2022 Eliteserien

Eliteserien 2022
Season information
Dates	2 April 2022– 13 November 2022
Winners	Molde 5th title
Relegated	Kristiansund Jerv
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Molde
Europa Conference League	Bodø/Glimt Rosenborg
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	781
Average	3.25 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Amahl Pellegrino (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Bodø/Glimt 7–0 Odd (6 August 2022)
Biggest away win	Vålerenga 0–6 Bodø/Glimt (16 October 2022)
Highest scoring	Bodø/Glimt 5–4 Viking (6 November 2022)
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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.

The season started on 2 April 2022 and is scheduled to end on 13 November 2022, not including play-off matches.

Bodø/Glimt are the defending champions. 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 2022 Norwegian First Division.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – 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.

Stadiums and locations

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

Team	President	Manager(s)	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aalesund	Hagen, Jan PetterJan Petter Hagen	Nilsen, Lars ArneLars Arne Nilsen	Fällman, DavidDavid Fällman	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Bodø/Glimt	Andersen, Inge HenningInge Henning Andersen	Knutsen, KjetilKjetil Knutsen	Saltnes, UlrikUlrik Saltnes	Diadora	Sparebanken Nord-Norge
HamKam	Johansen, Truls NordbyTruls Nordby Johansen	Michelsen, JakobJakob Michelsen	Melgalvis, AleksanderAleksander Melgalvis	Puma	Eidsiva Energi
Haugesund	Kaldheim, Leif HelgeLeif Helge Kaldheim	Grindhaug, JosteinJostein Grindhaug	Krygård, Kevin MartinKevin Martin Krygård	Macron	Haugaland Kraft
Jerv	Topland, Per GunnarPer Gunnar Topland	Sandstø, ArneArne Sandstø	Wichmann, MathiasMathias Wichmann	Umbro	J. J. Ugland
Kristiansund	Solli, VidarVidar Solli	Michelsen, ChristianChristian Michelsen	Ulvestad, Dan PeterDan Peter Ulvestad	Macron	SpareBank 1 Nordvest
Lillestrøm	Kokkim, MortenMorten Kokkim	Bakke, GeirGeir Bakke	Åsen, GjermundGjermund Åsen	Puma	DNB
Molde	Moen, Odd IvarOdd Ivar Moen	Moe, ErlingErling Moe	Eikrem, Magnus WolffMagnus Wolff Eikrem	Adidas	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Haukvik, TrondTrond Haukvik	Johansen, Pål ArnePål Arne Johansen	Hagen, SteffenSteffen Hagen	Hummel	SpareBank 1 Telemark
Rosenborg	Johnsen, Cecilie GotaasCecilie Gotaas Johnsen	Rekdal, KjetilKjetil Rekdal	Henriksen, MarkusMarkus Henriksen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Bjønness, GunnarGunnar Bjønness	Ødegaard, Hans ErikHans Erik Ødegaard Tegström, AndreasAndreas Tegström	Singh, HarmeetHarmeet Singh	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg 08	Arnesen, Hans PetterHans Petter Arnesen	Billborn, StefanStefan Billborn	Thomassen, JoachimJoachim Thomassen	Select	Borregaard
Strømsgodset	Strømsjordet, IvarIvar Strømsjordet	Ingebretsen, Bjørn PetterBjørn Petter Ingebretsen Wibe-Lund, HåkonHåkon Wibe-Lund	Valsvik, GustavGustav Valsvik	Puma	DNB
Tromsø	Kræmer, HelgeHelge Kræmer	Helstrup, GauteGaute Helstrup	Yttergård Jenssen, RubenRuben Yttergård Jenssen	Select	Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Vålerenga	Baardseng, ThomasThomas Baardseng	Fagermo, Dag-EilevDag-Eilev Fagermo	Tollås, JonatanJonatan Tollås	Adidas	DNB
Viking	Christiansen, Stig H.Stig H. Christiansen	Aarsheim, Bjarte LundeBjarte Lunde Aarsheim Jensen, MortenMorten Jensen	Berisha, VetonVeton Berisha	Diadora	Lyse

Managerial changes

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

League table

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
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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Results

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 Template:LL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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 November 2022 18:00 CET	Sandefjord	4–0	Kongsvinger	Sandefjord Arena Attendance: 5,020 Referee: Kai Erik Steen
	Ofkir  3' Winbo  42' Tveter  54' Kurtovic  78'	Report

19 November 2022 16:00 CET	Kongsvinger	2–1	Sandefjord	Gjemselund Stadion Attendance: 1,882 Referee: Tore Hansen
	Langrekken  49' Holter  79'	Report	Nyenetue  31'

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alexander Ruud Tveter	Sandefjord	Haugesund	3–1 (A)	02022-04-03-3 April 2022
Mohamed Ofkir	Sandefjord	Strømsgodset	5–0 (A)	02022-04-23-23 April 2022
Veton Berisha	Viking	Haugesund	5–1 (H)	02022-04-30-30 April 2022
Ole Sæter	Rosenborg	Kristiansund	3–1 (H)	02022-06-25-25 June 2022
Sam Rogers	Rosenborg	Jerv	3–2 (H)	02022-07-10-10 July 2022
Amahl Pellegrino	Bodø/Glimt	Jerv	5–0 (H)	02022-07-24-24 July 2022
Hugo Vegard Vetlesen	Bodø/Glimt	Odd	7–0 (H)	02022-08-06-6 August 2022
Casper Tengstedt	Rosenborg	Sandefjord	5–2 (A)	02022-08-12-12 August 2022
Tobias Heintz	Sarpsborg 08	Jerv	4–3 (H)	02022-09-18-18 September 2022

Notes

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

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Carlo Holse	Rosenborg	14
2	Amahl Pellegrino	Bodø/Glimt	10
3	Kristian Eriksen	HamKam / Molde	9
	Ylldren Ibrahimaj	Lillestrøm
	Ulrik Saltnes	Bodø/Glimt
	Herman Stengel	Strømsgodset
7	Emil Breivik	Molde	8
	Gjermund Åsen	Lillestrøm
9	Sander Kartum	Kristiansund	7
	Mohamed Ofkir	Sandefjord
	Anton Salétros	Sarpsborg 08
	Hugo Vetlesen	Bodø/Glimt

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
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

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9
  • Dario Canadija (Aalesund)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Odin Bjørtuft (Odd)
  • Anton Skipper (Sarpsborg 08)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 59
  • Viking

• Most red cards: 5
  • Sarpsborg 08

Awards

Annual awards

Award	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

See also

• 2022 Norwegian Football Cup

2022 in Norwegian football
Domestic leagues
Eliteserien · First Division · Second Division · Third Division · Fourth Division
Domestic cups
Norwegian Football Cup ('21–'22, '22–'23) · Mesterfinalen
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Norway
2021                                                        2023