Norway Toppserien Women

Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1979. Regional leagues were in operation until the formation of the First Division 1984, when the league was divided into three regions, Group Eastern-Norway (Østlandet), Group Western-Norway (Vestlandet), and Group Mid-Norway (Trøndelag). No teams from Northern-Norway (Nord-Norge) played, however. The winners of the three groups met each other for a play-off. Regional leagues for women had been played before 1984, and a championship play-off had been done between the winners of Mid-Norway and Eastern-Norway in 1983 (Trondheims-Ørn beat Setskog 2-1), but this championship was considered unofficial by the Football Association of Norway. In 1986, a group for Northern-Norway was added, and in 1987, the groups and play-off matches were dropped, and one single league with teams from all over the country was played.

The league was known as 1. divisjon (Norwegian for 1st Division) from 1984 to 1995, the Eliteserien (Norwegian for The Elite League) from 1996 to 1999, and the Toppserien (Norwegian for The Top League) from 2000.

Traditionally, Trondheims-Ørn and Asker was the two power-houses of Toppserien, with 7 and 6 championship wins respectively. Trondheims-Ørn finished in the top three 16 out of 23 times from the beginning in 1984 to their current last medal in 2006. In 1998, Asker managed the almost unthinkable, winning every single one of their 18 league games that season (Asker didn't win the double that season, however, as the club was knocked out of the semi-finals of the cup by Trondheims-Ørn). However Asker FK, the women's team within Asker Fotball, became bankrupt at the end of 2008 and most of the players were transferred to a new team within the nearby Stabæk IF, named Stabæk FK (FK = Fotball Kvinner (Football Women)). Asker finished among the top three 18 out of the 25 seasons the club existed. The new Stabæk team began playing in the Toppserien from the 2009 season and won the league in 2010 and 2013. Røa won Toppserien five times from 2004 to 2011. Lillestrøm SK Kvinner won six consecutive titles from 2014 to 2019.

Date	R	Home v Away	-
03/21 17:00	1	Bodo/Glimt Women v Røa Women	View
03/23 13:00	1	Lillestrom SK Women v Lyn Women	View
03/23 13:00	1	Honefoss Women v Stabaek Women	View
03/23 15:00	1	Valerenga Women v Kolbotn Women	View
03/23 17:00	1	SK Brann Women v Rosenborg Women	View
03/28 17:00	2	Stabaek Women v SK Brann Women	View
03/29 13:00	2	Røa Women v Valerenga Women	View
03/29 13:00	2	Rosenborg Women v Bodo/Glimt Women	View
03/29 13:00	2	Kolbotn Women v Lillestrom SK Women	View
03/29 13:00	2	Lyn Women v Honefoss Women	View
04/12 12:00	3	Stabaek Women v Kolbotn Women	View
04/12 12:00	3	Lillestrom SK Women v Røa Women	View
04/12 12:00	3	Honefoss Women v Rosenborg Women	View
04/12 14:00	3	Valerenga Women v Lyn Women	View
04/12 16:00	3	SK Brann Women v Bodo/Glimt Women	View
04/16 16:00	4	Rosenborg Women v Valerenga Women	View
04/16 16:00	4	Røa Women v SK Brann Women	View
04/16 16:00	4	Lyn Women v Stabaek Women	View
04/16 16:00	4	Kolbotn Women v Honefoss Women	View
04/16 16:00	4	Bodo/Glimt Women v Lillestrom SK Women	View
04/22 16:00	5	Lillestrom SK Women v Valerenga Women	View
04/22 16:00	5	Stabaek Women v Bodo/Glimt Women	View
04/22 16:00	5	Rosenborg Women v Lyn Women	View
04/22 16:00	5	Honefoss Women v Røa Women	View
04/22 16:00	5	SK Brann Women v Kolbotn Women	View
04/25 16:00	6	Bodo/Glimt Women v Honefoss Women	View
04/26 10:00	6	Kolbotn Women v Lyn Women	View
04/26 12:00	6	Valerenga Women v SK Brann Women	View
04/26 14:00	6	Røa Women v Rosenborg Women	View
04/26 16:00	6	Lillestrom SK Women v Stabaek Women	View

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