The 2022 Eliteserien was the 78th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was the sixth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen. Molde were crowned the champions at the end of the season, winning their 5th Norwegian league title.

Eliteserien
Season2022
Dates2 April – 13 November
ChampionsMolde
5th title
RelegatedKristiansund
Jerv
Champions LeagueMolde
Europa Conference LeagueBodø/Glimt
Rosenborg
Matches played240
Goals scored781 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerAmahl Pellegrino
(25 goals)
Biggest home winBodø/Glimt 7–0 Odd
(6 August 2022)
Biggest away winVålerenga 0–6 Bodø/Glimt
(16 October 2022)
Highest scoringBodø/Glimt 5–4 Viking
(6 November 2022)
Longest winning run17 matches
Molde[1]
Longest unbeaten run25 matches
Molde[1]
Longest winless run15 matches
Sandefjord[1]
Longest losing run8 matches
Kristiansund
Sarpsborg 08[1]
Highest attendance21,275
Rosenborg 3–2 Bodø/Glimt
(30 October 2022)[2]
Lowest attendance2,005
Tromsø 2–5 Sarpsborg 08
(24 April 2022)[2]
Average attendance5,713[2]
2021
2023

The season started on 2 April 2022 and ended on 13 November 2022, not including play-off matches.[3][4]

Bodø/Glimt were the defending champions, having won the previous season. HamKam, Aalesund and Jerv joined as the promoted clubs from the 2021 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Brann, Stabæk and Mjøndalen who were relegated to the First Division.

Teams

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Sixteen teams competed in the league in this season – the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were HamKam (returning to the top flight after a thirteen season absence), Aalesund (returning to the top flight after a one season absence) and Jerv (first season in the top flight). They replaced Brann, Stabæk and Mjøndalen, ending their top flight spells of six, eight and three years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location County Arena Turf Capacity
Aalesund 18 Ålesund Møre og Romsdal Color Line Stadion Artificial 10,778
Bodø/Glimt 27 Bodø Nordland Aspmyra Stadion Artificial 8,300
HamKam 23 Hamar Innlandet Briskeby Artificial 7,800
Haugesund 16 Haugesund Rogaland Haugesund Sparebank Arena Natural 8,754
Jerv 1 Grimstad Agder Levermyr Stadion Natural 3,300
Kristiansund 6 Kristiansund Møre og Romsdal Kristiansund Stadion Artificial 4,444
Lillestrøm 58 Lillestrøm Viken Åråsen Stadion Natural 11,500
Molde 46 Molde Møre og Romsdal Aker Stadion Artificial 11,249
Odd 41 Skien Vestfold og Telemark Skagerak Arena Artificial 11,767
Rosenborg 59 Trondheim Trøndelag Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,421
Sandefjord 10 Sandefjord Vestfold og Telemark Release Arena Natural 6,582
Sarpsborg 08 11 Sarpsborg Viken Sarpsborg Stadion Artificial 8,022
Strømsgodset 35 Drammen Viken Marienlyst Stadion Artificial 8,935
Tromsø 34 Tromsø Troms og Finnmark Alfheim Stadion Artificial 6,687
Viking 72 Stavanger Rogaland SR-Bank Arena Artificial 15,900
Vålerenga 62 Oslo Oslo Intility Arena Artificial 16,555

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager(s) Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aalesund   Jan Petter Hagen   Lars Arne Nilsen   David Fällman Umbro Sparebanken Møre
Bodø/Glimt   Inge Henning Andersen   Kjetil Knutsen   Ulrik Saltnes Diadora Sparebanken Nord-Norge
HamKam   Truls Nordby Johansen   Jakob Michelsen   Aleksander Melgalvis[5] Puma Eidsiva Energi
Haugesund   Leif Helge Kaldheim   Jostein Grindhaug   Kevin Martin Krygård Macron Haugaland Kraft
Jerv   Per Gunnar Topland   Arne Sandstø   Mathias Wichmann Umbro J. J. Ugland
Kristiansund   Vidar Solli   Christian Michelsen   Dan Peter Ulvestad Macron SpareBank 1 Nordvest
Lillestrøm   Morten Kokkim   Geir Bakke   Gjermund Åsen[6] Puma DNB
Molde   Odd Ivar Moen   Erling Moe   Magnus Wolff Eikrem Adidas[7] Sparebanken Møre
Odd   Trond Haukvik   Pål Arne Johansen   Steffen Hagen Hummel SpareBank 1 Telemark
Rosenborg   Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen   Kjetil Rekdal   Markus Henriksen Adidas SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord   Gunnar Bjønness   Hans Erik Ødegaard
  Andreas Tegström
  Harmeet Singh Macron Jotun
Sarpsborg 08   Hans Petter Arnesen   Stefan Billborn   Joachim Thomassen Select Borregaard
Strømsgodset   Ivar Strømsjordet   Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen
  Håkon Wibe-Lund
  Gustav Valsvik Puma DNB
Tromsø   Helge Kræmer   Gaute Helstrup   Ruben Yttergård Jenssen Select Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Vålerenga   Thomas Baardseng   Dag-Eilev Fagermo   Jonatan Tollås Adidas DNB
Viking   Stig H. Christiansen   Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
  Morten Jensen
  Veton Berisha Diadora Lyse

