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The Eliteserien Courier

1 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Patrick Cutrone tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 8 goals in 5 appearances for Molde.

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The month belonged to Renaldo Cephas

Marked 8.54 across it, 10 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Haugesund have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Terms done: Isak Vådebu is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Falkenberg waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Tromso is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

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Oskar Spiten-Nysæter is the month's best young player — 8.39

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.39 over the month and 5 goal contributions, from a Stabaek player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Jalal Abdullai turns Aris Thessaloniki down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

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Marius Ulla puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Stabaek, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Valerenga say no — this time

The offer from Rosenborg for Oscar Hedvall was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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The division’s top provider is Renaldo Cephas — 8.54

4 assists across the month from a Haugesund player marked 8.54. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.

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Best marks in the division for Renaldo Cephas — 8.54

8.54 on average across 5 matches for Haugesund. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Jens Petter Hauge keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 5 appearances for Bodo/Glimt leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Sory Diarra makes the list

5 appearances, 6 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Gonzalo Plata up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Rosenborg — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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The Eliteserien Courier

1 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Patrick Cutrone

The month closes with Patrick Cutrone out in front — 8 goals in 4 games, and Molde have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Gonzalo Plata

Marked 9.22 across it, 10 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Rosenborg have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Not going: Jalal Abdullai stays at Molde

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Swansea City had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Valerenga

Villads Nielsen was marked 7.04 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Davíð Snær Jóhannsson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aalesund can pretend not to have heard.

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Vince Osuji agrees terms with Aduana Stars

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Rosenborg people have started saying his name in the past tense.

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Haugesund say no — this time

The offer from Grodig for Renaldo Cephas was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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Nobody made more than Daniel Karlsbakk this month

5 assists, 8.17, and a Rosenborg player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Best marks in the division for Gonzalo Plata — 9.22

9.22 on average across 4 matches for Rosenborg. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Daniel Karlsbakk makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Ole Sæter up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Valerenga — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Still scoring: Pedro Marques

3 in 4 for Aalesund. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

11 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Daniel Karlsbakk is the division’s leading scorer

6 goals in 5 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Rosenborg have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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Player of the month: Iver Fossum — 8.07

Everybody in the division was measured and a Valerenga man came out on top: 8.07 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.

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Not going: Jalal Abdullai stays at Molde

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” St. Louis CITY SC had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Tromso

Tomás Pérez was marked 7.04 and had a hand in 5 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Anders Bærtelsen hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valerenga can pretend not to have heard.

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The division’s top provider is Patrick Cutrone — 8.14

4 assists across the month from a Molde player marked 8.14. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.

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Jalal Abdullai is the division's best-marked player — 8.34

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.34 across 4 matches for Molde.

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Gonzalo Plata wants more than Rosenborg are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

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Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IK Start is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Patrick Cutrone keeps the pressure on

5 goals in 5 appearances for Molde leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Andreas Helmersen up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Bodo/Glimt — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Gonzalo Plata makes the list

5 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

10 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Daniel Karlsbakk

The month closes with Daniel Karlsbakk out in front — 8 goals in 3 games, and Rosenborg have the division's most feared finisher.

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Player of the month: Daniel Karlsbakk — 9.23

Everybody in the division was measured and a Rosenborg man came out on top: 9.23 across the month and 12 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.

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Jalal Abdullai says no to IFK Norrkoping

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Jalal Abdullai had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Rosenborg

Newertton was marked 8.14 and had a hand in 5 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Lillestrom come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Tromso did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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William Kaastrup hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tromso can pretend not to have heard.

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Jonas Bruusgaard’s move to Sarpsborg 08 falls through

The deal that would have taken Jonas Bruusgaard to Sarpsborg 08 has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Mjondalen with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

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Daniel Karlsbakk leads the division for assists — 9.23

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Rosenborg player marked 9.23, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Still scoring: Simen Bolkan Nordli

2 in 3 for Rosenborg. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Sory Diarra keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 3 appearances for Haugesund leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Gonzalo Plata keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 3 appearances for Rosenborg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Still scoring: Newertton

4 in 3 for Rosenborg. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

9 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Not going: Simen Kvia-Egeskog stays at Viking

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Minnesota United FC had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

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Jonas Bruusgaard asks to leave Mjondalen

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Terms done: Jesper Reitan-Sunde is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and FF Jaro waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Rosenborg is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

8 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Fredrik Sjøvold says no to Sochi

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Fredrik Sjøvold had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

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Terms done: Ismaël Seoné is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Atvidaberg waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Haugesund is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

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Fredrik Sjøvold asks to leave Bodo/Glimt

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

7 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Not going: Fredrik Sjøvold stays at Bodo/Glimt

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Queens Park Rangers had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

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Kparobo Arierhi has said yes to Wigan Athletic

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Lillestrom have lost him in all but the paperwork.

