2013 in Norwegian football

The 2013 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	2013
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Strømsgodset
1. divisjon	Bodø/Glimt
2. divisjon	Bærum (Group 1) Alta (Group 2) Nest-Sotra (Group 3) Tromsdalen (Group 4)
Cupen	Molde
Women's football
Toppserien	Stabæk
1. divisjon	Grand Bodø
Cupen	Stabæk
← 2012 2014 →

The season began in March, and ended in November with the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Men's football

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to Tippeligaen Start Sarpsborg 08 Teams relegated from Tippeligaen Stabæk Fredrikstad Teams promoted to 1. divisjon Elverum Kristiansund Vard Haugesund Follo Teams relegated from 1. divisjon Tromsdalen Bærum Notodden Alta

Teams promoted to the 2. divisjon Drøbak/Frogn Skedsmo Lyn Eidsvold Turn Arendal Viking 2 Arna-Bjørnar Førde Skarbøvik Strindheim Bodø/Glimt 2 Bossekop Teams relegated from the 2. divisjon Ørn-Horten Lillehammer Brumunddal

League season

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2013 Tippeligaen

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C)	30	19	6	5	66	26	+40	63	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rosenborg	30	18	8	4	50	25	+25	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Haugesund	30	15	6	9	41	39	+2	51
4	Aalesund	30	14	7	9	55	44	+11	49
5	Viking	30	12	10	8	41	36	+5	46
6	Molde	30	12	8	10	47	38	+9	44	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Odd	30	11	7	12	43	39	+4	40
8	Brann	30	11	6	13	46	46	0	39
9	Start	30	10	8	12	43	46	−3	38
10	Lillestrøm	30	9	9	12	37	44	−7	36
11	Vålerenga	30	10	6	14	41	50	−9	36
12	Sogndal	30	8	9	13	33	48	−15	33
13	Sandnes Ulf	30	9	6	15	36	58	−22	33
14	Sarpsborg 08 (O)	30	8	7	15	40	58	−18	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Tromsø (R)	30	7	8	15	41	50	−9	29	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to 1. divisjon
16	Hønefoss (R)	30	6	11	13	34	47	−13	29	Relegation to 1. divisjon

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

1. Molde qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2013 Norwegian Cup.
2. Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Tromsø IL received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Tippeligaen's Fair Play ranking.

1. divisjon

Main article: 2013 Norwegian First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C, P)	30	21	4	5	63	24	+39	67	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Stabæk (P)	30	14	10	6	51	46	+5	52
3	Hødd	30	15	5	10	41	31	+10	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim	30	14	7	9	49	38	+11	49
5	HamKam	30	14	6	10	49	43	+6	48
6	Mjøndalen	30	14	5	11	37	40	−3	47
7	Bryne	30	13	7	10	55	50	+5	46
8	Sandefjord	30	12	7	11	39	39	0	43
9	Kristiansund BK	30	12	6	12	47	44	+3	42
10	Fredrikstad	30	11	8	11	44	41	+3	41
11	Strømmen	30	9	11	10	39	43	−4	38
12	Ullensaker/Kisa	30	9	7	14	46	48	−2	34
13	Vard Haugesund (R)	30	9	7	14	46	55	−9	34	Relegation to 2. divisjon
14	Kongsvinger (R)	30	7	10	13	37	54	−17	31
15	Follo[lower-alpha 1] (R)	30	9	2	19	40	57	−17	27
16	Elverum (R)	30	3	6	21	37	67	−30	15

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

1. Follo were docked 2 points for lack of financial control[1]

2. divisjon

Main article: 2013 2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bærum (P)	26	19	3	4	84	38	+46	60	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Asker	26	17	5	4	80	37	+43	56
3	Førde	26	17	0	9	64	47	+17	51
4	Træff	26	13	3	10	45	46	−1	42
5	Kvik Halden	26	12	5	9	34	35	−1	41
6	Kjelsås	26	12	4	10	39	37	+2	40
7	Drøbak-Frogn	26	12	4	10	41	47	−6	40
8	Vålerenga 2	26	12	0	14	47	47	0	36
9	Moss	26	10	3	13	47	53	−6	33
10	Birkebeineren	26	10	3	13	38	46	−8	33
11	Molde 2	26	9	1	16	49	63	−14	28
12	Skarbøvik (R)	26	7	5	14	45	52	−7	26	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Østsiden (R)	26	6	5	15	35	50	−15	23
14	Nesodden (R)	26	4	4	18	23	73	−50	16

