2024 Eliteserien

The 2024 Eliteserien was the 80th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was the eighth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen.

Eliteserien

Season	2024
Dates	31 March – 1 December
Champions	Bodø/Glimt 4th title
Relegated	Lillestrøm Odd
Champions League	Bodø/Glimt Brann
Europa League	Fredrikstad
Conference League	Viking Rosenborg
Matches played	240
Goals scored	681 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristian Eriksen (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Bodø/Glimt 6–0 Sarpsborg (24 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Sarpsborg 1–7 HamKam (16 May 2024)
Highest scoring	Sarpsborg 1–7 HamKam (16 May 2024) Molde 5–3 Tromsø (28 September 2024)
Longest winning run	7 matches Brann
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Fredrikstad
Longest winless run	11 matches Lillestrøm
Longest losing run	6 matches Lillestrøm
Highest attendance	21,426 Rosenborg - KFUM (16 May 2024) Rosenborg - Molde (1 September 2024) Rosenborg - Brann (20 October 2024)
Lowest attendance	0[a] Rosenborg - Lillestrøm (21 August 2024)
Average attendance	6,907
← 2023 2025 →

The season started on 31 March 2024 and ended on 1 December 2024, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Bodø/Glimt are the defending champions. Fredrikstad, KFUM and Kristiansund joined as the promoted clubs from the 2023 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, who were relegated to the 2024 Norwegian First Division.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Fredrikstad, KFUM and Kristiansund. Kristiansund and Fredrikstad were promoted after respectively 1 and 11 seasons absent, while KFUM were promoted for the first time in their history. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, ending their top flight spells of 22 years, 1 year and 2 years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Kristiansund

Bodø/Glimt

Brann

Fredrikstad

HamKam

Haugesund

KFUM

Lillestrøm

Molde

Odd

Rosenborg

Sandefjord

Sarpsborg

Strømsgodset

Tromsø

Viking

Locations of the teams in the 2024 Eliteserien

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Bodø/Glimt	29	Bodø	Nordland	Aspmyra Stadion	Artificial	8,300
Brann	66	Bergen	Vestland	Brann Stadion	Natural	16,750
Fredrikstad	43	Fredrikstad	Østfold	Fredrikstad Stadion	Artificial	12,560
HamKam	25	Hamar	Innlandet	Briskeby Stadion	Artificial	7,800
Haugesund	18	Haugesund	Rogaland	Haugesund Arena	Natural	8,754
KFUM	1	Oslo	Oslo	KFUM Arena[b]	Artificial	3,300
Kristiansund	7	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	Kristiansund Stadion[c]	Artificial	4,444
Lillestrøm	60	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen Stadion	Natural	11,500
Molde	48	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249
Odd	43	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Rosenborg	61	Trondheim	Trøndelag	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,421
Sandefjord	12	Sandefjord	Vestfold	Sandefjord Arena	Artificial	6,582
Sarpsborg	13	Sarpsborg	Østfold	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	8,022
Strømsgodset	37	Drammen	Buskerud	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	36	Tromsø	Troms	Romssa Arena	Artificial	6,687
Viking	74	Stavanger	Rogaland	Viking Stadion	Artificial	15,900

