2024 Eliteserien

Eliteserien
Season	2024
Dates	31 March – 1 December
Matches played	157
Goals scored	448 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Magnus Wolff Eikrem; (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Bodø/Glimt 6–0 Sarpsborg; 24 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Sarpsborg 1–7 HamKam; (16 May 2024)
Highest scoring	Sarpsborg 1–7 HamKam; (16 May 2024)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Fredrikstad
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Fredrikstad
Longest winless run	8 matches; HamKam; Sandefjord; Strømsgodset
Longest losing run	5 matches; Lillestrøm; Tromsø
Highest attendance	21,426; Rosenborg - KFUM Oslo; (16 May 2024)
Lowest attendance	0; Rosenborg - Lillestrøm; (21 August 2024)
Average attendance	7,028
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 25 August 2024.

The 2024 Eliteserien is the 80th season of top-tier football in Norway. This is the eighth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen.

The season started on 31 March 2024 and is scheduled to end on 1 December 2024, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Bodø/Glimt are the defending champions. Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund joined as the promoted clubs from the 2023 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, who were relegated to the 2024 Norwegian First Division.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund. Kristiansund were promoted after a season's absence, Fredrikstad were promoted after 11 seasons absent and KFUM Oslo were promoted for the first time in history from this season. They replaced Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund, ending their top flight spells of 22 years, 1 year and 2 years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the teams in the 2024 Eliteserien

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Bodø/Glimt	29	Bodø	Nordland	Aspmyra	Artificial	8,300
Brann	66	Bergen	Vestland	Brann Stadion	Natural	16,750
Fredrikstad	43	Fredrikstad	Østfold	Fredrikstad Stadion	Artificial	12,560
HamKam	25	Hamar	Innlandet	Briskeby	Artificial	7,800
Haugesund	18	Haugesund	Rogaland	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	Natural	8,754
KFUM Oslo	1	Oslo	Oslo	KFUM Arena^[b]	Artificial	3,300
Kristiansund	7	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	Kristiansund Stadion^[c]	Artificial	4,444
Lillestrøm	60	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen	Natural	11,500
Molde	48	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249
Odd	43	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Rosenborg	61	Trondheim	Trøndelag	Lerkendal	Natural	21,421
Sandefjord	12	Sandefjord	Vestfold	Jotun Arena	Artificial	6,582
Sarpsborg	13	Sarpsborg	Østfold	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	8,022
Strømsgodset	37	Drammen	Buskerud	Marienlyst	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	36	Tromsø	Troms	Romssa Arena	Artificial	6,687
Viking	74	Stavanger	Rogaland	SR-Bank Arena	Artificial	15,900

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bodø/Glimt	Kjetil Knutsen	Patrick Berg^[d]	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann	Eirik Horneland	Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Fredrikstad	Andreas Hagen (caretaker)	Júlíus Magnússon	Craft	OBOS [no]
HamKam	Jakob Michelsen	Fredrik Sjølstad	Puma	OBOS
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan	Egil Selvik	Umbro	Haugaland Kraft
KFUM Oslo	Johannes Moesgaard [no]	Robin Rasch [no]	Hummel	OBOS
Kristiansund	Amund Skiri	Dan Peter Ulvestad	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nordmøre
Lillestrøm	David Nielsen	Gjermund Åsen^[3]	Puma	DNB
Molde	Erling Moe	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Adidas^[4]	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Kenneth Dokken	Steffen Hagen	Hummel	Skagerak Energi
Rosenborg	Alfred Johansson	Markus Henriksen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Hans Erik Ødegaard Andreas Tegström	Filip Ottosson [no]	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg	Christian Michelsen	Jo Inge Berget	Hummel	Borregaard
Strømsgodset	Jørgen Isnes	Gustav Valsvik	Puma	Sparebanken Øst
Tromsø	Jørgen Vik [no] Gard Holme [no]	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	Select	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen	Zlatko Tripić	Diadora	Lyse

