2011 in Norwegian football

The2011season was the 106th season of competitivefootballinNorway.

Football in Norway
Season2011
Men's football
TippeligaenMolde
1. divisjonHønefoss
2. divisjonUllensaker/Kisa(Group 1)
Bærum(Group 2)
Notodden(Group 3)
Tromsdalen(Group 4)
CupenAalesund
Women's football
ToppserienRøa
1. divisjonVålerenga
CupenStabæk
2010 Norway 2012

The season began on 18 March 2011 forTippeligaen,3 April 2011 forAdeccoligaen,with2. divisjonand3. divisjonboth starting six days later on 9 April 2011.[citation needed]2. divisjon and 3. divisjon ended on 22 October 2011 whileAdeccoligaenended eight days later on 30 October 2011 andTippeligaenfinished on 27 November 2011.[citation needed]

Events of the season

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January

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8 January 2011:Thorbjørn Svenssen,Norway's most capped player with 104 games, dies from a stroke at the age of 86.[1]

August

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13 August 2011:StartbeatAdeccoligasideAlta1–0 and through to the semi-final of2011 Norwegian Football Cup.2009 winnersAalesundis heading for another Cup-victory after beatingRosenborgat home.[2]

14 August 2011:Fredrikstad FKdeniesOle Gunnar Solskjærsuccess in theNorwegian Football Cupin his first year as a manager in Norway.Moldelost 2–3 atFredrikstad Stadionafter extra time. InStavanger,Brannknocked outVikingon penalties shoot-out, withPiotr Leciejewskisaving three of Vikings four penalties.[3]

September

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2 September 2011: With a late penalty goal fromMohammed Abdellaoue,Norwaywon 1–0 againstIceland,keeping Norway joint top of UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group H with two matches remaining.[4]

6 September 2011:Denmarkwon 2–0 against Norway inParken,after two goals fromNicklas Bendtner.[5]The chances forDrillo'smen to reachUEFA EURO 2012is now very small.[6]

10 September 2011:Notoddensecured promotion to1. divisjonwith six matches left to play, after beatingFørde2–1 inFørde.[7]

21 September 2011:Brannreach theCup finalafter a 2–0 win againstFredrikstadatFredrikstad Stadion.[8]

21 September 2011: With an unlucky own goal,Haraldur Freyr Guðmundssonsent his old team,Aalesundto the Cup final, two years after they won the Cup in2009,after beatingStartin the other semifinal.[9]

October

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2 October 2011:Moldemove closer to the Tippeliga title with a 2–0 win against title challengersTromsø,and becomes the first team this season to win atAlfheim Stadionthis season.[10]

19 October 2011:Hønefosstook another step towards promotion to2012 Tippeligaenwith a 2–1 win againstAskerin 1. divisjon, whileTom NordlieandKongsvingerruinedSandefjord'schances for promotion.[11]

Men's football

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Promotion and relegation

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League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Tippeligaen
1. divisjon
2. divisjon

League season

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Tippeligaen

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Molde(C) 30 17 7 6 54 38 +16 58 Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round
2 Tromsø 30 15 8 7 56 34 +22 53 Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round
3 Rosenborg 30 14 7 9 69 44 +25 49 Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round
4 Brann 30 14 6 10 51 49 +2 48
5 Odd Grenland 30 14 6 10 44 44 0 48
6 Haugesund 30 14 5 11 55 43 +12 47
7 Vålerenga 30 14 5 11 42 33 +9 47
8 Strømsgodset 30 12 9 9 44 43 +1 45
9 Aalesund 30 12 7 11 36 38 −2 43 Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a]
10 Stabæk 30 11 6 13 44 50 −6 39 Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[b]
11 Viking 30 9 10 11 33 40 −7 37
12 Fredrikstad 30 10 6 14 38 41 −3 36
13 Lillestrøm 30 9 7 14 46 52 −6 34
14 Sogndal 30 8 10 12 24 31 −7 34
15 Start(R) 30 7 5 18 39 61 −22 26 Relegation toFirst Division
16 Sarpsborg 08(R) 30 5 6 19 31 65 −34 21
Source:fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C)Champions;(R)Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^Aalesundqualified for thesecond qualifying roundof the UEFA Europa League as winners of the2011 Norwegian Cup.
  2. ^Stabækqualified for thefirst qualifying roundof the UEFA Europa League via theUEFA Fair Play ranking.[12][13]

