2018 Eliteserien

Eliteserien
Season 2018
Dates 11 March 2018 – 25 November 2018
Matches played 200
Goals scored 563 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Franck Boli
Marcus Pedersen
(14 goals)
Biggest home win Molde 5–0 Sandefjord
(11 March 2018)
Biggest away win Start 1–6 Vålerenga
(14 April 2018)
Highest scoring Start 1–6 Vålerenga
(14 April 2018)
Longest winning run Brann
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten run Brann
(14 games)
Longest winless run Sandefjord
(15 games)
Longest losing run Sandefjord
(8 games)
Highest attendance 21,201
Rosenborg 1–1 Ranheim
(5 May 2018)
Lowest attendance 1,393
Ranheim 1–1 Sandefjord
(19 August 2018)
Average attendance 5,886 Decrease 12.1%
← 2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 7 October 2018.

The 2018 Eliteserien is the 74th season of top-tier football in Norway.

The season began on 11 March and is scheduled to end 25 November 2018, not including play-off matches.[1] Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 19 December 2017.[2]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from OBOS-ligaen.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Arena Turf Capacity
Bodø/Glimt 23 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion Artificial 5,635
Brann 60 Bergen Brann Stadion Natural 17,686
Haugesund 12 Haugesund Haugesund Stadion Natural 8,754
Kristiansund 2 Kristiansund Kristiansund Stadion Artificial 4,277
Lillestrøm 54 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Natural 11,500
Molde 42 Molde Aker Stadion Artificial 11,249
Odd 37 Skien Skagerak Arena Artificial 11,767
Ranheim 9 Trondheim EXTRA Arena Artificial 3,000
Rosenborg 55 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,405
Sandefjord 22 Sandefjord Komplett Arena Natural 6,582
Sarpsborg 08 7 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion Artificial 6,833
Stabæk 22 Bærum Nadderud Stadion Natural 4,938
Start 37 Kristiansand Sør Arena Artificial 14,448
Strømsgodset 31 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Artificial 8,935
Tromsø 30 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial 6,801
Vålerenga 57 Oslo Intility Arena Artificial 17,233

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Bodø/Glimt Norway Kjetil Knutsen Norway Martin Bjørnbak Diadora Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Brann Norway Lars Arne Nilsen Netherlands Vito Wormgoor Nike Sparebanken Vest
Haugesund Norway Eirik Horneland Norway Christian Grindheim Macron Haugaland Kraft
Kristiansund Norway Christian Michelsen Norway Dan Peter Ulvestad Macron SpareBank 1 Nordvest
Lillestrøm Sweden Jörgen Lennartsson Norway Frode Kippe Legea DNB
Molde Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær Norway Ruben Gabrielsen Nike Sparebanken Møre
Odd Norway Dag-Eilev Fagermo Norway Steffen Hagen New Balance SpareBank 1 Telemark
Ranheim Norway Svein Maalen Norway Mads Reginiussen Umbro SpareBank 1 SMN
Rosenborg Netherlands Rini Coolen (interim) Denmark Mike Jensen Adidas SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord Spain Martí Cifuentes Norway Håvard Storbæk Macron Jotun
Sarpsborg 08 Norway Geir Bakke Denmark Patrick Mortensen Select Borregaard
Stabæk Norway Henning Berg Norway Andreas Hanche-Olsen Macron SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Start Norway Kjetil Rekdal Norway Simon Larsen Macron Sparebanken Sør
Strømsgodset Norway Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen Norway Jakob Glesnes Puma DNB
Tromsø Finland Simo Valakari Norway Simen Wangberg Select Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Vålerenga Norway Ronny Deila Norway Daniel Fredheim Holm Umbro DNB

