2006 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	2006
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Strømsgodset
2. divisjon	Notodden (Group 1); Skeid (Group 2); Mandalskameratene (Group 3); Raufoss (Group 4)
Cupen	Fredrikstad
Women's football
Toppserien	Kolbotn
1. divisjon	Asker
Cupen	Røa

The 2006 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football[edit]

League season[edit]

Promotion and relegation[edit]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Stabæk Sandefjord	Aalesund Bodø/Glimt
1. divisjon	Sarpsborg Sparta Manglerud Star Haugesund Tromsdalen	Mandalskameratene Skeid Tønsberg Alta
2. divisjon	Korsvoll Vålerenga 2 HamKam 2 Åmot Stabæk 2 Start 2 Kopervik Askøy Kristiansund KIL/Hemne Steigen Hammerfest	Mercantile Kvik Halden Fram Larvik Træff Frigg FF Lillehammer Egersund Hovding Brann 2 Lyngen/Karnes Lofoten Innstranden

Tippeligaen[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	15	8	3	47	24	+23	53	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brann	26	14	4	8	39	36	+3	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
3	Vålerenga	26	13	5	8	43	28	+15	44
4	Lillestrøm	26	12	8	6	44	33	+11	44
5	Stabæk	26	10	9	7	53	36	+17	39
6	Start	26	10	7	9	29	32	−3	37
7	Lyn	26	10	5	11	33	36	−3	35
8	Fredrikstad	26	8	8	10	38	46	−8	32	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[b]
9	Sandefjord	26	9	5	12	37	47	−10	32
10	Tromsø	26	8	5	13	33	39	−6	29
11	Viking	26	8	5	13	31	37	−6	29
12	Odd Grenland (O)	26	7	8	11	30	38	−8	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Ham-Kam (R)	26	7	7	12	35	39	−4	28	Relegation to First Division
14	Molde (R)	26	7	4	15	29	50	−21	25	Relegation to First Division

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lillestrøm qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.^[1]
^ Fredrikstad qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round after winning the Norwegian Cup.

1. divisjon[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C, P)	30	20	5	5	68	36	+32	65	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Aalesund (P)	30	17	9	4	71	35	+36	60	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Bryne	30	14	10	6	52	44	+8	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs^[a]
4	Hønefoss	30	15	6	9	64	47	+17	51
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	14	7	9	65	49	+16	49
6	Sogndal	30	11	11	8	43	41	+2	44
7	Kongsvinger	30	11	10	9	39	42	−3	43
8	Moss	30	11	7	12	61	46	+15	40
9	Haugesund	30	11	5	14	40	37	+3	38
10	Sarpsborg	30	11	6	13	44	56	−12	39
11	Løv-Ham	30	8	11	11	38	40	−2	35
12	Tromsdalen	30	8	11	11	48	52	−4	35
13	Pors Grenland (R)	30	10	5	15	51	65	−14	35	Relegation to Second Division
14	Manglerud Star (R)	30	7	7	16	47	79	−32	28
15	Follo (R)	30	6	7	17	46	76	−30	25
16	Hødd (R)	30	4	7	19	29	61	−32	19

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The third-placed team in the first division and the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen meet in a playoff at the end of the season.

