Eliteserien records and statistics
The top tier of Norwegian football has existed as a one-league top flight since 1963. The league was renamed Eliteserien for the start of the 2017 season .[ 1] The following page details the football records and statistics of the Norwegian top flight since 1963.
League records
Titles
Most titles: 26, Rosenborg [ 2]
Most consecutive title wins: 13, Rosenborg (1992 – 2004 )[ 2] [ 3]
Biggest title-winning margin: 19 points, 2020 ; Bodø/Glimt (81 points) over Molde (62 points)[ 4]
Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points and 0 goal difference (+18) – 2004 ; Rosenborg (52 scored goals) over Vålerenga (40 scored goals).[ 5] Both finished on 48 points and +18 in goal difference, but Rosenborg won the title with a superior number of goals scored – the only time that the number of goals scored has determined Eliteserien.
Wins
Most wins in a season (30 games): 26, Bodø/Glimt (2020 )[ 6]
Most wins in a season (26 games): 20, Rosenborg (1998 )[ 6]
Most wins in a season (22 games): 16, joint record:
Most wins in a season (18 games): 14, Lyn (1968 )[ 6]
Fewest wins in a season (26/30 games): 2, joint record:
Fewest home wins in a season (9/11 games): 0, joint record:
Most home wins in a season (15 games): 15,
Fewest home wins in a season (15 games): 1, joint record:
Most away wins in a season (15 games): 13,
Fewest away wins in a season: 0, joint record:
Brann (1964 , 1979 , 1992 )
Sandefjord (1965 )
Strømsgodset (1967 , 1994 )
Frigg (1968 )
Mjølner (1972 )
Raufoss (1974 )
Os (1975 )[ 7]
Vard (1976 )
Rosenborg (1977 )
Lyn (1981 , 1997 )
Mjøndalen (1982 , 1988 , 2015 )
Eik-Tønsberg (1985 )
Moss (1988 )
Strømmen (1990 )
Viking (1992 )
Sogndal (1992 , 2004 )
Fyllingen (1993 )
Bryne (2000 , 2003 )
Sandefjord (2007 , 2010 , 2015 )
Sarpsborg 08 (2011 )
Tromsø (2013 )
Sandnes Ulf (2014 )
Start (2016 )
Most consecutive wins: 17,
Most consecutive games without a win: 39, Start (12 July 2015 – 18 September 2016 )
Defeats
Fewest defeats in a season (30 games): 0, Rosenborg (2010 )[ 6]
Longest unbeaten run: 33 games, Rosenborg (18 October 2009 – 7 November 2010)
Most defeats in total: 423, Brann [ 8]
Fewest home defeats in a season (15 games): 0, joint record:
Fewest away defeats in a season (15 games): 0, joint record:
Most consecutive defeats: 11, Vålerenga (6 August 1989 – 6 May 1990)
Most consecutive defeats in a season: 10, joint record:
Most consecutive games unbeaten from beginning of season: 30, Rosenborg
Most consecutive home games unbeaten: 46, Strømsgodset (26 June 2011 – 6 July 2014)[ 9]
Most consecutive away games unbeaten: 30, Rosenborg (23 March 2009 – 31 October 2010)
Draws
Most draws in a season (30 games): 15, Sarpsborg 08 (2019 )[ 6] [ 10]
Most draws in a season (22/26 games): 12 – joint record:
Most draws in a season (18 games): 9, Lyn (1966 )[ 6]
Most home draws in a season: 9, Sarpsborg 08 (2019 )
Most away draws in a season: 8, Bodø/Glimt (2018 )
Fewest home draws in a season (30 games): 0 – joint record:
Fewest away draws in a season (30 games): 0 – joint record:
Sandefjord (2022 )
Most consecutive draws:
Most draws in total: 354, Viking [ 8]
Attendances
Highest attendance, single game: 28,569, Rosenborg 1–0 Lillestrøm (at Lerkendal Stadion , 12 October 1985)[ 11]
Lowest attendance, single game: 202, Strømmen 1–2 Mjøndalen (at Strømmen Stadion , 19 October 1986)[ 12]
Highest average attendance, season: 19,903, Rosenborg (2007 )
Lowest average attendance, season: 1,448, Strømmen (1986 )
These figures do not take into account the 2020 and 2021 seasons, when many matches had an attendance of zero due to public health measures adopted to control the COVID-19 pandemic .
