Thinking about the fact of Norway ladies winning their WWC qualies group and the Algarve Cup, without Ada: what could lie ahead for them, with Ada? We may or may not find out. They have developed nicely since Euros as a cohesive unit and really would be contenders with Ada in France (now I consider them a darkhorse/dangerous floater). I know this has been talked about before but it is something to bring up again because they have had some nice successes, without Ada, since last talked about. Just pondering.......
It can get quite cold in Oslo in October let alone November and it's hard to play finesse when it's low digits and windy, even without rain or snow. If that's how the league is to be decided so be it but those can be difficult conditions and is not the way the majority of the season will be played. In an 8 team league you play 21 games and everyone three times. You don't get the fourth against teams (which may be a good thing as much as bad) and you also don't need a protractor for the playoffs. The silly season may get moved to the Fall.
The Nike release probably scans better, as it looks like the NFF just ran that through google translate. The resulting Norwegian is atrocious, and translating it back too English looks a bit weird too. .
The Toppserien clubs of 2019. Picture from the kick-off session today in their new kits at Ullevaal Stadion: Top row from left: Arna Bjørnar (Helene Gloppen), Fart (Sigrid Bloch-Hansen), Trondheims-Ørn (Mali Næss), Stabæk (Ingrid Hjelmseth), Røa (Kristine Leine), Sandviken (Stine Hovland). Bottom row from left: Avaldsnes (Dejana Stefanovic), Kolbotn (Sigrid H. Hansen), Klepp (Tuva Hansen), Vålerenga (Sherida Spitse), LSK Kvinner (Ingrid Moe Wold), Lyn (Joanna Bækkelund). The 2019 season begins next week. 1st Matchday: 23 Mar: LSK Kvinner - Kolbotn 23 Mar: Sandviken - Røa 23 Mar: Lyn - Fart 23 Mar: Klepp - Avaldsnes 24 Mar: Trondheims-Ørn - Arna Bjørnar 24 Mar: Vålerenga - Stabæk
Toppserien pre-season: 31-Jan Arna-Bjørnar 0-1 Sandviken 12-Feb Arna-Bjørnar 0-0 Røa 15-Feb Arna-Bjørnar 0-1 Lyn 10-Mar Arna-Bjørnar 1-0 Avaldsnes 16-Mar Arna-Bjørnar 1-0 Klepp 26-Jan Avaldsnes 7-0 Nord G15 12-Feb Avaldsnes 0-1 Lyn 15-Feb Avaldsnes 1-0 Stabæk 23-Feb Avaldsnes 5-1 Kolbotn 10-Mar Avaldsnes 0-1 Arna-Bjørnar 16-Mar Avaldsnes 0-2 Sandviken 19-Jan Fart 0-2 Stabæk 27-Jan Fart 1-4 Vålerenga 02-Feb Fart 1-2 ØHIL 12-Feb Fart 0-5 Trondheims-Ørn 16-Feb Fart 1-3 Røa 02-Mar Fart 9-1 Hønefoss 11-Mar Fart 2-0 Raufoss 16-Mar Fart 2-5 Kolbotn 17-Feb Klepp 5-0 Bryne Damer 23-Feb Klepp 2-0 Sandviken 02-Mar Klepp 2-1 Amazon Grimstad 09-Mar Klepp 2-0 Åsane 16-Mar Klepp 0-1 Arna-Bjørnar 25-Jan Kolbotn 1-0 Stabæk 02-Feb Kolbotn 1-0 Røa 15-Feb Kolbotn 2-0 Trondheims-Ørn 23-Feb Kolbotn 1-5 Avaldsnes 16-Mar Kolbotn 5-2 Fart 26-Jan LSK Kvinner 2-0 Fortuna Hjørring 31-Jan LSK Kvinner 1-3 Kopparbergs/Gøteborg 03-Feb LSK Kvinner 2-0 Kopparbergs/Gøteborg 16-Feb LSK Kvinner 2-0 CSKA Moskva 26-Jan Lyn 4-1 Hønefoss 02-Feb Lyn 1-4 Lyn G15 12-Feb Lyn 1-0 Avaldsnes 15-Feb Lyn 1-0 Arna-Bjørnar 02-Mar Lyn 2-1 Stabæk 09-Mar Lyn 0-5 Lyn G16 16-Mar Lyn 0-1 Røa 19-Jan Røa 8 -2 ØHIL 29-Jan Røa 7-1 Røa G16 02-Feb Røa 0-1 Kolbotn 12-Feb Røa 0-0 Arna-Bjørnar 16-Feb Røa 3-1 Fart 02-Mar Røa 3-1 Røa G16 09-Mar Røa 2-0 Stabæk 16-Mar Røa 1-0 Lyn 31-Jan Sandviken 1-0 Arna-Bjørnar 02-Feb Sandviken 2-2 Sandviken G15 23-Feb Sandviken 0-2 Klepp 13-Mar Sandviken 2-1 Trondheims-Ørn 16-Mar Sandviken 2-0 Avaldsnes 19-Jan Stabæk 2-0 Fart 25-Jan Stabæk 0-1 Kolbotn 01-Feb Stabæk 5-0 Grei 15-Feb Stabæk 0-1 Avaldsnes 02-Mar Stabæk 1-2 Lyn 09-Mar Stabæk 0-2 Røa 01-Feb Trondheims-Ørn 1-1 Vålerenga 12-Feb Trondheims-Ørn 5-0 Fart 15-Feb Trondheims-Ørn 0-2 Kolbotn 13-Mar Trondheims-Ørn 1-2 Sandviken 16-Mar Trondheims-Ørn 6-1 KIL/Hemne 27-Jan Vålerenga 4-1 Fart 01-Feb Vålerenga 1-1 Trondheims-Ørn 13-Feb Vålerenga 0-0 CSKA Moskva 16-Feb Vålerenga 1-0 Spartak Subotica 16-Mar Vålerenga 4-0 Kungsbacka * https://toppfotballkvinner.no/nyheter/siste-innspurt-for-seriestart, sorted by team
Footnote to the pre-season results above: Every time you see a G and a number (G16), it means a boys team and their age.
