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{{Infobox football country season
| country    = Norway
| season     = 2003
| division1  = [[2003 Tippeligaen|Tippeligaen]]
| champions1 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| division2  = [[2003 1. divisjon|1. divisjon]]
| champions2 = [[HamKam]]
| division3  = [[2003 2. divisjon|2. divisjon]]
| champions3 = [[Pors Grenland]] (Group 1)<br>[[Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball|Kongsvinger]] (Group 2)<br>[[SK Vard Haugesund|Vard Haugesund]] (Group 3)<br>[[Tromsdalen UIL|Tromsdalen]] (Group 4)
| domestic   = [[2003 Norwegian Football Cup|Cupen]]
| dchampions = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| wdivision1  = [[2003 Toppserien|Toppserien]]
| wchampions1 = [[Trondheims-Ørn]]
| wdivision2  = [[2003 1. divisjon (women)|1. divisjon]]
| wchampions2 = [[IL Sandviken|Sandviken]]
| wdomestic   = [[2003 Norwegian Women's Cup|Cupen]]
| wdchampions = [[Medkila IL|Medkila]]
| prevseason = 2002
| nextseason = 2004
| flagicon   = yes
}}

The '''2003''' season was the 98th season of competitive [[association football|football]] in [[Norway]].

==Men's football==
===League season===
==== Tippeligaen ====
{{main article|2003 Tippeligaen}}
{{:2003 Tippeligaen}}
===== Play-offs =====
November 10: Sandefjord – Vålerenga 0–0

November 22: Vålerenga – Sandefjord 5–3 (agg. 5–3)

Vålerenga stay up.

===== Top scorers =====
17 goals: [[Harald Martin Brattbakk]], Rosenborg

15 goals: [[Frode Johnsen]], Rosenborg

13 goals: [[Håvard Flo]], Sogndal

11 goals: [[Magne Hoseth]], Molde
::[[Erik Nevland]], Viking

10 goals: [[Edwin van Ankeren]], Odd Grenland
::[[Thomas Finstad]], Stabæk

====1. divisjon====
{{main article|2003 1. divisjon}}
{{:2003 Norwegian First Division}}
====2. divisjon====
{{main article|2003 2. divisjon}}

=====Group 1=====
{{:2003 2. divisjon|transcludesection=Group 1}}

=====Group 2=====
{{:2003 2. divisjon|transcludesection=Group 2}}

=====Group 3=====
{{:2003 2. divisjon|transcludesection=Group 3}}

=====Group 4=====
{{:2003 2. divisjon|transcludesection=Group 4}}

====3. divisjon====
{{main article|2003 3. divisjon}}

===Norwegian Cup===
{{main article|2003 Norwegian Football Cup}}
====Final====
{{main article|2003 Norwegian Football Cup final}}
{{:2003 Norwegian Football Cup final}}

==Women's football==
===League season===
====Toppserien====
{{main article|2003 Toppserien}}
{{:2003 Toppserien}}
====1. divisjon====
{{main article|2003 1. divisjon (women)}}
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|team2=MED|name_MED=Medkila
|team3=AMA|name_AMA=Amazon Grimstad
|team4=SKE|name_SKE=Skeid
|team5=BYÅ|name_BYÅ=Byåsen
|team6=FOR|name_FOR=Fortuna
|team7=KAT|name_KAT=Kattem
|team8=HAU|name_HAU=Haugar
|team9=VÅL|name_VÅL=Vålerenga
|team10=NIT|name_NIT=Nittedal

|win_SAN=15|draw_SAN=2|loss_SAN=1|gf_SAN=73|ga_SAN=16|status_SAN=P
|win_MED=13|draw_MED=3|loss_MED=2|gf_MED=57|ga_MED=27|status_MED=P
|win_AMA=11|draw_AMA=2|loss_AMA=5|gf_AMA=49|ga_AMA=29
|win_SKE=11|draw_SKE=1|loss_SKE=6|gf_SKE=50|ga_SKE=26
|win_BYÅ=9|draw_BYÅ=1|loss_BYÅ=8|gf_BYÅ=43|ga_BYÅ=52
|win_FOR=7|draw_FOR=4|loss_FOR=7|gf_FOR=32|ga_FOR=29
|win_KAT=5|draw_KAT=3|loss_KAT=10|gf_KAT=27|ga_KAT=40
|win_HAU=4|draw_HAU=1|loss_HAU=13|gf_HAU=18|ga_HAU=52
|win_VÅL=3|draw_VÅL=1|loss_VÅL=14|gf_VÅL=20|ga_VÅL=61|status_VÅL=R
|win_NIT=2|draw_NIT=2|loss_NIT=14|gf_NIT=14|ga_NIT=51|status_NIT=R

