List of highest-scoring Eliteserien matches
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This is a summary of the highest scoring matches and biggest winning margins in the Eliteserien since its establishment as a one-group top flight in the 1963 season. The record for the biggest win is Rosenborg's 10–0 victory against Brann at Lerkendal Stadion on 5 May 1996. Lyn are the only club to have scored eleven goals in a Norwegian top flight game - in their 11–2 victory over Viking in Oslo on 28 July 1968. Strømsgodset are the third club that have scored 10 goals or more, a feat the team achieved in their 10–1 victory over Lyn at Marienlyst Stadion on 16 June 1968. Stabæk holds the records for both the most goals scored in an away game and the biggest winning margin away from home with an 9–0 victory over Sogndal at Fosshaugane in Sogndalsfjøra on 25 October 1998.
The highest scoring game is Lyn's 11–2 win against Viking on 28 July 1968.
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