2003 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season2003
Men's football
TippeligaenRosenborg
1. divisjonHamKam
2. divisjonPors Grenland (Group 1)
Kongsvinger (Group 2)
Vard Haugesund (Group 3)
Tromsdalen (Group 4)
CupenRosenborg
Women's football
ToppserienTrondheims-Ørn
1. divisjonSandviken
CupenMedkila
← 2002 Norway 2004 →

The 2003 season was the 98th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

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League season

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Tippeligaen

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 26 19 4 3 68 28 +40 61 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Bodø/Glimt 26 14 5 7 45 30 +15 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Stabæk 26 11 9 6 51 35 +16 42
4 Odd Grenland 26 11 5 10 46 43 +3 38
5 Viking 26 9 10 7 46 34 +12 37
6 Brann 26 10 7 9 45 47 −2 37
7 Lillestrøm 26 10 7 9 33 35 −2 37
8 Sogndal 26 9 8 9 43 46 −3 35
9 Molde 26 9 4 13 32 41 −9 31
10 Lyn 26 8 6 12 34 45 −11 30
11 Tromsø 26 8 5 13 30 52 −22 29
12 Vålerenga (O) 26 6 10 10 30 33 −3 28 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Aalesund (R) 26 7 7 12 30 43 −13 28 Relegation to First Division
14 Bryne (R) 26 7 1 18 35 56 −21 22
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
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November 10: Sandefjord – Vålerenga 0–0

November 22: Vålerenga – Sandefjord 5–3 (agg. 5–3)

Vålerenga stay up.

Top scorers
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17 goals: Harald Martin Brattbakk, Rosenborg

15 goals: Frode Johnsen, Rosenborg

13 goals: Håvard Flo, Sogndal

11 goals: Magne Hoseth, Molde

Erik Nevland, Viking

10 goals: Edwin van Ankeren, Odd Grenland

Thomas Finstad, Stabæk

1. divisjon

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 HamKam (C, P) 30 19 6 5 60 29 +31 63 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Fredrikstad (P) 30 19 5 6 68 37 +31 62
3 Sandefjord 30 19 4 7 71 41 +30 61 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Raufoss 30 17 5 8 75 47 +28 56
5 Hønefoss BK 30 16 7 7 55 41 +14 55
6 Haugesund 30 13 10 7 53 42 +11 49
7 Mandalskameratene 30 14 7 9 57 51 +6 49
8 Skeid 30 13 6 11 46 47 −1 45
9 Start 30 12 4 14 53 50 +3 40
10 Strømsgodset 30 10 7 13 56 58 −2 37
11 Hødd 30 9 8 13 51 54 −3 35
12 Moss 30 8 11 11 34 39 −5 35
13 Bærum (R) 30 7 6 17 34 58 −24 27 Relegation to Second Division
14 Oslo Øst[a] (R) 30 5 7 18 36 67 −31 20
15 Ørn-Horten (R) 30 5 5 20 40 83 −43 20
16 Alta (R) 30 3 4 23 31 76 −45 13
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Oslo Øst were deducted a total 2 points.

