2020 Toppserien
Season | 2020 |
---|---|
Dates | 3 July 2020 – 6 December 2020 |
Champions | Vålerenga |
Relegated | Røa |
UEFA Women's Champions League | |
Matches played | 90 |
Goals scored | 251 (2.79 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ajara Nchout (10 goals) |
Biggest home win | Vålerenga 7–0 Klepp (27 September 2020) |
Biggest away win | Røa 1–5 Lillestrøm (17 July 2020) |
Highest scoring | Vålerenga 7–0 Klepp (27 September 2020) Avalsdnes 5–2 Lyn (4 July 2020) |
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 6 December 2020. |
The 2020 Toppserien was the 34th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season was to start initially on 21 March 2020 but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed. It finally commenced on 3 July 2020 and ended on 6 December 2020.[1] This season featured just 10 teams.
Vålerenga won their first Toppserien title on goal difference after finishing second the previous season.
Format
[edit]The league consisted of 10 teams this season, which played each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches for a team.
Teams
[edit]Teams information
[edit]Team | Home city | Home ground | Seasons |
---|---|---|---|
Arna-Bjørnar | Indre Arna (Bergen) | Arna Idrettspark | 19 |
Avaldsnes | Avaldsnes | Avaldsnes Idrettssenter | 8 |
Klepp | Kleppe | Klepp Stadion | 34 |
Kolbotn | Kolbotn | Sofiemyr | 26 |
LSK Kvinner | Lillestrøm | LSK-Hallen | 34 |
Lyn | Oslo | Kringsjå kunstgress | 3 |
Røa | Oslo | Røa kunstgress | 21 |
Rosenborg | Trondheim | Koteng Arena | 34 |
Sandviken | Bergen | Stemmemyren | 27 |
Vålerenga | Oslo | Intility Arena | 9 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vålerenga (C) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
2 | Rosenborg | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 38 | |
3 | Avaldsnes | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 34 | |
4 | Sandviken | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 30 | |
5 | LSK Kvinner | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 29 | |
6 | Lyn | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 21 | |
7 | Klepp | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 18 | |
8 | Arna-Bjørnar | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 17 | |
9 | Kolbotn (O) | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
10 | Røa (R) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 12 | Relegation to First Division |
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
[edit]Matches
[edit]Positions by round
[edit]Leader / Champions League | |
Champions League | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 1.divisjon |
Relegation play-offs
[edit]The league's ninth placed team, Kolbotn, faced Medkila, the 2020 1. divisjon runners-up, in a two-legged play-off to decide who will play in the 2021 Toppserien.
1st leg
[edit]Note- This match was played before the final round of matches as Kolbotn had played theirs a week earlier.
2nd leg
[edit]Kolbotn won 6–2 on aggregate and both teams remained in their respective leagues.
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Vålerenga | 10 |
2 | ![]() | Rosenborg | 9 |
![]() | Lyn | ||
4 | ![]() | LSK Kvinner | 8 |
![]() | Avaldsnes | ||
6 | ![]() | Avaldsnes | 7 |
![]() | Rosenborg | ||
![]() | Vålerenga | ||
9 | ![]() | Sandviken | 6 |
![]() | Rosenborg |
Disciplinary
[edit]Players
[edit]Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020
Rank | Player | Club | Yellow Card | Red Card | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Avaldsnes | 3 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | Lyn | ||||
3 | ![]() | Vålerenga | 5 | 0 | 5 |
![]() | Røa | ||||
![]() | Lyn | ||||
![]() | Røa | ||||
![]() | Røa |
Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points.
Club
[edit]Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020
Rank | Club | Yellow Card | Red Card | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lyn | 28 | 1 | 31 |
2 | Arna-Bjørnar | 25 | 28 | |
3 | Røa | 27 | 0 | 27 |
4 | Vålerenga | 22 | 1 | 25 |
5 | Avaldsnes | 19 | 22 | |
6 | Kolbotn | 20 | 0 | 20 |
7 | Rosenborg | 13 | 1 | 16 |
8 | Sandviken | 10 | 0 | 10 |
LSK Kvinner | ||||
Klepp |
Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points
Awards
[edit]Award [4] | Winner | ||
---|---|---|---|
Best Player Award | ![]() | LSK Kvinner | |
Top Scorer | ![]() | Vålerenga | |
Best Goalkeeper | ![]() | Arna-Bjørnar |
Best XI[4] | ||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | ![]() | |||||||||||
Defenders | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||||
Midfielders | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||||
Forwards | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Norwegian Toppserien season 2020". Beyond90.com. 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Toppserien 2020" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "2020 Toppserien topscorer" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ a b "2020 Toppserien statistikk". Toppserien.no (in Norwegian). 17 December 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- 2020 Toppserien at Soccerway.com
- 2020 Toppserien at Worldfootball.net