Once again, like in the game vs Juventus from a few weeks ago, Sophie Román Haug was a late-sub today (in a game vs Inter), and once again she scored an header from an Emilie Haavi's cross. Can they do that in Norway NT also?
Haug infact scored a fine headed goal against France last year, but from a cross from Marit Bratberg Lund, not Haavi. I'm reading Haug is linked to Liverpool now, but she is tied to a long-term contract at Roma and transfer rumours are a regular part of the game this time of the season. But I don't think she will accept a 'super-sub' role forever.
TOPPSERIEN 2023 – Matchday 10 Lyn 2 – 2 Arna Bjørnar Holmen 2, Aahjem 90+3 --- Ivanovic 54, 67 Kristin Holmen gave Lyn the lead with a mediocre shot beating the goalkeeper Hanne Larsen right above her head. Miljana Ivanovic turned the game for A-B with two fine goals after surging runs from midfield into the box and clinical finishing. A-B thought they had a rare away win in the bag, before Anna Aahjem popped up in the box knocking in a goalkeeper rebound in injury-time. Her ninth goal in Toppserien, one behind Karina Sævik. Rosenborg 6 – 0 Avaldsnes Sørum 10, Joramo 39, Jøsendal 54, 63, Hørte 66, 90+3 Avaldsnes held Rosenborg to a draw in the home fixture three weeks ago, but had little to offer in Trondheim. Rosenborg were ruthless on the day. Nearly ever goal came after attacks down the right hand side and crosses into the box. Avaldsnes couldn’t deal with these crosses and fell apart. News today: Rosenborg winger Synne Skinnes Hansen has signed for an unnamed German club and will leave Trondheim this summer when her contract runs out. Røa 0 – 1 LSK Kvinner Johansen 77 In a rather dull match, full-back Oda Johansen became the match-winner for LSK with a diagonal shot creeping in at the far post. Stabæk 0 – 2 Vålerenga Sigurdardottir 26, Pettersen 49(og) Difficult conditions on the bumpy pitch at Nadderud. Few chances created from open play in this televised match on NRK. Vålerenga scored both goals from headers after corner-kicks and stay top of the league. Selma Pettersen has later been given the own-goal from Ylinn Tennebø’s header on the second. Åsane 0 – 2 Brann Brochmann 60, Ritter 86 The Monday night game completed the matchday. Brann finally won after three straight defeats. It wasn’t an impressive performance, but enough to beat lowly placed Åsane. The towering Maria Brochmann scored the first from a point blank header after a cross from Cecilie Redisch Kvamme. Sara Ritter, back in the starting line-up after serving red card suspension, scored the second late in the game. Andrine Hegerberg’s corner was chested in from close range by Ritter, her first Toppserien goal. TOP SCORERS 10 goals – Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 9 goals – Anna Aahjem (Lyn) 5 goals – Anna Jøsendal (Rosenborg), Tuva Espås (Røa), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 4 goals – Julie Klæboe (Røa), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga), Elise Thorsnes (Vålerenga). NEXT MATCHDAY – 27 May Arna Bjørnar – Stabæk Avaldsnes – Åsane Brann – Røa LSK Kvinner – Lyn Vålerenga – Rosenborg
TOPPSERIEN 2023 – Matchday 11 Arna Bjørnar 4 – 2 Stabæk Svendheim 26, Ivanovic 32, Andresen 64, Sælen 83 --- Abrahamsen 23, Vallotto 52 A-B are waking up and look better and better. The relegation battle is going to be some ride this season. The five clubs at the bottom are within three points of each other. This was a very open match with plenty of scoring chances. Six goals was at the low end. Stabæk took the lead though with a fine dipping shot from Meryll Abrahamsen against her former club. Miljana Ivanovic has been superb in recent matches for A-B and is looking very much like a quality player and ready to sign for a bigger club next time. Today she scored one and assisted Linnea Sælen’s 4-2 goal. Avaldsnes 0 – 1 Åsane Sangolt 90+4 This was a tight and even match with few chances created, but Åsane were the slightly better team. Substitute Mathilde Sangolt scored the winning goal virtually in the last seconds of the match. Nina Vestbøstad set her up 1v1 with goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty before Sangolt knocked the ball home past her. That goal sent Avaldsnes bottom