2024 Eliteserien

Eliteserien

Season	2024
Dates	31 March – 1 December
Matches played	108
Goals scored	309 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Grønbæk Kristian Eriksen (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Molde 4–0 Strømsgodset (1 April 2024) Tromsø 4–0 Odd (12 May 2024) Bodø/Glimt 4–0 Tromsø (16 May 2024) Bodø/Glimt 5–1 Brann (7 July 2024)
Biggest away win	Sarpsborg 1–7 HamKam (16 May 2024)
Highest scoring	Sarpsborg 1–7 HamKam (16 May 2024)
Longest winning run	5 matches Fredrikstad
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Fredrikstad
Longest winless run	8 matches HamKam Sandefjord
Longest losing run	5 matches Tromsø
Highest attendance	21,426 Rosenborg - KFUM Oslo (16 May 2024)
Lowest attendance	2,409 KFUM Oslo - Odd (20 May 2024)
Average attendance	7,269
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 8 July 2024.

The 2024 Eliteserien is the 80th season of top-tier football in Norway. This is the eighth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen.

The season started on 31 March 2024 and is scheduled to end on 1 December 2024, not including play-off matches. ^[1]

Bodø/Glimt are the defending champions. Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund joined as the promoted clubs from the 2023 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, who were relegated to the 2024 Norwegian First Division.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund. Kristiansund were promoted after a season's absence, Fredrikstad were promoted after 11 seasons absent and KFUM Oslo were promoted for the first time in history from this season. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, ending their top flight spells of 22 years, 1 year and 2 years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Kristiansund

Bodø/Glimt

Brann

Fredrikstad

HamKam

Haugesund

KFUM Oslo

Lillestrøm

Molde

Odd

Rosenborg

Sandefjord

Sarpsborg

Strømsgodset

Tromsø

Viking

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Locations of the teams in the 2024 Eliteserien

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Bodø/Glimt	29	Bodø	Nordland	Aspmyra	Artificial	8,300
Brann	66	Bergen	Vestland	Brann Stadion	Natural	16,750
Fredrikstad	43	Fredrikstad	Østfold	Fredrikstad Stadion	Artificial	12,560
HamKam	25	Hamar	Innlandet	Briskeby	Artificial	7,800
Haugesund	18	Haugesund	Rogaland	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	Natural	8,754
KFUM Oslo	1	Oslo	Oslo	KFUM Arena	Artificial	3,300
Kristiansund	7	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	Kristiansund Stadion	Artificial	4,444
Lillestrøm	60	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen	Natural	11,500
Molde	48	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249
Odd	43	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Rosenborg	61	Trondheim	Trøndelag	Lerkendal	Natural	21,421
Sandefjord	12	Sandefjord	Vestfold	Jotun Arena	Artificial	6,582
Sarpsborg	13	Sarpsborg	Østfold	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	8,022
Strømsgodset	37	Drammen	Buskerud	Marienlyst	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	36	Tromsø	Troms	Romssa Arena	Artificial	6,687
Viking	74	Stavanger	Rogaland	SR-Bank Arena	Artificial	15,900

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bodø/Glimt	Kjetil Knutsen	Patrick Berg	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann	Eirik Horneland	Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Fredrikstad	Mikkjal Thomassen	Júlíus Magnússon	Craft	OBOS  [ no ]
HamKam	Jakob Michelsen	Fredrik Sjølstad	Puma	OBOS
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan  [ no ]	Egil Selvik	Umbro	Haugaland Kraft
KFUM Oslo	Johannes Moesgaard  [ no ]	Robin Rasch  [ no ]	Hummel	OBOS
Kristiansund	Amund Skiri	Dan Peter Ulvestad	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nordmøre
Lillestrøm	Andreas Georgson	Gjermund Åsen [2]	Puma	DNB
Molde	Erling Moe	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Adidas [3]	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Kenneth Dokken	Steffen Hagen	Hummel	Skagerak Energi
Rosenborg	Alfred Johansson	Markus Henriksen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Hans Erik Ødegaard Andreas Tegström	Filip Ottosson  [ no ]	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg	Christian Michelsen	Jo Inge Berget	Hummel	Borregaard
Strømsgodset	Jørgen Isnes	Gustav Valsvik	Puma	Sparebanken Øst
Tromsø	Jørgen Vik  [ no ] Gard Holme  [ no ]	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Select	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen	Zlatko Tripić	Diadora	Lyse

