Brann met Rosenborg in the low autumn sun at the Koteng Arena in Tronheim. Brann were hungry and scored the first two goals of the match. But after centre-back Guro Bergsvand scored an own goal for Rosenborg after the break, there was more at stake for the gold. The match ended 1–2 to SK Brann Kvinner. This means that SK Brann Kvinner are this year’s league champions. The last time they won the series, they were called Sandviken. Photo: Ole Martin Wold / NTB Already hailed as “series champions” The Toppserien is the top division in Norwegian women’s football. From this year’s season, a completely new series system has been introduced: First, the teams in the series play each other twice in a basic game. The new thing is that the best teams then play a play-off, where the winner is chosen. The new series structure has received severe criticism. Therefore, Brann was hailed as “series champions” by their own supporters already in the late summer. After the match against LSK Kvinner at Stemmemyren on 28 August, they had found the basic game. The battalion distributed gold trophies, lit flares and sang victory songs after the match. SK Brann Kvinner were honored as league champions by their own supporters after they won the basic game in the Toppserien. Photo: Benjamin Dyrdal / news – An invention Board chairman Erlend Ytre-Arne Vågane in the Battalion said at the same time that the supporters would not recognize the play-offs as a legitimate competition. – We can recognize it as training matches or something like that, he told news after the match. He justifies this by saying that there has never been a play-off in Norwegian football before. – This is an invention that is completely incomprehensible, he says. Play-offs in the top league were decided at the football parliament with a large majority in 2019. Chairman Erlend Ytre-Arne Vågane in Brann’s supporter club, Bataljonen, celebrated the league champions already in late summer. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news
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