2. divisjon[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notodden (P)	26	16	10	0	66	26	+40	58	Promotion to First Division
2	Bærum	26	17	5	4	60	28	+32	56
3	Lørenskog	26	17	3	6	78	36	+42	54
4	FK Tønsberg	26	14	8	4	61	26	+35	50
5	Sprint/Jeløy	26	12	7	7	50	40	+10	43
6	Drøbak/Frogn	26	10	6	10	59	47	+12	36
7	Stabæk 2	26	9	5	12	48	39	+9	32
8	Sarpsborg	26	9	4	13	45	61	−16	31
9	Odd Grenland 2	26	9	3	14	46	64	−18	30
10	Vålerenga 2	26	8	4	14	44	61	−17	28
11	Åmot	26	8	3	15	33	59	−26	27
12	Tollnes (R)	26	7	5	14	31	59	−28	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Ørn-Horten (R)	26	5	6	15	33	77	−44	21
14	Årdal (R)	26	5	3	18	38	69	−31	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Skeid (P)	26	20	3	3	67	23	+44	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Groruddalen	26	16	7	3	73	39	+34	55
3	Ranheim	26	13	6	7	63	40	+23	45
4	Rosenborg 2	26	13	3	10	60	47	+13	42
5	Strindheim	26	12	4	10	53	48	+5	40
6	Byåsen	26	12	2	12	65	48	+17	38
7	Kristiansund	26	11	5	10	44	33	+11	38
8	Korsvoll	26	11	3	12	58	59	−1	36
9	Steinkjer	26	11	3	12	56	59	−3	36
10	Kjelsås	26	10	3	13	36	55	−19	33
11	Molde 2 (R)	26	10	1	15	42	65	−23	31	Relegation to Third Division
12	Levanger	26	7	8	11	48	50	−2	29
13	Kolstad (R)	26	6	3	17	47	84	−37	21	Relegation to Third Division
14	KIL/Hemne (R)	26	3	3	20	29	91	−62	12	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mandalskameratene (P)	26	20	3	3	75	24	+51	63	Promotion to First Division
2	Sandnes Ulf	26	15	7	4	50	32	+18	52
3	Vard Haugesund	26	14	4	8	62	39	+23	46
4	Fyllingen	26	13	6	7	46	38	+8	45
5	Start 2	26	12	5	9	59	50	+9	41
6	Ålgård	26	11	5	10	48	51	−3	38
7	Flekkerøy	26	11	4	11	50	45	+5	37
8	Fana	26	11	3	12	54	57	−3	36
9	Viking 2	26	11	2	13	46	54	−8	35
10	Åsane	26	8	3	15	37	47	−10	27
11	Askøy	26	8	3	15	36	62	−26	27
12	Kopervik (R)	26	6	6	14	42	54	−12	24	Relegation to Third Division
13	Stord Sunnhordland^[a] (R)	26	7	4	15	33	55	−22	23
14	Klepp (R)	26	4	7	15	20	50	−30	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Stord Sunnhordland was docked two points for using two non-eligible players.[1]

Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raufoss (P)	26	17	6	3	72	38	+34	57	Promotion to First Division
2	Alta	26	16	6	4	75	36	+39	54
3	Nybergsund	26	15	8	3	63	30	+33	53
4	Eidsvold Turn	26	14	6	6	55	33	+22	48
5	Mo	26	12	3	11	60	48	+12	39
6	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	10	9	7	45	43	+2	39
7	Harstad	26	10	3	13	47	54	−7	33
8	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	5	12	47	48	−1	32
9	Ham-Kam 2 (R)	26	10	2	14	40	49	−9	32	Relegation to Third Division
10	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	9	4	13	55	69	−14	31
11	Hammerfest	26	8	5	13	35	50	−15	29
12	Skarp	26	9	2	15	46	73	−27	29
13	Brumunddal (R)	26	7	5	14	45	58	−13	26	Relegation to Third Division
14	Steigen (R)	26	3	2	21	33	89	−56	11	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon[edit]

Norwegian Cup[edit]

Final[edit]

12 November 2006

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Fredrikstad	3–0	Sandefjord
Ramberg 5' Piiroja 37', 43'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,102

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Nordstrand)

Women's football[edit]

League season[edit]

Promotion and relegation[edit]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Toppserien	Arna-Bjørnar Amazon Grimstad	Asker Kattem
1. divisjon	Haugar Manglerud Star	Byåsen Kaupanger

Toppserien[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kolbotn (C)	18	13	3	2	76	17	+59	42	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Trondheims-Ørn	18	13	3	2	47	10	+37	42
3	Røa	18	12	3	3	69	24	+45	39
4	Team Strømmen	18	12	2	4	47	25	+22	38
5	Arna-Bjørnar	18	11	2	5	60	26	+34	35
6	Amazon Grimstad	18	7	2	9	42	32	+10	23
7	Fløya	18	4	2	12	24	57	−33	14
8	Sandviken	18	4	1	13	25	63	−38	13
9	Klepp (O)	18	3	2	13	17	61	−44	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Liungen (R)	18	1	0	17	10	102	−92	3	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon[edit]

