42	52	−10	30
10	Odd Grenland 2	26	8	6	12	38	54	−16	30
11	Follo	26	8	5	13	36	48	−12	29
12	Jerv (R)	26	6	8	12	40	59	−19	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Borg Fotball (R)	26	5	9	12	35	56	−21	24
14	Runar (R)	26	5	6	15	35	60	−25	21

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kongsvinger (P)	26	22	4	0	62	23	+39	70	Promotion to First Division
2	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	22	0	4	72	24	+48	66
3	Nybergsund	26	16	7	3	74	30	+44	55
4	Byåsen	26	15	1	10	54	45	+9	46
5	Skjetten	26	14	3	9	65	43	+22	45
6	Lørenskog	26	11	2	13	48	56	−8	35
7	Eidsvold Turn	26	10	4	12	43	44	−1	34
8	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	9	6	11	56	50	+6	33
9	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	2	15	53	67	−14	29
10	Molde 2	26	7	6	13	50	53	−3	27
11	Mercantile	26	7	5	14	41	60	−19	26
12	FF Lillehammer (R)	26	7	3	16	36	66	−30	24	Relegation to Third Division
13	Averøykameratene (R)	26	7	3	16	33	68	−35	24
14	Clausenengen (R)	26	2	2	22	32	90	−58	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vard Haugesund (P)	26	21	1	4	91	27	+64	64	Promotion to First Division
2	Løv-Ham	26	18	2	6	69	31	+38	56
3	Åsane	26	15	3	8	69	41	+28	48
4	Hovding	26	14	3	9	55	33	+22	45
5	Fyllingen	26	11	5	10	61	56	+5	38
6	Brann 2	26	11	5	10	50	57	−7	38
7	Ålgård	26	12	0	14	53	64	−11	36
8	Viking 2	26	8	9	9	37	37	0	33
9	Klepp	26	9	5	12	51	47	+4	32
10	Vidar	26	10	1	15	29	71	−42	31
11	Fana	26	9	3	14	41	51	−10	30
12	Nest-Sotra (R)	26	8	5	13	40	48	−8	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Skarbøvik (R)	26	8	1	17	39	68	−29	25
14	Langevåg (R)	26	5	3	18	18	72	−54	18

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	21	2	3	75	21	+54	65	Promotion to First Division
2	Strindheim	26	18	5	3	98	33	+65	59
3	Levanger	26	15	5	6	83	36	+47	50
4	Rosenborg 2	26	14	2	10	65	49	+16	44
5	Mo	26	11	7	8	53	39	+14	40
6	Lofoten	26	12	4	10	41	46	−5	40
7	Nidelv	26	11	6	9	56	51	+5	39
8	Vesterålen	26	11	2	13	58	60	−2	35
9	Narvik	26	9	5	12	46	51	−5	32
10	Skarp	26	9	4	13	57	62	−5	31
11	Steinkjer	26	9	2	15	47	65	−18	29
12	Hammerfest (R)	26	9	2	15	43	75	−32	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Bossekop (R)	26	8	2	16	33	57	−24	26
14	Skjervøy (R)	26	1	0	25	20	130	−110	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

9 November 2003

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Bodø/Glimt	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Rosenborg
Johansen 28'	Report	F. Johnsen 35' Solli 105', 120'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,447

Referee: Terje Hauge (Olsvik)

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trondheims-Ørn (C)	18	15	2	1	53	7	+46	47	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Kolbotn	18	13	0	5	63	28	+35	39
3	Asker	18	12	3	3	54	20	+34	39
4	Røa	18	7	6	5	23	27	−4	27
5	Fløya	18	8	1	9	28	40	−12	25
6	Arna-Bjørnar	18	6	4	8	43	48	−5	22
7	Team Strømmen	18	6	2	10	33	47	−14	20
8	Klepp	18	3	8	7	25	36	−11	17
9	Liungen (R)	18	5	2	11	32	45	−13	17	Relegation to First Division
10	Larvik (R)	18	0	2	16	14	70	−56	2	Relegation to First Division

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

1. divisjon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sandviken (P)	18	15	2	1	73	16	+57	47	Promoted
2	Medkila (P)	18	13	3	2	57	27	+30	42	Promoted
3	Amazon Grimstad	18	11	2	5	49	29	+20	35
4	Skeid	18	11	1	6	50	26	+24	34
5	Byåsen	18	9	1	8	43	52	−9	28
6	Fortuna	18	7	4	7	32	29	+3	25
7	Kattem	18	5	3	10	27	40	−13	18
8	Haugar	18	4	1	13	18	52	−34	13
9	Vålerenga (R)	18	3	1	14	20	61	−41	10	Relegated
10	Nittedal (R)	18	2	2	14	14	51	−37	8	Relegated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Medkila 2–1 Kolotn ^[1]

Men's UEFA competitions

Norwegian representatives

Rosenborg (UEFA Champions League)
Vålerenga (UEFA Cup, cup winner)
Molde (UEFA Cup)
Lyn (UEFA Cup)

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bohemians	0–5	Rosenborg	0–1	0–4

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	0–1

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	6–0	KÍ Klaksvík	2–0	4–0
NSÍ Runavík	1–9	Lyn Oslo	1–3	0–6

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vålerenga	1–1 (a)	GAK	0–0	1–1
União de Leiria	2–3	Molde	1–0	1–3
Ventspils	1–10	Rosenborg	1–4	0–6
PAOK	3–1	Lyn Oslo	0–1	3–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	1–0	Red Star Belgrade	0–0	1–0
Benfica	5–1	Molde	3–1	2–0
Vålerenga	0–0 (4–3 p)	Wisła Kraków	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)

Third round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	2–2 (a)	Rosenborg	1–0	1–2
Vålerenga	2–4	Newcastle United	1–1	1–3

Intertoto Cup

No Norwegian representative this season.

