List of Norwegian football champions
The Norwegian football champions (
Sixteen clubs from ten cities have won the honor. With 26 titles
At the end of the 1937–38 season, Fredrikstad were the first club to be crowned champions in the history of the championship. Rosenborg have won 26 titles, the most of any club.[2] Fredrikstad are second with nine. Rosenborg dominated during the 1990s and 2000s, winning 13 consecutive league titles from 1992 to 2004. Fredrikstad secured all their titles before the league changed its format to a one-group top division in 1963. Third-most title winning team Viking dominated in the 1970s when they won five of their eight titles. Rosenborg and Viking are the only teams to have won the league title three or more consecutive times. All the clubs which have ever been crowned champions are still in existence today and all take part in the top six tiers of the Norwegian football league system - the football pyramid.
Format
Attempts to create a national league were started in
The final season, in 1961–62, saw all 16 teams collected in a single league which was played over one and a half years. Starting with the 1963, ten team were collected into a single league, named the First Division. At the same time, the season changed from a winter to a summer league. From the 1972 season, teams from Northern Norway were also allowed to participate in the 1. divisjon, for the first time creating a pan-national league. The same season saw the number of teams increase from ten to twelve. The league was renamed to Tippeligaen in 1990, after the sponsor Norsk Tipping, and in 1997 a single-conference league was created below the top league for the first time. The Tippeligaen was expanded to 14 teams from the 1995 season and to 16 teams from the 2009 season.
List
The following is a list of winners (gold), runners-up (silver) and third place (bronze) teams in the highest-level football league in Norway. It also shows teams that won the double.[3][4]
Team won the double by winning the Norwegian Football Cup the same season |
Total titles won
By club
The following is a breakdown of top three league positions by team and also presents the team's home city or town. Teams in bold compete in the Eliteserien as of the 2023 season.
Club | City | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning years |
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Rosenborg | Trondheim | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61 |
Viking | Stavanger | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1957–58, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1991 |
Molde | Molde | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022 |
Lillestrøm | Lillestrøm | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1958–59, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1989 |
Vålerenga | Oslo | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1965, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2005 |
Brann | Bergen | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1961–62, 1963, 2007 |
Bodø/Glimt | Bodø | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Larvik Turn
|
Larvik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56 |
Lyn | Oslo | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1964, 1968 |
Strømsgodset | Drammen | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1970, 2013
|
Start | Kristiansand | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1978, 1980 |
Skeid | Oslo | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1966 |
Stabæk | Bærum | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2008 |
Moss | Moss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1987 |
Fram Larvik | Larvik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1949–50 |
Freidig | Trondheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1947–48 |
Tromsø | Tromsø | 0 | 2 | 4 | — |
Odd | Skien | 0 | 2 | 2 | — |
Bryne | Bryne | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
Mjøndalen | Nedre Eiker | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
Kongsvinger
|
Kongsvinger | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
Eik-Tønsberg
|
Tønsberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
Sparta | Sarpsborg | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
Steinkjer | Steinkjer | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
Sarpsborg | Sarpsborg | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
Ham-Kam | Hamar | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Haugesund | Haugesund | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Sarpsborg 08 | Sarpsborg | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
By region
Region | Number of titles | Clubs | Winning seasons |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Norway | 30
|
(1) | 1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2008, 2013 |
Trøndelag | 27
|
Rosenborg (26), Freidig (1) | 1947–48, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Western Norway | 16
|
Viking (8), Molde (5), Brann (3) | 1957–58, 1961–62, 1963, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1991, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022 |
Northern Norway | 3
|
Bodø/Glimt (3) | 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Southern Norway | 2
|
Start (2) | 1978, 1980 |
By city / town
City / Town | Championships | Clubs | Winning seasons |
---|---|---|---|
Trondheim | 27
|
Rosenborg (26), Freidig (1) | 1947–48, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Fredrikstad | 9
|
Fredrikstad (9) | 1937–38, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61 |
Stavanger | 8
|
Viking (8) | 1957–58, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1991 |
Oslo | 8
|
Lyn (2), Skeid (1)
|
1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2005 |
Molde | 5
|
Molde (5) | 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022 |
Lillestrøm | 5
|
Lillestrøm (5) | 1958–59, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1989 |
Larvik | 4
|
Larvik Turn (3), Fram Larvik (1) | 1949–50, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56 |
Bergen | 3
|
Brann (3) | 1961–62, 1963, 2007 |
Bodø | 3
|
Bodø/Glimt (3) | 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Kristiansand | 2
|
Start (2) | 1978, 1980 |
Drammen | 2
|
Strømsgodset (2) | 1970, 2013 |
Moss | 1
|
Moss (1) | 1987 |
Bærum | 1
|
Stabæk (1) | 2008 |
References
- ^ "Dette er nye Eliteserien: Nytt navn, nye farger og løve i logoen". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Serievinnere". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- Football Association of Norway. 2010. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Norwegian league winning coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 December 2021.