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Viking turn down Blackpool for Simen Kvia-Egeskog

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

6 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Harald Woxen asks to leave Lillestrom

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Bodo/Glimt say no — this time

The offer from Paysandu for Håkon Evjen was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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Sondre Brunstad Fet wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Bodo/Glimt hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

5 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Håkon Evjen asks to leave Bodo/Glimt

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Stian Kristiansen is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Lillestrom is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Fredrik Sjøvold raises the bar for Bodo/Glimt

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Bodo/Glimt heard it as anything else.

4 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Daniel Karlsbakk

The month closes with Daniel Karlsbakk out in front — 6 goals in 3 games, and Sarpsborg 08 have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Frederik Carstensen

Marked 8.03 across it, 9 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Sarpsborg 08 have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Young player of the month: Jalal Abdullai — 7.88

7.88 across the month and 3 goal contributions from a Molde player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.

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Evangelos Patoulidis asks to leave Sandefjord

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Eirik Wichne is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sarpsborg 08 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Frederik Carstensen leads the division for assists — 8.03

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Sarpsborg 08 player marked 8.03, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Best marks in the division for Daniel Karlsbakk — 8.62

8.62 on average across 3 matches for Sarpsborg 08. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Veton Berisha makes the list

5 appearances, 5 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Frederik Carstensen keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 5 appearances for Sarpsborg 08 leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Andreas Helmersen is right behind him

4 goals in 4 appearances for Bodo/Glimt, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Sory Diarra makes the list

5 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Talks stall between Viking and Henrik Bjørdal

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

3 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Simen Bolkan Nordli is the division’s leading scorer

3 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Rosenborg have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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Simen Bolkan Nordli is the division's player of the month — 7.84

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Rosenborg man on 7.84 with 4 goal contributions.

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Elion Krosa is the month's best young player — 7.25

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.25 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Stabaek player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Oliver Midtgård asks to leave Mjondalen

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Only the photograph left for Gustav Valsvik

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Gustav Valsvik will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stromsgodset the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Ulrik Saltnes turns Dijon down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

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So close: Ľubomír Belko’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. PAOK moved on, Ľubomír Belko reports back to Viking, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

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Dino Islamović leads the division for assists — 7.74

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Rosenborg player marked 7.74, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Best marks in the division for Sebastian Olderheim — 7.89

7.89 on average across 2 matches for Stabaek. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Still scoring: Paul Ngongo

3 in 4 for Aalesund. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Vegard Erlien up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Tromso — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Sebastian Olderheim makes the list

2 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

2 Edition

The Eliteserien Courier

1 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Dino Islamović

The month closes with Dino Islamović out in front — 5 goals in 5 games, and Rosenborg have the division's most feared finisher.

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Player of the month: Dino Islamović — 8.10

Everybody in the division was measured and a Rosenborg man came out on top: 8.10 across the month and 8 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.

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Daniel Braut is the month's best young player — 7.56

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.56 over the month and 5 goal contributions, from a Tromso player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Sondre Auklend turns Dijon down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

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Bodo/Glimt say no — this time

The offer from Odd for Sondre Brunstad Fet was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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Only the photograph left for Henrik Bjørdal

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Henrik Bjørdal will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Viking the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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So close: Håkon Evjen’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Lillestrom moved on, Håkon Evjen reports back to Bodo/Glimt, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

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Isak Määttä leads the division for assists — 7.10

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Bodo/Glimt player marked 7.10, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Bodo/Glimt man

Geovanni Vianney averaged 8.27 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Daniel Karlsbakk is right behind him

4 goals in 5 appearances for Sarpsborg 08, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Thomas Lehne Olsen up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Lillestrom — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Jens Petter Hauge makes the list

5 appearances, 5 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.