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Start England Mick Priest (interim) End of caretaker spell 1 December 2017[3] Pre-season England Mark Dempsey 1 December 2017[4] Pre-season
Sandefjord Norway Lars Bohinen Signed by Aalesund 20 December 2017[5] Pre-season Sweden Magnus Powell 16 January 2018[6] Pre-season
Sandefjord Sweden Magnus Powell Sacked 25 April 2018[7] 12th Norway Geir Ludvig Fevang (interim) 27 April 2018 12th
Start England Mark Dempsey Sacked 18 May 2018[8] 16th Iceland Johannes Hardarson (interim) 19 May 2018 16th
Sandefjord Norway Geir Ludvig Fevang (interim) End of caretaker spell 31 May 2018[9] 16th Spain Martí Cifuentes 31 May 2018 16th
Start Iceland Johannes Hardarson (interim) End of caretaker spell 1 June 2018[10] 15th Norway Kjetil Rekdal 1 June 2018 15th
Strømsgodset Norway Tor Ole Skullerud Resigned 6 June 2018[11] 12th Norway Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen 7 June 2018[12] 12th
Lillestrøm Norway Arne Erlandsen Sacked 26 June 2018[13] 13th Norway Arild Sundgot (interim) 26 June 2018 13th
Stabæk Spain Antoni Ordinas Sacked 27 June 2018[14] 14th Norway Jan Peder Jalland (interim)
Norway Gaute Larsen (interim)		 28 June 2018[15] 14th
Stabæk Norway Jan Peder Jalland (interim)
Norway Gaute Larsen (interim)		 End of caretaker spell 4 July 2018[16] 14th Norway Henning Berg 4 July 2018[17] 14th
Lillestrøm Norway Arild Sundgot (interim) End of caretaker spell 13 July 2018 13th Sweden Jörgen Lennartsson 13 July 2018[18] 13th
Rosenborg Norway Kåre Ingebrigtsen Sacked 19 July 2018[19] 2nd Netherlands Rini Coolen (interim) 19 July 2018[20] 2nd

Transfers

Winter

Summer

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg 25 16 5 4 44 21 +23 53 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Brann 25 14 7 4 37 24 +13 49 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Molde 25 14 4 7 49 30 +19 46
4 Haugesund 25 13 5 7 37 28 +9 44
5 Ranheim 25 11 5 9 38 42 −4 38
6 Odd 25 10 7 8 37 29 +8 37
7 Vålerenga 25 10 7 8 36 38 −2 37
8 Kristiansund 25 9 7 9 37 36 +1 34
9 Tromsø 25 10 3 12 36 38 −2 33
10 Sarpsborg 08 25 9 5 11 39 35 +4 32
11 Bodø/Glimt 25 6 9 10 28 31 −3 27
12 Strømsgodset 25 6 8 11 38 39 −1 26
13 Lillestrøm 25 6 8 11 27 38 −11 26
14 Start 25 7 5 13 25 42 −17 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Stabæk 25 5 9 11 30 44 −14 24 Relegation to OBOS-ligaen
16 Sandefjord 25 2 10 13 25 48 −23 16
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), Soccerway
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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).[21]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Rosenborg12111286422222232222221111111
Brann4231111111111111111222222
Molde1112223366878643444544333
Haugesund5744964434554465333333444
Ranheim14956435543332334666455555
Odd101515111410868899101010101010109108676
Vålerenga6367377755666889997766767
Kristiansund11118111011111010101010999888989109108
Tromsø1589585689978755777810891089
Sarpsborg 0865237999774457765556778910
Bodø/Glimt361116161413141313141111121212121211111111111111
Strømsgodset8131395810111212131212111111111111121212121212
Lillestrøm13131613121315121111111313131313131314131315151313
Start24710141616161616151515151515151515151514141514
Stabæk8101415121512131414121414141414141413141413131415
Sandefjord161610141112141515151616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader / 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2019 OBOS-ligaen

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away BOD BRA HAU KRI LIL MOL ODD RAN ROS SND SRP SBK STA STM TRO VÅL
Bodø/Glimt — 2–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 0–1
Brann 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–0
Haugesund 1–0 1–3 — 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Kristiansund 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 5–1 0–1
Lillestrøm 1–1 1–1 — 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1
Molde 1–2 5–1 3–2 2–1 — 0–1 2–3 1–0 5–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–1
Odd 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 5–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–2
Ranheim 0–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 — 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–2
Rosenborg 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 — 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 3–0
Sandefjord 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Sarpsborg 08 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 — 4–2 4–0 0–1 2–3 3–0
Stabæk 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 1–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–1
Start 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–4 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 4–1 1–6
Strømsgodset 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 — 2–4
Tromsø 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 3–1 — 3–0
Vålerenga 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–4 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 7 October 2018