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	3 December 2023	Pre-season	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	3 December 2023 [4]
Rosenborg	Svein Maalen (caretaker)		14 December 2023		Alfred Johansson	14 December 2023 [5]
Lillestrøm	Eirik Bakke (caretaker)		21 December 2023		Andreas Georgson	21 December 2023 [6]
Odd	Pål Arne Johansen	Signed by Häcken	27 December 2023 [7]		Kenneth Dokken	16 January 2024 [8]
Tromsø	Gaute Helstrup	Signed by Bodø/Glimt	2 January 2024 [9]		Jørgen Vik Gard Holme	8 January 2024 [10] [11]
Haugesund	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Mutual consent	10 May 2024	13th	Sancheev Manoharan	10 May 2024 [12] [13]
Sarpsborg	Stefan Billborn	Mutual consent	23 June 2024 [14]	15th	Christian Michelsen	25 June 2024 [15]

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt	16	11	3	2	36	13	+23	36	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Brann	17	8	6	3	25	20	+5	30	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Molde	16	8	4	4	32	19	+13	28	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Viking	14	8	4	2	26	16	+10	28
5	Fredrikstad	14	6	5	3	21	14	+7	23
6	KFUM Oslo	15	5	6	4	22	22	0	21
7	Strømsgodset	14	5	4	5	16	19	−3	19
8	Lillestrøm	14	6	1	7	18	24	−6	19
9	HamKam	15	4	5	6	18	17	+1	17
10	Kristiansund	15	4	5	6	21	24	−3	17
11	Rosenborg	14	5	2	7	20	27	−7	17
12	Sarpsborg	15	5	2	8	22	30	−8	17
13	Haugesund	13	4	2	7	12	18	−6	14
14	Tromsø	15	4	2	9	17	24	−7	14	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Odd	16	3	5	8	16	30	−14	14	Relegation to First Division
16	Sandefjord	15	3	4	8	20	25	−5	13

Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored. ^[16]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Bodø/Glimt	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Molde	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	2
Viking	7	9	9	11	9	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	3	3
Fredrikstad	14	7	7	9	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4
Brann	2	6	6	5	5	3	2	4	3	4	4	5	5	5
Strømsgodset	16	12	5	4	3	5	7	10	7	6	6	6	6	6
Lillestrøm	10	4	12	8	8	11	13	7	12	13	11	7	9	7
KFUM Oslo	8	13	13	9	10	7	9	5	6	7	7	8	10	8
HamKam	8	14	15	14	15	15	16	12	8	10	12	11	11	9
Kristiansund	5	3	10	6	7	8	8	11	9	11	9	9	7	10
Rosenborg	3	5	3	3	4	9	6	7	10	8	8	10	8	11
Sarpsborg	12	15	14	16	13	10	11	14	13	14	14	15	13	12
Haugesund	6	11	4	7	11	12	12	9	11	9	10	12	12	13
Sandefjord	14	16	16	15	16	14	10	13	15	16	16	16	16	14
Tromsø	13	10	11	13	14	16	14	15	14	12	13	14	14	15
Odd	11	7	7	12	12	13	15	16	16	15	15	13	15	16

	Leader and Champions League play off round
	Champions League second qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2025 Norwegian First Division