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|result1=P|result2=P
|col_R=#fcc|text_R=Relegated
|result9=R|result10=R
|update=complete|source=
}}

===Norwegian Women's Cup===
{{main|2003 Norwegian Women's Cup}}
====Final====
*'''[[Medkila IL|Medkila]]''' 2–1 [[Kolbotn Fotball|Kolotn]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Norway - List of Women Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/noo-womcuphist.html|work=RSSSF.no|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>

==Men's UEFA competitions==

===Norwegian representatives===
*Rosenborg ([[UEFA Champions League]])
*Vålerenga ([[UEFA Cup]], cup winner)
*Molde ([[UEFA Cup]])
*Lyn ([[UEFA Cup]])

===Champions League===
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Champions League}}

====Qualifying rounds====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds}}
=====Second qualifying round=====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds#Second qualifying round|l1=2003–04 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]|IRL|0–5|'''[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]'''|NOR|0–1|0–4}}
{{end}}
=====Third qualifying round=====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds#Third qualifying round|l1=2003–04 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]|NOR|0–1|'''[[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]'''|ESP|0–0|0–1}}
{{end}}

===UEFA Cup===
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Cup}}

====Qualifying round====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Cup#Qualifying round|l1=2003–04 UEFA Cup qualifying round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Molde FK|Molde]]'''|Norway|6–0|[[KÍ Klaksvík]]|Faroe Islands|2–0|4–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[NSÍ Runavík]]|Faroe Islands|1–9|'''[[Lyn Fotball|Lyn Oslo]]'''|Norway|1–3|0–6}}
{{end}}
====First round====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Cup#First round|l1=2003–04 UEFA Cup first round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]'''|Norway|1–1 ([[away goals rule|a]])|[[Grazer AK|GAK]]|Austria|0–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[U.D. Leiria|União de Leiria]]|Portugal|2–3|'''[[Molde F.K.|Molde]]'''|Norway|1–0|1–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[FK Ventspils|Ventspils]]|Latvia|1–10|'''[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]'''|Norway|1–4|0–6}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[PAOK FC|PAOK]]'''|Greece|3–1|[[Lyn Fotball|Lyn Oslo]]|Norway|0–1|3–0}}
{{end}}
====Second round====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Cup#Second round|l1=2003–04 UEFA Cup second round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]'''|Norway|1–0|[[Red Star Belgrade]]|Serbia and Montenegro|0–0|1–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]'''|Portugal|5–1|[[Molde FK|Molde]]|Norway|3–1|2–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]'''|Norway|0–0 {{pso|4–3}}|[[Wisła Kraków]]|Poland|0–0|0–0 {{aet}}}}
{{end}}
====Third round====
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Cup#Third round|l1=2003–04 UEFA Cup third round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]'''|Portugal|2–2 ([[away goals rule|a]])|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]|Norway|1–0|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]|Norway|2–4|'''[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]'''|England|1–1|1–3}}
{{end}}

===Intertoto Cup===
No Norwegian representative this season.

==UEFA Women's Cup==
{{main|2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup}}
===Norwegian representatives===
*Kolbotn
===Second qualifying round===
====Group 6====
{{:2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup|transcludesection=Group 6|showteam=KOL}}
'''Matches''' (in [[Kolbotn]])
{{football box collapsible|date=August 21|team1=Kolbotn |team2= Wroclaw ([[Poland]]) |score=15–2|result=w}}
{{football box collapsible|date=August 23|team1=Kolbotn |team2= UCD (Ireland) |score=8–0|result=w}}
{{football box collapsible|date=August 25|team1=Kolbotn |team2= Juvisy (France)|score=2–1|result=w}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF Dam]]'''|SWE|2–1|[[Kolbotn Fotball|Kolbotn]]|NOR|2–0|0–1}}
{{end}}

