Eliteserien top scorers - Norway 2016

The leading goalscorers in Eliteserien in the 2016 season, as well as the players with the most assists and all hat-tricks.

Quick overview

Top scorer list winner: Christian Gytkjaer, Rosenborg - 19 goals
Most assists: Gilbert Koomson, Sogndal - 10 assists
Number of hat-tricks: 4

Eliteserien best goalscorers 2016

Below is the final top scorer list for the Eliteserien 2016, including the 25 players who scored the most goals during the season. If you want to see each players' goal progression per round during the season you can find it here.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Christian Gytkjaer Rosenborg	Denmark	26	29.2%	19
2.	Mustafa Abdellaoue Aalesund	Norway	28	28.3%	13
3.	Fitim Azemi Bodø/Glimt	Norway	24	30.6%	11
4.	Olivier Occéan Odd Grenland	Canada	35	22.7%	10
	Torbjørn Agdestein Haugesund	Norway	24	21.3%	10
6.	Fred Friday Lillestrøm	Nigeria	21	17.8%	8
	Ghayas Zahid Vålerenga	Norway	22	19.5%	8
	Marcus Pedersen Strømsgodset	Norway	26	18.2%	8
	Mike Jensen Rosenborg	Denmark	28	12.3%	8
	Mushaga Bakenga Rosenborg/Molde	Norway	24	-	8
	Thomas Lehne Olsen Tromsø	Norway	25	22.2%	8
12.	Chukwuma Akabueze Odd Grenland	Nigeria	27	15.9%	7
	Fredrik Nordkvelle Odd Grenland	Norway	31	15.9%	7
	Malaury Martin Lillestrøm	France	28	15.6%	7
	Mohammed Abdellaoue Vålerenga	Norway	31	17.1%	7
	Muhamed Keita Strømsgodset/Stabæk	Norway	26	-	7
	Ole Amund Sveen Sogndal	Norway	26	21.2%	7
18.	Deshorn Brown Vålerenga	Jamaica	25	14.6%	6
	Edwin Gyasi Aalesund	Ghana	25	13.0%	6
	Filip Kiss Haugesund	Slovakia	26	12.8%	6
	Franck Boli Aalesund	Ivory Coast	22	13.0%	6
	Milan Jevtovic Bodø/Glimt	Serbia	23	16.7%	6
	Pål Alexander Kirkevold Sarpsborg	Norway	25	17.1%	6
	Steffen Lie Skålevik Brann	Norway	23	14.3%	6
	Trond Olsen Bodø/Glimt	Norway	32	16.7%	6

TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.

Sources: Historical statistics are based on data from our providers and checked against archived season records when needed. Read more in our About Us section.
Methodology: We count league goals, including knockout rounds when they are part of the same competition. Qualification, promotion and relegation playoffs are not included.

The age of the players is when the season ended at 6 November 2016

Most assists in the Eliteserien 2016

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the Eliteserien during the 2016 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Gilbert Koomson Sogndal	Ghana	22	10
2.	Jonas Svensson Rosenborg	Norway	23	9
3.	Trond Olsen Bodø/Glimt	Norway	32	8
	Espen Ruud Odd Grenland	Norway	32	8
5.	Fredrik Midtsjø Rosenborg	Norway	23	7
	Fredrik Haugen Brann	Norway	24	7
7.	Håkon Skogseid Lillestrøm	Norway	28	6
	Robert Lundström Vålerenga	Sweden	27	6
	Malaury Martin Lillestrøm	France	28	6
	Abdisalam Ibrahim Viking	Norway	25	6
	Erik Huseklepp Brann	Norway	32	6
	Gjermund Åsen Tromsø	Norway	25	6
	Lars-Christopher Vilsvik Strømsgodset	Norway	28	6
	Pål André Helland Rosenborg	Norway	26	6
	Ghayas Zahid Vålerenga	Norway	22	6

Scored hat-tricks in Eliteserien, season 2016

In total there were 4 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016 in Eliteserien, Norway. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Espen Ruud Odd Grenland	Lillestrøm - Odd Grenland 2-4 Sun 11 September 2016	3 45', 65', 90+3'
Christian Gytkjaer Rosenborg	Lillestrøm - Rosenborg 3-4 Sat 6 August 2016	3 18', 25', 34'
Mustafa Abdellaoue Aalesund	Aalesund - Tromsø 6-0 Sun 24 April 2016	3 30', 48', 52'
Kristoffer Tokstad Sarpsborg	Start - Sarpsborg 1-4 Thu 21 April 2016	3 3', 23', 75'

11 March 2016 was the starting date for the Eliteserien season 2016, and the final games were played 6 November 2016.

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