2009 Toppserien

Toppserien

Season	2009
Champions	Røa 4th title
Relegated	Sandviken Fortuna
Matches played	132
Goals scored	475 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lene Mykjåland (20 goals)
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The 2009 Toppserien was the twenty-third season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon. Running from 13 April to 31 October 2009,^[1] it was won by Røa for the third consecutive year.^[2] As winners, Røa qualified for the Round of 32 of the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League as the sole representative from Norway.^[3] Because Norway had dropped to ninth place in the UEFA coefficient rankings for 2010–11,^[4] the runners-up in the Toppserien could no longer enter the Qualifying Round of the Champions League, as had been the case in the previous season.

Røa were confirmed as league champions on the last day of the season after drawing 0–0 with runners-up Stabæk,^[2] thus becoming the second team in the league's history to secure three consecutive titles (Trondheims-Ørn managed four in a row in 1994–1997). With their fourth league title overall, Røa also drew level with Sprint/Jeløy in terms of number of titles won, behind Trondheims-Ørn and Asker. Stabæk finished three points behind Røa in what was their first season after relocating to Bærum and becoming an affiliate of Stabæk Fotball. They had previously competed as Asker. Kolbotn finished third, six points behind Røa and three behind Stabæk.

Neither of the two promoted teams were able to maintain their spot in the top flight. Fortuna Ålesund were the first team to be relegated to the 1. divisjon after losing 1–2 at home to Arna-Bjørnar on 26 September. They were joined by Sandviken on 10 October when they lost 0–4 at home, also to Arna-Bjørnar.^[5]

On 27 October, the Football Association of Norway penalized Fløya for their use of two ineligible players in the league and Norwegian Cup.^[6] The players, both acquired before the start of the season, were fielded in thirteen and nine matches respectively before it was discovered that the club had not registered the transfers properly. Fløya were fined 10,000 kroner and deducted four points. Consequently, they dropped from eighth to tenth place in the standings.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Røa (C)	22	18	2	2	64	16	+48	56	2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League
2	Stabæk	22	16	5	1	83	15	+68	53
3	Kolbotn	22	16	2	4	51	25	+26	50
4	Team Strømmen	22	11	3	8	48	31	+17	36
5	Arna-Bjørnar	22	9	6	7	37	35	+2	33
6	Trondheims-Ørn	22	9	4	9	37	41	−4	31
7	Klepp	22	8	6	8	39	38	+1	30
8	Kattem	22	7	4	11	28	45	−17	25
9	Amazon Grimstad	22	7	1	14	14	33	−19	22
10	Fløya	22	7	4	11	36	37	−1	21
11	Sandviken (R)	22	3	2	17	20	72	−52	11	Relegation to 1.divisjon
12	Fortuna Ålesund (R)	22	0	3	19	18	87	−69	3

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

IFF

FÅ

KAT

KLP

KOL

RØA

ILS

STB

TS

ØRN

Amazon Grimstad

1–3

0–2

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–3

0–1

0–2

Arna-Bjørnar

1–1

1–0

3–1

1–2

5–3

0–3

1–5

2–0

1–1

3–0

3–0

Fløya

2–0

2–2

3–1

1–2

3–3

1–2

0–1

5–0

0–0

2–1

1–2

Fortuna Ålesund

0–1

1–2

0–2

0–0

3–3

2–6

0–6

1–2

0–5

0–8

2–2

Kattem

1–0

1–1

3–0

5–1

2–1

1–2

1–4

2–2

1–5

1–2

2–1

Klepp

1–0

1–1

3–2

7–1

3–0

1–1

0–3

4–1

1–4

2–0

1–0

Kolbotn

1–0

4–1

3–1

8–1

2–1

0–3

1–2

2–0

3–1

1–0

1–0

Røa

3–0

1–0

4–2

3–2

6–0

4–1

0–3

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

Sandviken

0–2

0–4

1–3

3–2

2–1

0–0

0–2

1–7

1–10

1–5

4–5

Stabæk

2–0

6–1

5–2

6–0

5–0

0–0

5–1

2–0

6–1

5–0

7–0

Team Strømmen

4–2

0–0

2–2

5–0

3–0

3–0

2–3

0–3

4–0

1–3

3–2

Trondheims-Ørn

4–0

2–1

1–0

6–0

2–2

3–0

1–1

0–6

2–0

2–2

0–3

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[7]
1	Lene Mykjåland	Røa	20
2	Kristy Moore	Stabæk	19
3	Lise Klaveness	Stabæk	17
4	Kristin Lie	Trondheims-Ørn	16
	Melissa Wiik	Stabæk	16
6	Isabell Herlovsen	Kolbotn	13
	Una Nwajei	Team Strømmen	13
	Elise Thorsnes	Røa	13
9	Miriam Mumtaz	Kolbotn	12
10	Rebecca Angus	Kolbotn	10
	Anneli Giske	Fløya	10

References

1. "Terminliste Toppserien 2009". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-04-06.
2. "Røa mester for tredje gang på rad". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
3. "Access List for the UEFA Women's Champions League 2010/11" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
4. "UEFA Association Coefficient Rankings 2010/11" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
5. "Sandviken rykker ned". BA (in Norwegian). 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
6. "Fløya straffes etter spillerrot". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
7. "Toppscorer 2009". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-04-06.