The Eliteserien is the top association football league in Norway. It was established in 1963 as the 1. divisjon and has consisted of between 10 and 16 teams. Fifty-six different venues have been used to host matches. [1]
The following is a list of all stadia used for matches in the Norwegian top division, including while it was known as the 1. divisjon. It consists of the venue's name, the municipality it where it is located, its current capacity, whether it has natural grass or artificial turf (an asterisk (*) indicates current artificial turf, but previous natural grass), the number of top-league matches contested on the venue, the teams which have played their home games at the venue and how many matches for each team, and the years the stadium was used at the top level. The data is up to date as of the end of the 2019 season.
Bold | Stadiums are used in the 2022 Eliteserien. |
Italics | Stadiums are demolished and do not exist anymore. |
* | Natural grass turf in the past. |
Name | Location | Capacity | Surface | Matches | Tenant(s) | Year(s) | Ref(s) |
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Ullevaal Stadion | Oslo | 25,572 | Natural | 697 | Vålerenga (294), [note 1] Lyn (267), [note 2] Skeid (114), Frigg (18), Stabæk (3), [note 3] Rosenborg (1) [note 4] | 1963–75, 1977–2017 | [1] [2] [4] |
Lerkendal Stadion | Trondheim | 21,421 | Natural | 697 | Rosenborg (673), Strindheim (24) [note 5] | 1967–77, 1979– | [1] [6] [7] |
Brann Stadion | Bergen | 17,049 | Natural | 635 | Brann | 1963–64, 1968–79, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987–2014, 2016– | [1] [8] [7] |
Åråsen Stadion | Skedsmo | 12,250 | Natural | 593 | Lillestrøm (592), Strømmen (1) [note 6] | 1975–2019, 2021– | [1] [10] [7] |
Stavanger Stadion | Stavanger | 17,555 | Natural | 411 | Viking | 1963–65, 1968–86, 1989–2003 | [1] [11] |
Marienlyst Stadion [note 7] | Drammen | 8,935 | Artificial* | 411 | Strømsgodset | 1967–76, 1990–91, 1994, 1996–99, 2001, 2007– | [1] [12] [7] |
Bislett Stadion | Oslo | 15,400 | Natural | 376 | Vålerenga (231), [note 8] Skeid (62), Frigg (56), Lyn (25), Stabæk (2) | 1963–75, 1977–99 | [1] |
Alfheim Stadion [note 9] | Tromsø | 7,599 | Artificial* | 376 | Tromsø | 1986–2001, 2003–13, 2015–2019, 2021– | [1] [13] [7] |
Skagerak Arena [note 10] | Skien | 13,000 | Artificial* | 356 | Odd | 1965–67, 1999–2007, 2009– | [1] [15] [7] |
Aspmyra Stadion | Bodø | 5,635 | Artificial* | 340 | Bodø/Glimt | 1977–80, 1993–2005, 2008–09, 2014–2016, 2018– | [1] [16] |
Aker Stadion [note 11] | Molde | 11,249 | Artificial* | 335 | Molde | 1998–2006, 2008– | [7] |
Kristiansand Stadion | Kristiansand | 16,600 | Natural | 322 | Start | 1969, 1973–1987, 1989–96, 2000, 2002, 2005–06 | [1] [18] |
Nadderud Stadion | Bærum | 4,938 | Natural | 302 | Stabæk | 1995–2004, 2006–2008, 2012, 2014–2021 | [1] [18] |
Fosshaugane Campus | Sogndal | 4,000 | Artificial* | 277 | Sogndal | 1982, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1994, 1997–98, 2001–04, 2011–2014, 2016–2017 | [1] [19] |
Sarpsborg Stadion | Sarpsborg | 8,022 | Artificial* | 253 | Sarpsborg (133), Sarpsborg 08 (120) [note 12] | 1963–72, 1974, 2011, 2013– | [1] [20] |
SR-Bank Arena [note 13] | Stavanger | 15,900 | Artificial* | 245 | Viking | 2004–2017, 2019– | [7] |
Haugesund Stadion | Haugesund | 8,754 | Natural | 241 | Haugesund (219), Djerv 1919 (11), [note 14] Vard Haugesund (11) [note 15] | 1976, 1988, 1997–98, 2000, 2010– | [1] [13] [22] [23] [7] |
Molde Idrettspark [note 16] | Molde | 15,000 | Natural | 227 | Molde | 1974–78, 1980, 1982, 1984–93, 1995–97 | [1] [24] |
Briskeby Arena | Hamar | 8,068 | Artificial* | 224 | Hamarkameratene (223), Vålerenga (1) [note 17] | 1970–74, 1976–77, 1979, 1981–84, 1986–87, 1992–95, 2004–06, 2008, 2022– | [1] [25] |