It's quite interesting that some of these boys' team have lost to Toppserien's teams, sometimes even by large margins. By reading what people use to write on other threads, you would come to believe that no women's team can ever beat any boys' team, but for some sort of miracle, no matter the age!
It is puberty, before it boys teams are crushed by good women's team after it it is the other way around. And it takes a few years for them to get trough it with all or most of the teams players.
Odds from Nordicbet on winners of Toppserien 2019: LSK Kvinner .......... 1.33 Sandviken ............. 4.75 Vålerenga ............ 10.00 Avaldsnes ............ 15.00 Klepp ................... 17.00 Arna Bjørnar ......... 40.00 Røa ..................... 50.00 Stabæk ............... 50.00 Kolbotn ................ 75.00 Trondheims-Ørn ... 100.00 Lyn ....................... 200.00 Fart ...................... 350.00 The bottom two teams will be relegated directly and the 10th place team will be in play-off due to the new league system in 2020 cutting the number of teams from 12 to 10. I'm pretty sure Fart will go down as quickly as they came up. Who is going to follow them? It could well be Stabæk or T-Ørn. Lyn have looked good in friendlies, and I think they have a chance to stay up. I think Kolbotn are vastly underrated on Nordicbet. They should be on the upper half of the table. LSK will win again, but not sure whether Sandviken, Klepp or Vålerenga will be the main threat. So... all you Toppserien junkies out there, what are your predictions for 2019? Here is mine: Top 3: 1 - LSK Kvinner 2 - Vålerenga 3 - Sandviken Bottom 3 (play-off and two relegation spots): 10 - Lyn 11 - Trondheims-Ørn 12 - Fart
Martin Sjögren announced his squad today for the two friendlies against New Zealand at Marbella, Spain (5 April and 9 April). The first one is an unofficial match played behind closed doors, the second is a regular official friendly. Goalkeepers Ingrid Hjelmseth ................ 1980 ..... Stabæk Cecilie Fiskerstrand .......... 1996 ..... LSK Kvinner Oda Bogstad ..................... 1996 ..... Lyn Defenders Cecilie R. Kvamme ............ 1995 ..... Sandviken Maria Thorisdottir ............. 1993 ..... Chelsea (ENG) Kristine Minde ................... 1992 ..... Wolfsburg (GER) Maren Mjelde .................... 1989 ..... Chelsea (ENG) Ingrid Moe Wold ................ 1990 ..... LSK Kvinner Ina Gausdal ...................... 1991 ..... LSK Kvinner Stine Hovland .................... 1991 ..... Sandviken Midfielders Guro Reiten ...................... 1994 ..... LSK Kvinner Vilde Bøe Risa .................. 1995 ..... Kopparbergs Göteborg (SWE) Ingrid Engen ..................... 1998 ..... LSK Kvinner / Wolfsburg (GER) Therese Åsland ................. 1995 ..... LSK Kvinner Karina Sævik .................... 1996 ..... Kolbotn Frida Maanum ................... 1999 ..... Linköping (SWE) Caroline G. Hansen ........... 1995 ..... Wolfsburg (GER) Synne Skinnes Hansen ..... 1995 ..... LSK Kvinner Forwards Lisa-Marie Utland ............... 1992 ..... Rosengård (SWE) Emilie Haavi ...................... 1995 ..... LSK Kvinner Elie Thorsnes .................... 1988 ..... LSK Kvinner Amalie Eikeland ................ 1995 ..... Sandviken Isabell Herlovsen .............. 1988 ..... Kolbotn The squad is reduced by one player since Algarve Cup. Kristine Leine is cut in defence. Other changes: Oda Bogstad is new third choice goalkeeper, replaces Aurora Mikalsen. Emilie Nautnes loses spot to Elise Thorsnes who returns from injury.
