2008 Toppserien

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.

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 →

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	Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2	Team Strømmen	22	14	4	4	44	22	+22	46	Qualification for the 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 First Division
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) Champions; (R) Relegated

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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

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