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.

Toppserien
Season2008
ChampionsRøa
3rd title
RelegatedLarvik
Fart
Matches played132
Goals scored492 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Kristy Moore
(20 goals)
← 2007
2009 →

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.

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 Qualification for the Women's Champions League round of 32
2 Team Strømmen 22 14 4 4 44 22 +22 46 Qualification for the 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 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.

Results
Home \ Away 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
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
  • Larvik and Fart were relegated to the First Division.
  • Sandviken and Fortuna Ålesund were promoted from the First Division.

References
  1. "Lister Toppserien 2008". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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