2010 Toppserien

Toppserien
Season2010
ChampionsStabæk
RelegatedDonn
Fløya
Champions LeagueStabæk
Matches played132
Goals scored443 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerLise Klaveness (21)
Biggest home winStabæk 9–0 Linderud-Grei
(7 August 2010)
Biggest away winKattem 0–7 Arna-Bjørnar
(12 June 2010)
Arna-Bjørnar 0–7 Stabæk
(4 September 2010)
Highest scoringKattem 2–7 Stabæk
(1 May 2010)
Linderud-Grei 2–7 Røa
(31 July 2010)
Stabæk 9–0 Linderud-Grei
(7 August 2010)
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The 2010 Toppserien was the twenty-fourth season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon. The season ran from 5 April to 11 November 2010,[1] and was won by Stabæk, their first ever title.[2] As champions, they also qualified for the Round of 32 of the 2011-12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Stabæk completed the entire season undefeated, and were confirmed as league champions on the penultimate day after beating Trondheims-Ørn 3–0, at the same time as runners-up Røa lost 0–4 to Kolbotn.[2] The roles were thus reversed from the previous season, when Røa won the league ahead of Stabæk. Kolbotn once again finished third after winning 2–0 against Arna-Bjørnar in the final round.[3]

Fløya were the first team of the season to be relegated, on 30 October.[4] They would have been joined by newcomers Donn, whose licensing application for the 2011 season was denied on 4 November for financial reasons.[5] Those same reasons, however, lead to Donn being declared bankrupt six days later.[6]

Linderud-Grei, founded in 2006 by Linderud IL and SF Grei to promote women's football in Groruddalen,[7] played in the top flight for the first time. They finished second to last in the standings, but retained their Toppserien spot because of Donn's bankruptcy and demotion.[5] It was the first time since 2007 that a newly promoted team had avoided relegation.

As of 2010, the women's football club Team Strømmen are affiliated with Lillestrøm SK and have changed their name to LSK Kvinner.[8] This is the second instance in Norway of a leading women's club becoming affiliated with a leading men's club, the first occurring in 2009 when Asker Fotball relocated to Bærum and became Stabæk Fotball.

  1. ^ "Spilleplan Toppserien 2010". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  2. ^ a b "Stabæk seriemester for kvinner". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  3. ^ "Kolbotn vant bronsen". NRK Hordaland (in Norwegian). 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  4. ^ "Fløya rykket ned". iTromsø (in Norwegian). 2010-10-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference demoted was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Donn slått konkurs". NRK Sørlandet (in Norwegian). 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  7. ^ "Informasjon om Linderud-Grei Toppfotball". Linderud-Grei Toppfotball (in Norwegian). 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  8. ^ "LSK Kvinner FK en del av LSK-familien". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). LSK Blogg. 2009-11-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-06.