1. divisjon (Adeccoligaen)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hønefoss(C, P) 30 16 9 5 61 28 +33 57 Promotion toTippeligaen
2 Sandnes Ulf(P) 30 18 2 10 58 32 +26 56
3 Sandefjord 30 16 5 9 61 38 +23 53
4 Ranheim 30 15 7 8 61 39 +22 52
5 Bodø/Glimt 30 15 7 8 52 38 +14 52
6 HamKam 30 14 9 7 52 40 +12 51
7 Kongsvinger 30 14 7 9 50 36 +14 49
8 Hødd 30 13 7 10 54 42 +12 46
9 Bryne 30 11 11 8 47 36 +11 44
10 Mjøndalen 30 10 10 10 42 51 −9 40
11 Alta 30 10 9 11 45 51 −6 39
12 Strømmen 30 9 7 14 43 58 −15 34
13 Asker(R) 30 9 7 14 38 56 −18 34 Relegation toSecond Division
14 Nybergsund(R) 30 6 5 19 42 72 −30 23
15 Randaberg(R) 30 4 5 21 37 87 −50 17
16 Løv-Ham[a](R) 30 4 5 21 32 71 −39 16
Source:nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C)Champions;(P)Promoted;(R)Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^Løv-Ham were deducted a total 1 points: 1 point because of lack of financial control[14]

2. divisjon (Fair Play-ligaen)

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Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ull/Kisa(P) 26 14 9 3 59 38 +21 51 Promotion toFirst Division
2 Rosenborg 2 26 14 4 8 76 56 +20 46
3 Byåsen 26 12 8 6 65 48 +17 44
4 Lørenskog 26 12 7 7 55 46 +9 43
5 Kvik Halden 26 12 6 8 52 34 +18 42
6 Nesodden 26 13 2 11 53 44 +9 41
7 Levanger 26 12 3 11 52 45 +7 39
8 Stabæk 2 26 11 6 9 47 46 +1 39
9 KFUM Oslo 26 10 8 8 55 38 +17 38
10 Moss 26 11 5 10 58 56 +2 38
11 Nardo 26 8 5 13 43 55 −12 29
12 Tiller(R) 26 8 3 15 41 58 −17 27 Relegation toThird Division
13 Strindheim(R) 26 5 6 15 39 68 −29 21
14 Steinkjer(R) 26 3 2 21 43 106 −63 11
Source:nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P)Promoted;(R)Relegated
Group 2
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bærum(P) 24 15 6 3 75 30 +45 51 Promotion toFirst Division
2 Kristiansund BK 24 15 3 6 55 29 +26 48
3 Raufoss 24 13 3 8 57 41 +16 42
4 Elverum 24 12 6 6 38 26 +12 42
5 Brumunddal 24 12 2 10 54 43 +11 38
6 Frigg 24 11 4 9 47 40 +7 37
7 Valdres 24 10 3 11 42 49 −7 33
8 Molde 2[a] 24 9 4 11 43 53 −10 30
9 Lillehammer 24 8 5 11 39 56 −17 29
10 Follo 24 7 5 12 47 51 −4 26
11 Aalesund 2 24 7 5 12 36 59 −23 26
12 Jevnaker(R) 24 7 1 16 42 64 −22 22 Relegation toThird Division
13 Herd(R) 24 4 5 15 32 66 −34 17
14 Manglerud Star[b](R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P)Promoted;(R)Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^Molde 2 were deducted 1 point for using an illegal player in the match against Valdres on 23 June 2011.[15]
  2. ^Manglerud Star were bankrupted 4 April 2011, and will not play any matches.[16]
Group 3
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Notodden(P) 26 22 2 2 79 23 +56 68 Promotion toFirst Division
2 Vard Haugesund 26 13 5 8 57 35 +22 44
3 Vindbjart 26 12 5 9 51 54 −3 41
4 Åsane 26 11 7 8 51 42 +9 40
5 Vidar 26 11 4 11 40 48 −8 37
6 Odd Grenland 2 26 10 6 10 36 37 −1 36
7 Flekkerøy 26 10 5 11 36 38 −2 35
8 Ålgård 26 8 10 8 45 43 +2 34
9 Nest-Sotra 26 9 6 11 51 45 +6 33
10 Mandalskameratene 26 8 7 11 45 59 −14 31
11 Pors Grenland 26 8 5 13 42 53 −11 29
12 Viking 2(R) 26 7 8 11 36 55 −19 29 Relegation toThird Division
13 Førde(R) 26 7 5 14 43 50 −7 26
14 Austevoll(R) 26 7 3 16 49 79 −30 24
Source:nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P)Promoted;(R)Relegated
Group 4
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tromsdalen(P) 26 20 2 4 105 28 +77 62 Promotion toFirst Division
2 Skeid 26 16 4 6 75 38 +37 52
3 Strømsgodset 2 26 15 3 8 88 65 +23 48
4 Ørn-Horten 26 15 3 8 50 38 +12 48
5 Senja 26 14 2 10 57 66 −9 44
6 FK Tønsberg 26 13 3 10 48 50 −2 42
7 Kjelsås 26 11 7 8 61 42 +19 40
8 Mjølner 26 12 4 10 39 32 +7 40
9 Tromsø 2 26 10 5 11 37 51 −14 35
10 Vålerenga 2 26 7 6 13 58 65 −7 27
11 Fram Larvik 26 7 6 13 34 56 −22 27
12 Harstad(R) 26 7 4 15 41 58 −17 25 Relegation toThird Division
13 Hasle-Løren(R) 26 2 8 16 39 87 −48 14
14 Skarp(R) 26 2 5 19 29 85 −56 11
Source:nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P)Promoted;(R)Relegated

