2020 Toppserien

Toppserien

Season	2020
Dates	3 July 2020 – 6 December 2020
Champions	Vålerenga
Relegated	Røa
UEFA Women's Champions League	Vålerenga Rosenborg
Matches played	90
Goals scored	251 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ajara Nchout (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Vålerenga 7–0 Klepp (27 September 2020)
Biggest away win	Røa 1–5 Lillestrøm (17 July 2020)
Highest scoring	Vålerenga 7–0 Klepp (27 September 2020) Avalsdnes 5–2 Lyn (4 July 2020)
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 6 December 2020.

The 2020 Toppserien was the 37th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season was to start initially on 21 March 2020 but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed. It finally commenced on 3 July 2020 and ended on 6 December 2020. ^[1] This season featured just 10 teams.

Vålerenga won their first Toppserien title on goal difference after finishing second the previous season.

Format

The league consisted of 10 teams this season, which played each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches for a team.

Teams

Avaldsnes

Klepp

Rosenborg

LSK Kvinner

Bergen

Bergen region teams:
Arna-Bjørnar
Sandviken

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Kolbotn
Lyn
Røa
Vålerenga

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Locations of teams in the 2020 Toppserien

Teams information

Team	Home city	Home ground	Seasons
Arna-Bjørnar	Indre Arna (Bergen)	Arna Idrettspark	19
Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes Idrettssenter	8
Klepp	Kleppe	Klepp Stadion	34
Kolbotn	Kolbotn	Sofiemyr	26
LSK Kvinner	Lillestrøm	LSK-Hallen	34
Lyn	Oslo	Kringsjå kunstgress	3
Røa	Oslo	Røa kunstgress	21
Rosenborg	Trondheim	Koteng Arena	34
Sandviken	Bergen	Stemmemyren	27
Vålerenga	Oslo	Intility Arena	9

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vålerenga (C)	18	11	5	2	39	14	+25	38	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Rosenborg	18	10	8	0	34	16	+18	38
3	Avaldsnes	18	10	4	4	31	21	+10	34
4	Sandviken	18	9	3	6	29	23	+6	30
5	LSK Kvinner	18	9	2	7	29	23	+6	29
6	Lyn	18	6	3	9	24	30	−6	21
7	Klepp	18	5	3	10	19	33	−14	18
8	Arna-Bjørnar	18	5	2	11	13	29	−16	17
9	Kolbotn (O)	18	2	7	9	18	29	−11	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Røa (R)	18	3	3	12	15	33	−18	12	Relegation to First Division

Source: Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian) ^[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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches

Home \ Away	ARN	AVA	KLE	KOL	LSK	LYN	ROA	ROS	SAN	VAL
Arna-Bjørnar	—	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–3
Avaldsnes	1–0	—	3–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	0–0
Klepp	2–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–2
Kolbotn	2–3	2–2	2–2	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–0
LSK Kvinner	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–3
Lyn	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–3	—	1–1	1–4	2–0	3–2
Røa	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–5	1–3	—	2–3	2–3	1–2
Rosenborg	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–0
Sandviken	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	—	3–2
Vålerenga	4–0	2–1	7–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Vålerenga	8	5	4	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Rosenborg	5	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Avaldsnes	1	1	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Sandviken	2	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
LSK Kvinner	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	5
Lyn	10	10	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	6	6
Klepp	6	4	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	7	7	6	7	7
Arna-Bjørnar	3	7	7	8	9	9	8	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	8	8
Kolbotn	7	8	8	9	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9
Røa	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader / Champions League
	Champions League
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 1.divisjon

Source: World football

Relegation play-offs

The league's ninth placed team, Kolbotn, faced Medkila, the 2020 1. divisjon runners-up, in a two-legged play-off to decide who will play in the 2021 Toppserien.

1st leg

22 November 2020

13:00

Kolbotn	5–0	Medkila
Skau 2' (o.g.) Holmen 17', 43' Fridlund 38' Klæboe 52'	Report

Strømmen Stadion , Strømmen

Referee: Fatemeh Zangeneh

Note-This match was played before the final round of matches as Kolbotn had played theirs a week earlier.

2nd leg

25 November 2020

19:00

Medkila	2–1	Kolbotn
Mjåseth 1' Brustad 54'	Report	Sørsdahl 74'

Harstad stadion  [ no ], Harstad

Referee: Ingvild Langnes Aarland

Kolbotn won 6–2 on aggregate and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [3]
1	Ajara Nchout	Vålerenga	10
2	Marit Clausen	Rosenborg	9
	Camilla Linberg	Lyn
4	Sophie Roman Haug	LSK Kvinner	8
	Elise Thorsnes	Avaldsnes
6	Rasheedat Ajibade	Avaldsnes	7
	Julie Blakstad	Rosenborg
	Dejana Stefanović	Vålerenga
9	Kennya Cordner	Sandviken	6
	Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland	Rosenborg

Disciplinary

Players

Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Yellow Card	Red Card	Points
1	Olaug Tvedten	Avaldsnes	3	1	6
	Emilie Bølviken	Lyn
3	Dejana Stefanović	Vålerenga	5	0	5
	Katrine Emilie Winnem Jørgensen	Røa
	Trine Skjelstad Jensen	Lyn
	Frida Berg Lyshoel	Røa
	Vilde Anett Fjelldal	Røa

Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points.

Club

Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020

Rank	Club	Yellow Card	Red Card	Points
1	Lyn	28	1	31
2	Arna-Bjørnar	25		28
3	Røa	27	0	27
4	Vålerenga	22	1	25
5	Avaldsnes	19		22
6	Kolbotn	20	0	20
7	Rosenborg	13	1	16
8	Sandviken	10	0	10
	LSK Kvinner
	Klepp

Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points

Awards

Award [4]	Winner
Best Player Award	Emilie Haavi	LSK Kvinner
Top Scorer	Ajara Nchout	Vålerenga
Best Goalkeeper	Teagan Micah	Arna-Bjørnar

Best XI [4]
Goalkeeper	Teagan Micah (Arna-Bjørnar)
Defenders	Emilie Woldvik (LSK Kvinner)				Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir (Vålerenga)				Rebekka Hansen (Klepp)
Midfielders	Emilie Haavi (LSK Kvinner)			Lisa Naalsund (Sandviken)			Sherida Spitse (Vålerenga)			Rasheedat Ajibade (Avaldsnes)
Forwards	Cesilie Andreassen (Rosenborg)				Julie Blakstad (Rosenborg)				Camilla Linberg (Lyn)

References

1. "Norwegian Toppserien season 2020". Beyond90.com. 29 June 2020.
2. "Toppserien 2020" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
3. "2020 Toppserien topscorer" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
4. "2020 Toppserien statistikk". Toppserien.no (in Norwegian). 17 December 2020.

External links

• Official website
• 2020 Toppserien at Soccerway.com
• 2020 Toppserien at Worldfootball.net