My (completely impartial) picks: 1) Sandviken 2) Arna-Bjørnar 3) LSK Kvinner ... 10) Vålerengen 11) Trondheims-Ørn 12) Fart
here's Kvinner's streamed game vs Barca later on today Live stream: FC Barcelona v LSK Kvinner | UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter-final (1st Leg) - Womens Soccer United only in Norway would a team be called Fart? lol off thread, but got to ask; F. Rolfo had a phenomenal game with Bayern Munich this last Sunday. Why isn't she a regular on Sweden's NT? I mean she didn't make the Algarve Cup, her playing time was a bit low for the 8 WC qualifier games(290 min.) & just 29 min. in for friendlies for 2018, zero this year. Could be injury related , but she seemed to have pretty steady playing time for BM through out this time period
It would work in Sweden to, I don't think we have any soccer teams named speed ('fart' in Swedish and Norwegian) but it would make a good namne. She is a regular, but not always a starter. She missed Algarve Cup due to injury (knee) but have been selected for the training games against Germany and Austria in the build-up to WWC and are expected to be part of the WWC-team. https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/rolfo-tillbaka-i-landslaget/ (in Swedish) Injury may sound a bit worse than it was, she missed Algarve due to problems with her knee/s. Which often but not necessarily means injury.
What an embarrassing performance last night from LSK against Barcelona. Coach Hege Riise admits she got the tactical plan wrong. The formation was way too attacking and naïve, and by the time they changed it to five in midfield, LSK were already three goals down. Barcelona were far better than what Riise and the staff had seen on the dozens of DVDs of their previous games. You can always blame it on the fact that this was LSK's first competitive match in nearly four months, but that isn't enough. There is a mountain to climb in the return leg.
Toppserien 2019 kicked off this weekend: Sandviken 0 - 2 Røa Svastuen 56, Jensen 90 LSK Kvinner 4 - 3 Kolbotn Abrahamsen 9, Reiten 73,89(p), Haavi 75 - Herlovsen 36,53, Eide Lie 44 Lyn 0 - 0 Fart Klepp 1 - 0 Avaldsnes Terland 38 Trondheims-Ørn 0 - 0 Arna Bjørnar Vålerenga 1 - 0 Stabæk Njoya 59 Highly ambitious Sandviken going down at home to Røa was surprising. For all the good players Sandviken have signed, they still haven't replaced Njoya up front with another top striker. LSK were two goals down at one stage in their game, but sorted it out in the end. Another proof that they are not quite where they should be ahead of the Barcelona game.
1st Matchday - Goal of the Week candidates: 1 - Emilie Haavi, LSK Kvinner (vs Kolbotn) 2 - Ragne Svastuen, Røa (vs Sandviken) 3 - Synne Jensen, Røa (vs Sandviken) I absolutely love Synne Jensen's chip! She is a fringe player in a potential World Cup squad. Goals like that is what she needs to get to France. Synne featured in my opening post of this thread four years ago, so I have a soft spot for her.
I went back to that first post for nostalgia reasons, and I have to thank you for the idea you had when you wrote it, @Bauser. Women's section of BigSoccer is a better place since the Norway thread exists! Also, I agree that Synne Jensen's goal was spectacular: definitely the best one of the three for me.
Interesting.....Per the NFF website, Norway was to play North Korea youth game in Fiumicello, Italy on 3/28/19. No write up nor score (even if was 0-0, it should show that and a summary written). I think perhaps it did not take place. Mysterious
Toppserien 2019 - Matchday 2: Røa 2 - 1 Trondheims-Ørn Jensen 23, Jørgensen 60 - Engesvik 37 Stabæk 0 - 2 Klepp Butt 54, 85 Kolbotn 1 - 2 Vålerenga Eide Lie 40 - Dowie 44, Waldus 79 Fart 0 - 3 Sandviken Brochmann 29, Cordner 36, 83 Avaldsnes 1 - 1 LSK Kvinner Stefanovic 22 - Reiten 88(p) Arna Bjørnar 1 - 1 Lyn Mijatovic 47 - Lillegård 67 TOP SCORERS 3 - Guro Reiten (LSK Kvinner) 2 - Tameka Butt (Klepp) 2 - Isabell Herlovsen (Kolbotn) 2 - Nora Eide Lie (Kolbotn) 2 - Synne Jensen (Røa) 2 - Kennya Cordner (Sandviken)
Wow, LSK Kvinner not only leaves Europe, after their loss in UEFA WCL, but they also have problems in the domestic league! Ok, it's just an away draw vs Avaldsnes, but last season they were winning them all.
I think it's a very good sign for Norwegian woso that LSK are struggling. I hope to see them drop more points.
Jensen was an underager in the UEFA 2014 U19 tournament in Oslo and really impressed. I missed this last week about another who impressed in that tournament as well: https://www.lofotposten.no/sport/fo...e-ting-er-viktigere-enn-fotball/s/5-29-471993 Hard luck, she was exceptionally dominant and mobile and would have been a real weapon in the back.
Synne Jensen's chip was voted Goal of the Week from matchday 1. Synne is back with another entry in this week's competition. 2nd Matchday - Goal of the Week candidates: 1 - Synne Jensen, Røa (vs Trondheims-Ørn) 2 - Maria Brochmann, Sandviken (vs Fart) 3 - Runa Lillegård, Lyn (vs Arna Bjørnar) This time I'm voting for the speedy little teenage dribbler, Runa Lillegård. We've highlighted her on this thread last year.