Melløs Stadion | Moss | 10,085 | Natural | 220 | Moss | 1977–85, 1987–90, 1996, 1998–2002 | [1] [15] |
Gjemselund Stadion | Kongsvinger | 5,000 | Artificial* | 212 | Kongsvinger | 1983–99, 2010 | [1] [26] [7] |
Consto Arena [note 18] | Nedre Eiker | 4,500 | Artificial* | 211 | Mjøndalen (173), Strømsgodset (8) [note 19] | 1972–77, 1979, 1982–83, 1985–87, 1992, 1996, 2015, 2019–21 | [1] [28] |
Old Fredrikstad Stadion [note 20] | Fredrikstad | 10,500 | Natural | 208 | Fredrikstad | 1963–73, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984, 2004–06 | [1] [29] |
Bryne Stadion | Time | 8,200 | Natural | 196 | Bryne | 1976–88, 2000–2003 | [1] [22] |
Color Line Stadion [note 21] | Ålesund | 10,778 | Artificial | 189 | Aalesund | 2005, 2007–2017, 2020, 2022– | |
Sør Arena [note 22] | Kristiansand | 14,448 | Artificial* | 163 | Start | 2007, 2009–11, 2013–2016, 2018, 2020 | [7] |
Release Arena [note 23] | Sandefjord | 6,582 | Natural | 111 | Sandefjord | 2007, 2009–10, 2015, 2017–2018, 2020– | [30] [31] |
Kristiansund Stadion | Kristiansund | 4,444 | Artificial* | 75 | Kristiansund | 2017– | |
Fredrikstad Stadion | Fredrikstad | 12,560 | Artificial* | 72 | Fredrikstad | 2007–09, 2011–12 | |
Intility Arena | Oslo | 17,333 | Artificial | 66 | Vålerenga | 2017– | |
Høddvoll Stadion | Ulsteinvik | 4,433 | Artificial* | 60 | Hødd | 1966, 1969–72, 1995 | [1] [23] |
Guldbergaunet Stadion | Steinkjer | 0 | Artificial* | 47 | Steinkjer | 1963, 1965–67, 1978 | [1] [5] |
Aka Arena [note 24] | Ringerike | 4,256 | Artificial | 45 | Hønefoss | 2010, 2012–2013 | |
Sandnes Idrettspark | Sandnes | 3,085 | Natural | 45 | Sandnes Ulf | 2012–2014 | |
Telenor Arena [note 25] | Bærum | 15,000 | Artificial | 42 | Stabæk | 2009–11 | [2] [7] |
Tønsberg Gressbane | Tønsberg | 3,600 | Artificial* | 33 | Eik-Tønsberg | 1983–1985 | [1] [22] |
Raufoss Stadion | Vestre Toten | 0 | Natural | 31 | Raufoss | 1964, 1973–74 | [1] [32] |
Extra Arena | Ranheim | 3,000 | Artificial | 30 | Ranheim | 2018–2019 | |
Narvik Stadion | Narvik | 0 | Artificial* | 22 | Mjølner | 1972, 1989 | [1] [33] |
Strømmen Stadion | Skedsmo | 1,800 | Artificial* | 22 | Strømmen | 1986, 1988 | [1] [5] |
Varden Amfi | Bergen | 12,000 | Artificial* | 22 | Fyllingen | 1990, 1993 | [1] [25] [34] |
Valhall Stadion | Tromsø | 0 | Natural | 20 | Tromsø | 1986–87 | [1] [35] [36] |
Storstadion | Sandefjord | 7,000 | Natural | 20 | Sandefjord | 2006–07 | [30] [31] |
Sandefjord Stadion | Sandefjord | 0 | Natural | 18 | Sandefjord BK | 1964–65 | [1] [20] |
Kråmyra Stadion | Ålesund | 9,665 | Natural | 13 | Aalesund | 2003 | |
Voldsløkka Stadion | Oslo | 4,000 | Natural | 12 | Skeid | 1999 | [1] [37] |
Krohnsminde | Bergen | 0 | Artificial* | 11 | Fyllingen | 1991 | [1] [34] |
Kuventræ Stadion | Os | 0 | Artificial* | 11 | Os | 1975 | [1] [32] |
Sakkestadbanen | Haugesund | 0 | Artificial* | 11 | Haugar | 1981 | [1] [23] |
Gjøvik Stadion | Gjøvik | 0 | Artificial* | 9 | Gjøvik/Lyn | 1963 | [1] [25] |
Lisleby Stadion | Fredrikstad | 0 | Artificial* | 9 | Lisleby | 1966 | [1] [10] |
Pors Stadion | Porsgrunn | 7,000 | Artificial* | 9 | Pors | 1970 | [1] [32] |
Nordlandshallen | Bodø | 5,500 | Artificial | 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 1993, 1997 | [1] [38] [39] |
Tromsdalen Stadion | Tromsø | 3,000 | Artificial* | 2 | Tromsø | [1] [40] | |
Aurland Stadion | Aurland | 0 | Natural | 1 | Sogndal | 1998 | [1] [41] |
Grue Stadion | Grue | 0 | Artificial* | 1 | Kongsvinger | 1990 | [1] [42] |
Name | Location | Capacity | Surface | Matches | Tenant(s) | Year(s) | Ref(s) |
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Nye Nadderud Stadion | Bærum | 8,000 | Artificial | 0 | Stabæk [note 26] | 2022 (?)– | [1] [7] [43] |
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