==National teams==
===Norway men's national football team===
{{main|Norway national football team}}
====Friendlies====
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|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|date = 26 January 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}} 
|score = 1–1
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Rashed Srour|Srour]] 63'
|goals2 = [[Thorstein Helstad|Helstad]] 72'
|stadium = [[Sharjah Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance = 800
|referee = Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)
|result= W
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|date = 28 January 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}} 
|score = 1–2
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Yusuf Shaaban|Shaaban]] 50'
|goals2 = [[Azar Karadaş|Karadaş]] 63'<br>[[Sigurd Rushfeldt|Rushfeldt]] 82' 
|stadium = [[Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
|attendance = 500
|referee = Al-Ajmi (Oman)
|result = W
|note = Oman fielded its U23-team (Olympic Team)
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|date = 12 February 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRE}} 
|score = 1–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Sotiris Kyrgiakos|Kyrgiakos]] 25'
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Pankritiko Stadium|Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium]], [[Heraklion]]
|attendance = 8.000
|referee = Gomes Costa (Portugal)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|date = 30 April 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}} 
|score = 1–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Damien Duff|Duff]] 17'
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 32.643
|referee = [[Mike McCurry (referee)|McCurry]] (Scotland)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|date = 22 May 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 2–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|FIN}} 
|goals1 = [[Øyvind Leonhardsen|Leonhardsen]] 22'<br>[[Tore André Flo|T.A. Flo]] 80' 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance = 13.436
|referee = [[Kenneth Clark (referee)|Clark]] (Scotland)
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|date = 20 August 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 0–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance = 12.758
|referee = [[Mikko Vuorela|Vuorela]] (Finland)
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] 
|date = 10 September 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 0–1
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|POR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Pedro Pauleta|Pauleta]] 9'
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance = 11.014
|referee = [[Steve Bennett (referee)|Bennett]] (England)
|result = L
}}
====UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying====
{{main|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying}}
=====Group 2=====
{{main|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2}}
{{UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying group tables|Group 2|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules|showteam=NOR}}

'''Matches'''

{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|date = 2 April 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}} 
|score = 0–2
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Sigurd Rushfeldt|Rushfeldt]] 58'<br>[[Ole Gunnar Solskjær|Solskjær]] 73' 
|stadium = [[Stade Josy Barthel]], [[Luxembourg]]
|attendance = 3.000
|referee = [[Ivan Dobrinov|Dobrinov]] (Bulgaria)
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|date = 7 June 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}} 
|score = 1–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Jesper Grønkjær|Grønkjær]] 5'
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Parken]], [[Copenhagen]]
|attendance = 41.824
|referee = [[Graham Poll|Poll]] (England)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|date = 11 June 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 1–1
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|ROU}} 
|goals1 = [[Ole Gunnar Solskjær|Solskjær]] 78' ([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]])
|goals2 = [[Ioan Viorel Ganea|Ganea]] 64' 
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance = 24.890
|referee = [[Lubos Michel|Michel]] (Slovakia)
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]] 
|date = 6 September 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BIH}} 
|score = 1–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Zlatan Bajramovic|Bajramovic]] 86'
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Bilino Polje]], [[Zenica]]
|attendance = 18.000
|referee = [[Stéphane Bré|Bre]] (France)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|date = 11 October 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 1–0
|report = <!--match report link goes here -->
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}} 
|goals1 = [[Tore André Flo|T.A. Flo]] 19' 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance = 22.255
|referee = [[Zsolt Szabó (referee)|Szabo]] (Hungary)
|result = W
}}
====UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs====
{{main|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs]]  
|date = 15 November 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}} 
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=2004/round=1580/match=73615/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Raúl González|Raúl]] 21'<br>[[Henning Berg|H. Berg]] 85' ([[own goal]])
|goals2 = [[Steffen Iversen|Iversen]] 15'
|stadium = [[Estadio Mestalla]], [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]
|attendance = 53.000
|referee = [[Graham Poll|Poll]] (England)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible 
|format=1
|round = [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs]]   
|date = 19 November 2003
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}} 
|score = 0–3
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=2004/round=1580/match=73616/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}} 
|goals1 =  
|goals2 = [[Raúl González|Raúl]] 34'<br>[[Vicente Rodríguez|Vicente]] 49'<br>[[Joseba Etxeberria|Etxeberria]] 57'
|stadium = [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]]
|attendance = 25.100
|referee = [[Pierluigi Collina|Collina]] (Italy)
|result = L
|aggregatescore = 1–5
}}

===Norway women's national football team===
{{main|Norway women's national football team}}
January 23: Norway – United States 1–3, friendly

January 26: Norway – Germany 2–2, friendly

January 29: [[People's Republic of China|China]] – Norway 1–1, friendly

February 17: Norway – Denmark 3–3, friendly

February 20: Norway – Denmark 4–0, friendly

March 14: Sweden – Norway 1–1, friendly

March 16: Norway – United States 0–1, friendly

March 18: Norway – Canada 1–0, friendly

March 20: Norway – France 1–0, friendly

May 11: Norway – Belgium 6–0, European Championship qualifier

May 15: Norway – [[Netherlands]] 2–0, European Championship qualifier

August 2: Norway – [[Nigeria]] 3–2, friendly

September 11: Norway – Denmark 1–1, European Championship qualifier

September 20: Norway – France 2–0, [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] 1st round

September 24: Norway – [[Brazil]] 1–4, [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] 1st round

September 27: [[South Korea]] – Norway 1–7, [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] 1st round

October 1: United States – Norway 1–0, [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] quarterfinal

November 1: Spain – Norway 0–2, European Championship qualifier

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2003 in Norwegian football}}
{{Norwegian football seasons}}

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[[Category:Seasons in Norwegian football]]