. The competition, which is also named
for sponsorship reasons, began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011. Rosenborg were the defending champions, having secured their twenty-second League Championship on 24 October 2010.
, due to having finished in the bottom two positions in the standings. There was no two-legged promotion playoff this season.
On 30 October 2011, Molde FK became champions after their only remaining challenger, Rosenborg, lost 3-6 to Brann in the 28th round of the series. The trophy is their first ever league championship.
after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. Sandefjord ended a two-year tenure at the highest football level of Norway, while Kongsvinger returned to the First Division after just one season. They were replaced by
and runners-up Sarpsborg 08. Sogndal returned to the Premier League after a six-year hiatus, while Sarpsborg 08 made its debut at the Norwegian top-level league.
Hønefoss as 14th-placed Premier League team had to compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the First Division teams ranked third through fifth (Fredrikstad,
) for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. This spot was taken by Fredrikstad, who defeated Hønefoss 8–1 on aggregate in the playoff finals and returned to Norway's top flight after just one season. In turn, Hønefoss had to return to the First Division, also after just one season.
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Location |
Arena |
Turf |
Capacity |
Manager |
| Aalesunds FK |
Ålesundis a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....
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Color Line Stadion |
Artificial Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
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10,778 |
 Kjetil RekdalKjetil André Rekdal is a Norwegian football coach and a former footballer. He is currently managing Aalesund in Norwegian Tippeligaen. His previous tenure was at Kaiserslautern of the 2...
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| SK Brann |
BergenBergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
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Brann StadionBrann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway. It was constructed in 1919, and has been the home of the football club Brann ever since. The stadium lies south of the centre of the city, at the foot of Mount Ulriken....
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Natural |
17,824 |
Rune Skarsfjord Rune Skarsfjord is a Norwegian football coach currently employed as head coach of SK Brann. He was promoted to head coach after Steinar Nilsen was dismissed. Before signing for Brann, Skarsfjord worked as head coach for FK Haugesund and as an assistant coach for Rosenborg BK. He is also a former...
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| Fredrikstad |
Fredrikstadis a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....
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Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad Stadion was the homeground of the Norwegian Premier League side Fredrikstad FK until the end of the 2006 season, due to their new and modernized stadium at the borough of Kråkerøy, only a few minutes away from the city center....
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Natural |
13,300 |
Tom Freddy Aune |
| FK Haugesund |
Haugesundis a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
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Haugesund stadion Haugesund Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Haugesund, Norway. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Norwegian Premier League team FK Haugesund and Second Division team SK Vard Haugesund. It is also used as an athletics venue for Haugesund IL. The venue...
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Natural |
5,000 |
Jostein Grindhaug Jostein Grindhaug is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Hailing from Åkrehamn, he has spent most of his career with FK Haugesund.-Playing career:...
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| Lillestrøm SK |
Lillestrøm' is a city in the municipality of Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. The municipal administration is located in Lillestrøm.Facilities in Lillestrøm include hotels, Norway trade fairs, a brand new cinema, a mall, Lillestrøm torv, restaurants, a high speed commuter train that reaches both Oslo and...
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Åråsen stadion Åråsen Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Lillestrøm, a suburb of Oslo, in Skedsmo, Norway. With a capacity 12,250 spectators, the venue is the home of Norwegian Premier League side Lillestrøm SK . The venue has four stands, of which the western stand has luxury boxes and club...
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Natural |
11,637 |
Henning Berg Henning Stille Berg is a Norwegian former football player. He played as a central defender or right-back.He is one of only three players to have won the Premier League with two different clubs, the others being Ashley Cole and Nicolas Anelka .-Club career:Born in Eidsvoll, Berg played for...
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| Molde FK |
Moldeis a city and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The municipality is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord...
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Aker Stadion Aker Stadion, formerly known as Molde Stadion, is a football stadium located at Reknes in Molde, Norway, and is the home of Norwegian Premier League club Molde. The stadium has a capacity of 11,800 spectators....