of the table. Brann 5 – 2 Røa Crummer 10, 28, Brochmann 14, 56, Bratberg Lund 90+2 --- Svastuen 13, Klæboe 73 Finally a very convincing performance by Brann. The match was played in dreadful weather conditions in Bergen. Brann’s strikers have under-performed all season, but today they were sharp. Larissa Crummer scored her first two goals for Brann and Maria Brochmann also scored two. Røa are usually a physical and difficult team to play against, but have picked up only one point in the last four matches. LSK Kvinner 2 – 0 Lyn Godø 42, 50 Emma Godø was the difference between the teams today, scoring twice against her former club. The first goal was a bending free-kick which caught goalkeeper Sandra Ask flat-footed. The second was a near post header from a corner taken by Mille Christensen. Lyn are being dragged down to the relegation battle. Vålerenga 3 – 1 Rosenborg Tvedten 27, Bjelde 54, Thomsen 90+11 --- Nautnes 74 Big win for Vålerenga who go nine points clear at the top of the table with an extra match played. The host team dominated the game right until Thea Bjelde’s thunderous 2-0 goal from distance. Rosenborg worked their way back after that and reduced the lead through Emilie Nautnes. They had chances to equalize, but then Janni Thomsen scored Vålerenga’s third goal on the counter-attack 11(!) minutes into injury-time. The referee was forced to stop the match several times due to goalkeeper Jalen Tompkins, who bled constantly around the mouth after a collision with Nautnes. Vålerenga look strong, but are having injury problems up front. Last week Mawa Sesay suffered an ACL injury, Elise Thorsnes is out three more weeks, Agnete Nielsen is out until after the World Cup and Runa Lillegård’s recurring concussion problems keep her out of the game with no return date on the horizon. [Full match] TOP SCORERS 10 goals – Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 9 goals – Anna Aahjem (Lyn) 6 goals – Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 5 goals – Anna Jøsendal (Rosenborg), Tuva Espås (Røa), Julie Klæboe (Røa), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga) 4 goals – Miljana Ivanovic (Arna Bjørnar), Linnea Sælen (Arna Bjørnar), Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann), Emma Godø (LSK), Emilie Nautnes (Rosenborg), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Elise Thorsnes (Vålerenga). NEXT MATCHDAY – 3 June Rosenborg – Brann Lyn – Vålerenga Røa – Arna Bjørnar Stabæk – Avaldsnes Åsane – LSK Kvinner
Full round in the NM Cup tonight. The tournament has reached the stage where Toppserien teams enter. Kudos to the many teams from lower leagues who kept the scoreline down to acceptable levels and even forced top flight clubs to extra-time. (II) Kolbotn 2 – 1 KFUM Oslo (III) after extra time Hegg 84, Fridlund 98 --- Arthur 3 (III) Medkila 3 – 0 Tromsø 2020 (II) Hunstad 24, 82, Olsen 76 (III) Viking 0 – 2 Åsane (I) Kokosz 6, Karlsen 64 (II) Grand Bodø 0 – 10 Røa (I) Bjørlykhaug 8, 20, 28, 71, Haugstad 11(p), de Courcy 53, 69, 75, Fuglem 63, 73 (II) AaFk Fortuna 2 – 1 Molde (III) after extra-time Gravem 51, Huseby 119(p) --- Ulvund 10 (IV) Fredrikstad 0 – 3 LSK Kvinner (I) Andersson 18, Holum 30, Pedersen 49(p) (IV) Start 1 – 2 Avaldsnes (I) Lindland 44 --- Svandal 7, Natvik 73 (II) Klepp 1 – 0 Amazon Grimstad (III) Tveit 28(p) RC: Bruhjell 27 (AG) (II) Fyllingsdalen 0 – 6 Brann (I) Neset 33, Haugland 54, Ritter 58, Brochmann 63, 85, Walker 77 (III) Sogndal 2 – 4 Arna Bjørnar (I) after extra-time Grindhaug 47, Krakhellen 90+4 --- S.Hansen 46, 93, Ivanovic 80, Henschien 120+2 (III) Tiller 0 – 1 Rosenborg (I) Nautnes 57 RC: Optun 80 (Til) (III) Arendal 0 – 3 Stabæk (I) Dunsby 28, Jönsson 67, 90+3 (II) Øvrevoll Hosle 2 – 0 Grei (II) Berre 41, Øgaarden 89 (II) Hønefoss 4 – 1 HamKam (III) Nyhagen 33, 68, 77, 90 --- Lundberg 85 (III) Odd 0 – 1 Lyn (I) after extra-time Closs 111 (III) Porsanger 0 – 6 Vålerenga (I) Guttorm 5(og),87(og), Rogic 6, Pechersky 45, Sævik 47, Vickius 72
Both teams are from north of the polar circle! Tromsø are getting stick in the media for fielding a reserve team in this cup match, which they ended up losing against a team from a lower division. I suppose they underestimated Medkila in this game.
