Eliteserien table 2026 season: Norway, points and home and away records
updated 2026-08-28The Eliteserien table covers 16 clubs over 17 matches each. Points run three for a win and one for a draw, so the order follows points first, then goal difference and goals scored.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bodø/Glimt | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 43 | +31 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 40 | +23 | 40 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | +14 | 34 |
| 4 | Molde | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | +6 | 27 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | +2 | 26 |
| 6 | Brann | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 36 | +9 | 25 |
| 7 | Rosenborg | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | +3 | 24 |
| 8 | Fredrikstad | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | HamKam | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | KFUM | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Kristiansund | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Aalesund | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Start | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -22 | 10 |
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Eliteserien table: how to read points and goal difference
The gap from top to bottom is 31 points. Bodø/Glimt lead on 41 with a difference of +31; Start sit last on 10. Viking are second, 1 points behind.
Bodø/Glimt score most with 43 goals. Bodø/Glimt defend best, conceding 12, while Aalesund have shipped 41 — the spread between those two says how uneven the league is at the back.
A club takes 1.4 points per match on average and scores 25.9 goals across the season. The median is 23 points (Fredrikstad), with 7 clubs above it. The median describes a league better than the mean does: one runaway side pulls the mean up and barely moves the median.
The drop zone is 8 points from safety: Sandefjord sit 13th on 18, against Start on 10. Those are the numbers that decide the closing weeks.
Eliteserien home and away: split points
The Eliteserien table recomputes separately for home fixtures and for away ones. They are the same matches split by venue, so points in the two tables always sum back to the overall one.
Bodø/Glimt take the most at home, 21 points from 8 matches, while Bodø/Glimt lead away on 20 — more often different clubs than you would expect.
Rosenborg depend on their ground most: 17 points at home against 7 away, a gap of 10. Lillestrøm show the smallest split at -2. Across the league a club takes 5.1 more points at home than away.
Eliteserien: goals, averages and difference
Across 132 matches the league has produced 415 goals, 3.03 per game. Home sides win 51% of the time, both teams score in 55%, and 60% finish over 2.5.
Lillestrøm carry the flattest goal difference at +2 — clubs on those numbers usually sit mid-table, equally far from the title and the drop.
How the Eliteserien table looked in earlier seasons is in the archive: Norway, year by year, with final tables for every division and zone.
Eliteserien: division size and what it changes
The size of a division changes how its figures read. With 16 clubs each plays 17 matches, and a run of three or four results moves a position further than it would in a league twice the size: the sample is smaller, so chance weighs more.
For the same reason the points gap between neighbouring places tends to be narrower here and the middle of the table reorders more often. Goal difference is especially useful in a division this size, because it accumulates across every match and depends less on who a club happened to face recently.
Comparing this division with others on absolute numbers — goals scored, points taken — means little where the number of rounds differs. What compares is the relative measures: points per match, scoring rate, the share of draws.
Norway: the divisions and where Eliteserien sits
We cover 2 divisions in Norway. This is the top flight. Below it run Norwegian First Division, computed on the same rules.
Aalesund have drawn most at 9, Viking fewest at 1. Viking defend best on the road, conceding 9 away from home.
Eliteserien: match results and head-to-head
The widest result of the season is Bodø/Glimt against Start, 5-0, a margin of 5. The highest-scoring match is Viking against Start at 6-3, 9 goals in all.
25 of 132 matches ended level, 19%. The draw rate is among the steadiest numbers a league produces: it moves less from season to season than goals scored or final positions do.
Any two clubs can be compared in the panel alongside, which reads the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Common questions
How are points awarded in the Eliteserien table?
Three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. A side with more wins can still sit below one that draws often, but only where the number of matches played differs.
What separates clubs level on points?
Goal difference first, then goals scored. Bodø/Glimt currently lead Eliteserien on 41 points with a difference of +31.
How does the home table differ from the overall one?
The home table counts only matches played at home and the away table only those on the road. They are the same fixtures, so the two sets of points add back to the overall table. A mid-table club is often in the top three of one of them.
How many goals does a match produce on average?
3.03 per game across 132 matches. Both teams score in 55% of them and 60% finish over 2.5 goals.
Where are previous seasons?
In the country archive: Norway, final tables year by year, split by division and, where they existed, by territorial zone.
How can two clubs be compared?
Through the head-to-head panel: pick two sides and it returns the score of their meetings this season, read from the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Season metrics
- Goals per match
- 3.03
- Home wins
- 51%
- Both scored
- 55%
- Over 2.5
- 60%
Head to head
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