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2024 Eliteserien

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

Eliteserien
Season2024
Dates31 March – 1 December
Matches played172
Goals scored490 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerMagnus Wolff Eikrem
Kasper Høgh
(10 goals)
Biggest home winBodø/Glimt 6–0 Sarpsborg
24 August 2024)
Biggest away winSarpsborg 1–7 HamKam
(16 May 2024)
Highest scoringSarpsborg 1–7 HamKam
(16 May 2024)
Longest winning run5 matches
Fredrikstad
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Fredrikstad
Longest winless run8 matches
HamKam
Lillestrøm
Sandefjord
Strømsgodset
Longest losing run6 matches
Lillestrøm
Highest attendance21,426
Rosenborg - KFUM Oslo
(16 May 2024)
Lowest attendance0[a]
Rosenborg - Lillestrøm
(21 August 2024)
Average attendance7,013
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 15 September 2024.

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

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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

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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[b] Artificial 3,300
Kristiansund 7 Kristiansund Møre og Romsdal Kristiansund Stadion[c] 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

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Team Manager(s) Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bodø/Glimt   Kjetil Knutsen   Patrick Berg[d] Puma SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann   Eirik Horneland   Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen Nike Sparebanken Vest
Fredrikstad   Andreas Hagen (caretaker)   Júlíus Magnússon Craft OBOS [no]
HamKam   Jakob Michelsen   Fredrik Sjølstad Puma OBOS
Haugesund   Sancheev Manoharan   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   David Nielsen   Ruben Gabrielsen[3] Puma DNB
Molde   Erling Moe   Magnus Wolff Eikrem Adidas[4] 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

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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[5]
Rosenborg   Svein Maalen (caretaker) 14 December 2023   Alfred Johansson 14 December 2023[6]
Lillestrøm   Eirik Bakke (caretaker) 21 December 2023   Andreas Georgson 21 December 2023[7]
Odd   Pål Arne Johansen Signed by Häcken 27 December 2023[8]   Kenneth Dokken 16 January 2024[9]
Tromsø   Gaute Helstrup Signed by Bodø/Glimt 2 January 2024[10]   Jørgen Vik
  Gard Holme 		8 January 2024[11][12]
Haugesund   Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson Mutual consent 10 May 2024 13th   Sancheev Manoharan 10 May 2024[13][14]
Sarpsborg   Stefan Billborn 23 June 2024[15] 15th   Christian Michelsen 25 June 2024[16]
Fredrikstad   Mikkjal Thomassen Signed by AIK 15 July 2024 5th   Andreas Hagen (caretaker) 15 July 2024[17]
Lillestrøm   Andreas Georgson Signed by Manchester United 26 July 2024 8th   Robin Asterhed 26 July 2024[18]
  Robin Asterhed Moved to assistant coach 23 August 2024 13th   David Nielsen 23 August 2024[19]

Transfers

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Winter

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

Summer

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Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bodø/Glimt 22 15 5 2 52 17 +35 50 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Viking 22 11 7 4 40 27 +13 40 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Molde 21 11 4 6 44 24 +20 37 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4 Brann 21 10 7 4 35 27 +8 37
5 Rosenborg 22 10 4 8 35 34 +1 34
6 Fredrikstad 22 9 7 6 28 27 +1 34
7 KFUM Oslo 21 7 8 6 26 25 +1 29
8 Sarpsborg 22 7 5 10 32 45 −13 26
9 Kristiansund 20 6 7 7 27 28 −1 25
10 HamKam 22 6 7 9 24 28 −4 25
11 Tromsø 22 7 4 11 22 28 −6 25
12 Strømsgodset 22 6 6 10 25 35 −10 24
13 Haugesund 22 6 5 11 23 32 −9 23
14 Sandefjord 21 5 7 9 31 35 −4 22 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Lillestrøm 22 6 3 13 25 41 −16 21 Relegation to First Division
16 Odd 22 5 6 11 21 37 −16 21
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 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.[20]

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Bodø/Glimt3211111111111111111111
Viking79911965655544342223222
Molde1122223243332234544443
Brann2665532434455555432334
Rosenborg3533496710881081177676665
Fredrikstad14779644322223423355556
KFUM Oslo81313910795677810866767777
Sarpsborg1215141613101114131414151312131198101188
Kristiansund53106788119119971011108101112129
HamKam8141514151516128101211119101212988910
Tromsø1310111314161415141213141415141516131291011
Strømsgodset161254357107666668911119101112
Haugesund611471112129119101212131113131514131313
Sandefjord14161615161410131516161616141514151616141414
Lillestrøm10412881113712131179798101213151515
Odd117712121315161615151315161616141415161616
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

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Home \ Away BOD BRA FRE HAM HAU KFU KRI LIL MOL ODD ROS SAN SAR STR TRO VIK
Bodø/Glimt — 5–1 3–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 6–0 1–0 4–0 1–0
Brann — 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–0
Fredrikstad 0–2 0–4 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–0
HamKam 1–0 1–2 0–1 — 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–3
Haugesund 0–1 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
KFUM Oslo 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 — 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–2
Kristiansund 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–1 3–1 1–0
Lillestrøm 0–5 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–3 — 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1
Molde 6–1 3–0 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 — 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–3
Rosenborg 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 2–1
Sandefjord 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 — 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–3
Sarpsborg 1–2 1–1 1–7 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 — 1–3
Strømsgodset 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–1
Tromsø 2–4 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 4–0 3–2 0–3 — 2–2
Viking 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 4–2 1–0 5–2 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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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