TOPPSERIEN 2023 – Matchday 12 Rosenborg 2 – 0 Brann Joramo 64, Skinnes Hansen 66 Rosenborg were the better team, but it was a tight match with few chances in the first half in front of nearly 5000 spectators. The match was decided with two goals in just over a minute. A deflected shot from Emilie Joramo gave Rosenborg the lead. Aurora Mikalsen was helpless when the ball changed direction. The second goal was quality. Bayer Leverkusen bound Synne Skinnes Hansen came on as a sub in the second half and scored after a pass from Joramo. Brann had some big chances towards the end, Andrine Hegerberg hit the underside of crossbar, but no further goals. Brann’s defence of the league championship looks very unlikely now, as does another UWCL spot. Lyn 0 – 2 Vålerenga Tvedten 7, Ballisager 56 Vålerenga’s win was easier than the scoreline suggests. Olaug Tvedten is delivering every week, seven goals and eight assists so far, but plays in a #10 role which doesn’t exist in Hege Riise’s Norway team. She is one of the big question marks in the debate about World Cup selection or not. The other goalscorer, Stine Ballisager, is certainly picked for Denmark this summer. Today she scored a rare goal from a header after corner. Only her third Toppserien goal after six years in the league for the Vålerenga captain. Røa 4 – 1 Arna Bjørnar Espås 6, Engås 44, Klæboe 52, Midtbø 90+2 --- Ivanovic 37 A-B continue to be inconsistent, but Røa at home is never easy and we had some quality goals on display here by both teams. It's a pity we don't have footage available from this game. The best goal was probably Julie Klæboe’s third for Røa, toying with a couple of defenders before firing an unstoppable shot. Miljana Ivanovic’s goal for A-B was a solo goal on a counter-attack. Stabæk 1 – 0 Avaldsnes Anderdal 15 The match was decided by a belter from long range from Andrea Anderdal. Avaldsnes seemed to have the ball cross the goalline in the 81st minute after goalmouth scramble following a corner, but it was turned down by the referee after confusion and heated discussions. The one camera angle available gave Avaldsnes a case to be angry, but there is no VAR or goalline technology in Toppserien. Åsane 0 – 3 LSK Kvinner Woldvik 2(p), Andersson 70, 78 This was LSK’s fourth straight win. They now shadow Rosenborg on the table and a UWCL spot is not out of question. LSK controlled the game from start after taking an early lead on a perfect penalty by captain Emilie Woldvik. Åsane had little to offer on the day. Tilde Andersson, still only 15(!), scored her first two Toppserien goals. TOP SCORERS 10 goals – Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 9 goals – Anna Aahjem (Lyn) 7 goals – Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 6 goals – Tuva Espås (Røa), Julie Klæboe (Røa) 5 goals – Miljana Ivanovic (Arna Bjørnar), Anna Jøsendal (Rosenborg), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga) 4 goals – Linnea Sælen (Arna Bjørnar), Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann), Emma Godø (LSK), Emilie Joramo (Rosenborg), Emilie Nautnes (Rosenborg), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Elise Thorsnes (Vålerenga). NEXT MATCHDAY – 6 June Arna Bjørnar – Åsane Avaldsnes – Vålerenga LSK Kvinner – Rosenborg Røa – Lyn Brann – Stabæk
