2000 in Norwegian football

This article is a summary of 2000 in Norwegian football.

Football in Norway

Season	2000
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Lyn
2. divisjon	Skjetten (Group 1) Lillehammer (Group 2) Ørn Horten (Group 3) Mandalskameratene (Group 4) Hødd (Group 5) Aalesund (Group 6) Stålkameratene (Group 7) Lofoten (Group 8)
Cupen	Odd Grenland
Women's football
Toppserien	Trondheims-Ørn
Cupen	Asker
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000-season is the 95. season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2000 Tippeligaen

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	16	6	4	61	26	+35	54	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Brann	26	14	5	7	53	40	+13	47	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	13	6	7	51	39	+12	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Tromsø	26	13	5	8	51	46	+5	44
5	Stabæk	26	12	6	8	59	33	+26	42
6	Lillestrøm	26	11	7	8	42	29	+13	40
7	Molde	26	11	7	8	46	47	−1	40
8	Odd Grenland	26	11	5	10	40	31	+9	38	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Moss	26	8	8	10	38	44	−6	32
10	Bodø/Glimt	26	6	10	10	48	59	−11	28
11	Bryne	26	7	6	13	32	60	−28	27
12	Vålerenga (R)	26	5	9	12	32	44	−12	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Start (R)	26	5	6	15	40	66	−26	21	Relegation to 1. divisjon
14	Haugesund (R)	26	5	4	17	33	62	−29	19

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

1. Odd Grenland qualified as the winner of the 2000 Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	26	19	4	3	55	24	+31	61	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Strømsgodset (P)	26	18	5	3	70	28	+42	59
3	Sogndal (O, P)	26	15	6	5	73	37	+36	51	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Raufoss	26	11	6	9	50	39	+11	39
5	Kongsvinger	26	11	6	9	44	38	+6	39
6	HamKam	26	11	5	10	48	44	+4	38
7	L/F Hønefoss	26	10	4	12	45	42	+3	34
8	Kjelsås	26	8	7	11	30	40	−10	31
9	Tromsdalen	26	9	2	15	37	62	−25	29
10	Skeid	26	7	7	12	36	52	−16	28
11	Sandefjord	26	8	4	14	35	53	−18	28
12	Byåsen	26	9	1	16	33	58	−25	28
13	Strindheim (R)	26	7	5	14	39	58	−19	26	Relegation to 2. divisjon
14	Eik-Tønsberg (R)	26	6	4	16	28	48	−20	22

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2. divisjon

Main article: 2000 2. divisjon

3. divisjon

Main article: 2000 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2000 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 2000 Norwegian Football Cup Final

29 October 2000

13:15 CET

Odd Grenland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Viking
Tihinen  65' (o.g.) Flindt Bjerg  106'	Report	Dahl  43'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,864

Referee: Frode Kvam (Strindheim)

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Main article: 2000 Toppserien

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trondheims-Ørn (C)	18	16	0	2	62	14	+48	48	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Asker	18	15	2	1	64	20	+44	47
3	Kolbotn	18	11	2	5	47	27	+20	35
4	Bjørnar	18	9	3	6	52	30	+22	30
5	Athene Moss	18	9	3	6	48	29	+19	30
6	Klepp	18	8	1	9	27	26	+1	25
7	Byåsen	18	4	1	13	17	47	−30	13
8	Setskog/Høland	18	4	0	14	27	78	−51	12
9	Larvik (R)	18	3	2	13	19	55	−36	11	Relegation to 1. divisjon
10	Grand Bodø (R)	18	3	2	13	18	55	−37	11

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

• Asker 4–1 Bjørnar[1]

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Main article: Norway national football team

UEFA Euro 2000

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
FR Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
Belarus	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Wales	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Norway	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Armenia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Fixtures and results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Norwegian goalscorers
31 January	La Manga Stadium, La Manga (N)	Iceland	0 – 0	Nordic Cup
2 February	La Manga Stadium, La Manga (N)	Denmark	4 – 2	Nordic Cup	Henning Berg (2) Andreas Lund (2)
4 February	La Manga Stadium, La Manga (N)	Sweden	1 – 1	Nordic Cup	John Carew
23 February	Ali Sami Yen stadium, Istanbul (A)	Turkey	2 – 0	Friendly	John Arne Riise Roar Strand
29 March	Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano (A)	Switzerland	2 – 2	Friendly	Ståle Solbakken Bent Skammelsrud
26 April	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Belgium	0 – 2	Friendly
27 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Slovakia	2 – 0	Friendly	Ole Gunnar Solskjær Steffen Iversen
3 June	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Italy	1 – 0	Friendly	John Carew
13 Juni	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (N)	Spain	1 – 0 Report	UEFA Euro 2000	Steffen Iversen
18 Juni	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège (N)	FR Yugoslavia	0 – 1 Report	UEFA Euro 2000
21 Juni	Gelredome, Arnhem (N)	Slovenia	0 – 0 Report	UEFA Euro 2000
16 August	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki (A)	Finland	1 – 3	Nordic Cup	Thorstein Helstad
2 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Armenia	0 – 0 Report	World Cup Qualifier
7 October	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1 – 1 Report	World Cup Qualifier	Thorstein Helstad
11 October	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Ukraine	0 – 1 Report	World Cup Qualifier

Key

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

Norway women's national football team

Main article: Norway women's national football team

Notes and references

1. "Norway - List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
2. Norway's score given first