2026 Toppserien

Toppserien

Season	2026
Dates	20 March – 7 November
Champions	Brann (4th title)
Relegated	Bodø/Glimt
Champions League	Brann Aalesund
Europa Cup	Rosenborg
Matches	126
Goals	413 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Katarina Dybvik Sunde (28 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Selma Panengstuen Sunniva Skoglund (9 clean sheets each)
Biggest home win	Lyn 9–0 Bodø/Glimt (25 April 2026)
Biggest away win	Haugesund 0–7 Brann (15 May 2026)
Highest scoring	Lyn 9–0 Bodø/Glimt (25 April 2026) Aalesund 8–1 Bodø/Glimt (20 June 2026) Røa 3–6 Vålerenga (11 September 2026)
Longest winning run	9 matches Brann
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Brann
Longest winless run	16 matches Bodø/Glimt
Longest losing run	11 matches Bodø/Glimt
Highest attendance	4,515 Brann 1–0 Vålerenga (24 October 2026)
Lowest attendance	209 Røa 0–1 Rosenborg (2 May 2026)
Average attendance	741
← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 2 November 2026.

The 2026 Toppserien is the 43rd season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season runs from 20 March to 7 November 2026, not including play-off matches. ^[1] Brann are the defending champions.

Brann secured their back-to-back championship title in the penultimate round with a 4–1 win against LSK Kvinner, their 4th title overall.

Teams

LSK Kvinner

Stabæk

Lyn

Røa

Vålerenga

Rosenborg

Bodø/Glimt

Brann

Hønefoss

Haugesund

Molde

Aalesund

Locations of the teams in the 2026 Toppserien

For the 2026 season, the league was expanded back to 12 teams, from the previous season's 10. The three clubs Aalesund, Haugesund and Molde were promoted from the 2025 First Division, while Kolbotn were the only club relegated from the 2025 Toppserien.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Ap.	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	2	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Bodø/Glimt	2	Bodø	Nordland	Aspmyra Stadion	Artificial	8,300
Brann	36	Bergen	Vestland	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,500
Haugesund	12	Haugesund	Rogaland	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	Artificial	8,703
Hønefoss	2	Hønefoss	Buskerud	Aka Arena	Artificial	4,120
LSK Kvinner	43	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Strømmen Stadion [2]	Artificial	3,000
Lyn	9	Oslo	Oslo	Kringsjå Kunstgress  [ no ]	Artificial	450
Molde	2	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249
Rosenborg	43	Trondheim	Trøndelag	Koteng Arena  [ no ]	Artificial	895
Røa	25	Oslo	Oslo	Røa Kunstgress  [ no ]	Artificial	450
Stabæk	17	Bærum	Akershus	Nadderud Stadion	Artificial	4,938
Vålerenga	15	Oslo	Oslo	Intility Arena	Artificial	16,556

