2009 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2009
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Haugesund
2. divisjon	Strømmen (Group 1); Follo (Group 2); Sandnes Ulf (Group 3); Ranheim (Group 4)
Cupen	Aalesund
Superfinalen	Stabæk
Women's football
Toppserien	Røa
1. divisjon	Linderud-Grei
Cupen	Røa

The 2009 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Odd Grenland Sandefjord Start	HamKam
1. divisjon	Mjøndalen Skeid Stavanger Tromsdalen	Sandnes Ulf Hødd
2. divisjon	Ulern KFUM FF Lillehammer Åskollen Fram Larvik Start 2 Kopervik Stord Molde 2 Nardo Bodø/Glimt 2 Bossekop	Modum Østsiden Sprint-Jeløy KIL/Hemne Groruddalen Os Viking 2 Senja Skarp Lofoten

Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	20	9	1	60	22	+38	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Molde	30	17	5	8	62	35	+27	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Stabæk	30	15	8	7	52	34	+18	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Odd Grenland	30	12	10	8	53	44	+9	46
5	Brann	30	12	8	10	51	49	+2	44
6	Tromsø	30	10	10	10	35	36	−1	40
7	Vålerenga	30	12	4	14	47	50	−3	40
8	Sandefjord	30	10	10	10	39	44	−5	40
9	Start	30	10	10	10	46	52	−6	40
10	Viking	30	9	11	10	38	40	−2	38
11	Lillestrøm	30	9	10	11	43	50	−7	37
12	Strømsgodset	30	10	6	14	40	42	−2	36
13	Aalesund	30	9	9	12	34	43	−9	36	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
14	Fredrikstad (R)	30	10	4	16	39	44	−5	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Bodø/Glimt (R)	30	6	10	14	29	53	−24	28	Relegation to First Division
16	Lyn (R)	30	2	10	18	29	59	−30	16	Relegation to First Division

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

1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Haugesund (C, P)	30	18	4	8	67	37	+30	58	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Hønefoss (P)	30	16	8	6	61	32	+29	56	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Kongsvinger (O, P)	30	18	2	10	52	37	+15	56	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Sogndal	30	14	12	4	46	29	+17	54
5	Sarpsborg 08^[a]	30	15	5	10	47	38	+9	47
6	Alta	30	12	6	12	50	49	+1	42
7	Moss	30	12	5	13	47	53	−6	41
8	Bryne	30	10	10	10	41	39	+2	40
9	Nybergsund	30	11	7	12	49	54	−5	40
10	Løv-Ham	30	11	7	12	44	50	−6	40
11	Mjøndalen	30	10	9	11	38	39	−1	39
12	Tromsdalen	30	11	6	13	38	54	−16	39
13	HamKam (R)	30	11	4	15	56	48	+8	37	Relegation to Second Division
14	Notodden (R)	30	9	2	19	38	55	−17	29
15	Stavanger (R)	30	6	11	13	35	53	−18	29
16	Skeid (R)	30	4	6	20	26	66	−40	18

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

2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Strømmen (P)	26	20	3	3	77	31	+46	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Pors Grenland	26	18	3	5	76	44	+32	57
3	FK Tønsberg	26	17	2	7	81	39	+42	53
4	KFUM	26	14	6	6	55	34	+21	48
5	Flekkerøy	26	14	4	8	70	51	+19	46
6	Vindbjart	26	12	4	10	47	47	0	40
7	Start 2	26	10	3	13	50	53	−3	33
8	Fram Larvik	26	10	3	13	47	69	−22	33
9	Vålerenga 2	26	8	6	12	58	67	−9	30
10	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	8	4	14	49	53	−4	28
11	Eidsvold Turn	26	6	10	10	38	50	−12	28
12	Lillestrøm 2 (R)	26	7	2	17	34	64	−30	23	Relegation to Third Division
13	Mandalskameratene (R)	26	6	4	16	33	60	−27	22
14	Skjetten (R)	26	2	6	18	22	75	−53	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Follo (P)	26	19	3	4	59	25	+34	60	Promotion to First Division
2	Kristiansund	26	14	4	8	69	44	+25	46
3	Hødd	26	14	4	8	54	37	+17	46
4	Rosenborg 2	26	14	4	8	63	48	+15	46
5	Lørenskog	26	13	6	7	55	38	+17	45
6	Byåsen	26	11	7	8	52	38	+14	40
7	Molde 2	26	12	2	12	50	47	+3	38
8	Skarbøvik	26	10	4	12	45	45	0	34
9	Strindheim	26	11	1	14	41	48	−7	34
10	Nardo	26	8	9	9	37	39	−2	33
11	Levanger	26	10	2	14	26	58	−32	32
12	Steinkjer^[a]	26	8	5	13	47	70	−23	29
13	Drøbak/Frogn (R)	26	6	2	18	45	64	−19	20	Relegation to Third Division
14	Ullern (R)	26	4	3	19	24	66	−42	15	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sandnes Ulf (P)	26	19	4	3	88	28	+60	61	Promotion to First Division
2	Vard Haugesund	26	17	5	4	64	36	+28	56
3	Ålgård	26	15	5	6	55	34	+21	50
4	Åsane	26	15	4	7	57	31	+26	49
5	Randaberg	26	14	4	8	60	39	+21	46
6	Kopervik	26	12	5	9	61	58	+3	41
7	Strømsgodset 2	26	8	7	11	56	62	−6	31
8	Stord	26	9	2	15	48	62	−14	29
9	Fredrikstad 2^[a] (R)	26	8	5	13	46	69	−23	29	Relegation to Third Division
10	Nest-Sotra	26	8	5	13	51	77	−26	29
11	Fana	26	8	4	14	47	66	−19	28
12	Fyllingen (R)	26	8	3	15	37	64	−27	27	Relegation to Third Division
13	Lyn 2 (R)	26	5	6	15	39	49	−10	21
14	Drammen (R)	26	5	3	18	30	64	−34	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ranheim (P)	26	17	4	5	64	21	+43	55	Promotion to First Division
2	Raufoss	26	16	2	8	65	39	+26	50
3	Asker	26	15	4	7	63	31	+32	49
4	Stabæk 2	26	13	6	7	53	37	+16	45
5	Manglerud Star	26	15	0	11	52	38	+14	45
6	Valdres	26	13	6	7	53	41	+12	45
7	Bærum	26	13	3	10	61	46	+15	42
8	FF Lillehammer	26	10	9	7	44	43	+1	39
9	Kjelsås	26	9	5	12	38	47	−9	32
10	Tromsø 2	26	9	4	13	35	55	−20	31
11	Mo	26	6	10	10	40	55	−15	28
12	Korsvoll (R)	26	7	6	13	39	45	−6	27	Relegation to Third Division
13	Bodø/Glimt 2 (R)	26	6	0	20	23	77	−54	18
14	Bossekop (R)	26	1	5	20	29	84	−55	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Cup competitions

