Eliteserien records and statistics


The top tier of Norwegian football has existed as a one-league top flight since 1963. The league was renamed Eliteserien for the start of the 2017 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Norwegian top flight since 1963.

League records

Titles

Wins

Defeats

Draws

Attendances

These figures do not take into account the 2020 and 2021 seasons, when many matches had an attendance of zero due to public health measures adopted to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

Goals

  • Most goals scored in a season: 103, Bodø/Glimt
  • Fewest goals scored in a season : 23, joint record:
  • *Start
  • *Aalesund
  • Fewest goals scored in a season : 21, Start
  • Fewest goals scored in a season : 10, joint record:
  • *Pors
  • *Mjølner
  • Most goals conceded in a season: 85, Aalesund
  • Most goals conceded in a season : 59, Djerv 1919
  • Most goals conceded in a season : 57, Sandefjord BK
  • Fewest goals conceded in a season : 20, Rosenborg
  • Best goal difference in a season: 71, Bodø/Glimt
  • Most goals scored in a season by a relegated team: 41, joint record:
  • *Tromsø
  • *Brann
  • Most goals scored at home in a season: 59, Bodø/Glimt
  • Fewest goals scored at home in a season : 10, Stabæk
  • Most goals conceded at home in a season : 36, Mjøndalen
  • Most goals conceded at home in a season : 38, Sogndal
  • Fewest goals conceded at home in a season : 6, Brann
  • Most goals scored away in a season : 44, Rosenborg
  • Most goals scored away in a season : 44, Bodø/Glimt
  • Fewest goals scored away in a season : 8, joint record:
  • *Sandefjord
  • *Start
  • Most goals conceded away in a season : 41, joint record:
  • *Hønefoss
  • *Stabæk
  • Fewest goals conceded away in a season : 10, joint record:
  • *Molde
  • *Rosenborg
  • Most goals scored in total: 2,773, Rosenborg
  • Most goals conceded in total: 1,880, Brann

Points

  • Most points in a season: 81, Bodø/Glimt
  • Most points in a season : 63, Rosenborg
  • Most points in a season : 52, Lillestrøm
  • Most points in a season : 36, Lillestrøm
  • Most points in a season : 28, Lyn
  • Fewest points in a season : 11, Aalesund
  • Fewest points in a season : 11, Start
  • Fewest points in a season : 12, joint record:
  • *Djerv 1919
  • *Moss
  • Fewest points in a season : 5, Os
  • Fewest points in a season : 2, Sandefjord BK
  • Most points in a season without winning the league: 62, joint record:
  • *Rosenborg
  • *Molde
  • Fewest points in a season while winning the league : 58, Molde
  • Fewest points in a season while winning the league : 46, Vålerenga
  • Most points in a season while being relegated:
  • * 30 games: 34, Fredrikstad
  • * 26 games: 29, joint record:
  • **Moss
  • **Odd Grenland
  • Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation : 22, Start

Player records

Appearances

RankPlayerYearsApps
1

Goals

RankNameGoalsGamesGoals per gamePlaying positionFirst goalLast goal
1

Disciplinary

Goalkeepers

  • Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 730 minutes, Sondre Rossbach

Youngest goalscorers

This is a list of the top 10 youngest players to score a goal in Eliteserien.
PlayerDateTeamAgeOpposition
1Martin Ødegaard16 May 2014Strømsgodset15 years, 151 daysSarpsborg 08
2Håkon Lorentzen10 November 2013Brann16 years, 100 daysTromsø
3Kristoffer Ajer21 April 2014Start16 years, 164 daysSarpsborg 08
4Kjetil Sigurdsen14 September 1986Bryne16 years, 207 daysTromsø
5Mikkel Bro Hansen12 September 2025Bodø/Glimt16 years, 230 daysKBK
6Sander Svendsen21 April 2014Molde16 years, 259 daysSarpsborg 08
7Ohi Omoijuanfo7 November 2010Lillestrøm16 years, 300 daysStrømsgodset
8Kjetil Rekdal15 September 1985Molde16 years, 313 daysBryne
9Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen2 May 1999Bodø/Glimt16 years, 314 daysBrann
10Benjamin Thoresen Faraas14 August 2022HamKam16 years, 340 daysVålerenga

Match records

Scorelines

All-time Eliteserien table

The all-time Eliteserien table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Eliteserien since the start of a one-league top flight in the 1961–62 season. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2025 Eliteserien. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.
Pos.ClubWinDrawLoss1st2nd3rdRelegatedBest
Pos.
1Rosenborg5814487793383312926171012162675267521
2Viking581432613374445229019333572213721031
3Brann54134054831347921391992147195737471
4Molde461192564258370208616374491950511351
5Lillestrøm49125452732340419881622366190347321
6Vålerenga51127448831347319671861106177453561
7Tromsø3695635423436813381397−5912962432
8Strømsgodset3692835420836614771513−36127022351
9Start3793232221839213511505−1541184217101
10Bodø/Glimt2977431818527113561188168113945141
11Odd2979831218230411811223−4211172242
12Stabæk267282831762691156110254102511441
13Fredrikstad27618237149232942926168605162
14Lyn27614228147239962977−1583123471
15Haugesund18528186124218735797−62682123
16HamKam24564181137246712891−179680183
17Moss19442153102187622701−795611141
18Kongsvinger1842415490180600700−1005541222
19Aalesund16464146106212591786−19554454
20Skeid1940614980177569643−7452711151
21Sogndal18468124124220566830−26449686
22Bryne1739013396161561614−53495222
23Sarpsborg 0813390125108157537620−83483113
24Mjøndalen1740612790189489634−145471272
25Sandefjord Fotball123528677189435642−20733548
26Kristiansund7210735978298324−2627815
27Sarpsborg FK111206714986253295−42262223
28Frigg9178605167235298−6323134
29Steinkjer7124452950203209−6164132
30Hødd6120282567146240−9410938
31Eik Tønsberg496282048126184−5810425
32Hønefoss39020294192151−5989213
33Sandnes Ulf390212445107167−6087113
34Fyllingen36617193065106−417027
35Ranheim26019122979105−266917
36Sandefjord BK36617103964131−676117
37Raufoss36211153659117−584829
38Lisleby2481282864100−364419
39KFUM130910113536−13708
40Strindheim2489102954114−6037212
41Mjølner24479283383−5030212
42Strømmen24469293980−4127211
43Ørn Horten13073204591−4624114
44Jerv13055203069−3920116
45Greåker13048183575−4020115
46Haugar12221282038−1818111
47Gjøvik-Lyn211851122947−1816110
48Vard Haugesund12229112136−1515112
49Djerv 191912234151759−4213112
50Larvik Turn13034233590−5513116
51Pors11831141046−3610110
52Os12205171550−355112

League at the beginning of 2025:
Eliteserien
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division or lower

LeadersYearsSeasons
Brann1961–19632
Lyn1964–19718
Fredrikstad1972–19743
Viking1975–199117
Rosenborg1992–Present33

Managers