2008 Toppserien

Toppserien

Season	2008
Champions	Røa 3rd title
Relegated	Larvik Fart
Matches played	132
Goals scored	492 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristy Moore (20 goals)
← 2007 2009 →

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.

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	2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32
2	Team Strømmen	22	14	4	4	44	22	+22	46	2009–10 UEFA Women's 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 1.divisjon
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

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

Promotion and relegation

• Larvik and Fart were relegated to the First Division.
• Sandviken and Fortuna Ålesund were promoted from the First Division.

External links

• League table
• Fixtures