2005 Toppserien

The 2005 season of the Toppserien, the first-tier women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 16 April 2005 and ended on 22 October 2005.

Toppserien

Season	2005
Champions	Kolbotn 2nd title
Relegated	Asker Kattem
Matches played	90
Goals scored	369 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tone Heimlund (18 goals)
← 2004 2006 →

18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were originally relegated, but ninth-placed Liungen survived after Asker was forcibly relegated due to economic license issues.^[1] The two top teams from the First Division were promoted.

Kolbotn won the league.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kolbotn (C)	18	14	3	1	72	15	+57	45	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Cup second qualifying round
2	Team Strømmen	18	12	3	3	44	22	+22	39
3	Fløya	18	10	3	5	49	26	+23	33
4	Trondheims-Ørn	18	10	3	5	31	17	+14	33
5	Klepp	18	8	5	5	39	24	+15	29
6	Røa	18	9	1	8	35	28	+7	28
7	Asker[a] (R)	18	7	3	8	34	30	+4	24	Relegation to First Division
8	Sandviken	18	4	3	11	25	58	−33	15
9	Liungen	18	2	1	15	19	76	−57	7
10	Kattem (R)	18	1	1	16	20	72	−52	4	Relegation to First Division

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Asker was forcibly relegated due to economic license issues.^[2]

Top goalscorers

• 18 goals:
  • Tone Heimlund, Fløya
• 14 goals:
  • Solveig Gulbrandsen, Kolbotn
• 13 goals:
  • Maureen Mmadu, Klepp
  • Tonje Hansen, Kolbotn
  • Isabell Herlovsen, Kolbotn
• 12 goals:
  • Dagny Mellgren, Klepp
  • Lene Espedal, Kolbotn
• 11 goals:
  • Lindy Melissa Wiik, Asker
  • Kristy Moore, Fløya
  • Trine Rønning, Kolbotn
• 10 goals:
  • Ingunn Sørum, Liungen
• 9 goals:
  • Siri Nordby, Røa

Promotion and relegation

• Asker and Kattem were relegated to the First Division
• Arna-Bjørnar and Amazon Grimstad were promoted from the First Division