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor(s)
				Main	Other
Bodø/Glimt	Kjetil Knutsen	Patrick Berg[d]	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge	List Front: Action Now, Elkem Back: The Quartz Corp, MOT Sleeves: Bodø Energi / Elkem (in UEFA matches) Shorts: Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner, LæreriNord Socks: Coop Norge
Brann	Eirik Horneland	Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest	List Front: Eviny, BOB BBL Back: FotMob, MOT Sleeves: REMA 1000 Shorts: Lerøy, EGD Holding Socks: Tide
Fredrikstad	Andreas Hagen	Júlíus Magnússon	Craft	OBOS	List Front: Terje Høili, Stene Stål Gjenvinning Back: Europris Sleeves: Værste AS Shorts: Unger Fabrikker, McDonald's Socks: Toyota Østfold
HamKam	Jakob Michelsen	Fredrik Sjølstad	Puma	OBOS	List Front: CC Hamar, Eidsiva Energi Back: SpareBank 1 Østlandet Sleeves: Pepsi Shorts: Norsk Tipping, AJ Produkter Socks: None
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan	Egil Selvik	Umbro	Haugaland Kraft	List Front: DeepOcean, Haugesund Sparebank Back: AutoStore System, Mær enn tri poeng Sleeves: Wee.no Shorts: PURO Hotels, Coop Norge Socks: Volkswagen
KFUM	Johannes Moesgaard [no]	Robin Rasch [no]	Hummel	OBOS	List Front: Kiwi Minipris Back: Arctic Asset Management Sleeves: Intility Shorts: Nord West Eiendom, R Utemiljø Socks: Nettavisen
Kristiansund	Amund Skiri	Dan Peter Ulvestad	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nordmøre	List Front: Coop Norge, Lerøy Back: Slatlem, MOT Sleeves: FG Eiendom Shorts: Olivita Kapsler, Alti Storkaia Socks: Nordmøre Energiverk
Lillestrøm	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	Ruben Gabrielsen[3]	Puma	Romerike Sparebank	List Front: Åråsen Eiendom, Advokatfirmaet Nicolaisen Back: Coop Norge, MOT Sleeves: Creative Heads AS Shorts: Åkrene Mek. Verksted, AJ Produkter Socks: Romerikes Blad
Molde	Erling Moe	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Adidas[4]	Sparebanken Møre	List Front: Wenaas Back: Brunvoll, MOT Sleeves: Istad Shorts: BDO Global Socks: Stiftelsen VI
Odd	Knut Rønningene	Steffen Hagen	Hummel	Skagerak Energi	List Front: SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge, Aider Konsern Back: Kirkens Bymisjon Sleeves: None Shorts: ABB Socks: None
Rosenborg	Alfred Johansson	Markus Henriksen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN	List Front: Scandic Hotels Back: Coop Norge, MOT Sleeves: SalMar Shorts: Adresseavisen Socks: Vintervoll
Sandefjord	Hans Erik Ødegaard Andreas Tegström	Filip Ottosson	Macron	Jotun	List Front: SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge, BDO Global Back: Harmonie Norge, Fotballstiftelsen Sleeves: iteam AS Shorts: Color Line Socks: None
Sarpsborg	Christian Michelsen	Jo Inge Berget	Hummel	Borregaard	List Front: Assist Consulting AS, Pretec Group Back: Frigaard Gruppen, Lions Clubs International Sleeves: Økonomi-deler Shorts: DNB, Flexi Regnskap Socks: None
Strømsgodset	Jørgen Isnes	Gustav Valsvik	Puma	Sparebanken Øst	List Front: Kiwi Minipris, Å Energi Back: H-vinduet Fjerdingstad, Blått hjerte Sleeves: Quality Hotel River Station Shorts: ARBO Entreprenør Socks: None
Tromsø	Jørgen Vik Gard Holme [no]	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Select	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge	List Front: Consto, Harila Bilforhandler Back: Ishavskraft, MOT Sleeves: Explo Energidrikk Shorts: Extra (Coop), C&M Brannsikring Socks: Kræmer
Viking	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen	Zlatko Tripić	Diadora	Lyse	List Front: OBOS, SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge Back: Bouvet, Kraft og Kjærlighet Sleeves: NiceMobil Shorts: Coop Norge, BDO Global Socks: Coop Norge

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	3 December 2023	Pre-season	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	3 December 2023[5]
Rosenborg	Svein Maalen (caretaker)		14 December 2023		Alfred Johansson	14 December 2023[6]
Lillestrøm	Eirik Bakke (caretaker)		21 December 2023		Andreas Georgson	21 December 2023[7]
Odd	Pål Arne Johansen	Signed by Häcken	27 December 2023[8]		Kenneth Dokken	16 January 2024[9]
Tromsø	Gaute Helstrup	Signed by Bodø/Glimt	2 January 2024[10]		Jørgen Vik Gard Holme	8 January 2024[11][12]
Haugesund	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Mutual consent	10 May 2024	13th	Sancheev Manoharan	10 May 2024[13][14]
Sarpsborg	Stefan Billborn		23 June 2024[15]	15th	Christian Michelsen	25 June 2024[16]
Fredrikstad	Mikkjal Thomassen	Signed by AIK	15 July 2024	5th	Andreas Hagen	15 July 2024[17]
Lillestrøm	Andreas Georgson	Signed by Manchester United	26 July 2024	8th	Robin Asterhed	26 July 2024[18]
	Robin Asterhed	Moved to assistant coach	23 August 2024	13th	David Nielsen	23 August 2024[19]
	David Nielsen	Mutual consent	30 September 2024	16th	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	30 September 2024[20]
Odd	Kenneth Dokken	Sacked	13 November 2024	16th	Knut Rønningene	13 November 2024[21]