Goals
Most goals scored in a season: 103, Bodø/Glimt (2020 )
Fewest goals scored in a season (30 games): 23, joint record:
Fewest goals scored in a season (26 games): 21, Start (2002 )[ 6]
Fewest goals scored in a season (18/22 games): 10, joint record:
Most goals conceded in a season: 85, Aalesund (2020 )[ 6]
Most goals conceded in a season (22 games): 59, Djerv 1919 (1988 )[ 6]
Most goals conceded in a season (18 games): 57, Sandefjord BK (1965 )[ 6]
Fewest goals conceded in a season (26/30 games): 20, Rosenborg (1997 , 2017 )[ 6]
Best goal difference in a season: 71, Bodø/Glimt (2020 )[ 6]
Most goals scored in a season by a relegated team: 41, joint record:
Most goals scored at home in a season: 59, Bodø/Glimt (2020 )
Fewest goals scored at home in a season (15 games): 10, Stabæk (2012 )
Most goals conceded at home in a season (15 games): 36, Mjøndalen (2015 )
Most goals conceded at home in a season (13 games): 38, Sogndal (1998 )
Fewest goals conceded at home in a season (15 games): 6, Brann (2016 )
Most goals scored away in a season (13 games): 44, Rosenborg (1997 )
Most goals scored away in a season (15 games): 44, Bodø/Glimt (2020 )
Fewest goals scored away in a season (15 games): 8, joint record:
Most goals conceded away in a season (15 games): 41, joint record:
Fewest goals conceded away in a season (15 games): 10, joint record:
Most goals scored in total: 2,773, Rosenborg [ 8]
Most goals conceded in total: 1,880, Brann [ 8]
Points
Most points in a season: 81, Bodø/Glimt (2020 )
Most points in a season (26 games): 63, Rosenborg (1998 )[ 6]
Most points in a season (22 games, 3 points for a win): 52, Lillestrøm (1989 )[ 6]
Most points in a season (22 games, 2 points for a win): 36, Lillestrøm (1977 )[ 6]
Most points in a season (18 games, 2 points for a win): 28, Lyn (1968 )[ 6]
Fewest points in a season (30 games): 11, Aalesund (2020 )
Fewest points in a season (26 games): 11, Start (2002 )[ 6]
Fewest points in a season (22 games, 3 points for a win): 12, joint record:
Fewest points in a season (22 games, 2 points for a win): 5, Os (1975 )[ 6]
Fewest points in a season (18 games, 2 points for a win): 2, Sandefjord BK (1965 )[ 6]
Most points in a season without winning the league: 62, joint record:
Fewest points in a season while winning the league (30 games): 58, Molde (2011 )[ 6]
Fewest points in a season while winning the league (26 games): 46, Vålerenga (2005 )[ 6]
Most points in a season while being relegated:
Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation (30 games): 22, Start (2015 )[ 6]
Player records
Appearances
As of match played 8 August 2024 [ 16] [ 17]
Goals
Note: 1 Per Kristoffersen's goals scored before 1963 are included in the statistics.
Fastest goal: 11 seconds, Erik Mjelde (for Brann v. Haugesund 15 April 2011)[ 24]
Fastest hat-trick: 2 minutes 30 seconds, Erik Karlsen (for Lillestrøm v. Mjøndalen 1 May 1977)[ 25] [ 26]
Most consecutive seasons to score at least 25 goals: 2, joint record:
Most consecutive seasons to score at least 15 goals: 4, joint record:
Most different clubs to score for: 7, Petter Belsvik (for Molde , HamKam , Start , Stabæk , Rosenborg , Vålerenga , Lillestrøm )
Disciplinary
Most yellow cards in a season: 10, joint record:
Most red cards in a season: 3, joint record:
Goalkeepers
Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 730 minutes, Sondre Rossbach (for Odd , 1 November 2015 – 24 April 2016)
Youngest goalscorers
This is a list of the top 10 youngest players to score a goal in Eliteserien.[ 19] [ 32] [ 33]
Player
Date
Team
Age
Opposition
1
Martin Ødegaard
16 May 2014 [ 19]
Strømsgodset
15 years, 151 days
Sarpsborg 08
2
Håkon Lorentzen
10 November 2013 [ 32]
Brann
16 years, 100 days
Tromsø
3
Kristoffer Ajer
21 April 2014
Start
16 years, 164 days
Sarpsborg 08
4
Kjetil Sigurdsen
14 September 1986 [ 32]
Bryne
16 years, 207 days
Tromsø
5
Sander Svendsen
21 April 2014 [ 33]
Molde
16 years, 259 days
Sarpsborg 08
6
Ohi Omoijuanfo
7 November 2010
Lillestrøm
16 years, 300 days
Strømsgodset
7
Kjetil Rekdal
15 September 1985 [ 34]
Molde
16 years, 313 days
Bryne
8
Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen
2 May 1999
Bodø/Glimt
16 years, 314 days
Brann
9
Benjamin Thoresen Faraas
14 August 2022
HamKam
16 years, 340 days
Vålerenga
10
Jan Berg
9 May 1982 [ 35]
Molde
16 years, 360 days
HamKam
Match records
Scorelines
All-time Eliteserien table
The all-time Eliteserien table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Eliteserien since the start of a one-league top flight in the 1961–62 season . The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season.[ 43] Teams in bold are part of the 2025 Eliteserien . Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.
Pos.
Club
S
Pld
Win
Draw
Loss
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1st
2nd
3rd
Relegated
Best Pos.
