2024_Eliteserien

2024 Eliteserien

80th season of top-tier football league in Norway

The 2024 Eliteserien is the 80th season of top-tier football in Norway. This is the eighth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Eliteserien
Season	2024
Dates	31 March – 1 December
Matches played	33
Goals scored	76 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristian Eriksen Ole Sæter Aune Heggebø Thomas Lehne Olsen (3 goals)
Biggest home win	Molde 4–0 Strømsgodset (1 April 2024)
Biggest away win	Lillestrøm 0–5 Bodø/Glimt (14 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Tromsø 2–4 Brann (1 April 2024)
Longest winning run	3 matches Molde Bodø/Glimt Strømsgodset
Longest unbeaten run	4 matches Bodø/Glimt
Longest winless run	5 matches HamKam
Longest losing run	4 matches HamKam
Highest attendance	16,287 Brann - Fredrikstad (7 April 2024)
Lowest attendance	2,943 KFUM Oslo - Strømsgodset (16 April 2024)
Average attendance	8,020
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 21 April 2024.

The season started on 31 March 2024 and is scheduled to end on 1 December 2024, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Bodø/Glimt are the defending champions. Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund joined as the promoted clubs from the 2023 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, who were relegated to the 2024 Norwegian First Division.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund. Kristiansund were promoted after a season's absence, Fredrikstad were promoted after 11 seasons absent and KFUM Oslo were promoted for the first time in history from this season. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, ending their top flight spells of 22 years, 1 year and 2 years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Oslo

Østfold

Oslo region teams:
KFUM Oslo
Lillestrøm

Østfold teams:
Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg

Locations of the teams in the 2024 Eliteserien

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

More information Team, Ap. ...

Team	Ap.	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Bodø/Glimt	29	Bodø	Nordland	Aspmyra	Artificial	8,300
Brann	66	Bergen	Vestland	Brann Stadion	Natural	16,750
Fredrikstad	43	Fredrikstad	Østfold	Fredrikstad Stadion	Artificial	12,560
HamKam	25	Hamar	Innlandet	Briskeby	Artificial	7,800
Haugesund	18	Haugesund	Rogaland	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	Natural	8,754
KFUM Oslo	1	Oslo	Oslo	KFUM Arena	Artificial	1,500 (~3300 planned)^[2]
Kristiansund	6	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	Kristiansund Stadion	Artificial	4,444
Lillestrøm	60	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen	Natural	11,500
Molde	48	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249
Odd	43	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Rosenborg	61	Trondheim	Trøndelag	Lerkendal	Natural	21,421
Sandefjord	12	Sandefjord	Vestfold	Jotun Arena	Artificial	6,582
Sarpsborg	12	Sarpsborg	Østfold	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	8,022
Strømsgodset	37	Drammen	Buskerud	Marienlyst	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	36	Tromsø	Troms	Romssa Arena	Artificial	6,687
Viking	74	Stavanger	Rogaland	SR-Bank Arena	Artificial	15,900

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager(s) ...

Team	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bodø/Glimt	Kjetil Knutsen	Patrick Berg	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann	Eirik Horneland	Sivert Heltne Nilsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Fredrikstad	Mikkjal Thomassen	Simen Rafn	Craft	OBOS [no]
HamKam	Jakob Michelsen	Fredrik Sjølstad	Puma	OBOS
Haugesund	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Egil Selvik	Umbro	Haugaland Kraft
KFUM Oslo	Johannes Moesgaard [no]	Robin Rasch [no]	Hummel	OBOS
Kristiansund	Amund Skiri	Dan Peter Ulvestad	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nordmøre
Lillestrøm	Andreas Georgson	Gjermund Åsen^[3]	Puma	DNB
Molde	Erling Moe	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Adidas^[4]	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Kenneth Dokken	Steffen Hagen	Hummel	Skagerak Energi
Rosenborg	Alfred Johansson	Markus Henriksen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Hans Erik Ødegaard Andreas Tegström	Filip Ottosson [no]	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg	Stefan Billborn	Jo Inge Berget	Hummel	Borregaard
Strømsgodset	Jørgen Isnes	Gustav Valsvik	Puma	Sparebanken Øst
Tromsø	Jørgen Vik [no] Gard Holme [no]	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Select	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen	Zlatko Tripić	Diadora	Lyse

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	3 December 2023	Pre-season	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	3 December 2023^[5]
Rosenborg	Svein Maalen (caretaker)		14 December 2023		Alfred Johansson	14 December 2023^[6]
Lillestrøm	Eirik Bakke (caretaker)		21 December 2023		Andreas Georgson	21 December 2023^[7]
Odd	Pål Arne Johansen	Signed by Häcken	27 December 2023^[8]		Kenneth Dokken	16 January 2024^[9]
Tromsø	Gaute Helstrup	Signed by Bodø/Glimt	2 January 2024^[10]		Jørgen Vik Gard Holme	8 January 2024^[11]^[12]