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Natural |
11,800 |
Ole Gunnar SolskjærOle Gunnar Solskjær is the manager of Norwegian first division side Molde. He is better known as a former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. Often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin," he played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very...
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| Odd Grenland |
Skien ' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....
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Skagerak Arena Skagerak Arena is a football stadium located in Skien, Norway. It was formerly called Odd Stadion, and was built in 1923 as the home ground of Odd Grenland Ballklubb...
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Artificial Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
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13,500 |
Dag Eiliv Fagermo |
| Rosenborg BK |
TrondheimTrondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
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Lerkendal stadionLerkendal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Tippeligaen side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,116 spectators, making it the second-largest football stadium in the country....
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Natural |
21,850 |
 Jan JönssonJan Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, currently a football coach for Rosenborg.-Coaching career:Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstad.Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the...
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| Sarpsborg 08 |
Sarpsborg is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
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Sarpsborg StadionSarpsborg Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Sarpsborg, Norway. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Sarpsborg 08....
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5,000 |
Roar Johansen Roar Johansen is a Norwegian football coach.He became the main coach of Sarpsborg 08 FF after Conny Karlsson in the summer 2009. One year later, Johansen and Sarpsborg 08 could celebrate promotion to Tippeligaen 2011...
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SogndalSogndal Fotball is the association football section of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The club was founded in 1926....
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SogndalSogndal is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other main villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, and Fjærland...
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Fosshaugane CampusFosshaugane Campus is the current home ground for the football team, Sogndal Fotball. It is also a combined with a campus, from where it got its name.The stadium was inaugurated on 7 July 2006 when Sogndal beat Bryne 2–0.-Facts:...
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Natural |
5,402 |
Harald AabrekkHarald 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...
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| Stabæk Fotball |
Bærumis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
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Telenor ArenaTelenor Arena, sometimes referred to as Fornebu Arena, is a multi-use indoor arena located at Fornebu in Bærum, outside Oslo, Norway. It serves primarily as a football stadium for Norwegian Premier League side Stabæk Fotball, but is also used as a concert venue...
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Artificial Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
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15,500 |
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...
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| IK Start |
Kristiansand -History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
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Sør ArenaSør Arena is a football stadium located at Torsvika in Kristiansand, Norway. The all-seater has a capacity of 14,563 people, and serves as the home ground of Tippeligaen side IK Start. It was designed by Kjell Kosberg, and is architecturally similar to Aker Stadion. The venue has seen concerts by...
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Natural |
14,300 |
Mons Ivar MjeldeMons Ivar Mjelde is a former footballer and is currently head coach for the Norwegian Tippeliga club Start.- Player :...
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| Strømsgodset IF |
DrammenDrammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...
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Marienlyst Stadion Marienlyst Stadion has been the home ground of Strømsgodset IF since 1967. It's located on Marienlyst in Drammen.The pitch was opened in 1924, and was the home ground of Drafn, Skiold and Drammens Ballklubb. During the 1952 Winter Olympics in neighboring Oslo, the venue hosted two ice hockey...
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Artificial Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
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7,500 |
Ronny Deila Ronny Deila is a former Norwegian football player and from the 2008 season coach for Strømsgodset in Tippeligaen. He played for Urædd, Odd Grenland and Viking before joining Strømsgodset as playing assistant coach in 2006. Under coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo he was the assistant until the end of 2007,...
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| Tromsø IL |
TromsøTromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
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Alfheim Stadion |
Artificial Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
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7,500 |
Per Mathias Høgmo |
| Viking FK |
StavangerStavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
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Viking StadionViking Stadion is a football stadium, built at Jåttåvågen, in Stavanger, Norway. It was inaugurated in May 2004 and cost 160 million NOK to build . 50 million NOK, plus the lot it was built on, was a gift from the municipality. It replaced Stavanger Stadion as the home stadium for Viking F.K....
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16,600 |
Åge Hareide Åge Fridtjof Hareide is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Viking FK.-Playing career:During his playing career, Hareide played for Hødd, Molde, Manchester City and Norwich City....
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| Vålerenga Fotball |
Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
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Ullevaal StadionUllevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...