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	3 December 2023	Pre-season	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	3 December 2023^[5]
Rosenborg	Svein Maalen (caretaker)		14 December 2023		Alfred Johansson	14 December 2023^[6]
Lillestrøm	Eirik Bakke (caretaker)		21 December 2023		Andreas Georgson	21 December 2023^[7]
Odd	Pål Arne Johansen	Signed by Häcken	27 December 2023^[8]		Kenneth Dokken	16 January 2024^[9]
Tromsø	Gaute Helstrup	Signed by Bodø/Glimt	2 January 2024^[10]		Jørgen Vik Gard Holme	8 January 2024^[11]^[12]
Haugesund	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Mutual consent	10 May 2024	13th	Sancheev Manoharan	10 May 2024^[13]^[14]
Sarpsborg	Stefan Billborn	Mutual consent	23 June 2024^[15]	15th	Christian Michelsen	25 June 2024^[16]
Fredrikstad	Mikkjal Thomassen	Signed by AIK	15 July 2024	5th	Andreas Hagen (caretaker)	15 July 2024^[17]
Lillestrøm	Andreas Georgson	Signed by Manchester United	26 July 2024	8th	Robin Asterhed	26 July 2024^[18]
Lillestrøm	Robin Asterhed	Moved to assistant coach	23 August 2024	13th	David Nielsen	23 August 2024^[19]

Transfers

Winter

Summer

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt	20	13	5	2	48	17	+31	44	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Viking	20	10	6	4	37	25	+12	36	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Brann	19	10	6	3	32	22	+10	36	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Molde	19	10	4	5	37	21	+16	34
5	Fredrikstad	20	8	7	5	25	21	+4	31
6	Rosenborg	20	9	3	8	32	32	0	30
7	KFUM Oslo	19	6	8	5	24	24	0	26
8	HamKam	20	6	6	8	23	24	−1	24
9	Tromsø	20	7	3	10	20	25	−5	24
10	Strømsgodset	20	6	5	9	25	34	−9	23
11	Sarpsborg	20	6	5	9	29	42	−13	23
12	Kristiansund	18	5	6	7	23	26	−3	21
13	Haugesund	20	6	3	11	21	30	−9	21
14	Sandefjord	19	5	5	9	28	32	−4	20	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Lillestrøm	20	6	2	12	24	38	−14	20	Relegation to First Division
16	Odd	20	4	6	10	20	35	−15	18	Relegation to First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.^[20]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Bodø/Glimt	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Viking	7	9	9	11	9	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	2
Brann	2	6	6	5	5	3	2	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	3
Molde	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	4	4	4
Fredrikstad	14	7	7	9	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	3	5	5	5
Rosenborg	3	5	3	3	4	9	6	7	10	8	8	10	8	11	7	7	6	7	6	6
KFUM Oslo	8	13	13	9	10	7	9	5	6	7	7	8	10	8	6	6	7	6	7	7
HamKam	8	14	15	14	15	15	16	12	8	10	12	11	11	9	10	12	12	9	8	8
Tromsø	13	10	11	13	14	16	14	15	14	12	13	14	14	15	14	15	16	13	12	9
Strømsgodset	16	12	5	4	3	5	7	10	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	11	11	9	10
Sarpsborg	12	15	14	16	13	10	11	14	13	14	14	15	13	12	13	11	9	8	10	11
Kristiansund	5	3	10	6	7	8	8	11	9	11	9	9	7	10	11	10	8	10	11	12
Haugesund	6	11	4	7	11	12	12	9	11	9	10	12	12	13	11	13	13	15	14	13
Sandefjord	14	16	16	15	16	14	10	13	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	15	16	16	14
Lillestrøm	10	4	12	8	8	11	13	7	12	13	11	7	9	7	9	8	10	12	13	15
Odd	11	7	7	12	12	13	15	16	16	15	15	13	15	16	16	16	14	14	15	16

	Leader and Champions League play off round
	Champions League second qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2025 Norwegian First Division

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	FRE	HAM	HAU	KFU	KRI	LIL	MOL	ODD	ROS	SAN	SAR	STR	TRO	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	5–1			4–2	2–2			1–1	3–1		1–1	6–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Brann		—	0–2	1–0	1–1		2–1		1–3	2–0	3–0	2–1		0–0
Fredrikstad	0–2	0–4	—		1–0	0–0			0–0		2–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0
HamKam	1–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–2				0–1	1–0				0–1	0–0	3–3
Haugesund	0–1		1–0	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–2			1–3	2–1	1–2			1–0
KFUM Oslo	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–1		—				0–0	1–0	3–3		1–3	0–1	1–2
Kristiansund	2–4	2–2	3–1	1–1		1–1	—	2–1					3–1		1–0
Lillestrøm	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–1		2–1	2–3	—	1–2				2–2		0–1
Molde				3–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	—	1–2	2–2		2–4	4–0		2–2
Odd			0–2	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–1	0–4	—	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0		3–3
Rosenborg	1–3		1–1	1–0		1–3	2–1	4–0	a	2–1	—	2–0			1–0	2–1
Sandefjord	2–1			1–2	4–3		1–0	0–1	3–1			—	4–1	2–2	1–2	0–3
Sarpsborg	1–2	1–1		1–7	2–2	0–2		1–0		0–1	4–1	2–1	—	1–3
Strømsgodset		2–3			2–0		2–2	3–2		1–1	1–0	1–1		—	0–1	0–1
Tromsø		2–4	3–0		0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	4–0	3–2		0–3		—
Viking	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0			2–0	1–4	1–0		4–2		1–0	5–2	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien will face the winners of the First Division promotion play-offs over two legs to decide who will play in Eliteserien next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 August 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[21]
1	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Molde	10
2	Kristian Eriksen	Molde	9
2	Zlatko Tripić	Viking	9
4	Morten Bjørlo	Fredrikstad	8
	Ole Sæter	Rosenborg
	Albert Grønbæk	Bodø/Glimt
	Johannes Nuñez	KFUM Oslo
	Kasper Høgh	Bodø/Glimt
	Henrik Meister	Saprsborg
10	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Lillestrøm	7