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alta (P)	26	18	3	5	71	35	+36	57	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Raufoss	26	16	3	7	54	35	+19	51
3	Fram Larvik	26	14	8	4	62	34	+28	50
4	Lyn	26	11	8	7	47	32	+15	41
5	Pors Grenland	26	12	5	9	44	44	0	41
6	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	11	7	8	50	56	−6	40
7	Valdres	26	11	4	11	49	46	+3	37
8	Strømsgodset 2	26	11	1	14	59	77	−18	34
9	Gjøvik FF	26	9	6	11	39	48	−9	33
10	Harstad	26	8	8	10	44	44	0	32
11	Odd 2	26	9	5	12	41	60	−19	32
12	Frigg (R)	26	7	4	15	42	45	−3	25	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	FK Tønsberg (R)	26	5	5	16	44	67	−23	20
14	Bossekop (R)	26	4	5	17	28	51	−23	17

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nest-Sotra (P)	26	20	3	3	70	24	+46	63	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Vindbjart	26	15	4	7	67	38	+29	49
3	Notodden	26	13	3	10	48	34	+14	42
4	Fyllingsdalen	26	11	5	10	41	40	+1	38
5	Arendal	26	11	4	11	36	42	−6	37
6	Brann 2	26	11	2	13	54	54	0	35
7	Egersund	26	10	5	11	41	45	−4	35
8	Fana	26	10	5	11	40	47	−7	35
9	Ålgård	26	9	6	11	38	37	+1	33
10	Åsane	26	10	3	13	45	48	−3	33
11	Vidar	26	10	3	13	49	66	−17	33
12	Flekkerøy (R)	26	8	6	12	39	45	−6	30	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Viking 2 (R)	26	8	6	12	34	43	−9	30
14	Arna-Bjørnar (R)	26	8	1	17	28	67	−39	25

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	19	5	2	70	31	+39	62	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	KFUM Oslo	26	17	6	3	62	26	+36	57
3	Levanger	26	13	5	8	61	43	+18	44
4	Grorud	26	11	7	8	60	51	+9	40
5	Byåsen	26	12	4	10	52	44	+8	40
6	Mo	26	12	4	10	47	44	+3	40
7	Eidsvold TF	26	10	6	10	43	51	−8	36
8	Tromsø 2 (R)	26	11	1	14	51	77	−26	34	Relegation to 3. divisjon
9	Nardo	26	8	8	10	50	49	+1	32
10	Lørenskog	26	8	7	11	49	56	−7	31
11	Rosenborg 2	26	8	6	12	52	63	−11	30
12	Strindheim	26	6	5	15	51	60	−9	23
13	Skedsmo (R)	26	5	6	15	32	68	−36	21	Relegation to 3. divisjon
14	Senja (R)	26	6	2	18	41	58	−17	20

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

3. divisjon

Main article: 2013 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2013 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final

24 November 2013

13:15 CET

Rosenborg	2–4	Molde
Diskerud  17' Reginiussen  49'	Report	Rindarøy  16' Berget  71' Hoseth  82' Høiland  90'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,824

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Haugar)

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Main article: 2013 Toppserien

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	22	17	4	1	64	9	+55	55	Qualification for the Women's Champions League round of 32
2	LSK Kvinner	22	15	4	3	51	18	+33	49
3	Arna-Bjørnar	22	10	8	4	39	24	+15	38
4	Avaldsnes	22	10	3	9	39	33	+6	33
5	Vålerenga	22	8	8	6	41	37	+4	32
6	Kolbotn	22	9	4	9	39	42	−3	31
7	Trondheims-Ørn	22	9	3	10	39	49	−10	30
8	Røa	22	7	7	8	25	33	−8	28
9	Medkila	22	7	5	10	27	44	−17	26
10	Klepp	22	6	3	13	29	50	−21	21
11	Amazon Grimstad (O)	22	3	6	13	22	39	−17	15	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Sandviken (R)	22	3	1	18	19	56	−37	10	Relegation to 1.divisjon

