2008 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Season	2008
Champions	Stabæk 1st title
Relegated	HamKam
Champions League	Stabæk
Europa League	Vålerenga Fredrikstad Tromsø Rosenborg
Matches played	182
Goals scored	505 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Nannskog (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Stabæk 6-0 Strømsgodset (14 September 2009)
Biggest away win	Aalesund 0–4 Lyn (4 May 2008)
Highest scoring	Tromsø 4-4 Molde (18 October 2008) Stabæk 6-2 Vålerenga (26 October 2008)
Longest winning run	6 games Stabæk
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Stabæk
Longest winless run	9 games HamKam Vålerenga
Longest losing run	5 games Strømsgodset
Highest attendance	24,302, at home match of Vålerenga
Lowest attendance	2,165, at home match of Lyn
Average attendance	9,812
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Tippeligaen season began on 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the First Division at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Stabæk secured their first ever league championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round. From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen. To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the First Division, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the First Division were awarded automatic promotion. As in previous years, there was a two-legged playoff at the end of the season, this time between the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen and the fourth best team in the First Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stabæk (C)	26	16	6	4	58	24	+34	54	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Fredrikstad	26	14	6	6	38	28	+10	48	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3	Tromsø	26	12	8	6	36	23	+13	44	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4	Bodø/Glimt	26	12	6	8	37	38	−1	42
5	Rosenborg	26	11	6	9	40	34	+6	39	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2
6	Viking	26	11	6	9	38	32	+6	39
7	Lyn	26	11	5	10	38	34	+4	38
8	Brann	26	8	9	9	36	36	0	33
9	Molde	26	7	10	9	39	43	−4	31
10	Vålerenga	26	8	6	12	31	37	−6	30	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
11	Strømsgodset	26	8	5	13	33	44	−11	29
12	Lillestrøm	26	7	7	12	30	40	−10	28
13	Aalesund	26	7	4	15	29	42	−13	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	HamKam (R)	26	5	6	15	22	50	−28	21	Relegation to Adeccoligaen

Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹By winning the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup, Vålerenga qualified for the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
²Rosenborg, ranked second after already qualified Stabæk in the 2008 Fair Play competition will be granted access to the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round after Norway ranked first in the UEFA Fair Play Ranking.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 First Division, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF. Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the First Division.

Sogndal v Aalesund

2008-11-08 19:00 CET

Sogndal	1 – 4	Aalesund
Bolseth  50'	Report (Norwegian)	22' Arnefjord  53' Aarøy  61' (o.g.) Nadolski  94' Diego Silva

Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndal Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen, Fløy

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Aalesund v Sogndal

2008-11-12 19:00 CET

Aalesund	3 – 1	Sogndal
Aarøy  14', 31', 43'	Report (Norwegian)	43' Håvard Flo

Color Line Stadion, Ålesund Attendance: 8,646 Referee: Terje Hauge, Olsvik

Results

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Tromsø

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Bodø/Glimt

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Rosenborg

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Aalesund

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Brann

●

Viking

●

Molde

●

Lillestrøm

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HamKam

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Vålerenga, Lyn

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Stabæk

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Fredrikstad

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Strømsgodset

Home ╲ Away

BOD

SKB

FFK

HK

LSK

LYN

MFK

RBK

STB

SIF

TIL

VIK

VIF

AaFK

Bodø/Glimt

3–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

3–2

2–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

Brann

4–1

4–2

4–1

2–1

2–0

3–4

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

Fredrikstad

2–0

1–0

2–1

4–0

0–2

2–1

1–1

0–3

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

5–0

HamKam

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–2

3–2

0–1

2–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

2–1

Lillestrøm

3–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

1–2

1–1

4–2

1–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

0–3

3–0

Lyn

3–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–3

1–2

0–2

3–2

3–3

1–1

2–0

3–0

Molde

1–2

3–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

0–0

2–3

5–1

0–0

Rosenborg BK

1–3

1–1

1–2

4–0

4–0

2–1

3–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

3–1

Stabæk

4–1

3–0

5–1

3–0

4–2

1–1

4–0

1–0

6–0

2–4

0–0

6–2

2–1

Strømsgodset

1–2

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

2–1

4–0

3–2

0–0

1–3

3–2

1–3

0–1

Tromsø

0–0

0–0

0–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

4–4

4–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

2–0

1–0

Viking

2–0

1–2

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–0

3–3

0–1

4–1

1–0

2–1

2–3

2–1

Vålerenga

0–0

0–1

1–1

3–0

3–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

Aalesund

1–0

4–2

0–0

5–0

3–0

0–4

1–1

1–2

1–2

3–1

1–3

1–2

0–0

Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Sources: fotball.no (Norwegian), TV 2 Sporten (Norwegian)

