2015 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2015
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Sogndal
2. divisjon	KFUM Oslo (Group 1); Raufoss (Group 2); Ullensaker/Kisa (Group 3); Kongsvinger (Group 4)
Cupen	Rosenborg
Women's football
Toppserien	LSK Kvinner
1. divisjon	Urædd
Cupen	LSK Kvinner

The 2015 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Norway.

The season began in March, and ended on 22 November with the men's 2015 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Men's football

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to Tippeligaen

Teams relegated from Tippeligaen

League season

Eliteserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	21	6	3	73	27	+46	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[a]
2	Strømsgodset	30	17	6	7	67	44	+23	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Stabæk	30	17	5	8	54	43	+11	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Odd	30	15	10	5	61	41	+20	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Viking	30	17	2	11	53	39	+14	53
6	Molde	30	15	7	8	62	31	+31	52
7	Vålerenga	30	14	7	9	49	41	+8	49
8	Lillestrøm^[b]	30	12	9	9	45	43	+2	44
9	Bodø/Glimt	30	12	4	14	53	56	−3	40
10	Aalesund	30	11	5	14	42	57	−15	38
11	Sarpsborg 08	30	8	10	12	37	49	−12	34
12	Haugesund	30	8	7	15	33	52	−19	31
13	Tromsø	30	7	8	15	36	50	−14	29
14	Start (O)	30	5	7	18	35	64	−29	22	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Mjøndalen (R)	30	4	9	17	38	69	−31	21	Relegation to First Division
16	Sandefjord (R)	30	4	4	22	36	68	−32	16	Relegation to First Division

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), Soccerway
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 away goals scored (between two teams).^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Rosenborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015 Norwegian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
^ Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.^[1]

1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sogndal (C, P)	30	18	8	4	59	31	+28	62	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Brann (P)	30	14	11	5	46	35	+11	53	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Kristiansund	30	14	7	9	37	30	+7	49	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Hødd	30	14	6	10	43	40	+3	48
5	Jerv	30	12	11	7	47	28	+19	47
6	Ranheim	30	13	8	9	48	36	+12	47
7	Sandnes Ulf	30	13	8	9	49	40	+9	47
8	Strømmen	30	10	7	13	33	39	−6	37
9	Levanger	30	10	6	14	48	53	−5	36
10	Bryne	30	10	6	14	43	50	−7	36
11	Åsane	30	8	11	11	46	46	0	35
12	Fredrikstad	30	8	11	11	41	61	−20	35
13	Follo (R)	30	8	9	13	42	43	−1	33	Relegation to Second Division
14	Nest-Sotra (R)	30	8	7	15	41	51	−10	31
15	Bærum (R)	30	8	7	15	44	67	−23	31
16	Hønefoss (R)	30	7	7	16	35	52	−17	28

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

2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	KFUM Oslo (P)	26	20	2	4	62	24	+38	62	Promotion to First Division
2	Tromsdalen	26	18	3	5	71	27	+44	57
3	Grorud	26	17	3	6	71	30	+41	54
4	Finnsnes	26	15	4	7	53	45	+8	49
5	Kjelsås	26	13	7	6	62	33	+29	46
6	Vålerenga 2	26	10	7	9	51	40	+11	37
7	Stabæk 2	26	11	4	11	59	53	+6	37
8	Harstad	26	9	7	10	34	42	−8	34
9	Skeid	26	8	6	12	45	54	−9	30
10	Senja	26	9	3	14	48	59	−11	30
11	Ullern	26	6	7	13	33	47	−14	25
12	Lyn (R)	26	7	4	15	41	64	−23	25	Relegation to Third Division
13	Mjølner (R)	26	5	3	18	21	67	−46	18
14	Holmen (R)	26	3	2	21	19	85	−66	11

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

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raufoss (P)	26	20	4	2	76	28	+48	64	Promotion to First Division
2	Moss	26	18	3	5	65	31	+34	57
3	Kvik Halden	26	16	5	5	59	25	+34	53
4	Fram Larvik	26	13	8	5	60	42	+18	47
5	Notodden	26	13	6	7	68	43	+25	45
6	Alta	26	12	6	8	65	43	+22	42
7	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	12	3	11	48	47	+1	39
8	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	9	9	8	50	49	+1	36
9	Lørenskog	26	9	6	11	47	40	+7	33
10	Strømsgodset 2	26	10	2	14	55	61	−6	32
11	Ørn-Horten	26	6	6	14	29	48	−19	24
12	Lillestrøm 2 (R)	26	4	5	17	45	84	−39	17	Relegation to Third Division
13	Sprint-Jeløy (R)	26	3	6	17	31	65	−34	15
14	Drammen FK (R)	26	2	1	23	20	112	−92	7

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

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ull/Kisa (P)	26	18	4	4	51	24	+27	58	Promotion to First Division
2	Egersund	26	16	7	3	55	22	+33	55
3	Vard Haugesund	26	14	9	3	66	37	+29	51
4	Vidar	26	10	10	6	60	44	+16	40
5	Sola	26	9	8	9	49	52	−3	35
6	Vindbjart	26	9	7	10	61	56	+5	34
7	Arendal	26	9	7	10	46	51	−5	34
8	Odd 2	26	8	7	11	58	49	+9	31
9	Flekkerøy	26	8	7	11	30	44	−14	31
10	Fana	26	7	10	9	42	57	−15	31
11	Fyllingsdalen	26	8	5	13	44	50	−6	29
12	Eidsvold Turn (R)	26	7	7	12	47	53	−6	28	Relegation to Third Division
13	Donn (R)	26	6	5	15	43	70	−27	23
14	Odda (R)	26	6	1	19	40	83	−43	19

