2024 Eliteserien

Eliteserien

Season	2024
Dates	31 March – 1 December
Matches played	92
Goals scored	263 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Grønbæk (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Molde 4–0 Strømsgodset (1 April 2024) Tromsø 4–0 Odd (12 May 2024) Bodø/Glimt 4–0 Tromsø (16 May 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
Longest losing run	5 matches Tromsø
Highest attendance	21,426 Rosenborg - KFUM Oslo (16 May 2024)
Lowest attendance	2,409 KFUM Oslo - Odd (20 May 2024)
Average attendance	7,448
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 2 June 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

Kristiansund

Bodø/Glimt

Brann

HamKam

Haugesund

Molde

Odd

Rosenborg

Sandefjord

Strømsgodset

Tromsø

Viking

Oslo

Østfold

Oslo region teams:
KFUM Oslo
Lillestrøm

Østfold teams:
Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg

class=notpageimage|

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	Artificial	3,300
Kristiansund	7	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	Kristiansund Stadion	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	Puma	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann	Eirik Horneland	Sivert Heltne Nilsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Fredrikstad	Mikkjal Thomassen	Simen Rafn	Craft	OBOS  [ no ]
HamKam	Jakob Michelsen	Fredrik Sjølstad	Puma	OBOS
Haugesund	Sancheev Manoharan  [ no ]	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	Andreas Georgson	Gjermund Åsen [2]	Puma	DNB
Molde	Erling Moe	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Adidas [3]	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	Stefan Billborn	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 [4]
Rosenborg	Svein Maalen (caretaker)		14 December 2023		Alfred Johansson	14 December 2023 [5]
Lillestrøm	Eirik Bakke (caretaker)		21 December 2023		Andreas Georgson	21 December 2023 [6]
Odd	Pål Arne Johansen	Signed by Häcken	27 December 2023 [7]		Kenneth Dokken	16 January 2024 [8]
Tromsø	Gaute Helstrup	Signed by Bodø/Glimt	2 January 2024 [9]		Jørgen Vik Gard Holme	8 January 2024 [10] [11]
Haugesund	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Mutual consent	10 May 2024	13th	Sancheev Manoharan	10 May 2024 [12] [13]

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt	12	8	3	1	25	8	+17	27	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Brann	13	8	3	2	22	13	+9	27	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Fredrikstad	12	6	4	2	20	11	+9	22	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Molde	12	6	3	3	25	16	+9	21
5	Viking	11	5	4	2	18	13	+5	19
6	Strømsgodset	11	5	2	4	14	15	−1	17
7	KFUM Oslo	11	3	6	2	15	15	0	15
8	Rosenborg	11	4	2	5	15	18	−3	14
9	Kristiansund	12	3	4	5	17	20	−3	13
10	Haugesund	11	4	1	6	10	15	−5	13
11	Lillestrøm	11	4	1	6	13	19	−6	13
12	Odd	12	3	4	5	12	22	−10	13
13	HamKam	12	2	4	6	14	15	−1	10
14	Tromsø	11	3	1	7	14	19	−5	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Sarpsborg	11	3	1	7	14	25	−11	10	Relegation to First Division
16	Sandefjord	11	2	3	6	15	19	−4	9

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 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. ^[14]