We need to do a round-up of Norwegians abroad as the continental season comes to an end. It’s been a strong season for the foreign based contingent. We have title winning players in all five major Euro leagues. ENGLAND Guro Reiten has had a fantastic season at WSL and FA Cup winners Chelsea. WSL Player of the Year nominee. 9 league goals and 11 assists (most in WSL). This has probably been her best season overall. Constantly a threat down the left hand side of Chelsea’s attack and often setting up Sam Kerr and others for goals. Also dangerous from set-pieces. Her body language is quite telling on the pitch with jokes, facial expressions and smiles. This is a player on top of her game. Maren Mjelde got rid of the injury problems and stepped up big time in a number of games in the second half of the season. Who can forget the two high pressure penalties against Lyon in the UWCL? Dubbed by Chelsea manager Emma Hayes as the ’mother hen’ of the team. At 33, Mjelde looks fit and sharp ahead of what is likely her last World Cup. She just signed a one year extension to her contract at Chelsea and will stay until 2024. Frida Maanum grabbed every opportunity to play during Arsenal’s injury crisis this season and now looks like the most given starter. In terms of international recognition, this is a break-out season for her. WSL Player of the Year nominee. What a force she has been in midfield for the Gunners. 32 matches in all competitions with 16 goals and 9 assists. She was Arsenal’s top scorer in WSL with 9 goals. She looks strong and determined on the ball and can score from distance, like the beautiful goal which knocked Bayern Munich out in the UWCL. Vilde Bøe Risa, Lisa Naalsund and Maria Thorisdottir at WSL runners-up Manchester United have all had limited game time for various reasons. Most foreigners seem to end up on the bench at that club. Thorisdottir started games early on, but then suffered a season-ending injury and will miss the World Cup. Naalsund arrived mid-season from Brann, but instantly picked up a hamstring injury, and just returned to play on the final matchday. Bøe Risa has been available all season, but been reduced to a rotation player in midfield and only appeared in roughly half the WSL matches. She made a rare start against Liverpool on the title deciding day and is now pondering whether her future is in Manchester or not. Elisabeth Terland joined Brighton & Hove Albion last summer from Brann and has just completed her first season abroad. She’s been a regular starter and was the club’s top scorer with 7 goals in 17 appearances, a good return for a club which just escaped relegation. Another player who also joined Brighton from Brann is centre-back Guro Bergsvand, who has struggled a bit with injuries, but started when fit. She played ten matches in WSL, nine from start. Celin Bizet Ildhusøy has been on the pitch in every game for 9th placed Tottenham in WSL, and started 16 of them. She has been used mostly as a winger, as I understand it. Just like in her Toppserien days, she is not producing much in terms of goals, just two and one assist this season. After scoring frequently for Norway a year or two ago, she has lost some momentum this season and is in danger of not making the World Cup squad now. Amalie Eikeland achieved something quite unique during this season by playing every single minute of every game in WSL for Reading who got relegated. She has featured in both midfield and defence. Eikeland has been faithful to the club for four seasons now, but her future is likely elsewhere after the drop. Elise Stenevik has played 20 matches as a wing-back for 6th placed Everton in the WSL, 7 from start. This is her first season on Merseyside, but doesn’t seem to be a player on Hege Riise’s radar. FRANCE Ada Hegerberg has been severely hampered by injuries in recent years, but is hopefully on her way back to peak form. After a late start, she’s played five league matches and scored four goals as Lyon secured another league title. In addition, Ada was the match-winner in the French cup final against PSG with two goals in the 2-1 win. GERMANY Tuva Hansen arrived at Bayern Munich during the mid-season break and joined the club while on a tour in Mexico. She quickly established herself as a first choice in a Bayern defence that only conceded eight goals on the way to the Bundesliga title. Emilie Bragstad has featured far less and