2020 Eliteserien


The 2020 Eliteserien is the 75th season of top-tier football in Norway.
The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway the opening games of the season were delayed, first till 2 May, then further delayed till 23 May. The season was scheduled to end 29 November 2020, not including play-off matches, but is expected to be rescheduled to a later date. On 7 May, the Norwegian government allowed the league to start on 16 June with full training starting immediately.
Molde are the defending champions. Aalesund, Sandefjord and Start joined as the promoted clubs from the 2019 1. divisjon. They replaced Lillestrøm, Tromsø and Ranheim who were relegated to the 2020 1. divisjon.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but on 12 March it was revealed that the first five rounds of the season were postponed and the opening game therefore would be delayed till 2 May due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. On 24 March, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that the football season was further delayed till 23 May. On 7 May, the Norwegian government allowed the teams to begin with full training starting immediately, and opened for the league season to start on 16 June. On 12 June, the NFF announced that until 200 spectators would be allowed to attend the games.

Teams

Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. division. The promoted teams were Aalesund, Sandefjord and Start. They replaced Lillestrøm, Tromsø and Ranheim, ending their top flight spells of forty-five, five and two years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationArenaTurfCapacity
Aalesund17ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,778
Bodø/Glimt25BodøAspmyra StadionArtificial5,635
Brann63BergenBrann StadionNatural17,049
Haugesund14HaugesundHaugesund StadionNatural8,754
Kristiansund4KristiansundKristiansund StadionArtificial4,444
Mjøndalen21MjøndalenConsto ArenaArtificial4,200
Molde44MoldeAker StadionArtificial11,249
Odd39SkienSkagerak ArenaArtificial11,767
Rosenborg57TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,421
Sandefjord9SandefjordSandefjord ArenaNatural6,582
Sarpsborg 089SarpsborgSarpsborg StadionArtificial8,022
Stabæk24BærumNadderud StadionNatural4,938
Start42KristiansandSør ArenaArtificial14,448
Strømsgodset33DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial8,935
Vålerenga60OsloIntility ArenaArtificial16,555
Viking70StavangerViking StadionArtificial15,900

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Transfers

Winter

Summer

League table

Positions by round

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Kasper JunkerBodø/GlimtHaugesund6–1 21 06 2020
Amahl PellegrinoKristiansundAalesund7–2 21 06 2020
Torgeir BørvenOddVålerenga4–1 24 06 2020
Kasper JunkerBodø/GlimtBrann5–0 05 07 2020

Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Due to COVID-19 restrictions onlye 200 people were allowed in each match at the beginning of the season.