The 2011-season is the 106. season of competitive football in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

.

The season began on 18 March 2011 for Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

, 03 April 2011 for Adeccoligaen

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

, with Fair Play ligaen and 3. Divisjon

Norwegian Third Division

The Norwegian Third Division is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from April to October...

 both starting six days later on 09 April 2011. 2. Divisjon

Norwegian Second Division

The Norwegian Second Division is the third highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2009, the official name of the league has been Fair Play-ligaen....

, and 3. Divisjon

Norwegian Third Division

The Norwegian Third Division is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from April to October...

 will end 22 October 2011 while Adeccoligaen

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 will end eight days later on 30 October 2011 and Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 will finish on 27 November 2011.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to Tippeligaen

2011 Norwegian Premier League

The 2011 Norwegian Premier League season was the sixty-seventh season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011...

• Sogndal
  Sogndal Fotball
  Sogndal Fotball is the association football section of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The club was founded in 1926....
  
  
• Sarpsborg 08
• Fredrikstad

Teams relegated from Tippeligaen

2010 Norwegian Premier League

The 2010 Norwegian Premier League season is the sixty-sixth season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 14 March and is scheduled to end on 7 November...

• Hønefoss
• Kongsvinger
• Sandefjord
  Sandefjord Fotball
  Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....
  
  

Teams promoted to Adeccoligaen

2011 Norwegian First Division

The 2011 Norwegian First Division season began play on 3 April 2011 and is scheduled to end on 30 October 2011....

• Asker
• HamKam
• Hødd
• Randaberg
  Randaberg IL
  Randaberg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Randaberg. It has sections for football, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball.-Football:Before the 2007 season the football team made the national news as it increased its budget significantly in order to gain promotion, signing players like Petar...
  
  

Teams relegated from Adeccoligaen

2010 Norwegian First Division

The 2010 Norwegian First Division season began play on 5 April 2010 and is scheduled to end on 7 November 2010....

• Follo
• Tromsdalen
• Moss
• Lyn

Teams promoted to Fair Play Ligaen

2011 Norwegian Second Division

The 2011 Norwegian Second Division consists of 56 teams divided into 4 groups. Follo, Tromsdalen and Moss were relegated from the 2010 Norwegian First Division...

• Kvik Halden
• Nesodden
  Nesodden IF
  Nesodden Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Nesodden. It has sections for association football, athletics, basketball, table tennis, fencing, orienteering, skiing and speed skating....
  
  
• Tiller
  Tiller IL
  Tiller Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and biathlon.It was established on 15 January 1916....
  
  
• Elverum
  Elverum Fotball
  Elverum Fotball is the association football section of the sports club Elverum IL from Elverum, Norway.-History:It was founded on 30 June 1907 under the name Elverum Footballklub....
  
  
• Herd
  SK Herd
  Sportsklubben Herd is a sports club from Ålesund, Norway. It has sections for association football, handball and swimming, and was founded on 22 August 1932....
  
  
• Jevnaker
  Jevnaker IF
  Jevnaker Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Jevnaker. It has sections for association football, speed skating, gymnastics and skiing....
  
  
• Austevoll
• Mandalskameratene
• Viking 2
• Hasle-Løren
  Hasle-Løren IL
  Hasle-Løren Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhoods Hasle and Løren in Oslo. It was founded in 1911, and has sections for association football, ice hockey, skiing and cycling.-Ice hockey:...
  
  
• Mjølner
• Skarp
  IF Skarp
  Idrettsforeningen Skarp is a Norwegian association football club from Tromsø. Its club colors are black and white.The men's team played in the Second Division for many years, but was relegated after the 2008 season...
  
  

Teams relegated from Fair Play Ligaen

2010 Norwegian Second Division

The 2010 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway.26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. HamKam, Notodden, Stavanger and Skeid were relegated from the 2009 Norwegian First Division. Asker, Hødd, Randaberg and...

• Os
• Stord
• Fana
• Skarbøvik
• Oslo City
  Oslo City FC
  Oslo City FC is a sports club in Oslo, which was founded in 1987. The club has a football team in the Norwegian Third Division. The club was relegated from the Second Division in 2010, finished 14th and last in its group, and will be playing in the Third Division in 2011...
  