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25,572 |
Martin Andresen Martin Andresen is a Norwegian football manager.-Club career:Martin Andresen was a regular on many Norwegian national youth teams while playing for Moss, Viking and Stabæk Fotball from 1995-1999. After the 1999 season, Andresen was sold to Premier League club Wimbledon in a deal worth £1,8 million...
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Scorer |
Club |
Goals |
Games |
Average |
| 1 |
Mostafa Abdellaoue Mostafa "Mos" Abdellaoue is a Norwegian football forward of Moroccan descent. Abdellaoue currently plays for Norwegian Premier League side Tromsø, on loan from Vålerenga...
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Tromsø |
17 |
29 |
0.59 |
| 2 |
Rade Prica Rade Stanislav Prica is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Rosenborg BK of Norway.Prica is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Denmark and Norway.- Club career :...
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Rosenborg |
16 |
27 |
0.59 |
| Ole Martin Årst Ole Martin Årst is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a striker for IK Start of the Norwegian Premier League.-Club career:...
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Start |
16 |
30 |
0.53 |
| 4 |
 Kim OjoKim Ojo is a Nigerian striker currently playing in Norway for SK Brann.-Career:Ojo began his career with Plateau United were he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman and in 2008 Atta Aneke took him on trial with Lyn Oslo. In February 2008 signed for Nybergsund and scored 14 goals during...
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Brann |
15 |
28 |
0.54 |
| 5 |
Anthony Ujah Anthony Ujah is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for the German side Mainz and the Nigerian National U23 team.-Career:...
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Lillestrøm |
13 |
12 |
1.08 |
| Tarik Elyounoussi Tarik Elyounoussi is a Norwegian footballer playing for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Fredrikstad .-Career:...
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Fredrikstad |
13 |
28 |
0.46 |
| 7 |
 Pape Paté DioufPape Paté Diouf is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for FC Copenhagen in Denmark as a winger.- Career :Diouf began his career with SC de Rufisque and joined in January 2006 to Molde FK.- Career statistics :- References :...
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Molde |
12 |
14 |
0.86 |
| Mushaga Bakenga Mushagalusa Bakenga Joar Namugunga , commonly known as Mushaga Bakenga, is a Norwegian professional footballer of Congolese descent, who currently plays for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League as a striker.- Career :...
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Rosenborg |
12 |
26 |
0.46 |
 Nikola Đurđić |
Haugesund |
12 |
27 |
0.44 |
 Veigar Páll GunnarssonVeigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic football striker who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.The Gunnarsson transfer in 2011, was a football transfer that led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga to be nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee...
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Vålerenga† |
12 |
29 |
0.41 |
| 11 |
Espen HoffEspen Hoff is a Norwegian professional footballer, currently playing for Start. He is primarily a winger, but may also play as an attacking midfielder, whilst at Lyn he occasionally featured on the left wing....
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Start |
11 |
29 |
0.38 |
| Alexander Søderlund Alexander Toft Søderlund is a Norwegian footballer forward who plays for Haugesund in Tippeligaen. He has previously played for Vard Haugesund.On 20 March 2011 Søderlund made his debut in Tippeligaen against Tromsø...
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Haugesund |
11 |
29 |
0.38 |
| 13 |
Thomas Sørum Thomas Sørum is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Helsingborgs IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. He made his debut for Strømsgodset in 2001, having previously played for Liungen IF and NTG. He was also loaned to Manglerud Star in 2006. After the 2008 season, he was sold to Haugesund from...
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Haugesund |
10 |
20 |
0.50 |
Sigurd RushfeldtSigurd Rushfeldt is a current Norwegian football coach for Tromsø IL and retired football player. During his career, he played for IL Norild, Tromsø IL, Birmingham City F.C., Rosenborg BK, Racing de Santander, and FK Austria Wien. He is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer...
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Tromsø |
10 |
25 |
0.40 |
| Ola Kamara Ola Williams Kamara is a Norwegian winger or striker currently playing for Strømsgodset.- Career statistics :-References:...
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Strømsgodset |
10 |
30 |
0.33 |