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	FRE	HAM	HAU	KFU	KRI	LIL	MOL	ODD	ROS	SAN	SAR	STR	TRO	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	5–1				2–2			1–1	3–1		1–1		1–0	4–0	1–0
Brann		—	0–2	1–0	1–1		2–1		1–3	2–0	3–0	2–1		0–0
Fredrikstad	0–2		—						0–0			1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0
HamKam	1–0	1–2		—	2–2				0–1					0–1	0–0
Haugesund	0–1				—	0–1	1–0	0–2			1–3	2–1	1–2
KFUM Oslo		0–0	1–4	1–1		—				0–0		3–3		1–3		1–2
Kristiansund	2–4	2–2	3–1	1–1		1–1	—						3–1		1–0
Lillestrøm	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–1		2–1	2–3	—							3–1
Molde					2–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	—	1–2	2–2		2–4	4–0		2–2
Odd			0–2	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–1	0–4	—		2–2				3–3
Rosenborg	1–3		1–1	1–0		1–3	2–1		a	2–1	—	2–0
Sandefjord	2–1			1–2				0–1	3–1			—	4–1		1–2	0–3
Sarpsborg	1–2	1–1		1–7		0–2		1–0		0–1	4–1		—	1–3
Strømsgodset					2–0		2–2			1–1	1–0	1–1		—		0–1
Tromsø		2–4	3–0		0–1	1–2		1–2	0–2	4–0	3–2		0–3		—
Viking		1–1	1–1	3–0			2–0	1–4			4–2		1–0		2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien will face the winners of the First Division promotion play-offs over two legs to decide who will play in Eliteserien next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 July 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [17]
1	Albert Grønbæk	Bodø/Glimt	8
	Kristian Eriksen	Molde
3	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Molde	7
	Morten Bjørlo	Fredrikstad
	Ole Sæter	Rosenborg
6	Zlatko Tripić	Viking	6
	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Lillestrøm
	Johannes Nuñez	KFUM Oslo
9	6 players		5

Clean sheets

As of 14 July 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets [18]
1	Nikita Haikin	Bodø/Glimt	6
	Mathias Dyngeland	Brann
	Jonathan Fischer	Fredrikstad
4	Patrik Gunnarsson	Viking	5
5	Albert Posiadała	Molde	4
	Per Kristian Bråtveit	Strømsgodset
	Jakob Haugaard	Tromsø
8	Jacob Karlstrøm	Molde	3
	Emil Ødegaard	KFUM Oslo
10	5 players		2

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Henrik Meister 4	Sarpsborg 08	Rosenborg	4–1 (H)	12 July 2024

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 6 ^[17]
  • Etzaz Hussain (Odd)

• Most red cards: 1 ^[17]
  • Stian Stray Molde (Fredrikstad)
  • Bård Finne (Brann)
  • John Olav Norheim (HamKam)
  • Stian Kristiansen (Sandefjord)
  • Tony Miettinen (Odd)
  • Vá (Lillestrøm)
  • Anders Jenssen (Tromsø)
  • Mihajlo Ivančević (Odd)
  • Martin Ove Roseth (Lillestrøm)
  • Troy Engseth Nyhammer (Haugesund)
  • Sivert Heltne Nilsen (Brann)
  • Sondre Liseth (Haugesund)
  • Fredrik Sjølstad (HamKam)
  • Morten Bjørlo (Fredrikstad)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 33 ^[19]
  • Sandefjord

• Fewest yellow cards: 18 ^[19]
  • Lillestrøm
  • Strømsgodset

• Most red cards: 2 ^[20]
  • Brann
  • Fredrikstad
  • HamKam
  • Haugesund
  • Lillestrøm
  • Odd

• Fewest red cards: 0 ^[20]
  • Bodø/Glimt
  • KFUM Oslo
  • Kristiansund
  • Molde
  • Rosenborg
  • Sarpsborg
  • Strømsgodset
  • Viking

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	142,704	16,750	14,538	15,856	+4.3%†
2	Rosenborg	102,590	21,426	10,434	14,656	+4.0%†
3	Viking	90,859	15,900	10,024	12,980	+0.4%†
4	Fredrikstad	58,967	12,504	6,669	9,828	+102.6%1
5	Lillestrøm	53,774	9,457	5,918	7,682	+2.4%†
6	Molde	58,635	10,746	5,753	7,329	+9.7%†
7	Bodø/Glimt	55,031	8,257	5,853	6,879	0.0%†
8	Strømsgodset	30,752	6,206	4,279	5,125	−5.7%†
9	Sarpsborg	35,692	6,401	4,105	5,099	+3.4%†
10	Haugesund	34,707	7,134	3,615	4,958	−0.5%†
11	Odd	39,184	6,325	3,783	4,898	−5.1%†
12	Tromsø	41,399	5,267	3,637	4,600	−5.1%†
13	HamKam	25,576	6,218	3,011	4,263	+2.2%†
14	Sandefjord	25,204	4,179	3,179	3,601	−6.9%†
15	Kristiansund	24,779	4,018	3,280	3,540	+9.1%1
16	KFUM Oslo	21,440	4,018	2,409	3,063	+181.3%1
	League total	834,405	21,426	2,409	7,256	+0.2%†

Updated to games played on 19 July
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

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