The 2012-season will be the 107. season of competitive football in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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The season will begin on 25 March 2012 for Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

, with Adeccoligaen

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 starting 9 April 2012. First round of Fair Play ligaen is scheduled to 14 April 2012. Adeccoligaen

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 will end on 11 October 2012, while Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 will finish on 18 November 2012. The Cup Final is scheduled to 25 November 2012.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to Tippeligaen

2012 Norwegian Premier League

The 2012 Norwegian Premier League season is the 68th season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, will begin on 25 March 2012 and will end on 18 November 2012, with a summer break from 28 May to 30 June...

• Sandnes Ulf
  Sandnes Ulf
  Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian football club from Sandnes, Rogaland. They currently play in the Adeccoligaen, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. Sandnes Ulf is the biggest football club in Sandnes, but has traditionally been in the shadow of regional greats Viking FK...
  
  
• Hønefoss

Teams relegated from Tippeligaen

2011 Norwegian Premier League

The 2011 Norwegian Premier League season was the sixty-seventh season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011...

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• Sarpsborg 08

Teams promoted to Adeccoligaen

2012 Norwegian First Division

The 2012 Norwegian First Division season will begin on 9 April 2012 and end 11 November 2012....

• Ull/Kisa
  Ullensaker/Kisa IL
  Ullensaker/Kisa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics....
  
  
• Bærum
  Bærum SK
  Bærum Sportsklubb is a Norwegian association football club founded on 26 March 1910. The men's team is currently playing in the Adeccoligaen, after being promoted from the Norwegian Second Division in 2011....
  
  
• Notodden
• Tromsdalen

Teams relegated from Adeccoligaen

2011 Norwegian First Division

The 2011 Norwegian First Division season began play on 3 April 2011 and is scheduled to end on 30 October 2011....

• Asker
• Nybergsund-Trysil
• Randaberg
  Randaberg IL
  Randaberg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Randaberg. It has sections for football, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball.-Football:Before the 2007 season the football team made the national news as it increased its budget significantly in order to gain promotion, signing players like Petar...
  
  
• Løv-Ham
  Løv-Ham Fotball
  Løv-Ham Fotball is a football club from Fyllingsdalen in Bergen, Norway. Its origin are two local sports teams in Fyllingsdalen called Løvåsen and Hamre. On 29 December 1975 those clubs were merged, choosing the name Løv-Ham...
  
  

Teams promoted to Fair Play Ligaen

2012 Norwegian Second Division

The 2012 Norwegian Second Division season will begin on 14 April 2012 and end 27 October 2012. Asker, Løv-Ham, Nybergsund-Trysil and Randaberg were relegated from the 2011 Norwegian First Division.-Group 1:...

• Østsiden
  Østsiden IL
  Østsiden Idrettslag Fredrikstad is a Norwegian sports club, based in the city of Fredrikstad.The club was formed as Østsiden IL in 1935, and includes football and handball branches...
  
  
• Gjøvik FF
  Gjøvik FF
  Gjøvik Fotballforening is a Norwegian football club from Gjøvik, founded in 2008. It currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.-History:...
  
  
• Grorud
  Grorud IL
  Grorud Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Grorud borough, Oslo. It has sections for association football, skiing, gymnastics and tennis.-General history:...
  
  
• Birkebeineren
• Jerv
  FK Jerv
  FK Jerv is a Norwegian football club from Grimstad. Jerv is the Norwegian name for wolverine.It was founded in 1921, as Vestergatens FK, named after the street in which the foundation took place, but later changed name to Djerv and then Jerv...
  
  
• Egersund
• Brann 2
• Fana
• Træff
  SK Træff
  Sportsklubben Træff is a Norwegian sports club from Molde, Møre og Romsdal. It currently has sections for association football and team handball....
  
  
• Buvik
• Mo
  Mo IL
  Mo Idrettslag is a football club from Mo i Rana, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth highest division in the Norwegian football league system, having been relegated from the 2010 Norwegian Second Division....
  
  
• Finnsnes

Teams relegated from Fair Play Ligaen

2011 Norwegian Second Division

The 2011 Norwegian Second Division consists of 56 teams divided into 4 groups. Follo, Tromsdalen and Moss were relegated from the 2010 Norwegian First Division...