1
Rosenborg
58
1448
779
338
331
2926
1710
1216
2675
26
7
5
2
1
2
Viking
58
1432
613
374
445
2290
1933
357
2213
7
2
10
3
1
3
Brann
54
1340
548
313
479
2139
1992
147
1957
3
7
4
7
1
4
Molde
46
1192
564
258
370
2086
1637
449
1950
5
11
3
5
1
5
Lillestrøm
49
1254
527
323
404
1988
1622
366
1903
4
7
3
2
1
6
Vålerenga
51
1274
488
313
473
1967
1861
106
1774
5
3
5
6
1
7
Tromsø
36
956
354
234
368
1338
1397
−59
1296
2
4
3
2
8
Strømsgodset
36
928
354
208
366
1477
1513
−36
1270
2
2
3
5
1
9
Start
37
932
322
218
392
1351
1505
−154
1184
2
1
7
10
1
10
Bodø/Glimt
29
774
318
185
271
1356
1188
168
1139
4
5
1
4
1
11
Odd
29
798
312
182
304
1181
1223
−42
1117
2
2
4
2
12
Stabæk
26
728
283
176
269
1156
1102
54
1025
1
1
4
4
1
13
Fredrikstad
27
618
237
149
232
942
926
16
860
5
1
6
2
14
Lyn
27
614
228
147
239
962
977
−15
831
2
3
4
7
1
15
Haugesund
18
528
186
124
218
735
797
−62
682
1
2
3
16
HamKam
24
564
181
137
246
712
891
−179
680
1
8
3
17
Moss
19
442
153
102
187
622
701
−79
561
1
1
4
1
18
Kongsvinger
18
424
154
90
180
600
700
−100
554
1
2
2
2
19
Aalesund
16
464
146
106
212
591
786
−195
544
5
4
20
Skeid
19
406
149
80
177
569
643
−74
527
1
1
1
5
1
21
Sogndal
18
468
124
124
220
566
830
−264
496
8
6
22
Bryne
17
390
133
96
161
561
614
−53
495
2
2
2
23
Sarpsborg 08
13
390
125
108
157
537
620
−83
483
1
1
3
24
Mjøndalen
17
406
127
90
189
489
634
−145
471
2
7
2
25
Sandefjord Fotball
12
352
86
77
189
435
642
−207
335
4
8
26
Kristiansund
7
210
73
59
78
298
324
−26
278
1
5
27
Sarpsborg FK 1
11
206
71
49
86
253
295
−42
262
2
2
3
28
Frigg
9
178
60
51
67
235
298
−63
231
3
4
29
Steinkjer
7
124
45
29
50
203
209
−6
164
1
3
2
30
Hødd
6
120
28
25
67
146
240
−94
109
3
8
31
Eik Tønsberg
4
96
28
20
48
126
184
−58
104
2
5
32
Hønefoss
3
90
20
29
41
92
151
−59
89
2
13
33
Sandnes Ulf
3
90
21
24
45
107
167
−60
87
1
13
34
Fyllingen
3
66
17
19
30
65
106
−41
70
2
7
35
Ranheim
2
60
19
12
29
79
105
−26
69
1
7
36
Sandefjord BK
3
66
17
10
39
64
131
−67
61
1
7
37
Raufoss
3
62
11
15
36
59
117
−58
48
2
9
38
Lisleby
2
48
12
8
28
64
100
−36
44
1
9
39
KFUM
1
30
9
10
11
35
36
−1
37
0
8
40
Strindheim
2
48
9
10
29
54
114
−60
37
2
12
41
Mjølner
2
44
7
9
28
33
83
−50
30
2
12
42
Strømmen
2
44
6
9
29
39
80
−41
27
2
11
43
Ørn Horten
1
30
7
3
20
45
91
−46
24
1
14
44
Jerv
1
30
5
5
20
30
69
−39
20
1
16
45
Greåker
1
30
4
8
18
35
75
−40
20
1
15
46
Haugar
1
22
2
12
8
20
38
−18
18
1
11
47
Gjøvik-Lyn 2
1
18
5
1
12
29
47
−18
16
1
10
48
Vard Haugesund
1
22
2
9
11
21
36
−15
15
1
12
49
Djerv 1919
1
22
3
4
15
17
59
−42
13
1
12
50
Larvik Turn
1
30
3
4
23
35
90
−55
13
1
16
51
Pors
1
18
3
1
14
10
46
−36
10
1
10
52
Os
1
22
0
5
17
15
50
−35
5
1
12
League at the beginning of 2025 :
1 By a 2007 agreement, Sarpsborg FK merged into Sarpsborg 08,[ 44] and Sarpsborg FK continued as an amateur club, currently playing in the 4. divisjon.
2 By a 2013 agreement, SK Gjøvik-Lyn merged with Gjøvik Fotballforening and changed the club's name to Fotballklubben Gjøvik-Lyn. FK Gjøvik-Lyn regards itself as custodian of SK Gjøvik-Lyn's statistics.[ 45]
Managers
Most Eliteserien titles: 15, Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg in 1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2010 and Moss in 1987)
Most consecutive Eliteserien titles: 6, Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
References
Seasons
League of Norway Main League First Division Tippeligaen Eliteserien
Clubs
2025 Former (active) Former (defunct)
Competition Statistics and awards Associated competitions Other