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Rosenborg   Åge Hareide Contract expired 31 December 2021[8] Pre-season   Kjetil Rekdal 1 January 2022[9] Pre-season
Sarpsborg 08   Lars Bohinen 31 December 2021[10]   Stefan Billborn 7 January 2022[11]
HamKam   Kjetil Rekdal Signed by Rosenborg 31 December 2021[9]   Jakob Michelsen 9 January 2022[12]
Odd   Jan Frode Nornes Sacked 8 January 2022[13]   Pål Arne Johansen 24 January 2022[14]

Transfers

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Winter

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Summer

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Molde (C) 30 25 3 2 71 25 +46 78 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Bodø/Glimt 30 18 6 6 86 41 +45 60 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Rosenborg 30 16 8 6 69 44 +25 56
4 Lillestrøm 30 16 5 9 49 34 +15 53
5 Odd 30 13 6 11 43 45 −2 45
6 Vålerenga 30 13 5 12 52 49 +3 44
7 Tromsø 30 10 13 7 46 49 −3 43
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 12 5 13 57 54 +3 41
9 Aalesund 30 10 9 11 32 45 −13 39
10 Haugesund 30 10 8 12 42 46 −4 38
11 Viking 30 9 8 13 48 54 −6 35
12 Strømsgodset 30 9 6 15 44 55 −11 33
13 HamKam 30 6 13 11 33 43 −10 31
14 Sandefjord (O) 30 6 6 18 42 68 −26 24 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Kristiansund (R) 30 5 8 17 37 60 −23 23 Relegation to First Division
16 Jerv (R) 30 5 5 20 30 69 −39 20
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.[15]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Molde313573332222222111111111111111
Bodø/Glimt741356458534333332322342222222
Rosenborg7579127876957454444444433333333
Lillestrøm732122111111111223233224444444
Odd2748111510121011119910991112999876687665
Vålerenga1191410459911121414131310666555555555556
Tromsø1611111314141213131313121212131198888799766777
Sarpsborg 0811893337874738911121214141413111111978888
Aalesund3101066964569566771011111211121212111291099
Haugesund1515161615121414141412131414141413910111010101012101291010
Viking3252112233685455556666678910111111
Strømsgodset11161314138564746786877777988101111121212
HamKam713812910111012101010101112131413131012131313131313131313
Sandefjord161271013151198811117810810121314141414141414141414
Kristiansund111415151616161616161616161616161616161616151515151515151515
Jerv312611811131515151515151515151515151515161616161616161616
Leader / 2023–24 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2023 1. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results

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Home \ Away AAL BOD HAM HAU JER KRI LIL MOL ODD ROS SAN SRP STR TRO VIK VÅL
Aalesund 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2
Bodø/Glimt 2–0 2–2 1–1 5–0 5–0 1–1 1–4 7–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 5–4 5–1
HamKam 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Haugesund 2–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–2 1–1
Jerv 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–5 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–5
Kristiansund 4–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–2 4–4 3–1 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 3–2
Lillestrøm 2–0 1–4 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0
Molde 3–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 3–4 1–0
Odd 2–3 3–2 2–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Rosenborg 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–3 3–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–0 3–0 4–1 3–0
Sandefjord 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 2–3 1–3 2–5 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3
Sarpsborg 08 1–2 1–4 2–1 4–0 4–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–3 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Strømsgodset 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–2 6–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–5 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–2
Tromsø 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 4–3 3–0 2–5 1–0 1–1 1–0
Viking 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2
Vålerenga 4–0 0–6 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–4 4–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 4–2
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Sandefjord, the 14th-placed team in Eliteserien defeated Kongsvinger, the winners of the First Division promotion play-offs 5-2 (aggregate) over two legs to qualify to remain in the Eliteserien in the following season.[16]