  
• Kolstad
• Start 2
• Kopervik
• Stavanger
  Stavanger IF Fotball
  Stavanger IF Fotball, the football division of Stavanger Idrettsforening, is a football club from Stavanger, Norway. In 2011, they will play in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. In Rogaland, they are simply known as Sif, and few people would refer to them...
  
  
• Eidsvold Turn
  Eidsvold TF
  Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sports from Eidsvoll, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating....
  
  
• Mo
  Mo IL
  Mo Idrettslag is a football club from Mo i Rana, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth highest division in the Norwegian football league system, having been relegated from the 2010 Norwegian Second Division....
  
  
• Lyn

Managerial changes

Name	Club	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Nils Arne Eggen Nils Arne Eggen Nils Arne Eggen is the most successful coach in the history of Norwegian football. He is best known as the manager for Rosenborg in the period 1988–97 and 1999–2002...	Rosenborg	31 December 2010	Jan Jönsson Jan Jönsson Jan Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, currently a football coach for Rosenborg.-Coaching career:Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstad.Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the...	01 January 2011
Jan Jönsson Jan Jönsson Jan Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, currently a football coach for Rosenborg.-Coaching career:Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstad.Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the...	Stabæk	31 December 2010	Jörgen Lennartsson Jörgen Lennartsson Jörgen Lennartsson is a Swedish football manager and the current manager of Elfsborg in Allsvenskan.Lennartsson is currently manager of Stabæk, where he started January 2011...	01 January 2011
Uwe Rösler Uwe Rösler Uwe Rösler is a German football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Brentford.Rösler was previously a successful player who played for several clubs, most notably Manchester City , where he was the leading goalscorer for three consecutive seasons from 1995–96 to 1997–98, and 1...	Molde	31 December 2010	Ole Gunnar Solskjær Ole Gunnar Solskjær Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the manager of Norwegian first division side Molde. He is better known as a former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. Often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin," he played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very...	01 January 2011
Tor Thodesen Tor Thodesen Tor Thodesen is the head coach of the Norwegian football club Moss. In 2006, he was awarded the "Coach of the year" award by his colleagues, for his work in Sandefjord.-Early years:...	Tønsberg	31 December 2010	Unknown	01 January 2011
Unknown	Moss	31 December 2010	Tor Thodesen Tor Thodesen Tor Thodesen is the head coach of the Norwegian football club Moss. In 2006, he was awarded the "Coach of the year" award by his colleagues, for his work in Sandefjord.-Early years:...	01 January 2011
Patrick Walker	Sandefjord Sandefjord Fotball Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....	09 May 2011	Arne Sandstø Arne Sandstø Arne Sandstø is a former professional Norwegian footballer.Sandstø made 7 appearances in Germany's 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Tennis Borussia Berlin during his playing career and is currently the manager of Norwegian club Sandefjord Fotball.- References :...	23 May 2011
Arne Sandstø Arne Sandstø Arne Sandstø is a former professional Norwegian footballer.Sandstø made 7 appearances in Germany's 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Tennis Borussia Berlin during his playing career and is currently the manager of Norwegian club Sandefjord Fotball.- References :...	Løv-Ham Løv-Ham Fotball Løv-Ham Fotball is a football club from Fyllingsdalen in Bergen, Norway. Its origin are two local sports teams in Fyllingsdalen called Løvåsen and Hamre. On 29 December 1975 those clubs were merged, choosing the name Løv-Ham...	23 May 2011	Tom Mangersnes	24 May 2011
Kåre Ingebrigtsen Kåre Ingebrigtsen Kåre Hedley "Bruttern" Ingebrigtsen is a former Norwegian footballer.During his career he played for Rosenborg BK, Lillestrøm SK, Manchester City F.C., and Strømsgodset IF as a midfielder...	Bodø/Glimt	26 May 2011	Cato André Hansen	24 June 2011
Knut Tørum	Start	22 June 2011	Mons Ivar Mjelde Mons Ivar Mjelde Mons Ivar Mjelde is a former footballer and is currently head coach for the Norwegian Tippeliga club Start.- Player :...	12 July 2011
Per Brogeland Per Brogeland Per Brogeland is a Norwegian football coach.He has coached Lillestrøm, among others.-References:...	Kongsvinger	30 August 2011	Tom Nordlie Tom Nordlie Tom Nordlie is a Norwegian football coach who has managed several top Norwegian football teams, after being released from his contract with Fredrikstad in January 2010 he is currently without contract.-Playing career:...	1 September 2011

January

08 January 2011: Thorbjørn Svenssen

Thorbjørn Svenssen

Thorbjørn Svenssen was a Norwegian footballer, who played a record 104 international games for Norway, and captained the side 93 times.-Club career:...