2. divisjon

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Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pors Grenland 26 17 5 4 69 28 +41 56 Promotion to First Division
2 FK Tønsberg 26 12 10 4 57 35 +22 46
3 Kvik Halden 26 13 7 6 52 41 +11 46
4 Tollnes 26 11 9 6 53 45 +8 42
5 Larvik Fotball 26 11 6 9 45 28 +17 39
6 Frigg 26 10 9 7 46 43 +3 39
7 Kjelsås 26 8 9 9 32 36 −4 33
8 Stabæk 2 26 7 10 9 37 32 +5 31
9 Sprint-Jeløy 26 7 9 10 42 52 −10 30
10 Odd Grenland 2 26 8 6 12 38 54 −16 30
11 Follo 26 8 5 13 36 48 −12 29
12 Jerv (R) 26 6 8 12 40 59 −19 26 Relegation to Third Division
13 Borg Fotball (R) 26 5 9 12 35 56 −21 24
14 Runar (R) 26 5 6 15 35 60 −25 21
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated
Group 2
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kongsvinger (P) 26 22 4 0 62 23 +39 70 Promotion to First Division
2 Ullensaker/Kisa 26 22 0 4 72 24 +48 66
3 Nybergsund 26 16 7 3 74 30 +44 55
4 Byåsen 26 15 1 10 54 45 +9 46
5 Skjetten 26 14 3 9 65 43 +22 45
6 Lørenskog 26 11 2 13 48 56 −8 35
7 Eidsvold Turn 26 10 4 12 43 44 −1 34
8 Gjøvik-Lyn 26 9 6 11 56 50 +6 33
9 Lillestrøm 2 26 9 2 15 53 67 −14 29
10 Molde 2 26 7 6 13 50 53 −3 27
11 Mercantile 26 7 5 14 41 60 −19 26
12 FF Lillehammer (R) 26 7 3 16 36 66 −30 24 Relegation to Third Division
13 Averøykameratene (R) 26 7 3 16 33 68 −35 24
14 Clausenengen (R) 26 2 2 22 32 90 −58 8
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Group 3
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vard Haugesund (P) 26 21 1 4 91 27 +64 64 Promotion to First Division
2 Løv-Ham 26 18 2 6 69 31 +38 56
3 Åsane 26 15 3 8 69 41 +28 48
4 Hovding 26 14 3 9 55 33 +22 45
5 Fyllingen 26 11 5 10 61 56 +5 38
6 Brann 2 26 11 5 10 50 57 −7 38
7 Ålgård 26 12 0 14 53 64 −11 36
8 Viking 2 26 8 9 9 37 37 0 33
9 Klepp 26 9 5 12 51 47 +4 32
10 Vidar 26 10 1 15 29 71 −42 31
11 Fana 26 9 3 14 41 51 −10 30
12 Nest-Sotra (R) 26 8 5 13 40 48 −8 29 Relegation to Third Division
13 Skarbøvik (R) 26 8 1 17 39 68 −29 25
14 Langevåg (R) 26 5 3 18 18 72 −54 18
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Group 4
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tromsdalen (P) 26 21 2 3 75 21 +54 65 Promotion to First Division
2 Strindheim 26 18 5 3 98 33 +65 59
3 Levanger 26 15 5 6 83 36 +47 50
4 Rosenborg 2 26 14 2 10 65 49 +16 44
5 Mo 26 11 7 8 53 39 +14 40
6 Lofoten 26 12 4 10 41 46 −5 40
7 Nidelv 26 11 6 9 56 51 +5 39
8 Vesterålen 26 11 2 13 58 60 −2 35
9 Narvik 26 9 5 12 46 51 −5 32
10 Skarp 26 9 4 13 57 62 −5 31
11 Steinkjer 26 9 2 15 47 65 −18 29
12 Hammerfest (R) 26 9 2 15 43 75 −32 29 Relegation to Third Division
13 Bossekop (R) 26 8 2 16 33 57 −24 26
14 Skjervøy (R) 26 1 0 25 20 130 −110 3
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

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Norwegian Cup

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Final

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Bodø/Glimt1–3 (a.e.t.)Rosenborg
Johansen 28' Report F. Johnsen 35'
Solli 105', 120'
Attendance: 25,447
Referee: Terje Hauge (Olsvik)

Women's football

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League season

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Toppserien

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Trondheims-Ørn (C) 18 15 2 1 53 7 +46 47 Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2 Kolbotn 18 13 0 5 63 28 +35 39
3 Asker 18 12 3 3 54 20 +34 39
4 Røa 18 7 6 5 23 27 −4 27
5 Fløya 18 8 1 9 28 40 −12 25
6 Arna-Bjørnar 18 6 4 8 43 48 −5 22
7 Team Strømmen 18 6 2 10 33 47 −14 20
8 Klepp 18 3 8 7 25 36 −11 17
9 Liungen (R) 18 5 2 11 32 45 −13 17 Relegation to First Division
10 Larvik (R) 18 0 2 16 14 70 −56 2
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

1. divisjon

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sandviken (P) 18 15 2 1 73 16 +57 47 Promoted
2 Medkila (P) 18 13 3 2 57 27 +30 42
3 Amazon Grimstad 18 11 2 5 49 29 +20 35
4 Skeid 18 11 1 6 50 26 +24 34
5 Byåsen 18 9 1 8 43 52 −9 28
6 Fortuna 18 7 4 7 32 29 +3 25
7 Kattem 18 5 3 10 27 40 −13 18
8 Haugar 18 4 1 13 18 52 −34 13
9 Vålerenga (R) 18 3 1 14 20 61 −41 10 Relegated
10 Nittedal (R) 18 2 2 14 14 51 −37 8
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Women's Cup

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Final

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Men's UEFA competitions

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Norwegian representatives

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Champions League

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Qualifying rounds

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Second qualifying round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 0–5 Norway Rosenborg 0–1 0–4
Third qualifying round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 0–1 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 0–1

UEFA Cup

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Qualifying round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Molde Norway 6–0 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 2–0 4–0
NSÍ Runavík Faroe Islands 1–9 Norway Lyn Oslo 1–3 0–6

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vålerenga Norway 1–1 (a) Austria GAK 0–0 1–1
União de Leiria Portugal 2–3 Norway Molde 1–0 1–3
Ventspils Latvia 1–10 Norway Rosenborg 1–4 0–6
PAOK Greece 3–1 Norway Lyn Oslo 0–1 3–0

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 0–0 1–0
Benfica Portugal 5–1 Norway Molde 3–1 2–0
Vålerenga Norway 0–0 (4–3 p) Poland Wisła Kraków 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 2–2 (a) Norway Rosenborg 1–0 1–2
Vålerenga Norway 2–4 England Newcastle United 1–1 1–3

Intertoto Cup

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No Norwegian representative this season.