mostly been thrown in as a late sub when in need a towering defender to clear the ball away. Bayern with Alexander Straus as head coach, lost in the semi-final of the DFB pokal to Wolfsburg and quarter-finals to Arsenal in UWCL. ITALY Emilie Haavi and Sophie Roman Haug were champions of Serie A with Roma, thus ending Juventus five year long dynasty on top of the Italian game. Haavi has had a particularly strong all-round season as a winger contributing with 8 goals and 7 assists. Roma reached the quarter-finals in the UWCL losing to Barcelona. Haug has been very efficient as back-up striker chipping in with 7 goals and 3 assists in 18 Serie A matches, even though she only started six of them. Haug just returned from ankle surgery and looks as sharp as ever. Anja Sønstevold has had a good season at Inter who finished fifth in Serie A. She played (and started) 19 matches at full-back and is registered with two assists. Midfielder Noor Eckhoff signed in March for Inter and has played eight matches in Serie A, six of them from start. Malin Brenn has been a regular starter in central defence for Como. Camilla Linberg has struggled with injuries for the same club, but is listed with 4 goals and 4 assists in 12 matches in Serie A. Both these players enjoy their first season abroad and Como survived the relegation group and will feature in Serie A also next season. SPAIN Caroline Graham Hansen is another player who has been out with injuries during the season. She has returned in top form for Barcelona and scored vital goals in big matches in addition to her usual assists. Looks every bit the world beater we’ve known for years and won the league and UWCL double in another impressive season. Ingrid Engen has also featured regularly for this team, although more as a rotation player. Both players extended their contracts at Barcelona earlier this year; Engen to 2025 and Hansen to 2026. Synne Jensen has enjoyed a good season somewhat in the shadow. 10 goals and 3 assists in 29 matches is quite solid at 8th placed Real Sociedad. It will still be a major surprise if she is selected for the World Cup. Therese Åsland has mostly been on the bench for 5th placed Madrid CFF and only played 124 minutes across 8 matches this season with one assist.
Excellent review and it looks like a very promising season, in the perspective of the World Cup, for a lot of Norwegian internationals. I don't want to jinx the National Team, but frankly a lot of players undoubtedly had an high-level, winning season. How do you see Norway's Goalkeepers' situation? I'll add that Camilla Lindberg scored regularly when she finally was consistently back from her injuries: all of her 4 goals have been scored in the month of May, so she basically finished the season at the peak of her form and crucially contributed to the success of her team in the relegation pool.
The goalkeeper situation is problematic. I rate Aurora Mikalsen as the number one. She hasn’t had a splendid season at Brann, but lack of good options means she should still start for Norway. Cecilie Fiskerstrand is back playing for LSK this season after a long injury lay-off, and will likely make the squad too. Although she has experience and is a decent shot stopper, her footwork is poor and will be punished at top level. I think Mikalsen is better when you add up all the pros and cons. Sunniva Skoglund (Stabæk) and Guro Pettersen (Vålerenga), who both featured in the Euro 2022 squad, have experienced loss of form. The latter struggle to win a starting spot in the club team. There is only one goalkeeper I really like in Toppserien and that’s Savanna Duffy, the U19 NT goalkeeper. She plays for Åsane at the bottom half of the table and is therefore called into action often. I think the World Cup is a bit early for her, but she should get selected by the start of the next cycle imo.