, Norway

Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

's most capped player with 104 games, dies from a stroke at the age of 86.

August

13 August 2011: Start beat Adeccoliga

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 side Alta

Älta IF

Älta IF is a Swedish football club located in Älta.-Background:Älta IF currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Älta IP in Älta....

 1-0 and through to the semi final of 2011 Norwegian Football Cup

2011 Norwegian Football Cup

The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup was the 106th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. It began on 6 April 2011 with the matches of the first qualifying round and ended on 6 November 2011 with the Final...

. 2009-winners

2009 Norwegian Football Cup Final

2009 Norwegian Football Cup Final was played between Molde FK and Aalesunds FK on November 8, 2009 on Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway. With both clubs hailing from Møre og Romsdal, the match was dubbed as a local derby between the league silver medalists from Molde and the pride of Aalesund, who...

 Aalesund is heading for another Cup-victory after beating Rosenborg at home.

14 August 2011: Fredrikstad FK denies Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the manager of Norwegian first division side Molde. He is better known as a former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. Often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin," he played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very...

 success in the Norwegian Football Cup

Norwegian football cup

The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

 in his first year as a manager in Norway. Molde lost 2-3 at Fredrikstad Stadion

Fredrikstad stadion

Fredrikstad Stadion was the homeground of the Norwegian Premier League side Fredrikstad FK until the end of the 2006 season, due to their new and modernized stadium at the borough of Kråkerøy, only a few minutes away from the city center....

 after extra time. In Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

, Brann knocked out Viking on penalties shoot-out, with Piotr Leciejewski

Piotr Leciejewski

Piotr Leciejewski is a professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Brann.-Club:He impressed instantly with his explosive reflexes, and has been one of Sogndal's best players since he arrived. In the 2010 season he saved 5 out of 5 penalties.On 19 August 2010, rumors claimed that...

 saving three of Vikings four penalties.

September

02 September 2011: With a late penalty goal from Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norway

Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

 won 1-0 against Iceland

Iceland national football team

The Iceland national football team is the national football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition....

, keeping Norway joint top of UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group H with two matches remaining.

06 September 2011: Denmark

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

 won 2-0 against Norway in Parken, after two goals from Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...

. The chances for Drillo's

Egil Olsen

Egil Roger Olsen , nicknamed Drillo, is a Norwegian association football manager and former Norwegian football player. He is best known as a highly successful coach of the Norwegian national football team. He has since been coach of the Iraqi national football team, his departure from which caused...

 men to reach UEFA EURO 2012 is now very small.

10 September 2011: Notodden secured promotion to Adeccoligaen

2012 Norwegian First Division

The 2012 Norwegian First Division season will begin on 9 April 2012 and end 11 November 2012....

 with six matches left to play, after beating Førde 2-1 in Førde

Førde

Førde is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center is the town of Førde which in 2010 had 12,035 inhabitants. The historic village of Bruland is located just east of the town of Førde...

.

21 September 2011: Brann reach the Cup final

2011 Norwegian Football Cup Final

-See also:*2011 Norwegian Football Cup*2011 Norwegian Premier League*2011 in Norwegian football...

 after a 2-0 win against Fredrikstad at Fredrikstad Stadion

Fredrikstad stadion

Fredrikstad Stadion was the homeground of the Norwegian Premier League side Fredrikstad FK until the end of the 2006 season, due to their new and modernized stadium at the borough of Kråkerøy, only a few minutes away from the city center....

.

21 September 2011: With a unlucky own goal, Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson sent his old team, Aalesund to the Cup final, two years after they won the Cup in 2009

2009 Norwegian Football Cup

The Norwegian Football Cup 2009 was the 104th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started with two qualifying rounds on 13 April and 22 April, and the final was held on 8 November...