Clean sheets

As of 25 August 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[22]
1	Jonathan Fischer	Fredrikstad	9
2	Mathias Dyngeland	Brann	7
2	Nikita Haikin	Bodø/Glimt	7
4	Jakob Haugaard	Tromsø	6
5	Patrik Gunnarsson	Viking	5
	Emil Ødegaard	KFUM Oslo
	Albert Posiadała	Molde
8	Egil Selvik	Haugesund	4
	Per Kristian Bråtveit	Strømsgodset
	Marcus Sandberg	HamKam

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Henrik Meister ⁴	Sarpsborg 08	Rosenborg	4–1 (H)	12 July 2024
Sverre Nypan	Rosenborg	Lillestrøm	4–0 (H)	21 August 2024

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 6^[21]
- Etzaz Hussain (Odd)
- Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (Rosenborg)

Most red cards: 2^[21]
- Fredrik Sjølstad (HamKam)

Club

Most yellow cards: 42^[23]
- Rosenborg

Fewest yellow cards: 23^[23]
- Bodø/Glimt

Most red cards: 3^[24]
- HamKam

Fewest red cards: 0^[24]
- Bodø/Glimt
- Kristiansund
- Molde
- Rosenborg
- Sarpsborg
- Strømsgodset
- Viking

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	142,704	16,750	14,538	15,856	+4.3%^†
2	Rosenborg	126,410	21,426	0^[a]	12,641	−10.3%^†
3	Viking	136,794	15,900	10,024	12,436	−3.8%^†
4	Fredrikstad	92,729	12,504	6,369	9,273	+91.2%¹
5	Lillestrøm	73,879	9,457	5,918	7,388	−1.5%^†
6	Molde	72,632	10,746	5,753	7,263	+8.7%^†
7	Bodø/Glimt	67,901	8,257	5,853	6,790	−1.3%^†
8	Strømsgodset	45,966	6,206	4,279	5,107	−6.0%^†
9	Haugesund	50,763	7,134	3,615	5,076	+1.8%^†
10	Sarpsborg	50,252	6,401	4,105	5,025	+1.9%^†
11	Odd	52,430	6,325	3,781	4,766	−7.6%^†
12	Tromsø	45,405	5,267	3,637	4,541	−6.3%^†
13	HamKam	37,775	6,218	3,011	4,197	+0.6%^†
14	Sandefjord	34,917	6,598	3,115	3,880	+0.3%^†
15	Kristiansund	28,153	4,018	3,280	3,519	+8.4%¹
16	KFUM Oslo	30,679	4,018	2,409	3,068	+181.7%¹
	League total	1,089,389	21,426	0^[a]	7,028	−2.9%^†

Updated to games played on 25 August
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The round 15 fixture between Rosenborg and Lillestrøm was abandoned due to fan protests against VAR. The game was stopped multiple times by fans throwing objects onto the pitch, as part of nationwide fan protests against VAR and its implementation in Eliteserien. After objects were thrown a fourth time referee Rohit Saggi decided to abandon the match. The teams were forced by NFF to replay the match without spectators.
^ KFUM Oslo played some home games at Intility Arena.
^ Kristiansund played some home games at Aker Stadion.
^ Bodø/Glimt play with a captaincy team who decide between themselves who will be the captain on a game-by-game basis, Patrick Berg is the most common choice. The full team consists of Ulrik Saltnes, Jostein Gundersen, Sondre Sørli, Patrick Berg, Sondre Brunstad Fet, Jens Petter Hauge and Brede Moe.^[2]

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