The 2026 Eliteserien is the 82nd season of top-tier football in Norway.
This is the tenth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen.
The season started on 14 March and will end on 6 December 2026, not including playoff matches.
Viking are the defending champions. Lillestrøm, Start, and Aalesund joined as the promoted clubs from the 2025 Norwegian First Division. They replaced Strømsgodset, Haugesund, and Bryne, who were relegated to the 2026 Norwegian First Division.
Teams
Sixteen teams compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams are Lillestrøm, Start, and Aalesund, who were promoted after respectively 1, 5 and 2 seasons absent. They replaced Strømsgodset, Haugesund, and Bryne, ending their top flight spells of 19, 15, and 1 year(s) respectively.
Changes from the previous season Promoted to Eliteserien Lillestrøm Start Aalesund
Relegated to First Division Bryne Strømsgodset Haugesund
Stadiums and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order +TeamLocationCountyArenaTurfCapacityAalesund 20ÅlesundMøre og RomsdalColor Line StadionArtificial10,778Bodø/Glimt 31BodøNordland Aspmyra Stadion Artificial 8,200Brann 68BergenVestland Brann Stadion Natural 17,500Fredrikstad 45FredrikstadØstfold Fredrikstad Stadion Artificial 12,560HamKam 27HamarInnlandet Briskeby Stadion Artificial 8,068KFUM 3OsloOslo KFUM Arena Artificial 3,300Kristiansund 9KristiansundMøre og Romsdal Nordmøre Stadion Artificial4,364Lillestrøm 60LillestrømAkershusÅråsenNatural10,540Molde 50MoldeMøre og Romsdal Aker Stadion Artificial11,249Rosenborg 63TrondheimTrøndelag Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,423Sandefjord 14SandefjordVestfold Jotun Arena Artificial 6,582Sarpsborg 15SarpsborgØstfold Sarpsborg Stadion Artificial8,022Start 43KristiansandAgderSparebanken Norge Arena KristiansandArtificial14,448Tromsø 38TromsøTroms Romssa Arena Artificial6,691Viking 76StavangerRogaland Lyse Arena Artificial15,900Vålerenga 65OsloOslo Intility Arena Artificial 16,556
Personnel and kits TeamManager(s)CaptainKit manufacturerKit sponsors Main Other(s) Aalesund Paul Ngongo Umbro Sparebanken Møre Bodø/Glimt Captaincy team Puma SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge Brann Nike Sparebanken Norge Fredrikstad Captaincy team Craft HamKam Puma KFUM Hummel Kristiansund Puma SpareBank 1 Nordmøre Lillestrøm Puma Molde Adidas Sparebanken Møre Rosenborg Adidas SpareBank 1 SMN Sandefjord Macron Jotun Sarpsborg Captaincy team Hummel Borregaard Start Macron Sparebanken Norge Tromsø Jørgen Vik Select SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge Viking Diadora Lyse Vålerenga Johannes Moesgaard Adidas
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager(s) Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment Sarpsborg Martin FoystonContract expired6 December 2025Pre-season 22 December 2025 Molde Magne Hoseth Daniel Berg Hestad (caretakers)End of caretaker spell21 December 2025 Martin Falk (caretaker)21 December 2025 Rosenborg Alfred JohanssonSacked 5 May 2026 14th Alexander Tettey (caretaker) 5 May 2026 Vålerenga Geir Bakke 6 May 2026 11th Petter Myhre (caretaker) 6 May 2026 KFUM Johannes Moesgaard Signed by Vålerenga13 May 2026 12th Thomas Holm (caretaker)13 May 2026 Vålerenga Petter Myhre (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 11th Johannes Moesgaard KFUM Thomas Holm (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 18 May 2026 13th Jørgen Isnes 18 May 2026 Fredrikstad Andreas Hagen Sacked 18 May 2026 11th Casper Røjkjær 20 May 2026 Molde Martin Falk (caretaker)End of caretaker spell27 May 2026 5th Sindre Tjelmeland27 May 2026 Brann Freyr Alexandersson Sacked 1 June 202611th Eirik Horneland 2 July 2026 Rosenborg Alexander Tettey (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 17 June 202615th Freyr Alexandersson 17 June 2026
Transfers Winter
Summer
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by round
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien will face the winners of the First Division promotion play-offs over two legs to decide who will play in Eliteserien next season.
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Amin ChiakhaRosenborg132 Leander AlvheimKristiansund10 Peter ChristiansenViking Andreas HelmersenBodø\Glimt5 Heine Åsen LarsenTromsø96 Lucas HarenVålerenga8 Eirik HestadMolde Simen Kvia-EgeskogViking9 Emil BreivikMolde7 Mathias ChristensenAalesund Jens Hjertø-DahlTromsø Kasper HøghBodø/Glimt
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Nikita HaikinBodø/Glimt102 Jakob HaugaardTromsø93 Leopold WahlstedtRosenborg74 Pontus DahlbergLillestrøm5 Elias HadayaSandefjord6 Marcus SandbergHamKam4 Leander ØySarpsborg 088 Martin BørsheimFredrikstad3 Albert PosiadałaMolde Emil ØdegaardKFUM Oslo Arild ØstbøViking
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Jens Hjertø-Dahl Tromsø Fredrikstad 4–0 (H) Kristall Máni Ingason Brann Tromsø 5–0 (A) Alexander Warneryd Tromsø Aalesund 6–2 (A)
Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 7 Kristoffer Askildsen (Viking) Erlend Dahl Reitan (Start) Eirik Hestad (Molde) Ylldren Ibrahimaj (Lillestrøm) Zlatko Tripić (Viking)
Most red cards: 2 Samukele Kabini (Molde) Jakob Vester (Sandefjord)
Club Most yellow cards: 42 Kristiansund Viking
Fewest yellow cards: 10 Bodø/Glimt
Most red cards: 5 KFUM Oslo
Fewest red cards: 0 Five teams
Awards Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthYoung Player of the MonthGoal of the MonthReferencesCoachClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerMatchMarch/April Jørgen VikTromsø Ruben Yttergård JenssenTromsø Alexander WarnerydTromsø Markus KarlsbakkLillestrøm 3-1 StartMay Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten JensenViking Zlatko TripićViking Tobias MoiViking Sebastian Holm MathisenSandefjord 1-0 AalesundJuly Freyr AlexanderssonRosenborg Odin BjørtuftBodø/Glimt Amin ChiakhaRosenborg Troy NyhammerTromsø 4-0 VålerengaAugust Isak Helstad AmundsenFredrikstad
League attendances
See also 2026 Norwegian First Division 2026 Norwegian Second Division 2026 Norwegian Third Division 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup 2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup
Notes
References