Norwegian Premier League 1999 (women's football)
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The 1999 season of the Eliteserien, the highest women's football (soccer)
league in Norway
, began on 24 April 1999 and ended on 16 October 1999.
18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while two teams from the First Division were promoted through a playoff round.
Asker won the league.
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...
league 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...
, began on 24 April 1999 and ended on 16 October 1999.
18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while two teams from the First Division were promoted through a playoff round.
Asker won the league.
League table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asker | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 14 | 44 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 19 | 40 | ||
| 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 39 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 24 | 33 | ||
| 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 48 | |||
| 27 | ||||||||
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 23 | |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 70 | |||
| 15 | ||||||||
| 9 | Sandviken IL Sandviken IL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season... |
18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 65 | |
| 7 | ||||||||
| 10 | Kaupanger Kaupanger IL Kaupanger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Kaupanger in Sogndal. It has sections for association football, athletics, floorball and skiing.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football... |
18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 94 | |
| 1 |
| Relegated to the First Division |
Top goalscorers
- 23 goals:
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Kjersti ThunKjersti ThunKjersti Thun is a Norwegian former soccer player. Thun played 12 games and scored one goal for Norway, and was on the team that took bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.At club level, she played for the Asker and Konnerud...
, Asker
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- 19 goals:
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Christin Lilja, Athene MossFK Athene MossFK Athene Moss is a Norwegian women's football club from Moss. It is named after Athena in Greek mythology.It was founded in 1996, replacing SK Sprint-Jeløy which was a former successful club from Moss. Athene Moss played in the Toppserien until 2001, when it was relegated...
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- 16 goals:
- Marianne PettersenMarianne PettersenMarianne Iren Pettersen is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches. For the Norwegian national team, she debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy....
, Asker - Ingrid Camilla Fosse Sæthre, Bjørnar
- Line Anzjøn, KleppKlepp ILKlepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering....
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- 15 goals:
- Solveig GulbrandsenSolveig GulbrandsenSolveig Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian footballer from the Oppegård area to the South-East of Oslo. She is a midfielder on her club side Stabæk Fotball....
, Kolbotn - Ragnhild GulbrandsenRagnhild GulbrandsenRagnhild Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007...
, Trondheims-Ørn - Ann Kristin Aarønes, Trondheims-Ørn
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- 13 goals:
- Brit SandauneBrit SandauneBrit Sandaune is a Norwegian soccer player and pre-school teacher. She is originally from the rural area of Skatval in the municipality of Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, and is educated in economy and administration...
, Trondheims-Ørn
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- 11 goals:
- Linda MedalenLinda MedalenLinda Medalen is a former Norwegian footballer.She was one of Norway's most celebrated women footballers, finishing her international career with 152 caps, scoring 64 goals. She was on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.She played most of her career in Norway with Asker...
, Asker - Tonje Hansen, Kolbotn
- Elene Moseby, Setskog/Høland
- Trine RønningTrine RønningTrine Bjerke Rønning is a Norwegian football player. She made her debut on the Norway women's national football team in 1999 and has played many seasons for the national team, becoming vice-captain in 2009...
, Trondheims-Ørn
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Promotion and relegation
- SandvikenIL SandvikenIL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season...
and KaupangerKaupanger ILKaupanger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Kaupanger in Sogndal. It has sections for association football, athletics, floorball and skiing.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football...
were relegated to the First Division. - Byåsen and LarvikFK LarvikFK Larvik is a Norwegian women's football club from Larvik, founded in 1997 through a merger of the women's football sections of Nanset IF and Halsen IF....
were promoted from the First Division through playoff.