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aalesund	Martin Lindmark  [ no ]	Mette Muri	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Bodø/Glimt	Øyvind Tjelde Haga  [ no ]	Veronika Sæthre  [ no ]	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann	Laura Kaminski	Karoline Haugland	Nike	Sparebanken Norge
Haugesund	Ole-Petter Bremstein	Kristine Nybru  [ no ]	Umbro	Haugaland Kraft
Hønefoss	Remi Natvik	Silje Nyhagen  [ no ]	Select	Barnekreftforeningen  [ no ]
LSK Kvinner	Martin Broberg (caretaker)	Mille Ivi Christensen  [ no ]	Puma	OBOS  [ no ]
Lyn	August Nyland	Kirvil Odden	Hummel	OBOS  [ no ]
Molde	Per Gidlund  [ sv ] (caretaker)	Tora Ose  [ no ]	Adidas	Sparebanken Møre
Rosenborg	Robin Shroot	Synne Aunehaugen  [ no ]	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Røa	Fredrik Sæland	Sarah Suphellen	Diadora	OBOS  [ no ]
Stabæk	Luke Torjussen  [ no ]	Eline Hegg  [ no ]	Nike	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Vålerenga	Nils Lexerød	Tove Enblom	Adidas	OBOS  [ no ]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Aalesund	Ruben Aalberg (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	4 November 2025 [3]	Pre-season	Martin Lindmark  [ no ]	4 November 2025 [3]
Hønefoss	Martin Lindmark  [ no ]	Signed by Aalesund	4 November 2025 [4]		Remi Natvik	15 December 2025 [5]
Stabæk	Jan Jönsson	Mutual consent	15 November 2025 [6]		Luke Torjussen  [ no ]	1 January 2026 [7]
Røa	Geir Nordby  [ no ]	Retired	22 November 2025 [8]		Fredrik Sæland	8 January 2026 [9]
Brann	Leif Gunnar Smerud	Sacked	25 November 2025 [10]		Laura Kaminski	8 January 2026 [11]
LSK Kvinner	André Bergdølmo	Mutual consent	21 June 2026 [12]	8	Martin Broberg (caretaker)	21 June 2026 [12]
Bodø/Glimt	Cato André Hansen	Sacked	25 June 2026 [13]	12	Øyvind Tjelde Haga  [ no ]	16 July 2026 [14]
Molde	Kent Rudning		6 October 2026 [15]	7	Per Gidlund  [ sv ] (caretaker)	6 October 2026 [15]

League table

The league consists of 12 teams who play each other twice, totalling 22 matches per team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brann	21	17	3	1	60	8	+52	54	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aalesund	21	16	2	3	48	18	+30	50
3	Rosenborg	21	13	6	2	42	21	+21	45	Qualification for the Europa Cup first qualifying round
4	Vålerenga	21	13	2	6	52	26	+26	41
5	Lyn	21	9	5	7	40	31	+9	32
6	Stabæk	21	9	3	9	38	23	+15	30
7	Haugesund	21	7	3	11	29	46	−17	24
8	Hønefoss	21	6	4	11	18	32	−14	22
9	Molde	21	6	3	12	27	41	−14	21
10	Røa	21	4	5	12	20	45	−25	17	Qualification for relegation play-offs
11	LSK Kvinner	21	4	3	14	25	45	−20	15	Relegation to First Division
12	Bodø/Glimt	21	1	3	17	14	77	−63	6

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2026. Source: Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Most matches played; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off ^[16]

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	BOD	BRA	HAU	HØN	LSK	LYN	MOL	ROS	RØA	STA	VÅL
Aalesund	—	8–1	1–2	5–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2
Bodø/Glimt	0–2	—	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–6	1–4	1–2		2–1	0–4	1–4
Brann	1–2	4–0	—	2–0	6–0	0–0	4–0		1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0
Haugesund	3–1	2–1	0–7	—	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–4
Hønefoss	0–1	3–0	0–3	2–3	—		1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–3
LSK Kvinner	0–3	1–1	1–4	2–1	3–2	—	2–3	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–3
Lyn	1–2	9–0	0–3	4–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	4–4	0–0		2–0
Molde	2–3	3–1	0–5	3–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	—	2–3	4–0	0–3	0–4
Rosenborg	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	—	6–0	4–2	3–2
Røa	2–3	1–1	0–2		1–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	—	2–1	3–6
Stabæk	1–0	7–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	5–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	—	0–0
Vålerenga	0–2	7–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2026. Source: Norwegian Football Federation
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	19	20	21	22
Brann	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Aalesund	3	2	7	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Rosenborg	5	7	3	7	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Vålerenga	11	6	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Lyn	4	5	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Stabæk	9	9	5	6	5	6	7	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Haugesund	5	10	6	4	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7
Hønefoss	7	4	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8
Molde	12	12	12	10	9	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9
Røa	2	2	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
LSK Kvinner	10	11	11	12	12	9	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11
Bodø/Glimt	7	8	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
	Qualification for Europa Cup first qualifying round
	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
	Relegation to the First Division