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Nannskog	Stabæk	16
2	Johan Andersson	Stabæk	12
-	José Mota	Molde	12
4	Thorstein Helstad	Brann	11
-	Olivier Occean	Lillestrøm	11
6	Garðar Jóhannsson	Fredrikstad	10
-	Morten Moldskred	Tromsø	10
-	Steffen Iversen	Rosenborg	10
-	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	Stabæk	10
-	Espen Hoff	Lyn	10
-	Trond Olsen	Bodø/Glimt	10
Total goals:			505
Games played:			182
Average goals per game:			2.77

Other scorers

6–9 goals
	9 goals Alanzinho (Stabæk) David Nielsen (Strømsgodset) Mohammed Abdellaoue (Vålerenga) Tor Hogne Aarøy (Aalesund) 8 goals Arild Sundgot (Lillestrøm) Sigurd Rushfeldt (Tromsø)	7 goals Kim Holmen (Lyn) Mame Biram Diouf (Molde) 6 goals Jan Derek Sørensen (Bodø/Glimt) Odion Ighalo (Lyn) Didier Konan Ya (Rosenborg) Martin Fillo (Viking)

Own goals
Sead Ramović (Tromsø) against Lillestrøm 30/3 Jonathan Parr (Aalesund) against Brann 5/4 Kjetil Wæhler (Vålerenga) against Viking 28/4 Indriði Sigurðsson (Lyn) against Tromsø 25/5 Mame Niang (Viking) against Molde 31/8	Marcus Andreasson (Molde) against Lillestrøm 14/9 Daniel Berg Hestad (Molde) against Tromsø 18/10 Frode Bjørnevik (HamKam) against Lyn 19/10 Erlend Hanstveit (Brann) against Stabæk 19/10 Steinar Pedersen (Lillestrøm) against Vålerenga 20/10

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Lillestrøm	Tom Nordlie	Resigned	29 May 2008	Frode Grodås Erland Johnsen Erlend Slokvik Jan Åge Fjørtoft	29 May 2008	13th
Aalesund	Sören Åkeby	Sacked	31 August 2008	Kjetil Rekdal	4 September 2008	13th
Lyn	Henning Berg	Mutual consent	9 September 2008	Kent Bergersen	9 September 2008	5th
Lillestrøm	Frode Grodås Erland Johnsen Erlend Slokvik Jan Åge Fjørtoft	Relieved	1 January 2009	Henning Berg	1 January 2009	off-season

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Turf	Total	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Lyn	Ullevaal Stadion	25,572	Natural	86,359	13	6,643	25.97
Vålerenga	Ullevaal Stadion	25,572	Natural	165,106	13	12,700	49.66
Rosenborg	Lerkendal stadion	21,850	Natural	246,443	13	18,957	86.76
Brann	Brann stadion	17,967	Natural	220,407	13	16,954	94.36
Viking	Viking Stadion	16,600	Natural	199,927	13	15,379	92.64
Fredrikstad	Nye Fredrikstad stadion	12,800	Natural	149,798	13	11,523	90.02
Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion	11,637	Natural	114,242	13	8,788	75.51
Molde	Aker Stadion	11,167	Natural	106,645	13	8,203	73.45
Aalesund	Color Line Stadion	10,778	Artificial	134,725	13	10,363	96.14
Strømsgodset	Marienlyst stadion	8,500	Artificial	76,890	13	5,915	69.58
Tromsø	Alfheim stadion	8,159	Artificial	71,261	13	5,482	67.18
Bodø/Glimt	Aspmyra stadion	7,659	Artificial	71,533	13	5,503	71.85
HamKam	Briskeby gressbane	7,500	Natural	66,647	13	5,127	68.36
Stabæk	Nadderud stadion	6,550	Natural	75,203	13	5,785	88.32

Total	Games	Average
1,785,186	182	9,809

Source: VG Nett (Norwegian)

See also

• 2008 Norwegian First Division