UEFA Women's Cup

Norwegian representatives

Kolbotn

Second qualifying round

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kolbotn	3	3	0	25	3	+22	9
2	Juvisy	3	2	1	10	3	+7	6
3	AZS Wrocław	3	1	2	5	18	−13	3
4	University College Dublin	3	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Matches (in Kolbotn)

August 21

Kolbotn

15–2

Wroclaw (Poland)

August 23

Kolbotn

8–0

UCD (Ireland)

August 25

Kolbotn

2–1

Juvisy (France)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malmö FF Dam	2–1	Kolbotn	2–0	0–1

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Friendlies

26 January 2003 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Norway	Sharjah Stadium, Abu Dhabi
	Srour 63'		Helstad 72'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)

28 January 2003 Friendly	Oman	1–2	Norway	Police Stadium, Muscat
	Shaaban 50'		Karadaş 63' Rushfeldt 82'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Al-Ajmi (Oman)
Note: Oman fielded its U23-team (Olympic Team)

12 February 2003 Friendly	Greece	1–0	Norway	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion
	Kyrgiakos 25'			Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Gomes Costa (Portugal)

30 April 2003 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Norway	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Duff 17'			Attendance: 32.643 Referee: McCurry (Scotland)

22 May 2003 Friendly	Norway	2–0	Finland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
	Leonhardsen 22' T.A. Flo 80'			Attendance: 13.436 Referee: Clark (Scotland)

20 August 2003 Friendly	Norway	0–0	Scotland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
				Attendance: 12.758 Referee: Vuorela (Finland)

10 September 2003 Friendly	Norway	0–1	Portugal	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
			Pauleta 9'	Attendance: 11.014 Referee: Bennett (England)

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	4	3	1	15	9	+6	15	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0
2	Norway	8	4	2	2	9	5	+4	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to play-offs	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
3	Romania	8	4	2	2	21	9	+12	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}		2–5	0–1	—	2–0	4–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	4	1	3	7	8	−1	13		1–1	1–0	0–3	—	2–0
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	0	21	−21	0		0–2	0–2	0–7	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Norway 4, Romania 1.

Matches

2 April 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	Luxembourg	0–2	Norway	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
			Rushfeldt 58' Solskjær 73'	Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Dobrinov (Bulgaria)

7 June 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	Denmark	1–0	Norway	Parken, Copenhagen
	Grønkjær 5'			Attendance: 41.824 Referee: Poll (England)

11 June 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	Norway	1–1	Romania	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
	Solskjær 78' (pen)		Ganea 64'	Attendance: 24.890 Referee: Michel (Slovakia)

6 September 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Norway	Bilino Polje, Zenica
	Bajramovic 86'			Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Bre (France)

11 October 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	Norway	1–0	Luxembourg	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
	T.A. Flo 19'			Attendance: 22.255 Referee: Szabo (Hungary)

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs

15 November 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs	Spain	2–1	Norway	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Raúl 21' H. Berg 85' (own goal)	Report	Iversen 15'	Attendance: 53.000 Referee: Poll (England)

19 November 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs	Norway	0–3 (1–5 agg.)	Spain	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
		Report	Raúl 34' Vicente 49' Etxeberria 57'	Attendance: 25.100 Referee: Collina (Italy)

Norway women's national football team

January 23: Norway – United States 1–3, friendly

January 26: Norway – Germany 2–2, friendly

January 29: China – Norway 1–1, friendly

February 17: Norway – Denmark 3–3, friendly

February 20: Norway – Denmark 4–0, friendly

March 14: Sweden – Norway 1–1, friendly

March 16: Norway – United States 0–1, friendly

March 18: Norway – Canada 1–0, friendly

March 20: Norway – France 1–0, friendly

May 11: Norway – Belgium 6–0, European Championship qualifier

May 15: Norway – Netherlands 2–0, European Championship qualifier

August 2: Norway – Nigeria 3–2, friendly

September 11: Norway – Denmark 1–1, European Championship qualifier

September 20: Norway – France 2–0, World Cup 1st round

September 24: Norway – Brazil 1–4, World Cup 1st round

September 27: South Korea – Norway 1–7, World Cup 1st round

October 1: United States – Norway 1–0, World Cup quarterfinal

November 1: Spain – Norway 0–2, European Championship qualifier

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2003 in Norwegian football

Contents

Men's football

League season

Tippeligaen

Play-offs

Top scorers

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Men's UEFA competitions

Norwegian representatives

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First round

Second round

Third round

Intertoto Cup

UEFA Women's Cup

Norwegian representatives

Second qualifying round

Group 6

Quarter-finals

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Friendlies

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Group 2

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs

Norway women's national football team

Related Research Articles

References