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Toppserien Countries Norway Confederation UEFA Founded 1984 Divisions 1 Number of teams 12 Levels on pyramid 1 Relegation to 1. divisjon Domestic cup(s) Norwegian Cup International cup(s) UEFA Champions League Current champions Røa
(2011)Most championships Trondheims-Ørn (7) Website fotball.no 2011 Toppserien
Toppserien is the Norwegian professional league for women's association football clubs. It is the top level league and was founded in 1984.
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History
Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1979. Regional leagues were in operation until the formation of the First Division 1984, when the league was divided in to three regions, Group Eastern-Norway (Østlandet), Group Western-Norway (Vestlandet), and Group Mid-Norway (Trøndelag). No teams from Northern-Norway (Nord-Norge) played, however. The winners of the three groups met each other for a play-off. Regional leagues for women had been played before 1984, and a championship play-off had been done between the winners of Mid-Norway and Eastern-Norway in 1983 (Trondheims-Ørn beat Setskog 2-1), but this championship was considered unofficial by the Football Association of Norway. In 1986, a group for Northern-Norway was added, and in 1987, the groups and play-off matches were dropped, and one single league with teams from all over the country was played.
The league was known as the First Division (Norwegian: 1. divisjon) from 1984 to 1995, the Elite League (Norwegian: Eliteserien) from 1996 to 1999, and the Top League (Toppserien) from 2000.
Traditionally, Trondheims-Ørn and Asker have been the two power-houses of Toppserien, with 7 and 6 championship wins respectively. Trondheims-Ørn has finished in the top three 15 out of 21 times, while Asker has been among the top three 16 out of 21 times. In 1998, Asker managed the almost unthinkable, winning every single one of their 18 league games that season (Asker didn't win the double that season, however, as the club was knocked out of the semi-finals of the cup by Trondheims-Ørn). However Asker FK, the women's team within Asker Fotball, became bankrupt at the end of 2008 and most of the players were transferred to a new team within the nearby Stabæk IF, named Stabæk FK (FK = Fotball Kvinner (Football Ladies)). The new team will play in the Toppserien from the 2009 season.
The league
The league currently consists of 12 teams, which play each other 2 times (home and away), for a total of 22 matches. The season lasts from April to October. Teams are ranked by:[1]
- Number of points (3 points per win, 1 point per draw).
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Results between the tied teams.
2011 teams
Team Home city Home ground In Toppserien since First time in Toppserien Amazon Grimstad Grimstad JJ Ugland Stadion 2006 2006 Arna-Bjørnar Ytre Arna Arna Idrettspark 2006 1997 IL Sandviken Bergen Stemmemyren 2011 1987 Medkila IL Harstad Harstad stadion 2011 2004 Kattem Trondheim Byåsen Arena 2007 2005 Klepp Kleppe (Stavanger) Klepp Stadion 1987 1987 Kolbotn Kolbotn (Oslo) Sofiemyr 1995 1995 Linderud-Grei Oslo Greibanen 2010 2010 LSK Kvinner Lillestrøm (Oslo) LSK-Hallen 1987 1987 Røa Oslo Røabanen 2001 2001 Stabæk Bærum (Oslo) Nadderud Stadion 2009 2009 Trondheims-Ørn Trondheim DnB Nor Arena 1987 1987 List of champions
The list of champions[2]
First division
- 1984 Sprint/Jeløy
- 1985 Nymark
- 1986 Sprint/Jeløy
- 1987 Klepp
- 1988 Asker
- 1989 Asker
- 1990 Sprint/Jeløy
- 1991 Asker
- 1992 Asker
- 1993 Sprint/Jeløy
- 1994 Trondheims-Ørn
- 1995 Trondheims-Ørn
Eliteserien
- 1996 Trondheims-Ørn
- 1997 Trondheims-Ørn
- 1998 Asker
- 1999 Asker
Toppserien
- 2000 Trondheims-Ørn
- 2001 Trondheims-Ørn
- 2002 Kolbotn
- 2003 Trondheims-Ørn
- 2004 Røa
- 2005 Kolbotn
- 2006 Kolbotn
- 2007 Røa
- 2008 Røa
- 2009 Røa
- 2010 Stabæk
- 2011 Røa
Top flight champions in Norwegian football
The following clubs have won the top division in Norwegian football since 1984
Titles Team 7 Trondheims-Ørn 6 Asker1 5 Røa 4 Sprint/Jeløy 3 Kolbotn 1 Klepp
Nymark
Stabæk11 = In 2008 Stabæk was handed the license to play in the top league, and also took over the best players from Asker, because of financial problems in the latter. But the rest of Asker remains, and they still have their top female team in the league two. Therefore Stabæk is not to be considered the successor of Asker.
See also
References
- ^ "2011 regulations". fotball.no. pp. 96-97. http://www.fotball.no/Documents/PDF/2011/Lov_og_reglement/Kampreglement_hefte_2011.pdf?epslanguage=en. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/noo-womchamp.html
External links
- Toppserien+
- League at UEFA
Football in Norway League competitions Tippeligaen · Adeccoligaen (D1) · Fair Play ligaen (D2) · 3. divisjon (D3) · Toppserien (W) · 1. divisjon (W, D1)Cup competitions Playoff competitions To the First Division (1996–2000) · To the Second Division (2001–2010) · To the First Division (women)National teams Lists and categories Toppserien 2012 Top division women's football seasons in Norway First Division Premier League Toppserien Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA) National Leagues Albania · Austria · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · WalesNo national league Armenia · Andorra · Azerbaijan (defunct) · Liechtenstein · Montenegro · San MarinoFormer leagues Categories:- Toppserien
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