3. divisjon

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Norwegian Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
14 August –Fredrikstad Stadion,Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad(AET)2 (3)
21 September –Fredrikstad Stadion,Fredrikstad
Molde2 (2)
Fredrikstad0
14 August –Viking Stadion,Stavanger
Brann2
Viking1 (1)
6 November –Ullevaal Stadium,Oslo
Brann(pen.)1 (3)
Brann1
13 August –Color Line Stadion,Ålesund
Aalesund2
Aalesund3
22 September –Color Line Stadion,Ålesund
Rosenborg1
Aalesund1
13 August –Sør Arena,Kristiansand
Start0
Start1
Alta0

Final

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Brann1–2Aalesund
Korcsmár21' Report Barrantes19',38'

Women's football

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League season

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Toppserien

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Røa(C) 22 18 0 4 76 18 +58 54 Qualification for theChampions League round of 32
2 Stabæk 22 16 3 3 57 10 +47 51
3 Kolbotn 22 16 3 3 59 26 +33 51
4 Arna-Bjørnar 22 16 1 5 64 19 +45 49
5 LSK Kvinner 22 13 1 8 47 42 +5 40
6 Trondheims-Ørn 22 11 2 9 45 41 +4 35
7 Amazon Grimstad 22 8 3 11 33 42 −9 27
8 Klepp 22 6 5 11 28 37 −9 23
9 Kattem 22 5 4 13 36 60 −24 19
10 Sandviken 22 5 4 13 24 51 −27 19
11 Medkila(R) 22 3 3 16 20 63 −43 12 Relegation toFirst Division
12 Linderud-Grei(R) 22 0 1 21 16 96 −80 1
Source:NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C)Champions;(R)Relegated

1. divisjon

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Norwegian Women's Cup

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Final

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Men's UEFA competitions

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These are the results of the Norwegian teams in European competitions during the 2011 season. (Norwegian team score displayed first)

