Norwegian Futsal Premier League is the top division for futsal

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor 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...

. Its official Norwegian

Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 name is Telekiosken Futsal Liga after its sponsor Telekiosken. It is also known as NFF Futsal Eliteserien ("NFF Futsal Elite Series").

Competition

There are 10 clubs in the Norwegian Futsal Premier League. During the course of a season, each club plays the others twice, for a total of 18 games for each club, and a total of 90 games in a season. The season starts in late-November and lasts until mid-February. Matches are played over 6 weekends during the winter, each weekend in a different location. Each team plays 3 matches during a weekend, two on Saturdays and one on Sundays. The venues for the first season are Askøy Forum, Drammenshallen, Askimhallen, Steinkjerhallen and Ekeberghallen twice.

Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference

Goal difference

In sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points....

, goals scored, and then head to head records used to separate teams on equal points. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned "Champions". The two lowest placed teams are automatically relegated

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 to the First Division and will be replaced by two teams from a 12-team playoff tournament in the First Division.

European qualification

The winners of the Norwegian Futsal Premier League qualifies for the UEFA Futsal Cup

UEFA Futsal Cup

The UEFA Futsal Cup is an annual futsal competition for European club teams. It was founded in 2001–02, replacing the Futsal European Clubs Championship, a former competition never recognized as official, despite their 15 editions. The final of the 1st edition was disputed as a single game in...

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Members for 2009–10

The following 10 clubs will compete in the Norwegian Futsal Premier League during the 2010–11 season:

Club	Position in 2009–10	First season in top division	Number of seasons in top division	First season of current spell in top division	Top division titles	Last title
Fyllingsdalen	4	2008–09	2	2008–09	–	n/a
Holmlia	7	2008–09	2	2008–09	–	n/a
Horten	8	2008–09	2	2008–09	–	n/a
KFUM Oslo KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal is the futsal department of KFUM-Kameratene Oslo, the local YMCA branch in Oslo, Norway. They won the Norwegian Futsal Premier League in 2009–10, after receiving silver medals in the inaugural season.- Honours :...	1	2008–09	2	2008–09	1	2009-10
Kongsvinger	–	2010–11	1	2010–11	–	n/a
Nidaros Nidaros Futsal Nidaros Futsal is a futsal club based in Trondheim, Norway, the club was founded in 2003. They won the first official Norwegian Futsal Premier League in 2008–09.- Current squad :- Honours :...	3	2008–09	2	2008–09	1	2008–09
Sandefjord	6	2008–09	2	2008–09	–	n/a
Solør	5	2008–09	2	2008–09	–	n/a
Vegakameratene	2	2008–09	2	2008–09	–	n/a
Øystese	–	2010–11	1	2010–11	–	n/a

Former members

Club	First season in top division	Number of seasons in top division	Top division titles	Last title
Bogstadveien	2008–09	1	–	n/a
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...	2008–09	1	–	n/a
Lillehammer	2009–10	1	–	n/a
Nordpolen	2009–10	1	–	n/a

External links

• Futsal at the Football Association of Norway
  Football Association of Norway
  The Football Association of Norway is the governing body of football in Norway. Current FIFA World Champions It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the Norwegian Premier League.The team are enjoying their best ever spell thanks to World Player of the...