The 2013 Toppserien is the twenty-seventh season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, ten returning from the 2012 season and the two teams promoted from the First Division, Avaldsnes and Medkila.

Toppserien
Season2013
ChampionsStabæk
RelegatedSandviken
Champions LeagueStabæk
Matches played114
Goals scored388 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorerElise Thorsnes
(19 goals)[1]
Biggest home winArna-Bjørnar 8–1 Medkila[2]
Biggest away winSandviken 0–5 LSK Kvinner
Amazon Grimstad 0–5 Stabæk[2]
Highest scoringArna-Bjørnar 8–1 Medkila[2]
Longest winning run10 games - Stabæk[3]
Longest unbeaten run19 games - Stabæk[3]
Longest winless run14 games - Amazon Grimstad[3]
Longest losing run6 games - Klepp, Sandviken[3]
2012
2014

The season started on 13 April 2013 and is planned to end on 2 November 2013.[3]

Teams

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Team Location Arena Manager
Amazon Grimstad Grimstad Levermyr Stadion Margunn Haugenes
Arna-Bjørnar Bergen Arna Stadion Morten Kalvenes
Avaldsnes Avaldsnes Avaldsnes Idrettssenter Roar Wold
Kolbotn Kolbotn Sofiemyr Stadion David Brocken
Klepp Klepp Klepp Stadion Tommy Velde
Lillestrøm Lillestrøm LSK-Hallen Monica Knudsen
Medkila Harstad Harstad Stadion Roy Berntsen
Røa Oslo Røa Kunstgress Geir Nordby
Sandviken Bergen Stemmemyren idrettsplass Øyvind Nordtveit
Stabæk Bærum Nadderud Stadion Øyvind Eide
Trondheims-Ørn Trondheim DnB NOR Arena Thomas Dahle
Vålerenga Oslo Vallhall Arena Cecilie Berg-Hansen

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stabæk (C) 22 17 4 1 64 9 +55 55 Qualification for the Champions League round of 32
2 LSK Kvinner 22 15 4 3 51 18 +33 49
3 Arna-Bjørnar 22 10 8 4 39 24 +15 38
4 Avaldsnes 22 10 3 9 39 33 +6 33
5 Vålerenga 22 8 8 6 41 37 +4 32
6 Kolbotn 22 9 4 9 39 42 −3 31
7 Trondheims-Ørn 22 9 3 10 39 49 −10 30
8 Røa 22 7 7 8 25 33 −8 28
9 Medkila 22 7 5 10 27 44 −17 26
10 Klepp 22 6 3 13 29 50 −21 21
11 Amazon Grimstad (O) 22 3 6 13 22 39 −17 15 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 Sandviken (R) 22 3 1 18 19 56 −37 10 Relegation to First Division
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1   Elise Thorsnes Stabæk 20
2   Emilie Haavi LSK Kvinner 12
  Cathrine Dekkerhus Stabæk
4   Caroline Hansen Stabæk 11
5   Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir Avaldsnes 10
  Cecilie Pedersen Avaldsnes
7   Trine Lise Åvik Amazon Grimstad 9
8   Elisabeth Jeppesen Medkila 8
  Line Krogedal Klepp

References

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  1. ^ "Toppscorerliste". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistikk 1. divisjon kvinner 2013". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Tabell Toppserien 2013". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Toppscorer 2013". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-04-13.
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