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals Games Average
1 Norway Marcus Pedersen Strømsgodset 14 22 0,64
Ivory Coast Franck Boli Stabæk 14 24 0,58
3 Liberia Sam Johnson Vålerenga 11 21 0,52
Norway Erling Braut Håland Molde 11 23 0,48
5 Norway Thomas Lehne Olsen Lillestrøm 10 24 0,42
6 Norway Mads Reginiussen Ranheim 9 22 0,41
Denmark Patrick Mortensen Sarpsborg 08 9 24 0,38
Norway Bendik Bye Kristiansund 9 25 0,36
Norway Steffen Lie Skålevik Brann 9 25 0,36
Norway Kristian Fardal Opseth Bodø/Glimt 9 25 0,36
11 Norway Michael Karlsen Ranheim 8 21 0,38
Ivory Coast Daouda Bamba Kristiansund/Brann 8 24 0,33
Norway Søderlund Rosenborg 8 25 0,32

Most assists

Rank Player Club Assists Games Average
1 Norway Gjermund Åsen Tromsø 9 18 0,50
2 Norway Birger Meling Rosenborg 7 23 0,30
Ghana Gilbert Koomson Brann 7 25 0,28
4 Norway Erling Knudtzon Lillestrøm 6 19 0,32
Norway Vegar Eggen Hedenstad Rosenborg 6 23 0,26
Norway Eirik Ulland Andersen Strømsgodset 6 24 0,25
Norway Alexander Stølås Haugesund 6 24 0,25
Kosovo Elbasan Rashani Odd 6 24 0,25
Nigeria David Akintola Haugesund 6 25 0,24
10 Norway Ole Jørgen Halvorsen Sarpsborg 08 5 19 0,26
Norway Martin Broberg Odd 5 20 0,25
Norway Håvard Storbæk Sandefjord 5 22 0,23
Norway Morten Gamst Pedersen Tromsø 5 23 0,22
Norway Kristoffer Løkberg Ranheim 5 23 0,22
Norway Stian Aasmundsen Kristiansund 5 24 0,21
Norway Eirik Hestad Molde 5 25 0,20

Hat tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Norway Marcus PedersenStrømsgodsetOdd3–0 (H)15 April 2018
Norway Erling Braut Håland4MoldeBrann4–0 (A)1 July 2018
Norway Bendik ByeKristiansundStrømsgodset3–2 (A)9 July 2018

4 Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Austria Samuel Şahin-Radlinger Brann 11
2 Norway André Hansen Rosenborg 10
3 Ghana Adam Larsen Kwarasey Vålerenga 9
4 Norway Per Kristian Bråtveit Haugesund 8
Sweden Andreas Linde Molde 8
6 Norway Sondre Rossbach Odd 6
7 Norway Aslak Falch Sarpsborg 08 5
Norway Gudmund Kongshavn Tromsø 5
9 Republic of Ireland Sean McDermott Kristiansund 4
Norway Espen Bugge Pettersen Strømsgodset 4
Germany Jonas Deumeland Start 4

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most red cards: 2[25]
    • Lillestrøm
    • Start
    • Vålerenga

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 213,286 21,201 13,668 16,407 −6.7%†
2 Brann 122,988 12,914 8,173 10,249 −13.6%†
3 Vålerenga 113,995 14,740 6,063 9,500 −2.1%†
4 Molde 91,898 9,444 6,218 7,069 −9.2%†
5 Strømsgodset 76,538 7,587 5,199 5,888 −6.1%†
6 Odd 70,980 6,761 4,466 5,460 −23.2%†
7 Lillestrøm 62,574 10,409 3,842 5,215 −7.4%†
8 Sarpsborg 08 65,412 6,149 4,365 5,032 +7.0%†
9 Start 59,667 10,419 3,068 4,590 +12.2%†
10 Haugesund 53,547 7,523 3,474 4,462 +0.2%†
11 Kristiansund 52,369 4,277 3,753 4,028 +5.3%†
12 Tromsø 45,584 5,214 2,908 3,799 +5.6%†
13 Stabæk 42,393 4,561 3,035 3,533 −10.8%†
14 Sandefjord 39,428 5,319 2,461 3,286 −18.1%†
15 Bodø/Glimt 41,372 4,731 2,615 3,182 +23.2%†
16 Ranheim 25,119 2,919 1,393 2,093 +202.5%†
League total 1,177,151 21,201 1,393 5,886 −12.1%†

Updated to games played on 7 October 2018
Source: nifs.no

References

  1. ↑ https://www.fotball.no/contentassets/2ff93e9eef834ce29aab48f7d908e4c7/hovedterminliste-menn-2018.pdf
  2. ↑ "Terminlisten er klar: Slik spilles Eliteserien 2018". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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  20. ↑ "Rosenborgs trenervikar ble spurt om å steppe inn torsdag morgen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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