2019 Eliteserien


The 2019 Eliteserien was the 75th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was third season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen.
The season began on 30 March and was scheduled to end 30 November 2019, not including play-off matches, but due to Rosenborg competing in the Europa League the final matchday was moved to 1 December. Fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on 19 December 2018. Rosenborg were the defending champions. Viking and Mjøndalen joined as the promoted clubs from the 2018 1. divisjon. They replaced Sandefjord and Start who were relegated to the 2019 1. divisjon.
Molde won their fourth title, with two matches to spare following a 4–0 home win against Strømsgodset on 10 November 2019.

Overview

Summary

On 10 November, Molde were confirmed as Eliteserien champions following their 4–0 home win against Strømsgodset in the 28th round. They won their fourth title.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon. The promoted teams were Viking and Mjøndalen, returning to the top flight after an absence of one and three years respectively. They replaced Sandefjord and Start.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationArenaTurfCapacity
Bodø/Glimt24BodøAspmyra StadionArtificial5,635
Brann62BergenBrann StadionNatural17,049
Haugesund13HaugesundHaugesund StadionNatural8,754
Kristiansund3KristiansundKristiansund StadionArtificial4,444
Lillestrøm56LillestrømÅråsen StadionNatural11,500
Mjøndalen20MjøndalenConsto ArenaArtificial4,200
Molde43MoldeAker StadionArtificial11,249
Odd38SkienSkagerak ArenaArtificial11,767
Ranheim9TrondheimExtra ArenaArtificial3,000
Rosenborg56TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,421
Sarpsborg 088SarpsborgSarpsborg StadionArtificial8,022
Stabæk23BærumNadderud StadionNatural4,938
Strømsgodset32DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial8,935
Tromsø32TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial6,687
Viking69StavangerViking StadionArtificial15,900
Vålerenga59OsloIntility ArenaArtificial16,555

League table


Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Lillestrøm takes part in a two-legged play-off against Start, the winners of the 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2020 Eliteserien.
''Lillestrøm lost on the away goals rule after 5–5 on aggregate and were relegated to 1. divisjon.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoalsGamesAverage
1

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 55
  • *Molde
  • Most red cards: 4
  • *Vålerenga