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

1. divisjon

Main article: 2013 1. divisjon (women)

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

• Avaldsnes 0–1 Stabæk

Men's UEFA competitions

Champions League

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sligo Rovers	0–3	Molde	0–1	0–2

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	1–1 (a)	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–0

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	3–2	Celje	1–2	2–0
Crusaders	3–9	Rosenborg	1–2	2–7

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hødd	1–2	Aktobe	1–0	0–2
Strømsgodset	5–2	Debrecen	2–2	3–0
Tromsø	2–1	Inter Baku	2–0	0–1
Rosenborg	1–2	St Johnstone	0–1	1–1

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	1–1 (4–3 p)	Differdange 03	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Jablonec	5–2	Strømsgodset	2–1	3–1

Play-off round

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	2–3	Beşiktaş	2–1	0–2
Molde	0–5	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3

Group stage

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage

Group K

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	ANZ	SHE	TRO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	2–1	3–0
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8			0–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Tromsø	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1			0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source:

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LSK Kvinner	1–8	LdB Malmö	1–3	0–5

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Main article: Norway national football team

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

During the season, the Norway national team played five games in the qualification for 2014 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Group E

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	10	7	3	0	17	6	+11	24	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup		—	4–4	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Iceland	10	5	2	3	17	15	+2	17	Advance to second round		0–2	—	2–4	2–0	2–1	2–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	0	5	14	11	+3	15			0–2	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	2–1
4	Norway	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12			0–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	2–0
5	Albania	10	3	2	5	9	11	−2	11			1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	3–1
6	Cyprus	10	1	2	7	4	15	−11	5			0–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	—

Source:

Norway  v  Albania

22 March 2013	Norway	0 – 1	Albania	Oslo
19:00	Forren  52'		Roshi  43' Salihi  67' Lila  85' Lila	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,207 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Norway  v  Cyprus

6 September 2013	Norway	2 – 0	Cyprus	Oslo
19:00 UTC+2	Elyounoussi  43' King  66'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,295 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Norway  v   Switzerland

10 September 2013	Norway	0 – 2	Switzerland	Oslo
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Schär  12', 51'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 16,631 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Slovenia  v  Norway

11 October 2013	Slovenia	3 – 0	Norway	Maribor
	Novaković  13', 15', 49'		Hangeland  90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,890 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Norway  v  Iceland

15 October 2013	Norway	1 – 1	Iceland	Oslo
20:00	Braaten  30'	Report	Sigþórsson  12' Sævarsson  38'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 6,796 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Friendlies

South Africa  v  Norway

8 January 2013	South Africa	0 – 1	Norway	Cape Town
18:30	Letsholonyane  86'	Summary	Elyounoussi  41' Vilsvik  56' Fellah  78' Semb Berge  85'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rainhold Shikongo (Namibia)

Zambia  v  Norway

12 January 2013	Zambia	0 – 0	Norway	Ndola
12:00		Summary	Ruud  55' Jenssen  90'	Stadium: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium Referee: Victor Hlungwani (South Africa)

Norway  v  Ukraine

6 February 2013	Norway	0 – 2	Ukraine	Seville
18:00		Summary	Morozyuk  17' Yarmolenko  42' Mandzyuk  84' Fedetskiy  87'	Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carlos Clos (Spain)

Norway  v  North Macedonia

11 June 2013	Norway	2 – 0	North Macedonia	Oslo
19:00	Skjelbred  9' Wæhler  37' Braaten  79'	Summary	Mojsov  31' Grnčarov  60'  60'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Sweden  v  Norway

14 August 2013	Sweden	4 – 2	Norway	Stockholm
20:00	Ibrahimović  2', 28', 57' Svensson  75'	Summary	Abdellaoue  38' (pen.) Johansen  43'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 13,438 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Norway women's national football team

