2006 in Norwegian football

The 2006 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	2006
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Strømsgodset
2. divisjon	Notodden (Group 1) Skeid (Group 2) Mandalskameratene (Group 3) Raufoss (Group 4)
Cupen	Fredrikstad
Women's football
Toppserien	Kolbotn
1. divisjon	Asker
Cupen	Røa
← 2005 2007 →

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Stabæk Sandefjord	Aalesund Bodø/Glimt
1. divisjon	Sarpsborg Sparta Manglerud Star Haugesund Tromsdalen	Mandalskameratene Skeid Tønsberg Alta
2. divisjon	Korsvoll Vålerenga 2 HamKam 2 Åmot Stabæk 2 Start 2 Kopervik Askøy Kristiansund KIL/Hemne Steigen Hammerfest	Mercantile Kvik Halden Fram Larvik Træff Frigg FF Lillehammer Egersund Hovding Brann 2 Lyngen/Karnes Lofoten Innstranden

Tippeligaen

Main article: 2006 Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	15	8	3	47	24	+23	53	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brann	26	14	4	8	39	36	+3	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3	Vålerenga	26	13	5	8	43	28	+15	44
4	Lillestrøm	26	12	8	6	44	33	+11	44
5	Stabæk	26	10	9	7	53	36	+17	39
6	Start	26	10	7	9	29	32	−3	37
7	Lyn	26	10	5	11	33	36	−3	35
8	Fredrikstad	26	8	8	10	38	46	−8	32	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b]
9	Sandefjord	26	9	5	12	37	47	−10	32
10	Tromsø	26	8	5	13	33	39	−6	29
11	Viking	26	8	5	13	31	37	−6	29
12	Odd Grenland (O)	26	7	8	11	30	38	−8	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Ham-Kam (R)	26	7	7	12	35	39	−4	28	Relegation to First Division
14	Molde (R)	26	7	4	15	29	50	−21	25

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lillestrøm qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.^[1]
2. Fredrikstad qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round after winning the Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon

Main article: 2006 1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C, P)	30	20	5	5	68	36	+32	65	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Aalesund (P)	30	17	9	4	71	35	+36	60
3	Bryne	30	14	10	6	52	44	+8	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs[a]
4	Hønefoss	30	15	6	9	64	47	+17	51
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	14	7	9	65	49	+16	49
6	Sogndal	30	11	11	8	43	41	+2	44
7	Kongsvinger	30	11	10	9	39	42	−3	43
8	Moss	30	11	7	12	61	46	+15	40
9	Haugesund	30	11	5	14	40	37	+3	38
10	Sparta Sarpsborg	30	11	6	13	44	56	−12	37[b]
11	Løv-Ham	30	8	11	11	38	40	−2	35
12	Tromsdalen	30	8	11	11	48	52	−4	35
13	Pors Grenland (R)	30	10	5	15	51	65	−14	35	Relegation to Second Division
14	Manglerud Star (R)	30	7	7	16	47	79	−32	28
15	Follo (R)	30	6	7	17	46	76	−30	25
16	Hødd (R)	30	4	7	19	29	61	−32	19

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The third-placed team in the first division and the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen meet in a playoff at the end of the season.
2. Sparta Sarpsborg have been deducted 2 points.

2. divisjon

Main article: 2006 2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notodden (P)	26	16	10	0	66	26	+40	58	Promotion to First Division
2	Bærum	26	17	5	4	60	28	+32	56
3	Lørenskog	26	17	3	6	78	36	+42	54
4	FK Tønsberg	26	14	8	4	61	26	+35	50
5	Sprint/Jeløy	26	12	7	7	50	40	+10	43
6	Drøbak/Frogn	26	10	6	10	59	47	+12	36
7	Stabæk 2	26	9	5	12	48	39	+9	32
8	Sarpsborg	26	9	4	13	45	61	−16	31
9	Odd Grenland 2	26	9	3	14	46	64	−18	30
10	Vålerenga 2	26	8	4	14	44	61	−17	28
11	Åmot	26	8	3	15	33	59	−26	27
12	Tollnes (R)	26	7	5	14	31	59	−28	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Ørn-Horten (R)	26	5	6	15	33	77	−44	21
14	Årdal (R)	26	5	3	18	38	69	−31	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Skeid (P)	26	20	3	3	67	23	+44	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Groruddalen	26	16	7	3	73	39	+34	55
3	Ranheim	26	13	6	7	63	40	+23	45
4	Rosenborg 2	26	13	3	10	60	47	+13	42
5	Strindheim	26	12	4	10	53	48	+5	40
6	Byåsen	26	12	2	12	65	48	+17	38
7	Kristiansund	26	11	5	10	44	33	+11	38
8	Korsvoll	26	11	3	12	58	59	−1	36
9	Steinkjer	26	11	3	12	56	59	−3	36
10	Kjelsås	26	10	3	13	36	55	−19	33
11	Molde 2 (R)	26	10	1	15	42	65	−23	31	Relegation to Third Division
12	Levanger	26	7	8	11	48	50	−2	29
13	Kolstad (R)	26	6	3	17	47	84	−37	21	Relegation to Third Division
14	KIL/Hemne (R)	26	3	3	20	29	91	−62	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mandalskameratene (P)	26	20	3	3	75	24	+51	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Sandnes Ulf	26	15	7	4	50	32	+18	52
3	Vard Haugesund	26	14	4	8	62	39	+23	46
4	Fyllingen	26	13	6	7	46	38	+8	45
5	Start 2	26	12	5	9	59	50	+9	41
6	Ålgård	26	11	5	10	48	51	−3	38
7	Flekkerøy	26	11	4	11	50	45	+5	37
8	Fana	26	11	3	12	54	57	−3	36
9	Viking 2	26	11	2	13	46	54	−8	35
10	Åsane	26	8	3	15	37	47	−10	27
11	Askøy	26	8	3	15	36	62	−26	27
12	Kopervik (R)	26	6	6	14	42	54	−12	24	Relegation to Third Division
13	Stord Sunnhordland[a] (R)	26	7	4	15	33	55	−22	23
14	Klepp (R)	26	4	7	15	20	50	−30	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Stord Sunnhordland was docked two points for using two non-eligible players.

