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Prima eSport Notes. Lilmix Notes. They will continue to play as A U R A. Rosenborg then returned for a two-year winning streak in and In it was decided to change from the sponsorship name Tippeligaen to the non-sponsorship name Eliteserien , effecting from the season.

The league has been professional since During the course of a season, each club plays the others twice, home and away, for a total of 30 games for each club, and a total of games in a season.

The season starts in March and lasts until early November. Rounds played during the weekends are usually broken up into two games on Saturdays, five games on Sundays and one game on either Fridays or Mondays.

For the final two rounds, all games start simultaneously so that no club may gain an unfair advantage by knowing the results of other games in advance of kicking off their own.

The 16 May round, which is played the day before Norway's Constitution Day , 17 May, is one of the most anticipated rounds of the season.

It is often referred to as the "national day of football" [8] and since it precedes a national holiday, games usually see higher attendance than other rounds.

Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference , goals scored, and then head to head records used to separate teams on equal points.

At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned "League Winner". The two lowest placed teams are automatically relegated to the 1.

The fourteenth placed team in Eliteserien is also in danger of being relegated and must enter play-offs against one team from the 1.

Rosenborg reached the quarterfinal in the —97 season. They were eliminated by runners-up Juventus with 1—3 on aggregate.

In the —69 season, Lyn lost the European Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinal against runners-up Barcelona with 4—5 on aggregate.

The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Eliteserien during the season. Below is a list of the gold, silver and bronze medalists in the Norwegian top flight since its beginning in — The Norwegian Cup has been played since , and is still officially known as the Norwegian Championship, presented with "The King's Cup".

From until , the championship was decided through a playoff between the winners of the various regional leagues in Southern Norway.

From until , the team league was divided into two groups, and decided by a final match between the group winners. Since then it has been a round-robin decided through a league table.

Bronze finals were played in and ; before that no bronze medals were awarded. Furthermore, northern Norwegian teams had stricter promotion rules until The league did not play during the period — because of the World War II.

Note: 1 First season when North Norwegian teams were allowed to play in the top division. The following clubs have won one or more Eliteserien medals since —38 :.

Clubs in European football are commonly honoured for winning multiple league titles and a representative golden star is sometimes placed above the club badge to indicate the club having won 10 league titles.

In Norway the star symbolizes 10 Eliteserien titles. Rosenborg was the first team to introduce a star when they won their 10th title in No club has introduced a star since , when Rosenborg won their 20th league title to put a second star on their badge.

The clubs closest to their first are Fredrikstad with 9 Eliteserien titles and Viking with 8 Eliteserien titles. The following table is ordered after number of stars followed by number of Eliteserien titles.

From to , Eliteserien had title sponsorship rights sold to Norsk Tipping. Eliteserien has a number of official partners and suppliers.

The official ball supplier for the league is Select who on 27 October signed the first ever contract to deliver official balls for Eliteserien.

All matches are aired live on Discovery 's Eurosport , with four matches per week aired live on TVNorge Norway only from until In Balkans, the league is currently aired on Arena Sport.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland matches are aired live on Eurosport. Since the competition format was changed to a one-group top flight in , Eliteserien football has been played in 56 stadiums.

As of the start of the season, Ullevaal Stadion has hosted the most matches in the top flight with Two stadiums that have seen Eliteserien football — have now been demolished.

The combined total capacity of Eliteserien in the season is , with an average capacity of 10, The Eliteserien's record average attendance was set during the season.

This record attendance recorded an average attendance of 10, with a total attendance of just under 2 million. The 2 million mark was crossed after the league extension to sixteen teams.

Managers or head coaches in the Eliteserien are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition.

Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the structure of the club and the relationship of the manager with fans.

In the season, only one manager or head coach was sacked. In the UEFA coefficient, UEFA 's rankings of European leagues based on their performances in European competitions over a five-year period, the league ranked 27th at the end of the — European season, its lowest ranking since The league's highest ranking, tenth place, came in The winners of the previous calendar year's Eliteserien enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League , while the cup winners and second placed team enter the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

Norway also had an additional place in the first qualifying round of the Europa League for the — season due to its fair play ranking. The following data indicates Norwegian coefficient rankings between European football leagues.

UEFA association coefficients as of the end of the —20 season, for league participation in the —22 European football season Previous year rank in italics : [22].

From to , the league consisted of ten teams 90 matches a year. Between and , the league consisted of 12 teams matches a year. The number was raised to 14 teams matches a year in and to 16 teams matches a year in Attendances reached peaks in , , and , and were at their lowest in The record for highest average home attendance for a club was set by Rosenborg in 19, over 13 home matches.

The highest ever average attendance for Eliteserien as a whole was set in with 10, The winners of Eliteserien win two trophies.

One small trophy in silver which they keep and one bigger trophy which are held only by reigning champions.

The ribbons that drape the handles are presented in the team colours of the league champions that year. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For other leagues named Eliteserien, see Eliteserien disambiguation. Not to be confused with Elitserien. Main article: Norwegian football clubs in European competitions.

Sarpsborg These two clubs participated in the Norwegian top flight in and , respectively. This league win is however not seen as nearly as prestigious as the championship final.

Patrik Nilsson has the top scorer record with 94 goals. Elitserien bandy. This article is about the Swedish bandy league since the —08 season.

For the Elitserien and Allsvenskan leagues until the season, see Allsvenskan and Elitserien bandy. Villa Lidköping.

Further information: List of Swedish bandy champions and Allsvenskan and Elitserien bandy. Idrottens Affärer. Retrieved 8 May Swedish Bandy Association.

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