Main article: Norway women's national football team

Friendlies

South Korea  v  Norway

12 January 2013	South Korea	0 – 2	Norway	Youngchuan, China
17:00		Report	Thorsnes  28' Kaurin  76'	Stadium: Youngchuan Sports Center Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Shi Zhenlu (China)

China PR  v  Norway

14 January 2013	China PR	0 – 1	Norway	Youngchuan, China
16:00		Report	Bjånesøy  88'	Stadium: Youngchuan Sports Center Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yao Qing (China)

Canada  v  Norway

16 January 2013	Canada	0 – 0	Norway	Chongchuan, China
17:00		Report		Stadium: Chongchuan Sports Center Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wang Zhe (China)

Switzerland   v  Norway

6 April 2013	Switzerland	3 – 1	Norway	Nyon, Switzerland
14:30	Mändly  2' Crnogorčević  33', 77' (pen.)	Report	Hegerberg  45'	Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Attendance: 873 Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

2013 Algarve Cup

Main article: 2013 Algarve Cup

Group A

Norway  v  Japan

6 March 2013	Norway	2 – 0	Japan	Portimao, Portugal
13:10	Hansen  8' Hegerberg  16'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Bela Vista Attendance: 500 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Norway  v  Denmark

8 March 2013	Norway	0 – 0	Denmark	Portimao, Portugal
16:00		Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Bela Vista Attendance: 348 Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary)

Germany  v  Norway

11 March 2013	Germany	2 – 0	Norway	Lagos, Portugal
12:20	Šašić  52' Keßler  86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Lagos Attendance: 878 Referee: Salome di Iorio (Argentina)

Third place match

Norway  v  Sweden

13 March 2013	Norway	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sweden	Lagos, Portugal
12:00	Hegland  39' Hegerberg  90'	Report	Asllani  15' Göransson  46'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Lagos Attendance: 310 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
	Penalties
	Christensen Bjånesøy Isaksen Stensland Gulbrandsen Kaurin		Hammarström Thunebro Holmberg Göransson Berglund Moberg

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group 5

Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Norway  v  Belgium

25 September 2013	Norway	4 – 1	Belgium	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
18:00 (UTC+02:00)	Hansen  5' Hegland  35', 54', 66'	Report	de Gernier  62'	Attendance: 4,233 Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)

Norway  v  Albania

26 October 2013	Norway	7 – 0	Albania	Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg
18:00 (UTC+01:00)	Christensen  12' Thorsnes  29' Mjelde  45+2' Hansen  51', 70', 73' Gulbrandsen  62'	Report		Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Netherlands  v  Norway

30 October 2013	Netherlands	1 – 2	Norway	Kras Stadion, Volendam
19:00 (UTC+01:00)	Miedema  23'	Report	Hansen  18' Stensland  37'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Managerial changes

Name	Club	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Martin Andresen	Vålerenga	18 Novemberember 2012	Kjetil Rekdal	8 January 2013
Kjetil Rekdal	Aalesund	26 November 2012	Jan Jönsson	8 January 2013
Jan Jönsson	Rosenborg	7 December 2012	Per Joar Hansen	1 January 2013
Per Mathias Høgmo	Tromsø	31 December 2012	Agnar Christensen	1 January 2013
Aasmund Bjørkan	Ranheim	31 December 2012[3]	Trond Nordsteien	1 January 2013[4]
Cato Hansen	Bodø/Glimt	31 December 2012[5]	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	1 January 2013[5]
Tom Nordlie	Kongsvinger	31 December 2012	Stian Aasen
Arne Erlandsen	Ullensaker/Kisa	31 December 2012	Roar Johansen	1 January 2013
Roar Johansen	Sarpsborg 08	31 December 2012	Brian Deane	1 January 2013
Tor Thodesen	Moss	31 December 2012	Michael Frank	1 January 2013
	Tønsberg	31 December 2012	Tor Thodesen	1 January 2013
Agnar Christensen	Tromsø	1 October 2013	Steinar Nilsen	1 October 2013
Rune Skarsfjord	Brann	6 November 2013	Kenneth Mikkelsen (interim)	6 November 2013

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