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raufoss (P)	26	17	6	3	72	38	+34	57	Promotion to First Division
2	Alta	26	16	6	4	75	36	+39	54
3	Nybergsund	26	15	8	3	63	30	+33	53
4	Eidsvold Turn	26	14	6	6	55	33	+22	48
5	Mo	26	12	3	11	60	48	+12	39
6	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	10	9	7	45	43	+2	39
7	Harstad	26	10	3	13	47	54	−7	33
8	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	5	12	47	48	−1	32
9	Ham-Kam 2 (R)	26	10	2	14	40	49	−9	32	Relegation to Third Division
10	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	9	4	13	55	69	−14	31
11	Hammerfest	26	8	5	13	35	50	−15	29
12	Skarp	26	9	2	15	46	73	−27	29
13	Brumunddal (R)	26	7	5	14	45	58	−13	26	Relegation to Third Division
14	Steigen (R)	26	3	2	21	33	89	−56	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Main article: 2006 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2006 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 2006 Norwegian Football Cup final

12 November 2006

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Fredrikstad	3–0	Sandefjord
Ramberg 5' Piiroja 37', 43'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,102

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Nordstrand)

Women's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Arna-Bjørnar Amazon Grimstad	Asker Kattem
1. divisjon	Haugar Manglerud Star	Byåsen Kaupanger

Toppserien

Main article: 2006 Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kolbotn (C)	18	13	3	2	76	17	+59	42	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Trondheims-Ørn	18	13	3	2	47	10	+37	42
3	Røa	18	12	3	3	69	24	+45	39
4	Team Strømmen	18	12	2	4	47	25	+22	38
5	Arna-Bjørnar	18	11	2	5	60	26	+34	35
6	Amazon Grimstad	18	7	2	9	42	32	+10	23
7	Fløya	18	4	2	12	24	57	−33	14
8	Sandviken	18	4	1	13	25	63	−38	13
9	Klepp (O)	18	3	2	13	17	61	−44	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Liungen (R)	18	1	0	17	10	102	−92	3

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon

Main article: 2006 1. divisjon (women)

Norwegian Women's Cup

Main article: 2006 Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

• Røa 3–2 Asker^[2]

Men's UEFA competitions

Champions League

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mladá Boleslav	5–3	Vålerenga	3–1	2–2

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup first qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Glentoran	0–2	Brann	0–1	0–1
Skála	0–4	Start	0–1	0–3
Lyn Oslo	1–1 (a)	Flora Tallinn	1–1	0–0

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Start	1–1 (11–10 p)	Drogheda United	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Brann	4–4 (a)	Åtvidaberg	3–3	1–1
Molde	2–1	Skonto	0–0	2–1

First round

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	0–2	Rangers	0–0	0–2
Start	2–9	Ajax	2–5	0–4

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second round

Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lillestrøm	6–3	Keflavík	4–1	2–2

Third round

Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Newcastle United	4–1	Lillestrøm	1–1	3–0

UEFA Women's Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup

Second qualifying round

Group 2

2006 in Norwegian football

Tournament details
Teams	43
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (1st title)
Runners-up	Umeå
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Julie Fleeting (9 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The UEFA Women's Cup 2006–07 was the sixth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League). 43 teams from 42 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 8 and 18 August 2006. The tournament ended with Arsenal of England emerging out as the winners in the final after a 1–0 aggregate win over Umeå of Sweden; this was the first time a British club had claimed the trophy and the last until Arsenal won again in 2025.^[3][4][5][6]

