2020 Toppserien

The 2020 Toppserien is the 34th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season was to commence initially on 21 March 2020 but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league's starting date was delayed. It finally commenced on 3 July 2020 and is due to end on 15 November 2020.[1] This season will feature just 10 teams.

LSK Kvinner are the defending champions for the sixth consecutive time.

Toppserien
Dates3 July 2020 – 15 November 2020
Matches played30
Goals scored87 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerMarit Clausen (6 goals)
Biggest home winAvalsdnes 5–2 Lyn (4 July 2020)
Biggest away winRøa 1–5 Lillestrøm (17 July 2020)
Highest scoringAvalsdnes 5–2 Lyn (4 July 2020)
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 10 August 2020.

Format

The league consists of 10 teams this season, which will play each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches for a team, at the end of the campaign, the top four teams will qualify to the Championship play-offs to decide the league winner, while the bottom six teams will play the Relegation play-offs to decide the teams to be relegated at the end of the season.

Teams

Location of teams
Locations of teams in the 2020 Toppserien

Teams information
Team Home city Home ground Seasons
Arna-BjørnarIndre Arna (Bergen)Arna Idrettspark19
AvaldsnesAvaldsnesAvaldsnes Idrettssenter8
KleppKleppeKlepp Stadion34
KolbotnKolbotnSofiemyr26
LSK KvinnerLillestrømLSK-Hallen34
LynOsloKringsjå kunstgress3
RøaOsloRøa kunstgress21
RosenborgTrondheimKoteng Arena34
SandvikenBergenStemmemyren27
VålerengaOsloIntility Arena9

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LSK Kvinner 6 5 1 0 15 5 +10 16 Gold
2 Vålerenga 7 5 1 1 14 7 +7 16 Silver
3 Rosenborg 6 4 2 0 14 6 +8 14 Bronze
4 Avaldsnes 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
5 Sandviken 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
6 Klepp 7 2 2 3 4 7 −3 8
7 Kolbotn 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6
8 Arna-Bjørnar 7 2 0 5 5 10 −5 6
9 Lyn 7 1 1 5 8 16 −8 4 Relegation qualification
10 Røa 8 1 0 7 6 16 −10 3 Relegation
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian)[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Matches
Home \ Away ARN AVA KLE KOL LSK LYN ROA ROS SAN VAL
Arna-Bjørnar — 0–1 1–2 0–3
Avaldsnes 1–0 — 5–2 1–3
Klepp — 0–0 1–0 1–2
Kolbotn 2–2 — 2–1
LSK Kvinner 2–1 3–0 — 1–0
Lyn 1–0 2–3 — 1–4
Røa 0–1 0–1 1–5 — 2–3
Rosenborg 1–1 3–1 1–1 —
Sandviken 1–1 1–3 — 3–2
Vålerenga 2–1 1–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819
Arna-Bjørnar377899
Avaldsnes113454
Klepp646676
Kolbotn788967
LSK Kvinner432111
Lyn101097889
Røa991010101010
Rosenborg521232
Sandviken265545
Vålerenga854323!-- -->
Leader / Championship play-offs
Championship play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2020. Source: World football

Play-offs

Championship play-offs

Relegation play-offs

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 9 August 2020

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Marit Clausen Rosenborg 6
2 Julie Blakstad Rosenborg 4
Sophie Roman Haug LSK Kvinner
Ajara Nchout Vålerenga
5 Rasheedat Ajibade Avaldsnes 3
Emilie Haavi LSK Kvinner
Camilla Linberg Lyn
Kennya Cordner Sandviken
Lisa Naalsund Sandviken
Mimmi Löfwenius LSK Kvinner
Elise Thorsnes Avaldsnes

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References
  1. "Norwegian Toppserien season 2020". Beyond90.com. 29 June 2020.
  2. "Toppserien 2020" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. "2020 Toppserien topscorer" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

    Official website

      2020 Toppserien at Soccerway.com

        2020 Toppserien at Worldfootball.net


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