Hásteinsvöllur in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, home ground of IBV

With up to ten Australians competing in top level domestic Nordic competitions in 2020, Beyond 90 will be keeping readers up to date with how our players and the teams they are playing in are faring.

With no Toppserien games in Norway – Round 1 of the NM Cup was played midweek instead – and no games in Iceland last weekend, the league spotlight fell on the only two Nordic leagues that featured Aussies: the Swedish Damallsvenskan, and the Danish Elitedivisionen. 

 

In Round 1 of the NM Cup, Karly Roestbakken came on at half time in LSK Kvinner‘s penalty shootout win over Lyn Lightning, after the score was 1-1 at the end of extra time. 

Photo: @lskkvinner (Instagram)
In other Cup games, Katrina Gorry played the first half of Avaldsnes‘ 5-0 win over Grimstad, while Nikola Orgill took part in Kolbotn‘s 1-0 loss to Rosenborg.
 
A flying Nikola Orgill in Kolbotn’s NM Cup game. Photo: @kolbotntopp (Instagram)

 

Toppserien Ladder 

Pos Team P W D L For Against GD Pts
1 Vålerenga 14 9 4 1 28 8 20 31
2 Rosenborg 14 8 6 0 27 12 15 30
3 LSK Kvinner 14 9 1 4 25 14 11 28
4 Avaldsnes 14 8 4 2 24 13 11 28
5 Sandviken 14 7 1 6 24 20 4 22
6 Arna-Bjørnar 14 5 1 8 12 19 -7 16
7 Klepp 14 3 5 6 14 25 -11 14
8 Kolbotn 14 3 2 9 15 23 -8 11
9 Lyn 14 2 3 9 13 27 -19 9
10 RØA 14 2 1 11 10 28 -18 7

 

 

Emily Gielnik played the full 90 minutes in Vittsjö GIK‘s remarkable 3-2 Round 18 home win over Umeå IK. 

As the 90 minute mark rolled into additional time, the home side found themselves 1-2 down, but an incredible next three minutes saw them score two goals and steal the game. 

Photo: @fotografeberlund via @emilygielnik (Instagram)

The result leaves Vittsjö in fifth place. There are four rounds of the 2020 Damallsvenskan remaining.


Round 18 results

 

Ladder

Pos Team P W D L For Against GD Pts
1 Göteborg 18 14 2 2 41 8 33 44
2 Rosengard 18 12 4 2 48 11 37 40
3 Kristianstad 18 11 3 4 35 26 9 36
4 Linköping 18 10 3 5 26 24 2 33
5 Vittsjö 18 8 3 7 27 27 0 27
6 Örebro 18 6 4 8 20 29 -9 22
7 Eskilstuna United 18 6 2 10 28 29 -1 20
8 Djurgarden 18 5 5 8 16 25 -9 20
9 Umeå IK 18 5 4 9 19 31 -13 19
10 Växjö DFF 18 5 3 10 13 29 -16 18
11 Pitea 18 4 4 10 17 29 -12 16
12 Uppsala 18 3 1 14 19 41 -22 10

 

 

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Ladder

Pos Team P W D L For Against GD Pts
1 Breiðablik 15 14 0 1 66 3 63 42
2 Valur R 16 13 1 2 43 11 32 40
3 UMF Selfoss 16 7 1 8 24 20 4 22
4 Fylkir 16 5 6 4 22 29 -7 21
5 Thróttur 16 4 6 6 28 34 -6 18
6 Stjarnan 16 5 3 8 25 34 -9 18
7 Þór/KA 16 5 3 8 20 37 -17 18
8 ÍBV 16 5 2 9 16 39 -23 17
9 FH Hafnarfjörður 16 5 1 10 19 35 -16 16
10 KR Reykjavik 14 3 1 10 15 36 -21 10

 

 

In Round 10 of the 14 round Danish Elitedivisionen season, Indiah-Paige Riley‘s Fortuna Hjørring trounced Hannah Bacon‘s AGF (rebranded from VSK) Aarhus 5-1 at home. Riley entered the game at half time and finished the game with a goal in the 90th minute (Fortuna’s fifth and last), while Bacon came on as a 86th minute substitute for Aarhus.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Indiah Riley scores again off the bench for Fortuna Hjørring as they demolish AGF 5-1 in the Gjensidige Kvindeliga. Fortuna now sit in 3rd place with two huge games coming up in November.

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Round 10 results

Kolding BK 3 – 1 Thy – Thistedq
Nordsjælland 2 – 0 AaB
Fortuna Hjørring 5 – 1 AGF Aarhus
HB Køge 5 – 0 Brøndby IF


Ladder

Pos Team P W D L For Against GD Pts
1 Brøndby IF 10 8 1 1 22 12 10 25
2 HB Køge 10 7 1 2 27 10 17 22
3 Fortuna Hjørring 10 6 1 3 24 10 14 19
4 Nordsjælland 10 5 2 3 18 15 3 17
5 Kolding BK 10 5 0 5 20 13 7 15
6 Thy – Thistedq 10 3 4 3 12 15 -3 13
7 AGF Aarhus 10 1 0 9 7 29 -22 3
8 AaB 10 0 1 9 4 30 -26 1

 

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