2005 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season2005
Dates10 April – 29 October
ChampionsVålerenga
5th title
RelegatedAalesund
Bodø/Glimt
Champions LeagueVålerenga
UEFA CupMolde
Start
Lyn
Brann
Intertoto CupLillestrøm
Matches played182
Goals scored515 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerOle Martin Årst
(16 goals)
Biggest home winRosenborg 6–0 Odd Grenland
(25 September 2005)
Lyn 6–0 Bodø/Glimt
(29 October 2005)
Biggest away winOdd Grenland 0–5 Rosenborg
(29 May 2005)
Highest scoringStart 4–5 Aalesund
(15 October 2005)
Longest winning run5 games[1]
Vålerenga
Viking
Tromsø
Odd Grenland
Longest unbeaten run10 games[1]
Vålerenga
Longest winless run11 games[1]
Tromsø
Longest losing run6 games[1]
Rosenborg
Highest attendance24,894[2]
Vålerenga 0–2 Rosenborg
(23 October 2005)
Lowest attendance3,051[2]
Odd Grenland 2–1 Molde
(12 June 2005)
Average attendance9,496 Increase 19.1%
← 2004
2006 →

The 2005 Tippeligaen was the 61st completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 10 April 2005, and was concluded with the last of 26 rounds played on 29 October. 3 points were given for wins and 1 for draws.

Vålerenga, the winner of this year's season entered the second round of next year's Champions League qualification, while the runners-up (Start), number 3 (Lyn) and the Norwegian Cup winners enter the UEFA Cup qualification round. The top four teams qualified for the 2004–05 Royal League.

1,726,145 people attended the matches, a new record for the Tippeligaen and 300,000 more than the previous year. It is also more than twice as many as in 1995, when only 841,717 attended the matches during the whole season. The 2005 season was, as of 2019, the last season where all the teams in the division played on natural turfs only.

Overview

Summary

The greatest surprises of the 2005 season were the great performance of Start, promoted to the Tippeligaen in the 2004 season and ended up winning silver, and the disappointing performance of Rosenborg which fought against relegation from the top division after winning it for 13 straight seasons.

The season ended on a sad note as Fredrikstad's Dagfinn Enerly got a serious neck injury in the last round match against Start on 29 October 2005, which made him a paraplegic.[3] Start lost the game 1–3 which meant that Vålerenga secured their fifth league title with a 2–2 draw against Odd Grenland in Skien.[4]

Number thirteen (Aalesund) and fourteen (Bodø/Glimt) were relegated to 1. divisjon, while number twelve (Molde) had to play a two-legged play-off (home and away) against Moss, third-place finisher in Adeccoligaen, for the last spot in next year's season. Molde won the play-off matches 5–2 on aggregate and remained in Tippeligaen.[5]

Teams and locations

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 2005 Tippeligaen
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Aalesund 5 Ålesund Color Line Stadion
Bodø/Glimt 17 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 49 Bergen Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad 36 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion
HamKam 20 Hamar Briskeby
Lillestrøm 42 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Lyn 32 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Molde 30 Molde Molde Stadion
Odd Grenland 25 Skien Odd Stadion
Rosenborg 42 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Start 31 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Tromsø 19 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga 45 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Viking 56 Stavanger Viking Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vålerenga (C) 26 13 7 6 40 27 +13 46 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Start 26 13 6 7 47 35 +12 45 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Lyn 26 12 8 6 37 21 +16 44
4 Lillestrøm 26 12 6 8 37 31 +6 42
5 Viking 26 12 5 9 37 32 +5 41
6 Brann 26 10 7 9 43 32 +11 37 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
7 Rosenborg 26 10 4 12 50 42 +8 34
8 Tromsø 26 8 10 8 31 30 +1 34
9 Odd Grenland 26 9 6 11 28 51 −23 33
10 Ham-Kam 26 8 7 11 31 37 −6 31
11 Fredrikstad 26 8 7 11 35 44 −9 31
12 Molde[b] (O) 26 8 6 12 40 46 −6 30 UEFA Cup second qualifying round and relegation play-offs
13 Aalesund (R) 26 6 9 11 30 42 −12 27 Relegation to First Division
14 Bodø/Glimt (R) 26 6 6 14 29 45 −16 24
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Brann qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.
  2. ^ Molde qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round as winners of the Norwegian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

Molde won the two-legged play-offs against Moss 5–2 on aggregate and avoided relegation.