Source:

Results 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
Aalesund	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L
Bodø/Glimt	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Brann	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W
Haugesund	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L
Hønefoss	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W
LSK Kvinner	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Lyn	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L
Molde	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Rosenborg	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W
Røa	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L
Stabæk	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W
Vålerenga	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation play-offs

The 10th-placed team will face the winner of the qualifying rounds of the First Division in a two-legged play-off to decide who will play in Toppserien next season. ^[17]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 November 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [18]
1	Katarina Dybvik Sunde	Aalesund	28
2	Brenna Lovera	Brann	17
3	Ronja Arnesen  [ no ]	Vålerenga	12
4	Cille Nilsen  [ no ]	Rosenborg	11
5	Joshualyn Reeves  [ no ]	Rosenborg	10
6	Kristina Svandal  [ no ]	Haugesund	9
7	Anna Malmin	Stabæk	8
8	Anna Nerland Aahjem  [ no ]	Brann	7
	Lauren Davidson
	Jeon Yu-gyeong	Molde

Clean sheets

As of 2 November 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets [19]
1	Selma Panengstuen	Brann	9
	Sunniva Skoglund
3	Thiril Erichsen	Aalesund	7
4	Kirvil Odden	Lyn	5
	Rugile Rulyte	Rosenborg
6	Erla Braathen	Hønefoss	4
7	Fanney Birkisdóttir	Vålerenga	3
	Kenna Caldwell	Molde
	Tove Enblom	Vålerenga
	Siri Ervik  [ no ]	Hønefoss
	Una Langkås	Røa

Hat-tricks

As of 2 November 2026

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Joshualyn Reeves  [ no ]4	Lyn	Bodø/Glimt	9–0 (H)	25 April 2026
Diljá Zomers	Brann	Hønefoss	6–0 (H)	3 May 2026
Katarina Dybvik Sunde 7	Aalesund	Bodø/Glimt	8–1 (H)	20 June 2026
Brenna Lovera	Brann	Røa	5–1 (H)	21 August 2026
Katarina Dybvik Sunde	Aalesund	Haugesund	5–1 (H)	22 August 2026
Anna Malmin	Stabæk	LSK Kvinner	5–1 (H)	13 September 2026
Joshualyn Reeves	Rosenborg	Røa	6–0 (H)	1 November 2026

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁷ Player scored 7 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

As of 2 November 2026

Player

• Most yellow cards: 5 ^[20]
  • Jasmin Mansaray (LSK Kvinner)
  • Nora Nøss  [ no ] (Stabæk)

• Most red cards: 2 ^[21]
  • Vilde Aasprang (Lyn)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 27 ^[22]
  • Stabæk

• Fewest yellow cards: 13 ^[22]
  • Brann

• Most red cards: 2 ^[23]
  • Lyn
  • Røa

• Fewest red cards: 0 ^[23]
  • 8 teams

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	21,826	4,515	1,289	2,183	−29.6%†
2	Haugesund	10,150	1,395	737	923	+55.9%1
4	Rosenborg	9,357	1,876	351	851	+12.4%†
4	Aalesund	8,260	1,880	561	826	+28.9%1
5	Molde	7,997	1,202	552	727	+44.0%1
6	Hønefoss	6,566	927	586	657	−6.4%†
7	Stabæk	6,589	2,865	255	599	+40.0%†
8	Vålerenga	6,017	1,336	215	547	−12.9%†
9	LSK Kvinner	5,593	1,282	224	508	+3.0%†
10	Bodø/Glimt	5,018	880	375	502	+1.4%†
11	Røa	3,067	406	209	307	+8.9%†
12	Lyn	2,923	490	219	292	+45.3%†
	League total	93,363	4,515	209	741	+1.2%†

Updated to games played on 2 November 2026
Source:
Notes:
¹ Team played last season in the First Division.

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