Norwegian Cup

Final

8 November 2009

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Molde	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Aalesund
Biram Diouf 27', 96'	Report	Roberts 54' Aarøy 114'
Penalties
Mota Thioune Forren Steen Paté Diouf	4–5	Stephenson Arneng Herrera Phillips Skiri

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,109

Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud (Lier)

Superfinalen

8 March 2009

19:00 CET

Stabæk	3–1	Vålerenga
Nannskog 19' Kobayashi 38' Pálmason 56'	Report	Abdellaoue 48'

Telenor Arena, Bærum

Attendance: 6,362

Referee: Terje Hauge (Olsvik)

Women's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Sandviken Fortuna Ålesund	Larvik Fart
1. divisjon	Alta Orkla	none

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Røa (C)	22	18	2	2	64	16	+48	56	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	Stabæk	22	16	5	1	83	15	+68	53
3	Kolbotn	22	16	2	4	51	25	+26	50
4	Team Strømmen	22	11	3	8	48	31	+17	36
5	Arna-Bjørnar	22	9	6	7	37	35	+2	33
6	Trondheims-Ørn	22	9	4	9	37	41	−4	31
7	Klepp	22	8	6	8	39	38	+1	30
8	Kattem	22	7	4	11	28	45	−17	25
9	Amazon Grimstad	22	7	1	14	14	33	−19	22
10	Fløya	22	7	4	11	36	37	−1	21^[a]
11	Sandviken (R)	22	3	2	17	20	72	−52	11	Relegation to First Division
12	Fortuna Ålesund (R)	22	0	3	19	18	87	−69	3	Relegation to First Division

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

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Team Strømmen 0–1 Røa^[2]

Men's UEFA competitions

Champions League

Qualifying phase

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tirana	1–5	Stabæk	1–1	0–4

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Copenhagen	3–1	Stabæk	3–1	0–0

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NSÍ Runavík	1–6	Rosenborg	0–3	1–3

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	0–1	Karabakh	0–0	0–1
Dinamo Minsk	1–4	Tromsø	0–0	1–4

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fredrikstad	3–7	Lech Poznań	1–6	2–1
Vålerenga	2–2 (a)	PAOK	1–2	1–0
Tromsø	4–1	Slaven Belupo	2–1	2–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao	4–3	Tromsø	3–2	1–1
Stabæk	1–7	Valencia	0–3	1–4

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

Group G

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Everton	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9
Team Strømmen	3	2	1	14	1	+13	6
Levadia Tallinn	3	1	2	4	13	−9	3
Osijek (H)	3	0	3	2	16	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Matches (played in Osijek, Croatia)

Team Strømmen 5–0 Levadia TallinnOsijek 0–9 Team StrømmenTeam Strømmen 0–1 Everton

Main round

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Røa	3–2	Everton	3–0	0–2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Røa	1–1 (a)	Zvezda 2005 Perm	0–0	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turbine Potsdam	10–0	Røa	5–0	5–0

National teams

Norway men's national football team

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group 9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	17	2	+15	24	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0
2	Norway	8	2	4	2	9	7	+2	10		0–1	—	4–0	2–1	2–2
3	Scotland	8	3	1	4	6	11	−5	10		0–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–1
4	Macedonia	8	2	1	5	5	11	−6	7		1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	1	2	5	7	13	−6	5		1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Source: ^[3]

Fixtures and results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[4]	Competition	Norwegian goalscorers
11 February	LTU Arena, Düsseldorf (A)	Germany	1 – 0 Report	Friendly	Christian Grindheim
28 March	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg (A)	South Africa	1 – 2 Report	Friendly	Morten Gamst Pedersen
1 April	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Finland	3 – 2 Report	Friendly	John Arne Riise Jon Inge Høiland Morten Gamst Pedersen
6 June	Philip II Arena, Skopje (A)	North Macedonia	0 – 0 Report	World Cup Qualifier
10 June	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)	Netherlands	0 – 2 Report	World Cup Qualifier
12 August	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Scotland	4 – 0 Report	World Cup Qualifier	John Arne Riise Morten Gamst Pedersen (2) Erik Huseklepp
5 September	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	1 – 1 Report	World Cup Qualifier	John Arne Riise
9 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	North Macedonia	2 – 1 Report	World Cup Qualifier	John Arne Riise Thorstein Helstad
10 October	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	South Africa	1 – 0	Friendly	Kjetil Wæhler
14 November	Stade de Genève, Geneva (A)	Switzerland	1 – 0 Report	Friendly	John Carew

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
N = Neutral ground

Norway women's national football team

Notes and references

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