Moss2–3Molde
Fredriksen 7'
Michelsen 67' (pen.)		 Report Andreasson 16'
Konate 39', 42'
Attendance: 4,022
Molde2–0Moss
Friend 61'
Mavrič 74'		 Report
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: Terje Hauge

Molde won 5–2 on aggregate and remained in Tippeligaen.

Results

Home \ Away AAL BOD BRA FRE HAM LIL LYN MOL ODD ROS IKS TRO VÅL VIK
Aalesund — 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2
Bodø/Glimt 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 5–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3
Brann 0–0 2–3 — 4–0 2–0 6–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1
Fredrikstad 1–4 3–2 2–3 — 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–2 4–2 0–4 2–1
Ham-Kam 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–3 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 3–1 0–0
Lillestrøm 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
Lyn 0–0 6–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 — 6–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
Molde 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 — 4–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–2
Odd Grenland 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 — 0–5 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Rosenborg 2–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 6–0 — 3–0 1–1 2–3 0–2
Start 4–5 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 5–2 — 1–1 3–0 5–2
Tromsø 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 — 0–1 1–0
Vålerenga 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–2
Viking 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

International

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Norway Ole Martin Årst Tromsø 16
2 Norway Egil Østenstad Viking 14
3 Norway Thorstein Helstad Rosenborg 13
4 Norway Arild Sundgot Lillestrøm 11
5 Canada Rob Friend Molde 10
6 Norway Morten Berre Vålerenga 9
Norway Bengt Sæternes Brann
8 Norway Marius Johnsen Start 8
Slovenia Robert Koren Lillestrøm
Canada Olivier Occéan Odd Grenland
Norway Espen Olsen Ham-Kam
Sweden Markus Ringberg Ham-Kam
Norway Jan Derek Sørensen Lyn
Norway Jo Tessem Lyn
Scotland Robbie Winters Brann

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 47[6]
    • Odd
  • Most red cards: 3[7]
    • Rosenborg
    • Tromsø

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 228,136 21,386 13,316 17,549 +1.0%†
2 Vålerenga 203,560 24,894 8,864 15,658 +8.8%†
3 Brann 192,753 17,503 12,282 14,827 +7.7%†
4 Viking 178,087 15,231 11,967 13,699 +10.0%†
5 Aalesund 138,032 10,903 10,370 10,618 n/a1
6 Start 131,342 16,563 5,463 10,103 n/a1
7 Fredrikstad 114,568 10,288 7,406 8,813 +1.3%†
8 Lillestrøm 102,162 11,403 5,980 7,859 +10.5%†
9 Molde 84,659 11,167 4,525 6,512 +17.2%†
10 Lyn 84,243 15,268 4,025 6,480 +43.2%†
11 HamKam 73,216 8,016 3,733 5,632 +0.9%†
12 Odd Grenland 69,634 8,734 3,051 5,356 +5.8%†
13 Tromsø 65,824 8,235 3,591 5,063 −10.4%†
14 Bodø/Glimt 62,111 6,198 3,569 4,778 +4.1%†
League total 1,728,327 24,894 3,051 9,496 +19.1%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tippeligaen - 2005". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Tilskuertall Tippeligaen 2005". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Enerly brakk nakken". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Vålerenga er seriemestere" [Vålerenga are league champions]. www.dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 29 October 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Molde reddet plassen". www.vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Tippeligaen 2005 Yellow Cards". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Tippeligaen 2005 Red Cards". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.