Norwegian Women's Cup[edit]

Final[edit]

Røa 3–2 Asker^[2]

Men's UEFA competitions[edit]

Champions League[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mladá Boleslav	5–3	Vålerenga	3–1	2–2

UEFA Cup[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

First qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Glentoran	0–2	Brann	0–1	0–1
Skála	0–4	Start	0–1	0–3
Lyn Oslo	1–1 (a)	Flora Tallinn	1–1	0–0

Second qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Start	1–1 (11–10 p)	Drogheda United	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Brann	4–4 (a)	Åtvidaberg	3–3	1–1
Molde	2–1	Skonto	0–0	2–1

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	0–2	Rangers	0–0	0–2
Start	2–9	Ajax	2–5	0–4

Intertoto Cup[edit]

Second round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lillestrøm	6–3	Keflavík	4–1	2–2

Third round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Newcastle United	4–1	Lillestrøm	1–1	3–0

UEFA Women's Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Umeå	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9
2	Kolbotn	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Espanyol	3	1	2	7	7	0	3
4	Lehenda	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Kolbotn 4–2 RCD Espanyol
Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv 1–2 Kolbotn
Kolbotn 1–2 Umeå IK

National teams[edit]

Norway men's national football team[edit]

UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[edit]

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	12	10	1	1	25	10	+15	31	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–4	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	5–0
2	Turkey	12	7	3	2	25	11	+14	24	Qualify for final tournament	0–1	—	2–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–0
3	Norway	12	7	2	3	27	11	+16	23		2–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	4–0	4–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	4	1	7	16	22	−6	13		0–4	3–2	0–2	—	0–1	1–3	1–0
5	Moldova	12	3	3	6	12	19	−7	12^[a]		0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	3–0	1–1
6	Hungary	12	4	0	8	11	22	−11	12^[a]		1–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	—	2–0
7	Malta	12	1	2	9	10	31	−21	5		0–1	2–2	1–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Moldova +1, Hungary −1.

Fixtures and results[edit]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Competition	Norway scorers
25 January	Monster Park, San Francisco (A)	Mexico	1–2 Report	Friendly	Ole Martin Årst
29 January	Home Depot Center, Carson (A)	United States	0–5 Report	Friendly
1 March	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar (A)	Senegal	1–2 Report	Friendly	Erik Hagen
24 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Paraguay	2–2 Report	Friendly	Frode Johnsen (2)
1 June	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	South Korea	0–0 Report	Friendly
16 August	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Brazil	1–1 Report	Friendly	Morten Gamst Pedersen
2 September	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest (A)	Hungary	4–1 Report	Euro Qualifier	Ole Gunnar Solskjær (2) Fredrik Strømstad Morten Gamst Pedersen
6 September	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (H)	Moldova	2–0 Report	Euro Qualifier	Fredrik Strømstad Steffen Iversen
7 October	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens (A)	Greece	0–1 Report	Euro Qualifier
15 November	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade (A)	Serbia	1–1 Report	Friendly	John Carew

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
N = Neutral site match

Norway women's national football team[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

^ "Lillestrøm klare for UEFA-cupen". dagbladet.no. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Norway – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Norway's score given first

[table_note_res_UC10.89808011050247-2] Lillestrøm qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.^[1]

[table_note_res_UC20.89808011050247-3] Fredrikstad qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round after winning the Norwegian Cup.

[table_note_res_PP0.50692741968992-4] The third-placed team in the first division and the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen meet in a playoff at the end of the season.

[table_note_STS0.44248850477975-5] Stord Sunnhordland was docked two points for using two non-eligible players.[1]

[table_hth_MDA0.43543496841352-7] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Moldova +1, Hungary −1.

[1] "Lillestrøm klare for UEFA-cupen". dagbladet.no. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[6] "Norway – List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[8] Norway's score given first

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