Teams

Second qualifying round
Frankfurt (TH)	Turbine Potsdam (CH)	Arsenal (CH)	Umeå (CH)
Brøndby (CH)	Kolbotn (CH)	Sparta Praha (CH)
First qualifying round
Espanyol (CH)	Breiðablik (CH)	Rapide Wezemaal (CH)	Rossiyanka (CH)
Neulengbach (CH)	Juvisy (CH)	Alma (CH)	Universitet Vitebsk (CH)
Zuchwil (CH)	Fiammamonza (CH)	Maccabi Holon (CH)	Saestum (CH)
ZNK-SFK 2000 (CH)	Femina (CH)	AZS Wrocław (CH)	1° Dezembro (CH)
NSA Sofia (CH)	Lehenda (CH)	Hibernian Ladies (CH)	Cardiff City (CW)
PAOK (CH)	Gintra Universitetas (CH)	Pomurje (CH)	CFF Clujana (CH)
HJK (CH)	Slovan Duslo Sala (CH)	Mašinac Classic Niš (CH)	Narta Chişinău (CH)
KÍ Klaksvík (CH)	Skiponjat (CH)	Gömrükçü Baku (CH)	Dundalk (CW)
Maksimir (CH)	Pärnu JK (CH)	Newtownabbey Strikers (CH)	AEK Kokkinochorion (CH)

First qualifying round

Group A1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAE	CAR	MAK	DUN
1	Saestum	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	7–0	6–1
2	Cardiff City	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6			0–2	—	–	2–0
3	Maksimir (H)	3	1	0	2	10	10	0	3			–	2–3	—	–
4	Dundalk	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0			–	–	0–8	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	JUV	HIB	KIK
1	Espanyol	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	–	7–0
2	Juvisy	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	6			0–1	—	–	6–0
3	Hibernian (H)	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3			1–4	0–6	—	–
4	KÍ Klaksvík	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0			–	–	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	NEU	DEZ	NEW
1	Breiðablik	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	–	7–0
2	Neulengbach (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6			0–3	—	–	5–1
3	1.º de Dezembro	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3			0–4	0–3	—	–
4	Newtownabbey Strikers	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0			–	–	1–7	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HJK	WRO	ZUC	SKI
1	HJK	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	–	7–0
2	AZS Wrocław	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4			0–1	—	–	4–1
3	Zuchwil	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4			0–2	2–2	—	–
4	Skiponjat (H)	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0			–	–	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UVI	FIA	SAR	GUN
1	Universitet Vitebsk	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6	Advance to second qualifying round		—	1–0	–	1–0
2	Fiammamonza	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6			–	—	–	3–0
3	SFK Sarajevo	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4			1–0	0–1	—	–
4	Gintra-Universitetas (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1			–	–	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WEZ	MCN	POM	PAR
1	Rapide Wezemaal	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	6–1	5–0	–
2	Mašinac Classic Niš	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	6			–	—	3–2	6–1
3	Pomurje (H)	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3			–	–	—	7–1
4	Pärnu JK	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0			0–7	–	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	ALM	SDŠ	CLU
1	Rossiyanka	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	–	7–0
2	Alma	3	2	0	1	11	9	+2	6			2–5	—	5–2	–
3	Slovan Šaľa (H)	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	3			1–6	–	—	–
4	Clujana Cluj-Napoca	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0			–	2–4	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LCH	MHO	PAOK	KOK
1	Lehenda (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	5–0	4–0
2	Maccabi Holon	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4			0–3	—	1–1	–
3	PAOK	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4			–	–	—	5–2
4	AEK Kokkinochorion	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0			–	0–5	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Group A9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEM	NSA	NCH	GBA
1	Femina	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	7–0	–
2	NSA Sofia (H)	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6			0–1	—	–	7–0
3	Narta Chişinău	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3			–	1–3	—	–
4	Gömrükçü Baku	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0			1–7	–	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF^[3]
(H) Hosts

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Kolbotn (a)	2	2	4
	Frankfurt	1	3	4
							Kolbotn	1	0	1
							Umeå	5	6	11
	Saestum	1	2	3
	Umeå	6	5	11
													Umeå	0	0	0
													Arsenal	1	0	1
	Brøndby	3	1	4
	Turbine Potsdam	0	2	2
							Brøndby	2	0	2
							Arsenal	2	3	5
	Breiðablik	0	1	1
	Arsenal	5	4	9

Top goalscorers

(excluding qualifying rounds)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Hanna Ljungberg	Umeå	7
2	Marta	Umeå	6
3	Kelly Smith	Arsenal	5

References

1. "Lillestrøm klare for UEFA-cupen". dagbladet.no. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. "Norway – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
3. Stokkermans, Karel (26 June 2008). "UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2006/07". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
4. Tony Leighton (2007-04-29). "Arsenal boss hails Uefa Cup win". The BBC. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
5. "Two fingers, a kicked chair & a Euro dream ruined". Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
6. Reporter, Kit Shepard, Women's Football (22 May 2025). "Vic Akers: How Wenger's kit man conquered Europe with Arsenal women". www.thetimes.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• 2006–07 season at UEFA website
• UEFA Women's Cup results at RSSSF

Matches

Kolbotn 4–2 RCD Espanyol
Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv 1–2 Kolbotn
Kolbotn 1–2 Umeå IK