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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Bodø/Glimt	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Fredrikstad	14	7	7	9	6	4	4	3	2	2	2
Molde	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3
Brann	2	6	6	5	5	3	2	4	3	4	4
Viking	7	9	9	11	9	6	5	6	5	5	5
Strømsgodset	16	11	5	4	3	5	7	10	7	6	6
KFUM Oslo	8	12	12	9	10	7	9	5	6	7	7
Rosenborg	3	5	3	3	4	9	6	7	10	8	8
Kristiansund	5	3	10	6	7	8	8	11	9	11	9
Haugesund	6	10	4	7	11	12	12	9	11	9	10
Lillestrøm	10	4	11	8	8	11	13	7	12	12	11
HamKam	8	13	15	14	14	15	15	12	8	10	12
Sarpsborg	12	15	13	15	13	10	11	14	13	13	13
Odd	11	7	7	12	12	13	14	15	16	14	14
Sandefjord	14	15	13	13	15	14	10	13	14	15	15
Tromsø	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	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	—					2–2			1–1			1–1		1–0	4–0	1–0
Brann		—	0–2	1–0			2–1			2–0	3–0	2–1
Fredrikstad	0–2		—									1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0
HamKam	1–0	1–2		—	2–2				0–1					0–1
Haugesund	0–1				—	0–1	1–0	0–2			1–3	2–1
KFUM Oslo		0–0	1–4	1–1		—				0–0		3–3		1–3
Kristiansund	2–4	2–2		1–1		1–1	—						3–1		1–0
Lillestrøm	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–1			2–3	—
Molde					2–1		2–0		—	1–2	2–2		2–4	4–0		2–2
Odd			0–2		1–2			2–1	0–4	—		2–2				3–3
Rosenborg	1–3		1–1	1–0		1–3	2–1		a		—	2–0
Sandefjord								0–1	3–1			—	4–1			0–3
Sarpsborg				1–7		0–2		1–0		0–1			—	1–3
Strømsgodset					2–0		2–2			1–1	1–0			—		0–1
Tromsø		2–4	3–0		0–1			1–2		4–0	3–2		0–3		—
Viking		1–1	1–1	3–0				1–4					1–0		2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 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 2 June 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [15]
1	Albert Grønbæk	Bodø/Glimt	8
2	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Molde	7
3	Morten Bjørlo	Fredrikstad	6
	Kristian Eriksen	Molde
5	Ole Sæter	Rosenborg	5
	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Lillestrøm
	Joachim Soltvedt	Brann
8	9 players		4

Clean sheets

As of 2 June 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets [16]
1	Nikita Haikin	Bodø/Glimt	6
2	Mathias Dyngeland	Brann	5
	Jonathan Fischer	Fredrikstad
4	Patrik Gunnarsson	Viking	4
5	Jacob Karlstrøm	Molde	3
	Emil Ødegaard	KFUM Oslo
	Per Kristian Bråtveit	Strømsgodset
	Jakob Haugaard	Tromsø
9	4 players		2

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	111,014	16,750	14,538	15,859	+4.3%†
2	Rosenborg	92,156	21,426	11,278	15,359	+8.9%†
3	Viking	79,347	15,900	10,024	13,225	+2.3%†
4	Fredrikstad	49,852	12,504	6,669	9,970	+105.6%1
5	Lillestrøm	41,644	9,457	6,190	8,329	+11.0%†
6	Molde	51,585	10,746	5,753	7,369	+10.3%†
7	Bodø/Glimt	40,025	8,257	5,853	6,671	−3.1%†
8	Odd	31,383	6,325	4,337	5,231	+1.4%†
9	Haugesund	31,066	7,134	3,615	5,178	+3.9%†
10	Strømsgodset	25,881	6,206	4,279	5,176	−4.7%†
11	Sarpsborg	23,987	6,154	4,105	4,797	−2.7%†
12	Tromsø	31,799	5,154	3,637	4,543	−6.3%†
13	HamKam	21,170	6,218	3,011	4,234	+1.5%†
14	Sandefjord	14,477	4,089	3,179	3,619	−6.4%†
15	Kristiansund	21,158	4,018	3,280	3,526	+8.6%1
16	KFUM Oslo	18,633	4,018	2,409	3,106	+185.2%1
	League total	685,177	21,426	2,409	7,448	+2.9%†

Updated to games played on 2 June
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

1. "Her er hovedterminlisten for Eliteserien 2024". eliteserien.no. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
2. "Åsen blir LSK-kaptein". NRK (in Norwegian). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. "De tre stripene er tilbake!". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
4. "Velkommen, Oskar". FK Haugesund (in Norwegian). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
5. "Johansson er Rosenborgs nye hovedtrener". Rosenborg BK (in Norwegian). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
6. "Fuglekalender #21: Georgson ny trener: -Vi skal dominere og skape mange målsjanser". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
7. "Paco klar for Häcken". Odds BK (in Norwegian). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
8. "Ny hovedtrener på plass". Odds BK (in Norwegian). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
9. "Tar overgang til Bodø/Glimt". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
10. "Vår nye hovedtrener". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
11. "Hovedtrenerteamet er komplett". Tromsø IL (in Norwegian). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
12. "Avslutter arbeidsforholdet" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
13. "Blir hovedtrener i FK Haugesund" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
14. "Eliteserien tabell". NIFS (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
15. "Eliteserien 2024 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
16. "Clean sheets - Eliteserien 2024 stats". FotMob. Retrieved 15 April 2024.