Team Contest and round Opponent 1st leg score* 2nd leg score** Aggregate score
Rosenborg Champions League2nd Qual. Round Breiðablik 4–0 (H) 0–2 (A) W 4–2
Champions League3rd Qual. Round Viktoria Plzeň 0–1 (H) 2–3 (A) L 2–4
Europa LeaguePlay Off Round AEK Larnaca 0–0 (H) 1–2 (A) L 1–2
Strømsgodset Europa League3rd Qual. Round Atlético Madrid 1–2 (A) 0–2 (H) L 1–4
Vålerenga Europa League2nd Qual. Round Mika 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A) W 2–0
Europa League3rd Qual. Round PAOK 0–2 (H) 0–3 (A) L 0–5
Tromsø Europa League1st Qual. Round Daugava Daugavpils 5–0 (A) 2–1 (H) W 7–1
Europa League2nd Qual. Round Paks 1–1 (A) 0–3 (H) L 1–4
Aalesund Europa League1st Qual. Round Neath 4–1 (H) 2–0 (A) W 6–1
Europa League2nd Qual. Round Ferencváros 1–2 (A) 3–1 (aet) (H) W 4–3
Europa League3rd Qual. Round Elfsborg 4–0 (H) 1–1 (A) W 5–1
Europa LeaguePlay Off Round AZ Alkmaar 2–1 (H) 0–6 (A) L 2–7

* For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed
** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed

UEFA Women's Champions League

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Knockout stage

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Round of 32

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stabæk 2–4 1. FFC Frankfurt 1–0 1–4

National teams

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Norway men's national football team

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UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

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Group H
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Denmark 8 6 1 1 15 6 +9 19 Qualify forfinal tournament 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 Portugal 8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16[a] Advance toplay-offs 3–1 1–0 5–3 4–4
3 Norway 8 5 1 2 10 7 +3 16[a] 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
4 Iceland 8 1 1 6 6 14 −8 4 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0
5 Cyprus 8 0 2 6 7 20 −13 2 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–0
Source:UEFA
Rules for classification:Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^abTied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

During this season, theNorway national football teamwere to play the last five of their eight scheduledGroup Hqualifyingmatches forEuro 2012.

26 March 2011Norway1–1DenmarkUllevaal Stadion,Oslo
20:00CET Huseklepp81' Report Rommedahl27' Attendance: 24,828
Referee:Gianluca Rocchi(Italy)
4 June 2011Portugal1–0NorwayEstádio da Luz,Lisbon
22:00CEST Postiga53' Report Attendance: 47,829
Referee:Cüneyt Çakır(Turkey)
2 September 2011Norway1–0IcelandUllevaal Stadion,Oslo
20:00CEST Abdellaoue88' (pen.) Report Attendance: 22,381
Referee:Ovidiu Alin Hategan,(Romania)
6 September 2011Denmark2–0NorwayParken Stadium,Copenhagen
20:15CEST Bendtner24',44' Report Attendance: 37,167
Referee:Stéphane Lannoy(France)
11 October 2011Norway3–1CyprusUllevaal Stadion,Oslo
20:15CEST Pedersen25'
Carew34'
Høgli65'
Report Okkas42' Attendance: 13,490[18]
Referee:William Collum(Scotland)

Friendlies

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TheNorway national football teamalso participated in fourfriendly matchesin 2011.

9 February 2011Norway0–1PolandEstádio Algarve,Faro
19:30CET Report Lewandowski19' Attendance: 500
Referee:Ivo Santos,Portugal
12 November 2011Wales4–1NorwayCardiff City Stadium,Cardiff
16:00CET Bale10'
Bellamy15'
Vokes87',89'
Huseklepp60' Attendance: 12,600
Referee:Gerhard Grobelnik,Austria