, after beating Start in the other semifinal.

October

02 October 2011: Molde move closer to the Tippeliga title with a 2-0 win against title challengers Tromsø, and becomes the first team this season to win at Alfheim Stadion this season.

19 October 2011: Hønefoss took another step towards promotion to 2012 Norwegian Premier League

2012 Norwegian Premier League

The 2012 Norwegian Premier League season is the 68th season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, will begin on 25 March 2012 and will end on 18 November 2012, with a summer break from 28 May to 30 June...

 with a 2-1 win against Asker in Adeccoligaen, while Tom Nordlie

Tom Nordlie

Tom Nordlie is a Norwegian football coach who has managed several top Norwegian football teams, after being released from his contract with Fredrikstad in January 2010 he is currently without contract.-Playing career:...

 and Kongsvinger ruined Sandefjord's

Sandefjord Fotball

Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....

 chances for promotion.

Cup

Euro 2012 qualification

   UEFA Euro 2012

During this season, the Norwegian national football team is going to play the last five of their eight scheduled Group H

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H

This page shows the standings and results for Group H of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.- Standings :Head-to-Head Tiebreakers...

 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine...

 matches for Euro 2012.

Friendlies

The Norwegian national football team also participated in four friendly matches

Exhibition game

An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

 in 2011.

Norwegian clubs' performance in Europe

These are the results of the Norwegian teams in European competitions during the 2011 season. (Norwegian team score displayed first)

Team	Contest and round	Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score**	Aggregate score
Rosenborg	Champions League 2nd Qual. Round	Iceland Breiðablik Breiðablik UBK Breiðablik was founded in 1950 and is the biggest sports club in Kópavogur in Iceland. Breidablik has several divisions, both men's and women's: football, athletics, basketball, karate, dance, skiing, swimming and team handball.- Name :The name Breiðablik comes from Norse mythology, where it was...	4-0 (H)	0-2 (A)	W 4–2
	Champions League 3rd Qual. Round	|  Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň FC Viktoria Plzen FC Viktoria Plzeň is a Czech professional football club based in Plzeň. They currently play in the Gambrinus liga, the top division of football in the country....	0-1 (H)	2-3 (A)	L 2–4
	Europa League Play Off Round	|  Greece AEK Larnaca	0-0 (H)	1-2 (A)	L 1–2
Strømsgodset Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county , Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen.-History:Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes...	Europa League 3rd Qual. Round	Spain Atlético Madrid	1-2 (A)	0-2 (H)	L 1–4
Vålerenga	Europa League 2nd Qual. Round	Armenia Mika FC MIKA Mika Football Club , is an Armenian professional football club, playing in the capital, Yerevan.- History :It was originally founded as "Olimpia" in 1985. The club Kasakh Ashtarak is renamed in 1999 to Mika by the owner of Armavia Airlines, Mikhail Baghdasarov. Under the merger, the name of the...	1-0 (H)	1-0 (A)	W 2–0
	Europa League 3rd Qual. Round	|  Greece PAOK	0-2 (H)	0-3 (A)	L 0–5
Tromsø	Europa League 1st Qual. Round	Latvia Daugava Daugavpils	5-0 (A)	2-1 (H)	W 7–1
	Europa League 2nd Qual. Round	|  Hungary Paks	1-1 (A)	0-3 (H)	L 1–4
Aalesund	Europa League 1st Qual. Round	Wales Neath	4-1 (H)	2-0 (A)	W 6–1
	Europa League 2nd Qual. Round	|  Hungary Ferencváros	1-2 (A)	3-1 (aet) (H)	W 4–3
	Europa League 3rd Qual. Round	|  Sweden Elfsborg IF Elfsborg IF Elfsborg is a Swedish football club located in Borås. The club has won five national championship titles, the latest in 2006, and two national cup titles. Currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Elfsborg is based at Borås Arena...	4-0 (H)	1-1 (A)	W 5–1
	Europa League Play Off Round	|  Netherlands AZ Alkmaar	2-1 (H)	0-6 (A)	L 2–7

* For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed

** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed