Battle of Oslo (football)

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The Battle of Oslo (Norwegian: Kampen om Oslo) or the Oslo Derby is the name given to football matches between Lyn Fotball and Vålerenga Fotball, both of them from Oslo, the capital of Norway.^[1][2][3][4]

Battle of Oslo

Lyn fans (top) and VIF fans (bottom)
Other names	Kampen om Oslo The Oslo Derby
Location	Oslo, Norway
Teams	Lyn Vålerenga
First meeting	5 March 1922 4–1 win for Lyn
Latest meeting	Lyn 1–2 Vålerenga 2023 Norwegian Cup (1 June 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total	76
Most wins	Lyn (34)
All-time series	Lyn: 34 Drawn: 16 Vålerenga: 26
Largest victory	7–0 win for Lyn (4 June 1924)

Official statistics

Official statistics of honours won by Lyn and Vålerenga, as treated by the Football Association of Norway (NFF).^[5][6]

Club	Eliteserien		Norwegian Football Cup		Total
	Total	Seasons	Total	Seasons
Lyn	2	1964, 1968	8	1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, 1946, 1967, 1968	10
Vålerenga	5	1965, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2005	4	1980, 1997, 2002, 2008	9

Matches list

League

1922–1937; 1946–1947

Note: The host of the matches between 1922 and 1937 and between 1946 and 1947 was unknown

Season	Division	Date	Venue	Score
1922	Kretsserien	05–03–1922	Bislett Stadium	4–1 for Lyn
1923		12–06–1923	Dælenenga idrettspark	2–0 for Vålerenga
1924		04–06–1924	Frogner Stadion	7–0 for Lyn
1925		30–06–1925	Vestre Holmen	2–1 for Vålerenga
1926		04–07–1926	Vestre Holmen	3–0 for Lyn
1927		03–05–1927	Bislett Stadium	5–3 for Lyn
1927–28	Østlandsligaen Hovedserien	19–06–1928	Frogner Stadion	2–1 for Vålerenga
1929	Kretsserien	08–09–1929	Ullevaal Stadion	0–0 draw
1930		22–05–1930	Bislett Stadium	4–0 for Lyn
1931		24–06–1931	Ullevaal Stadion	3–2 for Vålerenga
1932		28–06–1932	Ullevaal Stadion	1–1 draw
1933		09–08–1933	Frogner Stadion	4–2 for Vålerenga
1934		16–08–1934	Bislett Stadium	4–1 for Lyn
1935		18–06–1935	Frogner Stadion	2–1 for Lyn
1936		22–06–1936	Ullevaal Stadion	2–0 for Lyn
1937		30–04–1937	Frogner Stadion	2–1 for Lyn
		24–08–1937	Bislett Stadium	3–2 for Lyn
1946–47		18–08–1946	Ullevaal Stadion	4–2 for Lyn
		12–05–1947	Ullevaal Stadion	0–0 draw

1938–1939; 1949–present

^[7]		Lyn – Vålerenga				Vålerenga – Lyn
Season	Division	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score
1938–39	Norgesserien	08–08–1938	Ullevaal Stadion	200	1–1	25–09–1938	Bislett Stadium	1,836	0–3
1939–40		07–08–1939	Ullevaal Stadion	1,200	6–0
1949–50	Hovedserien	04–09–1949	Ullevaal Stadion	9,233	2–3	10–05–1950	Bislett Stadium	11,285	0–1
1953–54	Landsdelsserien	22–08–1953	Ullevaal Stadion	6,529	1–2	21–05–1954	Bislett Stadium	10,191	1–0
1957–58		27–04–1958	Ullevaal Stadion	2,000	0–3	09–05–1958	Bislett Stadium	2,917	2–1
1958–59		29–05–1959	Ullevaal Stadion	9,741	1–1	20–09–1958	Bislett Stadium	2,159	3–0
1960–61	Hovedserien					14–06–1961	Bislett Stadium	5,474	6–4
1961–62		19–08–1962	Ullevaal Stadion	6,044	1–6	08–10–1961	Bislett Stadium	5,382	3–3
1963	1. divisjon	25–08–1963	Ullevaal Stadion	7,417	5–1	23–05–1963	Bislett Stadium	16,653	1–2
1964		25–09–1964	Bislett Stadium	2,745	2–3	12–06–1964	Bislett Stadium	10,065	0–0
1965		14–05–1965	Bislett Stadium	17,063	2–2	26–08–1965	Bislett Stadium	13,863	1–7
1966		17–10–1966	Bislett Stadium	3,562	1–1	16–06–1966	Bislett Stadium	10,811	3–0
1967		22–05–1967	Ullevaal Stadion	6,836	1–2	05–06–1967	Bislett Stadium	9,737	4–2
1968		05–10–1968	Ullevaal Stadion	4,957	2–0	05–06–1968	Bislett Stadium	7,557	1–3
1970	2. divisjon	16–05–1970	Ullevaal Stadion	2,591	1–0	20–08–1970	Bislett Stadium	2,082	0–0
1976		10–06–1976	Ullevaal Stadion	3,132	2–0	19–09–1976	Bislett Stadium	6,315	1–0
1978	1. divisjon	07–08–1978	Ullevaal Stadion	4,664	2–2	27–04–1978	Bislett Stadium	9,241	4–0
1980		27–05–1980	Ullevaal Stadion	2,939	1–0	05–09–1980	Bislett Stadium	2,130	0–2
1981		29–07–1981	Ullevaal Stadion	9,699	2–4	26–04–1981	Bislett Stadium	10,664	3–0
2002	Tippeligaen	24–08–2002	Ullevaal Stadion	12,868	1–0	11–05–2002	Ullevaal Stadion	18,374	1–2
2003		30–06–2003	Ullevaal Stadion	14,156	1–1	26–10–2003	Ullevaal Stadion	16,639	0–1
2004		19–04–2004	Ullevaal Stadion	16,014	1–1	26–07–2004	Ullevaal Stadion	20,477	1–2
2005		12–06–2005	Ullevaal Stadion	15,268	1–1	02–10–2005	Ullevaal Stadion	17,888	0–1
2006		17–04–2006	Ullevaal Stadion	16,049	2–1	22–07–2006	Ullevaal Stadion	11,855	1–2
2007		21–10–2007	Ullevaal Stadion	20,152	3–1	20–06–2007	Ullevaal Stadion	19,468	0–0
2008		01–06–2008	Ullevaal Stadion	18,012	2–0	15–09–2008	Ullevaal Stadion	16,332	1–2
2009		21–05–2009	Ullevaal Stadion	14,048	4–4	20–09–2009	Ullevaal Stadion	13,466	4–1
2024	1. divisjon	20–04–2024	Ullevaal Stadion			26–08–2024	Intility Arena

• Total: Lyn 33 wins, 16 draws, Vålerenga 20 wins.

Cup

Season	Round	Date	Venue	Attendance	Match	Score
1967	Semi-final	01–10–1967	Ullevaal Stadion	13,847	Lyn – Vålerenga	4–0
2012	First round	01–05–2012	Bislett Stadium	11,273	Lyn – Vålerenga	1–2
2014	Third round	04–06–2014	Ullevaal Stadion	7,387	Vålerenga – Lyn	5–2
2021	First round	25–07–2021	Bislett Stadium	2,651	Lyn – Vålerenga	0–4
2023	Second round	01–06–2023	Bislett Stadium	7,777	Lyn – Vålerenga	1–2

• Total: Vålerenga 4, Lyn 1.

Head-to-head

Statistics

The head-to-head statistics shows the results of Lyn and Vålerenga, when they played against each other in the Norwegian League or Cup.

	Lyn wins	Draws	Vålerenga wins
Top-tier
At Lyn home	8	8	5
At Vålerenga home	12	3	6
Total	20	11	11
Second-tier
At Lyn home	2	1	2
At Vålerenga home	0	1	4
Total	2	2	5
Kretsserien/Østlandsligaen
	11	3	5
Cup
At Lyn home	1	0	3
At Vålerenga home	0	0	1
Total	1	0	4
Total
	34	16	26

Ranking

The head-to-head ranking table shows the results of Lyn and Vålerenga, when they played in the same league.

P.	49-50	53-54^2	57-58^2	58-59^2	60-61^3	61-62	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1970^2	1976^2	1978	1980	1981	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2024^2
1		1		1				1	1			1	1	1			1				1
2			2				2		2					2						2
3		3	3	3	3					3	3							3			3	3
4	4				4
5	5					5				5	5
6						6		6							6					6
7																						7	7	7	7
8							8						8			8		8
9																9							9
10												10							10					10
11															11
12																	12		12
13
14
15
16																									16

• Total: Vålerenga 14 times higher, Lyn 11 times higher.

Notes:
¹ The ranking table does not include the tables of Kretsserien, Østlandsligaen and the 1939–40 season of Norgesserien which was interrupted due to the World War II.
² Both clubs played in the second tier.
³ In the 1960–61 season Vålerenga defeated Lyn in the bronze final.

Records and statistics

• First competitive meeting: 4–1 win for Lyn, Kretsserien, 5 March 1922^[4]
• First league meeting: Lyn 1–1 Vålerenga, Norgesserien, 8 August 1938^[4]
• First Norwegian Cup meeting: Lyn 4–0 Vålerenga, semi-final, 1 October 1967^[4]
• First away victory for Lyn: 3–0 vs Vålerenga, Norgesserien, 25 September 1938^[4]
• First away victory for Vålerenga: 3–2 vs Lyn, Norgesserien, 4 September 1949^[4]
• Highest scoring game: Vålerenga 6–4 Lyn, Hovedserien bronze final, 14 June 1961^[4]
• Largest winning margin (Lyn): 7 goals – 7–0 vs Vålerenga, Kretsserien, 4 June 1924^[4]
• Largest winning margin (Vålerenga): 5 goals – 6–1 vs Lyn, Hovedserien, 19 August 1962^[4]
• Most consecutive wins (Vålerenga): 6, 4 September 1949 – 20 September 1958^[4]
• Most consecutive wins (Lyn): 5, 16 August 1934 – 24 August 1937^[4]
• Longest undefeated run (Lyn): 15 – 10 wins and 5 draws over 11 May 2002 to 21 May 2009^[4]
• Longest undefeated run (Vålerenga): 9 – 7 wins and 2 draws over 22 August 1953 to 19 August 1962^[4]
• Most games played against each other in a season: 3, in the 1967 season^[4]

Doubles

Lyn have achieved the double in six seasons (most recently in the 2008 season), while Vålerenga have managed to win both league matches in four seasons (most recently in the 1981 season).

Lyn doubles

Season	Home	Away
1963	2–1	5–1
1968	3–1	2–0
1980	1–0	2–0
2002	2–1	1–0
2006	2–1	2–1
2008	2–0	2–1

Vålerenga doubles

Season	Home	Away
1953–54	2–1	1–0
1957–58	3–0	2–1
1967	2–1	4–2
1981	3–0	4–2

Top scorers

This is the list of top scoring players in the derby (since 2002).

3 goals

•   Odion Ighalo
•   Bengt Sæternes

2 goals

•   Henrik Dahl
•   Christian Grindheim
•   David Hanssen
•   Kristofer Hæstad
•   Espen Hoff
•   Kim Holmen
•   Peter Markstedt
•   Lucas Pratto
•   Luton Shelton
•   Ole Bjørn Sundgot

Players in both teams

Players from Lyn to Vålerenga   Kent Bergersen   Lars Bohinen   Øyvind Bolthof (for Lyn in youth days)   Stein Gran   Ronny Johnsen   Kjell Roar Kaasa   Jan-Derek Sørensen   Per Egil Swift   Kjetil Wæhler

Players from Vålerenga to Lyn   Shåresh Ahmadi   Tommy Berntsen   Tor Brevik     Adama Diomande (for Vålerenga in youth days)   Stein Gran   Espen Haug   Ibba Laajab   Kjetil Løvvik   Viggo Strømme   Steinar Strømnes

Managers for both teams   Henning Berg (for Vålerenga as player)   Vidar Davidsen   Kristian Henriksen (for Lyn as player)   Olle Nordin   Egil "Drillo" Olsen   Knut Osnes

Women's football

Official statistics

Official statistics of honours won by Lyn and Vålerenga, as treated by the Football Association of Norway (NFF).^[8][9]

Club	Toppserien		Norwegian Women's Cup		Total
	Total	Seasons	Total	Seasons
Lyn	0		0		0
Vålerenga	2	2020, 2023	2	2020, 2021	4

Matches list

League

		Lyn – Vålerenga				Vålerenga – Lyn
Season	Division	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score	Date	Venue	Atten.	Score
2018	Toppserien	02–05–2018	Kringsjå kunstgress	420	1–1	01–07–2018	Intility Arena	325	6–1
2019		25–08–2019	Grefsen kunstgress	312	1–2	18–05–2019	Intility Arena	1,258	0–1
2020		07–11–2020	Kringsjå kunstgress	145	3–2	26–08–2020	Intility Arena	200	2–0
2021		09–10–2021	Kringsjå kunstgress	495	0–1	29–05–2021	Intility Arena	50	4–0
2022		27–03–2022	Grorud matchbane	345	1–3	21–08–2022	Intility Arena	437	2–0
2023		03–06–2023	Ullevaal Stadion	2,514	0–2	14–05–2023	Intility Arena	917	4–0
		22–10–2023	Kringsjå kunstgress	396	0–3
2024		08–06–2024	Kringsjå kunstgress			27–04–2024	Intility Arena
						12–10–2024	Intility Arena

Cup

Season	Round	Date	Venue	Attendance	Match	Score
2014	Second round	05–06–2014	Kringsjå kunstgress	N/A	Lyn – Vålerenga	1–5
2018	Third round	19–06–2018	Kringsjå kunstgress	103	Lyn – Vålerenga	2–5 (a.e.t.)
2023	Semi-final	30–09–2023	Intility Arena	685	Vålerenga – Lyn	3–2 (a.e.t.)

Head-to-head

Statistics

The head-to-head statistics shows the results of Lyn and Vålerenga, when they played against each other in the Norwegian League or Cup.

	Lyn wins	Draws	Vålerenga wins
Toppserien
At Lyn home	1	1	4
At Vålerenga home	1	0	5
Total	2	1	9
Cup
At Lyn home	0	0	2
At Vålerenga home	0	0	1
Total	0	0	3
Total
	2	1	12

Ranking

The head-to-head ranking table shows the results of Lyn and Vålerenga, when they played in the same league.

P.	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1			1			1
2		2			2
3
4				4
5					5
6	6		6			6
7
8
9				9
10		10
11	11
12

• Total: Vålerenga 6 times higher, Lyn 0 times higher.

References

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