Norway women's national football team

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Managerial changes

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Name Club Date of departure Replacement Date of appointment
Nils Arne Eggen Rosenborg 31 December 2010 Jan Jönsson 1 January 2011[19]
Jan Jönsson Stabæk 31 December 2010 Jörgen Lennartsson 1 January 2011[20]
Uwe Rösler Molde 31 December 2010 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 1 January 2011[21]
Tor Thodesen Tønsberg 31 December 2010[22] Hein Henriksen 1 January 2011
Unknown Moss 31 December 2010 Tor Thodesen 1 January 2011[23]
Patrick Walker Sandefjord 9 May 2011[24] Arne Sandstø 23 May 2011[25]
Arne Sandstø Løv-Ham 23 May 2011[25] Tom Mangersnes 24 May 2011
Kåre Ingebrigtsen Bodø/Glimt 26 May 2011[26] Cato André Hansen 24 June 2011
Knut Tørum Start 22 June 2011 Mons Ivar Mjelde 12 July 2011
Per Brogeland Kongsvinger 30 August 2011[27] Tom Nordlie 1 September 2011[28]

Notes and references

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  1. ^"Norway mourns Thorbjørn Svenssen".UEFA. 8 January 2011.
  2. ^"Start og Aalesund til semifinale"(in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 13 August 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 27 August 2011.Retrieved12 September2011.
  3. ^"Brann seiret i straffedrama"(in Norwegian). fotball.no. 14 August 2011.
  4. ^"Abdellaoue keeps Norway on course".UEFA. 2 September 2011.
  5. ^"Bendtner double boosts Denmark's prospects".UEFA. 6 September 2011.
  6. ^"Slik kommer Norge til EM"(in Norwegian). ba.no. 6 September 2011.
  7. ^"NFK klare for førstedivisjon"(in Norwegian). Varden. 10 September 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 25 March 2012.Retrieved12 September2011.
  8. ^"Skarsfjord spådde finale etter snuoperasjonen i mai"(in Norwegian). VG. 21 September 2011.
  9. ^"Uheldige Gudmundsson: – Fryktelig skuffet"(in Norwegian). VG. 22 September 2011.
  10. ^"Årets første hjemmetap"(in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 2 October 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 8 July 2012.Retrieved3 October2011.
  11. ^"Nordlie og KIL ødela for Sandefjord"(in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 19 October 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 22 October 2011.Retrieved19 October2011.
  12. ^"Norway wins UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking".UEFA. 7 May 2012.
  13. ^"Tromsø best på Fair play"(in Norwegian). fotball.no. 2 December 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 10 May 2012.Retrieved1 October2013.
  14. ^"Løv-Ham trekkes ett poeng".VG.11 May 2011.
  15. ^"Molde 2 trekkes ett poeng".NFF.22 August 2011.Retrieved24 September2011.
  16. ^"Deltar ikke i seriespill".NFF.4 April 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 1 August 2012.Retrieved2 October2011.
  17. ^"Edvartsen dømmer cupfinalen"(in Norwegian).VG.10 October 2011.Retrieved4 November2011.
  18. ^"Norway vs. Cyprus - 11 October 2011 - Soccerway".
  19. ^"Jönsson klar for RBK".nrksport.NRK. 26 July 2010.
  20. ^"Jørgen Lennartsson overtar Stabæk".vg.no.Verdens Gang. 2 August 2010.
  21. ^"- Han har vært fantastisk for klubben".dagbladet.no.Dagbladet. 9 November 2010.
  22. ^"– Jeg så ingen mulighet til å fortsette i FKT"(in Norwegian). Tønsbergs Blad. 7 April 2011.Retrieved10 August2011.
  23. ^"Tor Thodesen tar over Moss"(in Norwegian). Moss FK. 16 November 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved10 August2011.
  24. ^"Walker har fått sparken"(in Norwegian).TV2 Sporten.9 May 2011.
  25. ^ab"Arne Sandstø klar for Sandefjord"(in Norwegian).TV2 Sporten.23 May 2011.
  26. ^"Kaare Ingebrigtsen ferdig i Bodø/Glimt"(in Norwegian).TV2 Sporten.26 May 2011.
  27. ^"Per Brogeland sparket i Kongsvinger"(in Norwegian).VG.30 August 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 24 May 2012.
  28. ^"Nordlie klar for Kongsvinger"(in Norwegian).VG.1 September 2011.