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Top scorers

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As of 15 September 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[21]
1   Magnus Wolff Eikrem Molde 10
  Kasper Høgh Bodø/Glimt
3   Kristian Eriksen Molde 9
  Zlatko Tripić Viking
  Morten Bjørlo Fredrikstad
  Johannes Nuñez KFUM Oslo
7   Ole Sæter Rosenborg 8
  Albert Grønbæk Bodø/Glimt
  Henrik Meister Saprsborg
  Thomas Lehne Olsen Lillestrøm

Clean sheets

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As of 15 September 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[22]
1   Jonathan Fischer Fredrikstad 10
2   Nikita Haikin Bodø/Glimt 9
3   Mathias Dyngeland Brann 7
4   Jakob Haugaard Tromsø 6
  Emil Ødegaard KFUM Oslo
6   Patrik Gunnarsson Viking 5
  Albert Posiadała Molde
  Egil Selvik Haugesund
  Per Kristian Bråtveit Strømsgodset
10   Marcus Sandberg HamKam 4

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Henrik Meister 4 Sarpsborg 08 Rosenborg 4–1 (H) 12 July 2024
  Sverre Nypan Rosenborg Lillestrøm 4–0 (H) 21 August 2024
Notes

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

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 46[23]
    • Rosenborg
  • Fewest yellow cards: 24[23]
    • Bodø/Glimt
  • Most red cards: 3[24]
    • HamKam
    • Lillestrøm
  • Fewest red cards: 0[24]
    • Bodø/Glimt
    • Kristiansund
    • Molde
    • Rosenborg
    • Sarpsborg
    • Strømsgodset
    • Viking

League attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brann 157,011 16,750 14,307 15,701 +3.3%†
2 Rosenborg 147,836 21,426 0[a] 13,440 −4.7%†
3 Viking 146,893 15,900 10,024 12,241 −5.3%†
4 Fredrikstad 98,705 12,504 5,976 8,973 +85.0%1
5 Lillestrøm 83,610 9,731 5,918 7,601 +1.3%†
6 Molde 72,632 10,746 5,753 7,263 +8.7%†
7 Bodø/Glimt 73,780 8,257 5,853 6,707 −2.5%†
8 Strømsgodset 51,346 6,206 4,279 5,135 −5.5%†
9 Sarpsborg 55,635 6,401 4,105 5,058 +2.6%†
10 Haugesund 54,524 7,134 3,615 4,957 −0.5%†
11 Odd 56,508 6,325 3,781 4,709 −8.7%†
12 Tromsø 50,212 5,267 3,637 4,565 −5.8%†
13 HamKam 42,091 6,218 3,011 4,209 +0.9%†
14 Sandefjord 42,420 6,598 3,115 3,856 −0.3%†
15 Kristiansund 32,080 4,018 3,280 3,564 +9.8%1
16 KFUM Oslo 33,895 4,018 2,409 3,081 +182.9%1
League total 1,199,178 21,426 0[a] 7,013 −3.1%†

Updated to games played on 15 September
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c The round 15 fixture between Rosenborg and Lillestrøm was abandoned due to fan protests against VAR. The game was stopped multiple times by fans throwing objects onto the pitch, as part of nationwide fan protests against VAR and its implementation in Eliteserien. After objects were thrown a fourth time referee Rohit Saggi decided to abandon the match. The teams were forced by NFF to replay the match without spectators.
  2. ^ KFUM Oslo played some home games at Intility Arena.
  3. ^ Kristiansund played some home games at Aker Stadion.
  4. ^ Bodø/Glimt play with a captaincy team who decide between themselves who will be the captain on a game-by-game basis, Patrick Berg is the most common choice. The full team consists of Ulrik Saltnes, Jostein Gundersen, Sondre Sørli, Patrick Berg, Sondre Brunstad Fet, Jens Petter Hauge and Brede Moe.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Her er hovedterminlisten for Eliteserien 2024". eliteserien.no. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Sondre har blitt med i Glimts kapteinsteam: – Det er stort og kult". tk.no (in Norwegian). Tidens Krav. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Treneren tar tøft grep – kriserammede LSK bytter kaptein". NRK (in Norwegian). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ^ "De tre stripene er tilbake!". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Velkommen, Oskar". FK Haugesund (in Norwegian). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Johansson er Rosenborgs nye hovedtrener". Rosenborg BK (in Norwegian). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Fuglekalender #21: Georgson ny trener: -Vi skal dominere og skape mange målsjanser". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Paco klar for Häcken". Odds BK (in Norwegian). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ny hovedtrener på plass". Odds BK (in Norwegian). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Tar overgang til Bodø/Glimt". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Vår nye hovedtrener". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Hovedtrenerteamet er komplett". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Avslutter arbeidsforholdet" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Blir hovedtrener i FK Haugesund" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Sarpsborg 08 skiller lag med Billborn og Björklund" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Christian Michelsen er Sarpsborg 08s nye hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Leder laget fremover: -Skal fortsette det gode arbeidet". Fredrikstad FK (in Norwegian). 15 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Andreas Georgson forlater LSK". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  19. ^ "David Nielsen ny LSK-trener: - Det skal bli et helvete å komme til Åråsen". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Eliteserien tabell". NIFS (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  21. ^ a b c "Eliteserien 2024 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Clean sheets - Eliteserien 2024 stats". FotMob. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Yellow cards - Eliteserien 2024 stats". FotMob. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Red cards - Eliteserien 2024 stats". FotMob. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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