UEFA Women's Cup

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Norwegian representatives

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  • Kolbotn

Second qualifying round

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Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Norway Kolbotn 3 3 0 0 25 3 +22 9
2 France Juvisy 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
3 Poland AZS Wrocław 3 1 0 2 5 18 −13 3
4 Republic of Ireland University College Dublin 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches (in Kolbotn)

August 21 Kolbotn 15–2 Wroclaw (Poland)
August 23 Kolbotn 8–0 UCD (Ireland)
August 25 Kolbotn 2–1 Juvisy (France)

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF Dam Sweden 2–1 Norway Kolbotn 2–0 0–1

National teams

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Norway men's national football team

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Friendlies

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26 January 2003 Friendly United Arab Emirates  1–1  Norway Sharjah Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Srour 63' Helstad 72' Attendance: 800
Referee: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)
28 January 2003 Friendly Oman  1–2  Norway Police Stadium, Muscat
Shaaban 50' Karadaş 63'
Rushfeldt 82'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Al-Ajmi (Oman)
Note: Oman fielded its U23-team (Olympic Team)
12 February 2003 Friendly Greece  1–0  Norway Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion
Kyrgiakos 25' Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Gomes Costa (Portugal)
30 April 2003 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–0  Norway Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Duff 17' Attendance: 32.643
Referee: McCurry (Scotland)
22 May 2003 Friendly Norway  2–0  Finland Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Leonhardsen 22'
T.A. Flo 80'
Attendance: 13.436
Referee: Clark (Scotland)
20 August 2003 Friendly Norway  0–0  Scotland Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 12.758
Referee: Vuorela (Finland)
10 September 2003 Friendly Norway  0–1  Portugal Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Pauleta 9' Attendance: 11.014
Referee: Bennett (England)

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

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Group 2
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Denmark Norway Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina Luxembourg
1  Denmark 8 4 3 1 15 9 +6 15 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–0
2  Norway 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14[a] Advance to play-offs 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
3  Romania 8 4 2 2 21 9 +12 14[a] 2–5 0–1 2–0 4–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 4 1 3 7 8 −1 13 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0
5  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 0 21 −21 0 0–2 0–2 0–7 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Norway 4, Romania 1.

Matches

2 April 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Luxembourg  0–2  Norway Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Rushfeldt 58'
Solskjær 73'
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Dobrinov (Bulgaria)
7 June 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Denmark  1–0  Norway Parken, Copenhagen
Grønkjær 5' Attendance: 41.824
Referee: Poll (England)
11 June 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Norway  1–1  Romania Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Solskjær 78' (pen) Ganea 64' Attendance: 24.890
Referee: Michel (Slovakia)
6 September 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–0  Norway Bilino Polje, Zenica
Bajramovic 86' Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Bre (France)
11 October 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Norway  1–0  Luxembourg Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
T.A. Flo 19' Attendance: 22.255
Referee: Szabo (Hungary)

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs

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15 November 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs Spain  2–1  Norway Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
Raúl 21'
H. Berg 85' (own goal)
Report Iversen 15' Attendance: 53.000
Referee: Poll (England)
19 November 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs Norway  0–3
(1–5 agg.)
 Spain Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Report Raúl 34'
Vicente 49'
Etxeberria 57'
Attendance: 25.100
Referee: Collina (Italy)

Norway women's national football team

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January 23: Norway – United States 1–3, friendly

January 26: Norway – Germany 2–2, friendly

January 29: China – Norway 1–1, friendly

February 17: Norway – Denmark 3–3, friendly

February 20: Norway – Denmark 4–0, friendly

March 14: Sweden – Norway 1–1, friendly

March 16: Norway – United States 0–1, friendly

March 18: Norway – Canada 1–0, friendly

March 20: Norway – France 1–0, friendly

May 11: Norway – Belgium 6–0, European Championship qualifier

May 15: Norway – Netherlands 2–0, European Championship qualifier

August 2: Norway – Nigeria 3–2, friendly

September 11: Norway – Denmark 1–1, European Championship qualifier

September 20: Norway – France 2–0, World Cup 1st round

September 24: Norway – Brazil 1–4, World Cup 1st round

September 27: South Korea – Norway 1–7, World Cup 1st round

October 1: United States – Norway 1–0, World Cup quarterfinal

November 1: Spain – Norway 0–2, European Championship qualifier

References

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  1. ^ "Norway - List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 17 September 2019.