The 1996 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 21 April 1996 and ended on 13 October 1996.

Toppserien
Season1996 (1996)
ChampionsTrondheims-Ørn
3rd title
RelegatedHaugar
Gjelleråsen
Matches played90
Goals scored364 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorerNorway Randi Leinan
(27 goals)
1997

18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while two teams from the First Division were promoted through a playoff round. After the season had ended, Sprint/Jeløy changed its name to Athene Moss.

Trondheims-Ørn won the league, losing only one game.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Trondheims-Ørn (C) 18 16 1 1 85 20 +65 49
2 Sandviken 18 12 2 4 43 19 +24 38
3 Asker 18 10 1 7 41 27 +14 31
4 Kolbotn 18 8 4 6 41 40 +1 28
5 Klepp 18 7 6 5 30 31 −1 27
6 Sprint/Jeløy 18 6 5 7 26 31 −5 23
7 Bøler 18 4 5 9 23 42 −19 17
8 Setskog/Høland 18 5 2 11 35 57 −22 17
9 Haugar (R) 18 4 4 10 18 36 −18 16 Relegation to First Division
10 Gjelleråsen (R) 18 0 6 12 22 61 −39 6
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Promotion and relegation

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References

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  1. ^ "Women Premier division 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2019.