• Tiller
  Tiller IL
  Tiller Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and biathlon.It was established on 15 January 1916....
  
  
• Strindheim
• Steinkjer
  Steinkjer FK
  Steinkjer FK is a Norwegian football club from the town of Steinkjer, currently playing in Fair Play ligaen, the third tier in the Norwegian league system. It was founded in 1910...
  
  
• Herd
  SK Herd
  Sportsklubben Herd is a sports club from Ålesund, Norway. It has sections for association football, handball and swimming, and was founded on 22 August 1932....
  
  
• Jevnaker
  Jevnaker IF
  Jevnaker Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Jevnaker. It has sections for association football, speed skating, gymnastics and skiing....
  
  
• Manglerud Star
  Manglerud Star Toppfotball
  Manglerud Star Toppfotball is a football club based in Oslo, Norway. The club was established in its current form on December 14, 2005 after a merger between Manglerud Star Fotball, and Fotballklubben Oslo Øst, originally formed in 2000....
  
  
• Viking 2
• Førde
• Austevoll
• Harstad
  Harstad IL
  Harstad Idrettslag is a Norwegian association football club from Harstad, Troms.The club formerly had sections for track and field, skiing and speed skating, but this was discontinued in 1987. The club colors are yellow and black, and their home field is Harstad stadion...
  
  
• Hasle-Løren
  Hasle-Løren IL
  Hasle-Løren Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhoods Hasle and Løren in Oslo. It was founded in 1911, and has sections for association football, ice hockey, skiing and cycling.-Ice hockey:...
  
  
• Skarp
  IF Skarp
  Idrettsforeningen Skarp is a Norwegian association football club from Tromsø. Its club colors are black and white.The men's team played in the Second Division for many years, but was relegated after the 2008 season...
  
  

Managerial changes

Name	Club	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Harald Aabrekk Harald Aabrekk Harald Olav Aabrekk is the head coach of the Norwegian Premiership club Sogndal. He is a former head coach for Tromsø, Brann, Haugesund and Vålerenga and he was the assistant coach for the Norwegian national football team from 1998-2003...	Sogndal Sogndal Fotball Sogndal Fotball is the association football section of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The club was founded in 1926....	31 December 2011	Jonas Olsson	01 January 2012
	Lillestrøm	31 December 2011	Magnus Haglund Magnus Haglund Magnus Haglund is a Swedish football coach and former player. He is head coach at Lillestrøm SK, having signed a two-year contract starting in January 2012. He lead IF Elfsborg to its first league title in 45 years.- Coach carreer :...	01 January 2012
Thomas Berntsen	Strømmen Strømmen IF Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics,-History:The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as Strømmen FK. The name was changed to FK Norrøna in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with Strømmen IL and took the name IL Norrøna...	31 December 2011	Erland Johnsen Erland Johnsen Erland Johnsen is an retired Norwegian footballer and current manager.-Club career:His playing career began in Moss, and he later joined Bayern Munich as a professional...	01 January 2012
Jörgen Lennartsson Jörgen Lennartsson Jörgen Lennartsson is a Swedish football manager and the current manager of Elfsborg in Allsvenskan.Lennartsson is currently manager of Stabæk, where he started January 2011...	Stabæk	31 December 2011

2014 FIFA World Cup

During the season, the Norwegian national football team will play four games in the qualification

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E is a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprises Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus and Iceland.The group winners will qualify directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup...

 for 2014 FIFA World Cup

2014 FIFA World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....

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Friendlies

Norway will also participate in a number of friendly matches

Exhibition game

An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

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Norwegian clubs' performance in Europe

These are the results of the Norwegian teams in European competitions during the 2012 season. (Norwegian team score displayed first)

Team	Contest	Round	Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score**	Aggregate score
Molde	UEFA Champions League 2012–13 UEFA Champions League A total of 76 or 77 teams will participate in the 2012–13 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations...	Second qualifying round
Aalesund	UEFA Europa League 2012–13 UEFA Europa League The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....	Second qualifying round
Tromsø	UEFA Europa League 2012–13 UEFA Europa League The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....	First qualifying round
Rosenborg	UEFA Europa League 2012–13 UEFA Europa League The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....	First qualifying round

* 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