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

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kongsvinger (P)	26	20	2	4	63	19	+44	62	Promotion to First Division
2	Elverum	26	12	6	8	47	35	+12	42
3	Nardo	26	12	5	9	39	37	+2	41
4	HamKam	26	10	10	6	51	44	+7	40
5	Byåsen	26	12	4	10	35	42	−7	40
6	Florø	26	11	6	9	43	32	+11	39
7	Stjørdals-Blink	26	11	5	10	42	44	−2	38
8	Brumunddal	26	10	7	9	33	36	−3	37
9	Strindheim	26	8	9	9	38	36	+2	33
10	Førde	26	9	6	11	47	48	−1	33
11	Molde 2	26	9	4	13	38	40	−2	31
12	Aalesund 2 (R)	26	7	7	12	36	40	−4	28	Relegation to Third Division
13	Rødde (R)	26	5	6	15	32	55	−23	21
14	Træff (R)	26	5	5	16	27	63	−36	20

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

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

22 November 2015

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Rosenborg	2–0	Sarpsborg 08
Helland 22' Jensen 40'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 26,507

Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Husøy & Foynland)

Women's football

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to Toppserien

Urædd

Teams relegated from Toppserien

Sandviken

League season

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LSK Kvinner (C)	22	18	2	2	58	16	+42	56	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	Avaldsnes	22	16	3	3	60	15	+45	51	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
3	Røa	22	10	8	4	32	24	+8	38
4	Stabæk	22	10	7	5	32	17	+15	37
5	Kolbotn	22	9	5	8	45	28	+17	32
6	Klepp	22	8	6	8	36	46	−10	30
7	Arna-Bjørnar	22	7	5	10	35	45	−10	26
8	Trondheims-Ørn	22	7	3	12	27	38	−11	24
9	Sandviken	22	5	6	11	23	36	−13	21
10	Vålerenga	22	6	3	13	22	42	−20	21
11	Medkila (O)	22	5	2	15	28	63	−35	17	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Amazon Grimstad (R)	22	4	4	14	22	50	−28	15^[a]	Relegation to First Division

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

^ Amazon Grimstad were deducted 1 point for lack of financial control.^[3]

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Avaldsnes 2–3 LSK Kvinner

National teams

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	16	7	+9	24	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
2	Croatia^[a]	10	6	3	1	20	5	+15	20	Qualify for final tournament	1–1	—	5–1	3–0	6–0	2–0
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	13	10	+3	19	Advance to play-offs	0–2	2–0	—	2–1	0–0	2–0
4	Bulgaria	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	11		2–2	0–1	0–1	—	2–0	1–1
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	3	6	7	18	−11	6		1–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	2	8	3	16	−13	2		0–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

28 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Croatia	5–1	Norway	Zagreb, Croatia
18:00 (UTC+1)	Brozović 30' Perišić 53' Olić 65' Schildenfeld 87' Pranjić 90+4'	Report	Tettey 80'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 23,920 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

8 June 2015 Exhibition game	Norway	0–0	Sweden	Oslo, Norway
20:00 (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 26,659 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

12 June 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Norway	0–0	Azerbaijan	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 21,228 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

3 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Bulgaria	0–1	Norway	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 (UTC+3)		Report	Forren 57'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 12,913 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Norway	2–0	Croatia	Oslo, Norway
18:00 (UTC+2)	Berget 51' Ćorluka 69' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 26,751 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

10 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Norway	2–0	Malta	Oslo, Norway
18:00 (UTC+2)	Tettey 19' Søderlund 52'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 27,120 Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

13 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Italy	2–1	Norway	Rome, Italy
20:45 (UTC+2)	Florenzi 73' Pellè 82'	Report	Tettey 23'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Play-offs

12 November 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs	Norway	0–1	Hungary	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (UTC+1)		Report	László 26'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 27,182 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

15 November 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs	Hungary	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Norway	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 (UTC+1)	Tamás 14' Henriksen 83' (o.g.)	Report	Henriksen 87'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 22,168 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Norway women's national football team

References

^ "NFF gir Lillestrøm poengtrekk". vg.no. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "Turneringsbestemmelser Tippeligaen 2015" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Amazon Grimstad trukket ett poeng" (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.49645907827488-1] Rosenborg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015 Norwegian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

[table_note_LSK0.49645907827488-3] Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.^[1]

[table_hth_AMG0.40429488495192-6] Amazon Grimstad were deducted 1 point for lack of financial control.^[3]

[table_note_CRO0.1463868367236-7] Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

[lsk_deduction-2] "NFF gir Lillestrøm poengtrekk". vg.no. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[4] "Turneringsbestemmelser Tippeligaen 2015" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[poengtrekk-5] "Amazon Grimstad trukket ett poeng" (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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