2007 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season2007
Dates9 April – 3 November
ChampionsBrann
3rd title
RelegatedOdd Grenland
Start
Sandefjord
Champions LeagueBrann
UEFA CupLillestrøm
Stabæk
Viking
Intertoto CupRosenborg
Matches182
Goals588 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorerThorstein Helstad
(22 goals)
Biggest home winLillestrøm 7–0 Aalesund
(26 August 2007)
Biggest away winStrømsgodset 0–5 Stabæk
(3 November 2007)
Highest scoringBrann 5–2 Viking
(28 October 2007)
Rosenborg 4–3 Tromsø
(15 April 2007)
Lyn 4–3 Tromsø
(28 May 2007)
Lillestrøm 7–0 Aalesund
(26 August 2007)
Fredrikstad 4–3 Rosenborg
(30 September 2007)
Longest winning run5 games[1]
Brann
Stabæk
Longest unbeaten run12 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest winless run10 games[1]
Start
Sandefjord
Longest losing run9 games[1]
Sandefjord
Highest attendance21,901[2]
Rosenborg 4–1 Start
(16 May 2007)
Lowest attendance3,620[2]
Lyn 2–3 Viking
(16 September 2007)
Average attendance10,485 Increase15.5% [3]
← 2006
2008 →

The 2007 Tippeligaen was the 63rd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation.[4]

Brann were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stabæk lost away to Viking. The result left Brann with an unassailable seven-point lead over Viking, with two games left to play. Brann thus claimed their first league title since 1963, and their third league title in all. Stabæk eventually finished as runners-up, their strongest performance ever, while Viking finished third.

Sandefjord and Start ended the season at the bottom of the table and were relegated. The play-off spot was occupied by Odd Grenland for the second year in a row. They faced Bodø/Glimt over two games for the right to play in the 2008 Tippeligaen, but lost 4–2 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bodø/Glimt were promoted.

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon.

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Locations of the teams in 2007 Tippeligaen
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamAp.LocationStadiumTurfCapacity
Aalesund6ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,720
Brann51BergenBrann StadionNatural17,500
Fredrikstad38FredrikstadFredrikstad StadionNatural10,500
Lillestrøm44LillestrømÅråsen StadionNatural12,000
Lyn34OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Odd Grenland27SkienOdd StadionArtificial8,000
Rosenborg44TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,166
Sandefjord2SandefjordStorstadionNatural7,000
Stabæk12BærumNadderud StadionNatural8,000
Start33KristiansandSør ArenaNatural14,563
Strømsgodset20DrammenMarienlyst StadionNatural8,935
Tromsø21TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial9,362
Vålerenga47OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Viking58StavangerViking StadionNatural15,350

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Brann (C)2617365939+2054Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Stabæk2614665335+1848Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3Viking2614575040+1047Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4Lillestrøm2612864728+1944Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5Rosenborg2612595339+1441Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round[a]
6Tromsø26124104544+140
7Vålerenga26106103434036
8Fredrikstad269983740−336
9Lyn26104124346−334
10Strømsgodset2686123447−1330
11Aalesund2693144056−1630
12Odd Grenland (R)2683153343−1027Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13Start (R)2668123444−1026Relegation to First Division
14Sandefjord (R)2644182653−2716
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lillestrøm qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round by winning the Norwegian Cup. Their spot in the Intertoto Cup was passed down to Rosenborg, the first team in the table not already qualified for any European competition.

Relegation play-offs

Odd Grenland0–1Bodø/Glimt
ReportMartins 12'
Attendance: 9,183
Bodø/Glimt3–2Odd Grenland
Olsen 3', 27'
Berg 69'		ReportToresen 42'
Martins 72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,364

Bodø/Glimt won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2008 Tippeligaen.

Results

Home \ AwayAALSKBFFKLSKLYNOGRBKSFSTBIKSSIFTILVIFVIK
Aalesund—2–13–31–33–12–11–24–11–42–43–22–31–00–2
Brann2–1—2–23–13–14–03–21–03–02–23–12–14–15–2
Fredrikstad2–10–4—0–03–11–14–32–01–23–01–12–11–02–0
Lillestrøm7–01–53–0—3–11–14–11–11–11–02–00–30–14–1
Lyn0–06–00–00–4—3–12–13–03–24–11–04–33–12–3
Odd Grenland3–00–22–00–12–0—1–24–01–52–00–10–11–41–3
Rosenborg2–23–01–11–13–04–1—2–03–04–11–24–32–04–2
Sandefjord3–02–32–20–23–10–21–2—2–31–30–12–11–34–1
Stabæk4–20–10–23–13–21–02–11–1—1–13–25–02–22–1
Start1–21–13–10–00–11–22–13–11–1—2–31–11–01–1
Strømsgodset0–42–42–11–11–12–11–14–00–53–2—1–21–21–2
Tromsø0–23–04–12–12–12–42–12–10–11–12–2—1–02–1
Vålerenga2–12–02–01–30–01–12–12–01–13–21–12–2—1–3
Viking3–03–12–21–14–22–11–10–02–12–03–03–12–1—
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1Norway Thorstein HelstadBrann22
2Sweden Daniel NannskogStabæk19
3Nigeria Peter IjehViking18
4Iceland Veigar Páll GunnarssonStabæk15
5Norway Steffen IversenRosenborg13
6Norway Morten MoldskredTromsø12
Canada Olivier OcceanLillestrøm
8Norway Arild SundgotLillestrøm10
9Norway Morten BerreVålerenga9
Norway Tarik ElyounoussiFredrikstad
Burkina Faso Yssouf KonéRosenborg

Source: VG Nett[permanent dead link]

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 53[5]
    • Sandefjord
  • Most red cards: 6[6]
    • Lillestrøm

Attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityTotalAverage% of Capacity
LynUllevaal Stadion25,57299,6147,66330.0
VålerengaUllevaal Stadion25,572179,86913,83654.1
RosenborgLerkendal stadion21,166258,74119,90394.0
BrannBrann stadion17,824225,03317,31097.1
VikingViking Stadion16,600205,99915,84695.5
StartSør Arena14,563145,81211,21677.0
FredrikstadFredrikstad stadion12,800153,37011,79892.2
LillestrømÅråsen stadion11,637117,2299,01877.5
AalesundColor Line Stadion10,720136,17810,47597.7
Odd GrenlandSkagerak Arena8,93075,2945,79264.9
SandefjordKomplett.no Arena8,74379,2706,09869.7
StrømsgodsetMarienlyst stadion8,50088,4966,80780.0
TromsøAlfheim stadion8,15978,6866,05374.2
StabækNadderud stadion6,55072,4105,57085.0
TotalGamesAverage
1,916,00118210,528

Source: VG Nett[permanent dead link]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Tippeligaen - 2007". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Tilskuertall Tippeligaen 2007". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ "EFS Attendances".
  4. ^ "Siste serierunde flyttet", NFF, 31 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007
  5. ^ a b "Tippeligaen 2007 Yellow Cards". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Tippeligaen 2007 Red Cards". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.[dead link]
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