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	30	18	8	4	71	31	+40	62	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Brann	30	17	8	5	55	33	+22	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Viking	30	16	9	5	61	39	+22	57	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rosenborg	30	16	5	9	52	39	+13	53
5	Molde	30	15	7	8	64	36	+28	52
6	Fredrikstad	30	14	9	7	39	35	+4	51	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[e]
7	Strømsgodset	30	10	8	12	32	40	−8	38
8	KFUM	30	9	10	11	35	36	−1	37
9	Sarpsborg	30	10	7	13	43	55	−12	37
10	Sandefjord	30	9	7	14	41	46	−5	34
11	Kristiansund	30	8	10	12	32	45	−13	34
12	HamKam	30	8	9	13	34	39	−5	33
13	Tromsø	30	9	6	15	34	44	−10	33
14	Haugesund (O)	30	9	6	15	29	46	−17	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Lillestrøm (R)	30	7	3	20	33	63	−30	24	Relegation to First Division
16	Odd (R)	30	5	8	17	26	54	−28	23

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
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 goals scored.^[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Positions 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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Bodø/Glimt	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Brann	2	6	6	5	5	3	2	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Viking	7	9	9	11	9	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Rosenborg	3	5	3	3	4	9	6	7	10	8	8	10	8	11	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4
Molde	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5
Fredrikstad	14	7	7	9	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
Strømsgodset	16	12	5	4	3	5	7	10	7	6	6	6	6	6	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	7	7	7
KFUM	8	13	13	9	10	7	9	5	6	7	7	8	10	8	6	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Sarpsborg	12	15	14	16	13	10	11	14	13	14	14	15	13	12	13	11	9	9	11	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	9
Sandefjord	14	16	16	15	16	14	10	13	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	9	10
Kristiansund	5	3	10	6	7	8	8	11	9	11	9	9	7	10	7	7	6	7	9	10	11	8	8	9	8	10	11	12	10	11
HamKam	8	14	15	14	15	15	16	12	8	10	12	11	11	9	11	12	12	10	8	8	9	10	9	8	9	8	8	9	12	12
Tromsø	13	10	11	13	14	16	14	15	14	12	13	14	14	15	14	15	16	13	12	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13
Haugesund	6	11	4	7	11	12	12	9	11	9	10	12	12	13	12	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Lillestrøm	10	4	12	8	8	11	13	7	12	13	11	7	9	7	10	9	10	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Odd	11	7	7	12	12	13	15	16	16	15	15	13	15	16	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and Champions League play off round
	Champions League second qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2025 Norwegian First Division

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	FRE	HAM	HAU	KFU	KRI	LIL	MOL	ODD	ROS	SAN	SAR	STR	TRO	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	5–1	2–2	3–0	4–2	2–2	4–0	5–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	6–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Brann	4–1	—	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	4–0	1–1
Fredrikstad	0–2	0–4	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	3–2
HamKam	1–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–2	0–2	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–3
Haugesund	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0
KFUM	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–2
Kristiansund	2–4	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	—	2–1	0–4	0–0	0–4	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Lillestrøm	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–4
Molde	3–3	2–1	6–1	3–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	—	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–4	4–0	5–3	2–2
Odd	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–4	—	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–3
Rosenborg	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Sandefjord	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	—	4–1	2–2	1–2	0–3
Sarpsborg	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–7	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	2–1	—	1–3	2–1	1–2
Strømsgodset	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–1
Tromsø	0–0	2–4	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	4–0	3–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	—	2–2
Viking	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–4	1–0	3–3	4–2	3–2	1–0	5–2	2–1	—

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Main article: 2024 Eliteserien Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien faced the winners of the First Division promotion play-offs over two legs to decide who would play in Eliteserien next season.