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	10	Qualification for the Champions League play off round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Molde	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	10	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Brann	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	10	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rosenborg	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9
5	Strømsgodset	4	3	0	1	5	5	0	9
6	Kristiansund	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
7	Odd	5	2	1	2	6	7	−1	7
8	Haugesund	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
9	Lillestrøm	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	6
10	Fredrikstad	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
11	KFUM Oslo	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
12	Viking	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
13	Sandefjord	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
14	Sarpsborg	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	HamKam	5	0	1	4	1	5	−4	1	Relegation to First Division
16	Tromsø	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0	Relegation to First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.^[13]
Notes:

As of 17 March 2024, Eliteserien is ranked 14th in the UEFA coefficients. Should this remain the case after the 2024 UEFA knockout phases have concluded, the league winner will instead enter in the playoff round.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Bodø/Glimt ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4
Team ╲ Round
Bodø/Glimt	3	2	1	1
Molde	1	1	2	2
Rosenborg	3	5	3	3
Strømsgodset	16	11	5	4
Brann	2	6	6	5
Kristiansund	5	3	10	6
Haugesund	6	10	4	7
Lillestrøm	10	4	11	8
Fredrikstad	14	7	7	9
KFUM Oslo	8	12	12	9
Viking	7	9	9	11
Odd	11	7	7	12
Sandefjord	14	15	13	13
Sarpsborg	12	15	13	14
HamKam	8	13	15	15
Tromsø	13	14	16	16

	Leader and Champions League second qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2025 Norwegian First Division

Source: nifs.no

Results

More information Home \ Away, BOD ...

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	FRE	HAM	HAU	KFU	KRI	LIL	MOL	ODD	ROS	SAN	SAR	STR	TRO	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—								1–1							1–0
Brann		—	0–2	1–0						2–0
Fredrikstad	0–2		—										2–2
HamKam				—					0–1					0–1
Haugesund					—			0–2			1–3
KFUM Oslo				1–1		—								1–3
Kristiansund						1–1	—								1–0
Lillestrøm	0–5						2–3	—
Molde							2–0		—	1–2	a			4–0
Odd					1–2					—		2–2
Rosenborg				1–0					a		—	2–0
Sandefjord								0–1				—
Sarpsborg						0–2				0–1			—
Strømsgodset											1–0			—
Tromsø		2–4			0–1										—
Viking		1–1	1–1										1–0			—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien will face the winners of the First Division promotion play-offs over two legs to decide who will play in Eliteserien next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 April 2024

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[14]
1	Kristian Eriksen	Molde	3
	Ole Sæter	Rosenborg
	Aune Heggebø	Brann
	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Lillestrøm
5	10 players		2

Clean sheets

As of 21 April 2024

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[15]
1	Jacob Karlstrøm	Molde	3
1	Nikita Haikin	Bodø/Glimt	3
3	Mads Hedenstad Christiansen	Lillestrøm	2
	Mathias Dyngeland	Brann
	Per Kristian Bråtveit	Strømsgodset
6	8 players		1

League attendances

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	46,659	16,287	14,808	15,553	+2.3%^†
2	Viking	43,430	15,900	12,521	14,477	+12.0%^†
3	Rosenborg	25,883	14,605	11,278	12,942	−8.2%^†
4	Fredrikstad	23,195	12,504	10,691	11,598	+139.1%¹
5	Lillestrøm	17,801	9,457	8,344	8,901	+18.6%^†
6	Molde	21,766	8,810	5,753	7,255	+8.6%^†
7	Bodø/Glimt	13,711	7,127	6,584	6,856	−0.4%^†
8	Strømsgodset	6,206	6,206	6,206	6,206	+14.2%^†
9	Haugesund	12,157	7,134	5,023	6,079	+22.0%^†
10	Odd	11,038	5,649	5,389	5,519	+7.0%^†
11	Sarpsborg	9,022	4,749	4,273	4,511	−8.5%^†
12	Tromsø	8,921	4,890	4,031	4,461	−7.9%^†
13	Sandefjord	4,089	4,089	4,089	4,089	+5.7%^†
14	KFUM Oslo	6,961	4,018	2,943	3,481	+219.7%¹
15	HamKam	6,929	3,822	3,107	3,465	−16.9%^†
14	Kristiansund	6,888	3,549	3,339	3,444	+6.1%¹
	League total	264,656	16,287	2,943	8,020	+10.8%^†

Updated to games played on 21 April
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

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