2019 Toppserien

The 2019 Toppserien was the 36th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. LSK Kvinner entered the season as the defending champions.

Toppserien

Season	2019
Champions	LSK Kvinner
Relegated	Stabæk Fart
Matches played	132
Goals scored	403 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kennya Cordner (17 goals)
Biggest home win	LSK Kvinner 6–0 Lyn (11 May 2019)
Biggest away win	Fart 1–6 Klepp (16 November 2019)
Highest scoring	Sandviken 6–4 Avaldsnes (27 April 2019)
Total attendance	35,571
Average attendance	269 5.9%
← 2018 2020 →

Teams

Avaldsnes

Fart

Klepp

LSK Kvinner

Trondheims-Ørn

Bergen

Bergen region teams:
Arna-Bjørnar
Sandviken

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Kolbotn
Lyn
Røa
Stabæk
Vålerenga

Locations of teams in the 2019 Toppserien

Team	Home city	Home ground	In Toppserien since	First appearance	Seasons
Arna-Bjørnar	Ytre Arna (Bergen)	Arna Idrettspark	2006	2001	18
Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes Idrettssenter	2013	2013	7
Fart	Vang	Fartbana	2019	2008	3
Klepp	Kleppe (Stavanger)	Klepp Stadion	1987	1987	33
Kolbotn	Kolbotn (Oslo)	Sofiemyr	1995	1995	25
LSK Kvinner	Lillestrøm	LSK-Hallen	1987	1987	33
Lyn	Oslo	Kringsjå kunstgress	2018	2018	2
Røa	Røa (Oslo)	Røa kunstgress	2000	2000	20
Sandviken	Bergen	Stemmemyren	2015	1987	26
Stabæk	Bærum (Oslo)	Nadderud Stadion	2009	2009	11
Trondheims-Ørn	Trondheim	Koteng Arena	1987	1987	33
Vålerenga	Oslo	Intility Arena	2012	2012	8

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	LSK Kvinner (C)	22	15	5	2	51	18	+33	50	Qualification for the Champions League Round of 32
2	Vålerenga	22	14	4	4	41	24	+17	46	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
3	Klepp	22	14	2	6	48	19	+29	44
4	Sandviken	22	12	4	6	43	32	+11	40
5	Avaldsnes	22	9	7	6	40	33	+7	34
6	Røa	22	7	8	7	40	35	+5	29
7	Trondheims-Ørn	22	8	5	9	26	22	+4	29
8	Kolbotn	22	7	6	9	35	39	−4	27
9	Arna-Bjørnar	22	6	5	11	26	41	−15	23
10	Lyn (O)	22	4	8	10	23	37	−14	20	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Stabæk (R)	22	3	4	15	16	43	−27	13	Relegation to First Division
12	Fart (R)	22	2	4	16	14	60	−46	10

Source: Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian)^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
LSK Kvinner	2	4	3	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Vålerenga	3	3	1	2	1	1	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2
Klepp	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3
Sandviken	12	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Avaldsnes	10	8	7	9	10	9	10	9	10	9	7	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Røa	1	1	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Trondheims-Ørn	5	8	7	10	9	10	9	10	9	10	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	7	7
Kolbotn	9	11	10	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8
Arna-Bjørnar	5	6	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9
Lyn	5	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Stabæk	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Fart	5	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader / Champions League qualifying round
	Silver
	Bronze
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2020 1. divisjon

Source: nifs.no

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will this season be contested by the 10th placed team in Toppserien, Lyn, and the winner of the 1. divisjon, IF Fløya.

Fløya	0–5	Lyn
	Report	Linberg 22' Godø 39' Lillegård 51', 59' Eckhoff 85'

24 November 2019

16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Bardufoss storhall, Bardufoss

Attendance: 350

Referee: Marit Buhaug Folstad (Buvik)

Lyn	2–1	Fløya
Hasund 29' Huseby 66'	Report	Simonsen 50'

1 December 2019

12:00 CET (UTC+1)

Kringså kunstgress, Oslo

Attendance: 157

Referee: Sarah Fatemeh Zangeneh (Nordstrand)

Lyn won 7–1 on aggregate.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Kennya Cordner	Sandviken	17
2	Synne Jensen	Røa	16
3	Guro Reiten	LSK Kvinner	12
	Elise Thorsnes	LSK Kvinner
5	Maria Dybwad Brochmann	Sandviken	11
	Natasha Dowie	Vålerenga
	Ajara Nchout Njoya	Vålerenga
8	Runa Lillegård	Lyn	10
	Havana Solaun	Klepp
	Tameka Yallop	Klepp

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 5
  • Sherida Spitse (Vålerenga)
• Most red cards: 1
  • Aivi Luik (Avaldsnes)
  • Rikke Nygard (Arna-Bjørnar)
  • Maria Sørenes (Avaldsnes)
  • My Haugland Sørsdahl (Kolbotn)
  • Justine Vanhaevermaet (Røa)
  • Ina Lundereng Vårhus (Trondheims-Ørn)
  • Maruschka Waldus (Vålerenga)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 26
  • Røa
• Most red cards: 2
  • Avaldsnes