Sandefjord4–0Kongsvinger
Ofkir   3'
Winbo   42'
Tveter   54'
Kurtovic   78'
Report
Attendance: 5,020
Referee: Kai Erik Steen
Kongsvinger2–1Sandefjord
Langrekken   49'
Holter   79'
Report Nyenetue   31'
Attendance: 1,882
Referee: Tore Hansen


Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[17]
1   Amahl Pellegrino Bodø/Glimt 25
2   Hugo Vetlesen Bodø/Glimt 16
3   David Datro Fofana Molde 15
  Tobias Heintz Sarpsborg 08
  Casper Tengstedt Rosenborg
6   Ole Sæter Rosenborg 14
7   Eric Kitolano Tromsø 13
8   Runar Espejord Bodø/Glimt 12
  Mohamed Ofkir Sandefjord
10   Ola Brynhildsen Molde 11
  Johan Hove Strømsgodset

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Alexander Ruud Tveter Sandefjord Haugesund 3–1 (A) 3 April 2022
  Mohamed Ofkir Sandefjord Strømsgodset 5–0 (A) 23 April 2022
  Veton Berisha Viking Haugesund 5–1 (H) 30 April 2022
  Ole Sæter Rosenborg Kristiansund 3–1 (H) 25 June 2022
  Sam Rogers Rosenborg Jerv 3–2 (H) 10 July 2022
  Amahl Pellegrino Bodø/Glimt Jerv 5–0 (H) 24 July 2022
  Hugo Vegard Vetlesen Bodø/Glimt Odd 7–0 (H) 6 August 2022
  Casper Tengstedt Rosenborg Sandefjord 5–2 (A) 12 August 2022
  Tobias Heintz Sarpsborg 08 Jerv 4–3 (H) 18 September 2022
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[18]
1   Jacob Karlstrøm Molde 12
2   Mads Hedenstad Christiansen Lillestrøm 9
3   André Hansen Rosenborg 8
4   Sten Grytebust Aalesund 7
  Nikita Khaykin Bodø/Glimt
  Viljar Myhra Strømsgodset
  Leopold Wahlstedt Odd
8   Patrik Gunnarsson Viking 6
  Magnus Sjøeng Vålerenga
10   Nicholas Hagen HamKam 4
  Øystein Øvretveit Jerv

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Awards

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Annual awards

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Award[21] Winner Club
Player of the Year   Hugo Vetlesen Bodø/Glimt
Young Player of the Year   Sivert Mannsverk Molde
Manager of the Year   Erling Moe Molde

League attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 196,377 21,275 9,764 13,092 +99.1%
2 Viking 148,648 15,500 7,136 9,910 +64.0%
3 Vålerenga 130,044 16,555 5,520 8,670 +100.8%
4 Lillestrøm 101,148 10,527 4,567 6,743 +88.4%
5 Molde 95,823 10,755 5,045 6,388 +108.1%
6 Bodø/Glimt 88,953 7,837 4,809 5,930 +153.9%
7 Aalesund 82,184 10,778 4,194 5,479 +99.6%1
8 Strømsgodset 73,065 5,887 3,897 4,871 +70.6%
9 Sarpsborg 08 71,707 5,831 4,094 4,780 +72.1%
10 Odd 68,035 7,164 3,380 4,536 +50.9%
11 HamKam 67,428 6,904 3,037 4,495 +108.7%1
12 Haugesund 58,533 5,608 3,187 3,902 +49.3%
13 Kristiansund 56,909 4,444 3,410 3,794 +70.3%
14 Sandefjord 49,995 6,182 2,497 3,333 +87.8%
15 Tromsø 45,071 6,691 2,005 3,005 +70.0%1
16 Jerv 37,315 3,002 2,090 2,488 +176.4%1
League total 1,371,235 21,275 2,005 5,713 +76.3%

Updated to games played on 13 November 2022
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

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