TOPPSERIEN 2023 – Matchday 13 Arna Bjørnar 1 – 1 Åsane Bjørnsen 20 --- Vistnes 90+6 Much at stake in the minor Bergen derby match tonight with two teams fighting to avoid the drop zone. Arna Bjørnar took the lead with a thunderous shot in off the crossbar from Sofie Bjørnsen and should have sealed the win already in the first half, but squandered big chances. Instead, Åsane came back in the second half and created chaos in the box in the last minutes, and just when the referee was about to blow the final whistle, Karen Vistnes headed in the equalizer. Åsane stay two points ahead of A-B. Avaldsnes 1 – 1 Vålerenga Hovmark 65 --- Duah 17(og) The Toppserien leaders dropped points against the bottom team. It seems anything can happen during a hectic schedule with matches coming every four days and there is a lot of squad rotation. Avaldsnes have a strong record at home this season and have also drawn against Brann and Rosenborg. Vålerenga predictably took the lead when a shot from Karina Sævik was only blocked by the goalkeeper, then hit Ghanian defender Susan Duah before going in. Avaldsnes equalizer came from a good header by Maria Hovmark after a cross from the right. LSK Kvinner 1 – 2 Rosenborg Rulyte 48(og) --- Skinnes Hansen 36, 45 Rosenborg cut down Vålerenga’s lead to seven points at the top of the table and also have a game in hand after this win away at Lillestrøm. Both goals were top class. Anna Jøsendal’s work before the first goal is the best assist in Toppserien this season. She shook off four defenders in a Caro Hansen style powerful dribbling run down the left hand side and played the ball square to Skinnes Hansen, who couldn’t miss from two yards. Jøsendal was behind Hansen’s second goal too with a precise pass in behind the defence before Hansen finished with a classy lob past Fiskerstrand. This was a good day for the championship race. Røa 1 – 0 Lyn Haugstad 90+2 The posh West Oslo derby was a rather eventless affair with few chances. Røa were marginally the better team and it wasn’t undeserved when they scored an injury-time winner. Substitute Kristin Haugstad had only been on the field a few minutes when she took advantage of a long ball flicked on behind the defence by Julie Klæboe. Haugstad finished with aplomb one-v-one with the goalkeeper. Lyn have picked up only one point in the last five matches. Nobody is stepping up when Anna Aahjem is having a goal-drought. Brann 0 – 0 Stabæk A draw was a fair result between these two mid-table dwellers. Justine Kielland missed a penalty for Stabæk in the first half and Aurora Mikalsen made a top class save on a Melissa Bjånesøy effort which hit the crossbar in the second half. Brann continue to be underwhelming in possession and only looked dangerous towards the end of the match when the long balls were played into the box. Sara Ritter went off early with an injury. Hopefully not too serious. Highlights of all the matches TOP SCORERS 10 goals – Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 9 goals – Anna Aahjem (Lyn) 7 goals – Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 6 goals – Tuva Espås (Røa), Julie Klæboe (Røa) 5 goals – Miljana Ivanovic (Arna Bjørnar), Synne Skinnes Hansen (Rosenborg), Anna Jøsendal (Rosenborg), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga) 4 goals – Linnea Sælen (Arna Bjørnar), Maria Hovmark (Avaldsnes), Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann), Emma Godø (LSK), Emilie Joramo (Rosenborg), Emilie Nautnes (Rosenborg), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Elise Thorsnes (Vålerenga). NEXT MATCHDAY – 10 June Rosenborg – Arna Bjørnar Stabæk – Røa Vålerenga – Brann Åsane – Lyn Avaldsnes – LSK Kvinner
Barcelona have signed 16 year-old forward Martine Fenger from Kolbotn Fenger is currently the top scorer in the 1st division (tier II) with 9 goals. She will of course join the B-team, who I believe play tier II in Spain. Barcelona were after Fenger already last year, but she decided to stay at Kolbotn when they were relegated from Toppserien. I’m generally sceptical to players moving abroad at that age and to a club like Barcelona of all clubs. The competition is stiff to put it mildly, but we’ll see how this turns out.
TOPPSERIEN 2023 – Matchday 14 Rosenborg 4 – 0 Arna Bjørnar Jøsendal 8, Sørum 14(p), Rogde 40, Nautnes 45 Stabæk 2 – 2 Røa Bjånesøy 10, Abrahamsen 30 --- Klæboe 12, Haugstad 90(p) Vålerenga 1 – 1 Brann Sigurdardottir 48 --- Engesvik 72 Åsane 4 – 0 Lyn Mo 44, 48, 80, Karlsen 53 RC: Holmen (Lyn) 72 Avaldsnes 1 – 0 LSK Kvinner Hovmark 68 Rosenborg have eaten up four points on Vålerenga in a week. We officially have a championship race again. Big shift at the bottom with Arna-Bjørnar on the relegation spot and Lyn in the relegation play-off. Avaldsnes jump up to a safe spot after win vs LSK. TOP SCORERS 10 goals – Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 9 goals – Anna Aahjem (Lyn) 7 goals – Julie Klæboe (Røa), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 6 goals – Anna Jøsendal (Rosenborg), Tuva Espås (Røa), Andrine Mo (Åsane) 5 goals – Miljana Ivanovic (Arna Bjørnar), Maria Hovmark (Avaldsnes), Synne Skinnes Hansen (Rosenborg), Emilie Nautnes (Rosenborg), Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga) 4 goals – Linnea Sælen (Arna Bjørnar), Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann), Emma Godø (LSK), Emilie Joramo (Rosenborg), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Elise Thorsnes (Vålerenga), Kaja Karlsen (Åsane). NEXT MATCHDAY – 18 June Arna Bjørnar – Vålerenga Brann – Avaldsnes LSK Kvinner – Stabæk Røa – Åsane Lyn – Rosenborg Hege Riise will announce the World Cup squad on Monday, 19th June.
