2003 Toppserien

The 2003 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 16 April 2003 and ended on 2 November 2003.

Toppserien

Season	2003
Champions	Trondheims-Ørn 7th title
Relegated	FK Larvik Liungen
Matches played	90
Goals scored	368 (4.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bente Musland Solveig Gulbrandsen Marianne Pettersen (15 goals each)
← 2002 2004 →

18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while the two top teams from the First Division were promoted.

Trondheims-Ørn won the league.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trondheims-Ørn (C)	18	15	2	1	53	7	+46	47	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Kolbotn	18	13	0	5	63	28	+35	39
3	Asker	18	12	3	3	54	20	+34	39
4	Røa	18	7	6	5	23	27	−4	27
5	Fløya	18	8	1	9	28	40	−12	25
6	Arna-Bjørnar	18	6	4	8	43	48	−5	22
7	Team Strømmen	18	6	2	10	33	47	−14	20
8	Klepp	18	3	8	7	25	36	−11	17
9	Liungen (R)	18	5	2	11	32	45	−13	17	Relegation to 1. divisjon
10	Larvik (R)	18	0	2	16	14	70	−56	2

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

Top goalscorers

• 15 goals:
  • Bente Musland, Arna-Bjørnar
  • Marianne Pettersen, Asker
  • Solveig Gulbrandsen, Kolbotn
• 12 goals:
  • Tonje Hansen, Kolbotn
  • Ingunn Sørum, Liungen
• 11 goals:
  • Elene Moseby, Team Strømmen
  • Heidi Pedersen, Trondheims-Ørn
• 9 goals:
  • Ingrid Camilla Fosse Sæthre, Arna-Bjørnar
  • Kjersti Thun, Asker
  • Christine Bøe Jensen, Kolbotn
• 8 goals:
  • Veronica Stefanussen, Fløya
  • Lene Espedal, Klepp
  • Brit Sandaune, Trondheims-Ørn

Promotion and relegation

• Liungen and Larvik were relegated to the First Division
• Sandviken and Medkila were promoted from the First Division.

References

• League table
• Fixtures
• Goalscorers