2021 Toppserien

The 2021 Toppserien was the 38th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season started on 22 May 2021 and ended on 13 November 2021.

Toppserien

Season	2021
Dates	22 May 2021 – 13 November 2021
Champions	Sandviken
Relegated	Klepp
Champions League	Sandviken Rosenborg
Matches played	90
Goals scored	303 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emilie Haavi (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Sandviken 8–0 Klepp (7 November 2021)
Biggest away win	Arna-Bjørnar 0–8 Vålerenga (17 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Vålerenga 5–3 Avaldsnes (22 May 2021) Rosenborg 7–1 Arna-Bjørnar (9 October 2021) Arna-Bjørnar 0–8 Vålerenga (17 October 2021) Sandviken 8–0 Klepp (7 November 2021)
← 2020 2022 →

Sandviken won their first Toppserien title. Rosenborg were the runners-up.

Format

The league consists of 10 teams this season, which will play each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches per team.

Teams

Avaldsnes

Klepp

Rosenborg

LSK Kvinner

Bergen

Bergen region teams:
Arna-Bjørnar
Sandviken

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Kolbotn
Lyn
Stabæk
Vålerenga

Locations of teams in the 2021 Toppserien

Teams information

Team	Home city	Home ground	Seasons
Arna-Bjørnar	Indre Arna (Bergen)	Arna Idrettspark	20
Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes Idrettssenter	9
Klepp	Kleppe	Klepp Stadion	35
Kolbotn	Kolbotn	Sofiemyr Stadion	27
LSK Kvinner	Lillestrøm	LSK-Hallen	35
Lyn	Oslo	Kringsjå kunstgress	4
Rosenborg	Trondheim	Koteng Arena	35
Sandviken	Bergen	Stemmemyren	28
Stabæk	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion	12
Vålerenga	Oslo	Intility Arena	10

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sandviken (C)	18	17	1	0	50	6	+44	52	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Rosenborg	18	16	0	2	42	15	+27	48
3	LSK Kvinner	18	12	1	5	46	32	+14	37
4	Vålerenga	18	11	2	5	46	17	+29	35
5	Arna-Bjørnar	18	6	3	9	27	44	−17	21
6	Kolbotn	18	6	2	10	21	31	−10	20
7	Stabæk	18	5	2	11	15	36	−21	17
8	Avaldsnes	18	3	3	12	25	35	−10	12
9	Lyn (O)	18	3	3	12	19	34	−15	12	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Klepp (R)	18	2	1	15	12	53	−41	7	Relegation to First Division

Source: Soccerway
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

Results

Home \ Away	ARN	AVA	KLE	KOL	LSK	LYN	ROS	SAN	STA	VAL
Arna-Bjørnar	—	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–4	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–8
Avaldsnes	1–3	—	3–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Klepp	4–1	0–4	—	1–2	1–5	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–3
Kolbotn	1–0	2–2	3–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–2
LSK Kvinner	5–2	4–3	2–0	5–2	—	3–2	0–3	0–2	4–0	1–1
Lyn	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	—	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–1
Rosenborg	7–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	—	0–2	2–0	2–1
Sandviken	4–0	3–0	8–0	1–0	4–1	5–0	2–0	—	3–0	3–0
Stabæk	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–5	1–2	—	0–5
Vålerenga	2–0	5–3	7–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The league's ninth placed team, Lyn, faced Åsane, the 2021 First Division runners-up, in a two-legged play-off to decide who would play in the 2022 Toppserien.^[1]

17 November 2021

13:00 CET

Lyn	2–1	Åsane
Aahjem 4' Olsen 54'	Report	Vestbøstad 89'

Kringsjå Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 123

Referee: Henrikke Holm Nervik

21 November 2021

13:00 CET

Åsane	0–1	Lyn
	Report	Tandberg 13'

Åsane Arena, Bergen

Attendance: 514

Referee: Karoline Marie Jensen

Lyn won 3–1 on aggregate and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Emilie Haavi	LSK Kvinner	13
2	Synne Jensen	Vålerenga	11
	Lisa-Marie Utland	Rosenborg
4	Julie Blakstad	Rosenborg	10
	Maria Brochmann	Sandviken
6	Sophie Romàn Haug	LSK Kvinner	9
	Dejana Stefanović	Vålerenga
8	Sara Kanutte Fornes	Rosenborg	7
	Marit Bratberg Lund	Sandviken
10	Vilde Hasund	Sandviken	6

Disciplinary

Players

Updated to matches played on 26 June 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Yellow Card	Red Card	Points[3]
1	Sara Lindbak Hørte	Kolbotn	2	0	2
	Ingeborg Lye Skretting	Klepp
	Olaug Tvedten	Avaldsnes
	Dejana Stefanović	Vålerenga

Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points.

Club

Updated to matches played on 26 June 2021

Rank	Club	Yellow Card	Red Card	Points
1	Kolbotn	6	0	6
	LSK Kvinner
3	Avaldsnes	4		4
	Klepp
5	Arna-Bjørnar	3		3
	Sandviken
	Vålerenga
8	Lyn	2		2
	Rosenborg
	Stabæk

Points classification: Yellow card = 1 point, Red card = 3 points

Awards

Best XI[4]
Goalkeeper	Moa Edrud (Arna-Bjørnar)
Defenders	Ingrid Ryland (Sandviken)			Guro Bergsvand (Sandviken)			Emilie Bragstad (Rosenborg)			Marit Bratberg Lund (Sandviken)
Midfielders	Lisa Naalsund (Sandviken)				Emilie Joramo (Rosenborg)				Dejana Stefanović (Vålerenga)
Forwards	Julie Blakstad (Rosenborg)				Sophie Román Haug (LSK Kvinner)				Emilie Haavi (LSK Kvinner)