The 2020 Toppserien was the 37th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season was to start initially on 21 March 2020 but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed. It finally commenced on 3 July 2020 and ended on 6 December 2020. This season featured just 10 teams.
Vålerenga won their first Toppserien title on goal difference after finishing second the previous season.
Format The league consisted of 10 teams this season, which played each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches for a team.
Teams
Teams information Team Home city Home ground Seasons Arna-Bjørnar Indre Arna (Bergen) Arna Idrettspark 19 Avaldsnes Avaldsnes Avaldsnes Idrettssenter 8 Klepp Kleppe Klepp Stadion 34 Kolbotn Kolbotn Sofiemyr 26 LSK Kvinner Lillestrøm LSK-Hallen 34 Lyn Oslo Kringsjå kunstgress 3 Røa Oslo Røa kunstgress 21 Rosenborg Trondheim Koteng Arena 34 Sandviken Bergen Stemmemyren 27 Vålerenga Oslo Intility Arena 9
League table
Results Matches
Positions by round
Relegation play-offs The league's ninth placed team, Kolbotn, faced Medkila, the 2020 1. divisjon runners-up, in a two-legged play-off to decide who will play in the 2021 Toppserien.
1st leg
Note- This match was played before the final round of matches as Kolbotn had played theirs a week earlier.
2nd leg
Kolbotn won 6–2 on aggregate and both teams remained in their respective leagues.
Season statistics Top scorers Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020 Rank Player Club Goals1 Ajara NchoutVålerenga102 Marit ClausenRosenborg9 Camilla LinbergLyn4 Sophie Roman HaugLSK Kvinner8 Elise ThorsnesAvaldsnes6 Rasheedat AjibadeAvaldsnes7 Julie BlakstadRosenborg Dejana StefanovićVålerenga9 Kennya CordnerSandviken6 Lisa-Marie Karlseng UtlandRosenborg
Disciplinary Players Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020 Rank Player Club Yellow Card Red Card Points1 Olaug TvedtenAvaldsnes316 Emilie BølvikenLyn3 Dejana StefanovićVålerenga505 Katrine Emilie Winnem JørgensenRøa Trine Skjelstad JensenLyn Frida Berg LyshoelRøa Vilde Anett FjelldalRøa Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points.
Club Updated to matches played on 6 December 2020 Rank Club Yellow Card Red Card Points1Lyn281312Arna-Bjørnar25283Røa270274Vålerenga221255Avaldsnes19226Kolbotn200207Rosenborg131168Sandviken10010LSK KvinnerKlepp Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points
Awards Award WinnerBest Player Award Emilie Haavi LSK KvinnerTop Scorer Ajara Nchout VålerengaBest Goalkeeper Teagan Micah Arna-Bjørnar
Best XI Goalkeeper Teagan Micah (Arna-Bjørnar) Defenders Emilie Woldvik (LSK Kvinner) Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir (Vålerenga) Rebekka Hansen (Klepp) Midfielders Emilie Haavi (LSK Kvinner) Lisa Naalsund (Sandviken) Sherida Spitse (Vålerenga) Rasheedat Ajibade (Avaldsnes) Forwards Cesilie Andreassen (Rosenborg) Julie Blakstad (Rosenborg) Camilla Linberg (Lyn)
References
External links Official website 2020 Toppserien at Soccerway.com 2020 Toppserien at Worldfootball.net