2008 Toppserien

The 2008 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 12 April 2008 and ended on 2 November 2008.

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

Røa won the league, defending their title. Asker went defunct after the season, but relocated their team to Stabæk.

Contents

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Røa (C) 22 20 1 1 90 10 +80 61 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32
2 Team Strømmen 22 14 4 4 44 22 +22 46 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
3 Asker 22 14 3 5 53 26 +27 45
4 Kolbotn 22 12 6 4 51 23 +28 42
5 Arna-Bjørnar 22 12 5 5 58 26 +32 41
6 Klepp 22 8 7 7 51 30 +21 31
7 Fløya 22 9 3 10 41 39 +2 30
8 Amazon Grimstad 22 7 4 11 30 45 −15 25
9 Trondheims-Ørn 22 6 5 11 26 38 −12 23
10 Kattem 22 5 2 15 21 67 −46 17
11 Larvik (R) 22 3 3 16 24 80 −56 12 Relegation to the 1.divisjon
12 Fart (R) 22 0 1 21 13 86 −73 1

Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 AG A-B AFK FLF IFF KAT KLP KOL FKL RØA TS ØRN
Amazon Grimstad 2–3 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–1
Arna-Bjørnar 10–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 6–1
Asker 3–1 2–1 6–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 3–2 7–2 0–3 1–1 0–1
Fart 1–5 0–2 0–7 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 2–3 0–7 0–2 2–5
Fløya 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 7–0 0–2 0–4 5–2 1–9 2–2 1–2
Kattem 1–3 0–3 1–3 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–5 1–4 1–1
Klepp 3–1 1–1 0–1 6–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 5–0 0–4 0–4 4–1
Kolbotn 2–2 5–3 2–5 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–0
Larvik 0–0 1–5 2–5 1–0 1–6 3–0 2–4 0–7 1–6 1–5 1–2
Røa 5–0 2–1 3–0 12–0 3–2 11–1 3–0 3–1 5–1 1–2 4–0
Team Strømmen 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0
Trondheims-Ørn 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–4

Source: NRK Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Kristy Moore Fløya 20
2 Guro Knutsen Røa 17
Lene Mykjåland Røa 17
4 Melissa Wiik Asker 16
5 Lise Klaveness Asker 14
Elise Thorsnes Arna-Bjørnar 14
7 Kristin Blystad Bjerke Kolbotn 13
8 Aimee Edris Arna-Bjørnar 11
Una Nwajei Amazon Grimstad 11
10 Hege Hansen Klepp 10
Kristin Lie Trondheims-Ørn 10

Promotion and relegation

References

  1. ^ "Lister Toppserien 2008" (in Norwegian). NRK Sport. http://www.nrksport.no/fotball/toppserien/?m=1&sesong=2008&type=lister. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 

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