5 December 2024

18:30 CET

Moss	0–0	Haugesund
	Report

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 2,557

Referee: Tore Hansen

8 December 2024

14:30 CET

Haugesund	2–0	Moss
Håpnes 24' (o.g.) Liseth 34'	Report

Haugesund Sparebank Arena, Haugesund

Attendance: 5,851

Referee: Rohit Saggi

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[23]
1	Kristian Eriksen	Molde	14
2	Kasper Høgh	Bodø/Glimt	12
	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	Viking
	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Molde
5	Aune Heggebø	Brann	11
6	Morten Bjørlo	Fredrikstad	10
	Ola Brynhildsen	Molde
	Johannes Nuñez	KFUM
	Ole Sæter	Rosenborg
	Zlatko Tripić	Viking

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[24]
1	Jonathan Fischer	Fredrikstad	13
2	Nikita Haikin	Bodø/Glimt	12
3	Mathias Dyngeland	Brann	11
4	Per Kristian Bråtveit	Strømsgodset	9
	Jakob Haugaard	Tromsø
6	Egil Selvik	Haugesund	8
	Sander Tangvik	Rosenborg
8	Albert Posiadała	Molde	7
	Emil Ødegaard	KFUM
10	Marcus Sandberg	HamKam	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Henrik Meister 4	Sarpsborg	Rosenborg	4–1 (H)	12 July 2024
Sverre Nypan	Rosenborg	Lillestrøm	4–0 (H)	21 August 2024
Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	Viking	Sandefjord	3–2 (H)	2 November 2024

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 8^[23]
  • Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (Rosenborg)

• Most red cards: 2^[23]
  • Haitam Aleesami (KFUM)
  • Stian Kristiansen (Sandefjord)
  • Fredrik Sjølstad (HamKam)
  • Vá (Lillestrøm)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 60^[25]
  • Haugesund

• Fewest yellow cards: 29^[25]
  • Bodø/Glimt

• Most red cards: 4^[26]
  • HamKam

• Fewest red cards: 0^[26]
  • Kristiansund
  • Molde
  • Rosenborg
  • Sarpsborg
  • Strømsgodset

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	236,378	16,750	14,230	15,759	+3.7%†
2	Rosenborg	207,236	21,426	0[a]	13,816	−2.0%†
3	Viking	185,465	15,900	10,024	12,364	−4.3%†
4	Fredrikstad	127,350	12,504	5,578	8,490	+75.1%1
5	Lillestrøm	110,554	9,731	5,918	7,370	−1.8%†
6	Molde	107,632	10,746	5,753	7,175	+7.4%†
7	Bodø/Glimt	99,595	8,257	5,415	6,640	−3.5%†
8	Sarpsborg	76,621	8,022	3,897	5,108	+3.6%†
9	Haugesund	74,441	7,620	3,615	4,963	−0.4%†
10	Strømsgodset	74,121	6,206	4,207	4,941	−9.1%†
11	Odd	70,974	6,325	3,781	4,732	−8.3%†
12	Tromsø	68,981	6,991	3,637	4,599	−5.1%†
13	HamKam	61,941	6,218	2,508	4,129	−1.0%†
14	Sandefjord	59,777	6,598	3,115	3,985	+3.0%†
15	Kristiansund	53,944	4,309	3,108	3,596	+10.8%1
16	KFUM	42,764	4,018	1,764	2,851	+161.8%1
	League total	1,657,774	21,426	0[a]	6,907	−4.6%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

Notes

1. The round 15 fixture between Rosenborg and Lillestrøm was abandoned due to fan protests against VAR. The game was stopped multiple times by fans throwing objects onto the pitch, as part of nationwide fan protests against VAR and its implementation in Eliteserien. After objects were thrown a fourth time referee Rohit Saggi decided to abandon the match. The teams were forced by NFF to replay the match without spectators.
2. KFUM played some home games at Intility Arena.
3. Kristiansund played some home games at Aker Stadion.
4. Bodø/Glimt play with a captaincy team who decide between themselves who will be the captain on a game-by-game basis, Patrick Berg is the most common choice. The full team consists of Ulrik Saltnes, Jostein Gundersen, Sondre Sørli, Patrick Berg, Sondre Brunstad Fet, Jens Petter Hauge and Brede Moe.^[2]
5. Fredrikstad qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2024 Norwegian Football Cup.