Fenger's move is definitely a bit premature, the good news is she wasn't signed for the A team quite yet but give it 2-3 years and if she stays at Barcelona then she might make the transition. She will be well surrounded with Hansen and Engen.
Haavi won a thing, apparently! 𝕄𝕍ℙ @TIM_OFFICIAL 🏆𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 ⚽️#SerieAFemminile @TIM_Official 🇮🇹𝑀𝑖𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑎 👑🔝👏 Emilie Haavi, Roma 💛❤️📊 By @OptaPaolo pic.twitter.com/APMyEcpJFI— FIGC Calcio Femminile (@FIGCfemminile) June 13, 2023
TOPPSERIEN 2023 – Matchday 15 Arna Bjørnar 1 – 4 Vålerenga Ivanovic 66 --- Thomsen 40, Sigurdardottir 46, Tvedten 57, Bjelde 60 Earlier this week, Vålerenga coach Nils Lexerød extended his contract at the club until 2025. After two draws lately, it was back to winning ways against A-B. Brann 3 – 0 Avaldsnes Bratberg Lund 68(p), Crummer 88, Frisbie 90+4 Brann left it late against Avaldsnes. The 3-0 scoreline looks better than the performance was. It was a tight match for long stretches, but the questionable penalty call after a handball by Susan Duah, changed the rhythm of the match and Brann controlled it. Brann’s big midfield talent Signe Gaupset made her first appearance in Toppserien this season after returning from injury. LSK Kvinner 3 – 2 Stabæk Löfwenius 41, 89, Haahr 51 --- Bjånesøy 6, 72 Tight match with veteran goalscorers like Löfwenius and Bjånesøy on target twice. The Swede scored the winner a minute from time following an awful howler by goalkeeper Sunniva Skoglund. A missed clearance outside the box gave Löfwenius an open goal. Not the type of error you want to do on the eve of World Cup squad presentation. Røa 1 – 3 Åsane Klæboe 86 --- Vistnes 58, Bjørnebøle 90+3, Skjeldal 90+4 Åsane maintained their reputation as the ’queens of stoppage time’ with another late win today. They’ve been involved in three matches recently with decisive goals right before the end. Karen Vistnes was sent off early in the game when these two teams met in Bergen in April, but today she opened the score. Åsane are looking like the best newly promoted team I can ever remember in Toppserien. Lyn 2 – 0 Rosenborg Aahjem 4, 27 After a terrible run of four straight defeats, Lyn suddenly went on to beat Rosenborg. Toppserien is totally unpredictable this year, which is a good thing. Anna Aahjem ended her little goal-drought, scored both goals and went top of the top scorer charts. She has scored 11 out of Lyn’s 14 goals this season. But will it be enough to make the World Cup squad? We’ll find out tomorrow morning. TOP SCORERS 11 goals – Anna Aahjem (Lyn) 10 goals – Karina Sævik (Vålerenga) 8 goals – Julie Klæboe (Røa), Olaug Tvedten (Vålerenga) 7 goals – Melissa Bjånesøy (Stabæk) 6 goals – Miljana Ivanovic (Arna Bjørnar), Anna Jøsendal (Rosenborg), Tuva Espås (Røa), Andrine Mo (Åsane), Thea Bjelde (Vålerenga) 5 goals – Maria Hovmark (Avaldsnes), Marit Bratberg Lund (Brann), Synne Skinnes Hansen (Rosenborg), Emilie Nautnes (Rosenborg) 4 goals – Linnea Sælen (Arna Bjørnar), Emma Godø (LSK), Amanda Haahr (LSK), Mimmi Löfwenius (LSK), Emilie Joramo (Rosenborg), Iris Omarsdottir (Stabæk), Elise Thorsnes (Vålerenga), Kaja Karlsen (Åsane). NEXT MATCHDAY – 24 June Avaldsnes – Arna Bjørnar Brann – LSK Kvinner Rosenborg – Åsane Stabæk – Lyn Røa – Vålerenga Hege Riise will announce the World Cup squad Monday morning at 09:30 CET. In addition to the 23 players selected, a further three players will travel with the squad to New Zealand on stand-by mode in case of pre-deadline injuries.
