2008 Toppserien

The 2008 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 12 April 2008 and ended on 2 November 2008.

Toppserien
Season2008
ChampionsRøa
3rd title
RelegatedLarvik
Fart
Matches played132
Goals scored492 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorerEngland Kristy Moore
(20 goals)
← 2007
2009 →

22 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated, while the two top teams from the First Division were promoted.

Røa won the league, defending their title. Asker went defunct after the season, but relocated their team to Stabæk.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Røa (C) 22 20 1 1 90 10 +80 61 Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2 Team Strømmen 22 14 4 4 44 22 +22 46 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
3 Asker 22 14 3 5 53 26 +27 45
4 Kolbotn 22 12 6 4 51 23 +28 42
5 Arna-Bjørnar 22 12 5 5 58 26 +32 41
6 Klepp 22 8 7 7 51 30 +21 31
7 Fløya 22 9 3 10 41 39 +2 30
8 Amazon Grimstad 22 7 4 11 30 45 −15 25
9 Trondheims-Ørn 22 6 5 11 26 38 −12 23
10 Kattem 22 5 2 15 21 67 −46 17
11 Larvik (R) 22 3 3 16 24 80 −56 12 Relegation to First Division
12 Fart (R) 22 0 1 21 13 86 −73 1
Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AG A-B AFK FLF IFF KAT KLP KOL FKL RØA TS ØRN
Amazon Grimstad — 2–3 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–1
Arna-Bjørnar 10–1 — 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 6–1
Asker 3–1 2–1 — 6–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 3–2 7–2 0–3 1–1 0–1
Fart 1–5 0–2 0–7 — 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 2–3 0–7 0–2 2–5
Fløya 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 — 7–0 0–2 0–4 5–2 1–9 2–2 1–2
Kattem 1–3 0–3 1–3 4–1 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–5 1–4 1–1
Klepp 3–1 1–1 0–1 6–0 4–0 3–1 — 0–0 5–0 0–4 0–4 4–1
Kolbotn 2–2 5–3 2–5 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 — 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–0
Larvik 0–0 1–5 2–5 1–0 1–6 3–0 2–4 0–7 — 1–6 1–5 1–2
Røa 5–0 2–1 3–0 12–0 3–2 11–1 3–0 3–1 5–1 — 1–2 4–0
Team Strømmen 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 — 1–0
Trondheims-Ørn 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 —
Source: NRK Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 England Kristy Moore Fløya 20
2 Norway Guro Knutsen Røa 17
Norway Lene Mykjåland Røa
4 Norway Melissa Wiik Asker 16
5 Norway Lise Klaveness Asker 14
Norway Elise Thorsnes Arna-Bjørnar
7 Norway Kristin Blystad Bjerke Kolbotn 13
8 Norway Aimee Edris Arna-Bjørnar 11
England Una Nwajei Amazon Grimstad
10 Norway Hege Hansen Klepp 10
Norway Kristin Lie Trondheims-Ørn

Promotion and relegation

References
  1. "Lister Toppserien 2008". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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