Norway’s World Cup squad: GOALKEEPERS Guro Pettersen ............... 1991 ..... 7 / 0 .......... Vålerenga Aurora Mikalsen ............. 1996 ..... 9 / 0 .......... SK Brann Cecilie Fiskerstrand ........ 1996 ..... 44 / 0 ........ LSK Kvinner DEFENDERS Maren Mjelde ................. 1989 .... 165 / 20 ...... Chelsea (ENG) Tuva Hansen .................. 1997 ..... 27 / 1 ......... Bayern Munich (GER) Guro Bergsvand ............. 1994 ..... 22 / 4 .......... Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG) Mathilde Harviken ........... 2001 ..... 9 / 0 ........... Rosenborg Marit Bratberg Lund ........ 1997 ..... 5 / 0 ........... SK Brann Anja Sønstevold ............. 1992 ..... 28 / 1 ......... Inter Milan (ITA) Sara Hørte ..................... 2000 ..... 4 / 1 ........... Rosenborg MIDFIELDERS Frida Maanum ................. 1999 ..... 65 / 11 ........ Arsenal (ENG) Thea Bjelde .................... 2000 ..... 7 / 0 .......... Vålerenga Vilde Bøe Risa ............... 1995 ..... 60 / 2 ......... Manchester United (ENG) Ingrid Engen ................... 1998 ..... 59 / 6 ......... Barcelona (ESP) WINGERS / FORWARDS Guro Reiten .................... 1994 ..... 80 / 17 ....... Chelsea (ENG) Julie Blakstad ................. 2001 ..... 29 / 3 .......... Manchester City (ENG) Anna Jøsendal ................. 2001 ..... 8 / 0 ......... Rosenborg Amalie Eikeland .............. 1995 ..... 45 / 3 ........ Reading (ENG) Emilie Haavi .................... 1992 ..... 97 / 16 ..... AS Roma (ITA) Karina Sævik .................. 1996 ..... 38 / 6 ........ Vålerenga Caroline G. Hansen ......... 1995 ..... 98 / 44 ..... Barcelona (ESP) Ada Hegerberg ................ 1995 ..... 76 / 42 ..... Lyon (FRA) Sophie Roman Haug ........ 1999 ..... 8 / 5 ......... AS Roma (ITA) Players on stand by Malin Brenn ................... 1999 ...... 1 / 0 ......... Como (ITA) Emma Stølen Godø ........ 2000 ..... 2 / 0 .......... LSK Kvinner Elisabeth Terland ............ 2001 ..... 22 / 6 ......... Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG)
Bjelde was in the Euros last summer. Arrived late to replace Naalsund. There are five changes from Sjögren’s Euro squad: - Cecilie Fiskerstrand wins back her goalkeeper spot from Sunniva Skoglund - Mathilde Harviken replaces Maria Thorisdottir in defence - Sophie Haug replaces Celin Bizet Ildhusøy up front - Emilie Haavi replaces Elisabeth Terland as utility attacking option - Sara Hørte (centre-back) replaces Synne Skinnes Hansen (full-back/winger) We have only ten players left from the World Cup squad 2019: Maren Mjelde, Vilde Bøe Risa, Caro Hansen, Cecilie Fiskerstrand, Ingrid Engen, Amalie Eikeland, Guro Reiten, Frida Maanum, Emilie Haavi and Karina Sævik. Players who have been involved in more than two WC squads: Maren Mjelde: 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 Emilie Haavi: 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 Cecilie Fiskerstrand: 2015, 2019, 2023