2000 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season2000
Dates8 April – 22 October
ChampionsRosenborg
15th title
RelegatedVålerenga
Start
Haugesund
Champions LeagueRosenborg
Brann
UEFA CupViking
Odd Grenland
Matches played182
Goals scored626 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerThorstein Helstad
(18 goals)
Biggest home winRosenborg 9–0 Bryne[1]
(15 October 2000)
Biggest away winMoss 1–6 Bodø/Glimt[1]
(2 August 2000)
Highest scoringRosenborg 9–0 Bryne[1]
(15 October 2000)
Highest attendance18,520[2]
Brann 2–0 Moss
(16 May 2000)
Lowest attendance1,824
Moss 2–2 Haugesund
(20 August 2000)[3]
Haugesund 1–0 Lillestrøm[4]
(22 October 2000)
Average attendance5,725 Increase 6.6%
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Tippeligaen was the 56th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 12 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 44 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 14 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Haugesund 3 Haugesund Haugesund Stadion
Lillestrøm 37 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Molde 25 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 20 Moss Melløs Stadion
Odd Grenland 20 Skien Odd Stadion
Rosenborg 37 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Stabæk 6 Bærum Nadderud Stadion
Start 29 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Tromsø 15 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga 41 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Viking 51 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 26 16 6 4 61 26 +35 54 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Brann 26 14 5 7 53 40 +13 47 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Viking 26 13 6 7 51 39 +12 45 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Tromsø 26 13 5 8 51 46 +5 44
5 Stabæk 26 12 6 8 59 33 +26 42
6 Lillestrøm 26 11 7 8 42 29 +13 40
7 Molde 26 11 7 8 46 47 −1 40
8 Odd Grenland 26 11 5 10 40 31 +9 38 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Moss 26 8 8 10 38 44 −6 32
10 Bodø/Glimt 26 6 10 10 48 59 −11 28
11 Bryne 26 7 6 13 32 60 −28 27
12 Vålerenga (R) 26 5 9 12 32 44 −12 24 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Start (R) 26 5 6 15 40 66 −26 21 Relegation to First Division
14 Haugesund (R) 26 5 4 17 33 62 −29 19
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Odd Grenland qualified as the winner of the 2000 Norwegian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

Sogndal won the play-offs against Vålerenga. The score ended 3–3 on aggregate, Sogndal won on the away goals rule and Vålerenga were relegated to 1. divisjon.

Sogndal1–1Vålerenga
Mørkøre 7' Report Viikmäe 72'
Attendance: 3,397
Referee: Tor Arne Fiskum
Vålerenga2–2Sogndal
Rekdal 38'
Bjørkan 54'		 Report Herfindal 13'
Øren 86'
Attendance: 7,697

Results

Home \ Away BOD BRA BRY HAU LIL MOL MOS ODD ROS STB IKS TRO VÅL VIK
Bodø/Glimt — 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 0–3 3–3 3–4 1–4 0–0 1–2
Brann 0–2 — 0–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–1
Bryne 1–2 0–3 — 1–0 4–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 4–2 2–3 1–0 0–3
Haugesund 2–2 2–4 3–1 — 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–4 1–2 0–2 4–2 1–1
Lillestrøm 3–3 1–2 1–1 4–1 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 4–0 6–0 2–1 0–1
Molde 7–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 — 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–4 3–3 3–3 2–1 0–0
Moss 1–6 3–2 5–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 1–5
Odd Grenland 2–2 2–0 4–2 4–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 0–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–3
Rosenborg 2–1 4–4 9–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–0 — 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2
Stabæk 6–1 7–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 6–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 — 1–0 2–3 4–0 1–1
Start 2–2 0–2 4–2 1–2 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–5 — 1–1 2–3 4–4
Tromsø 4–1 4–1 3–0 5–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 — 1–1 2–5
Vålerenga 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–5 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 4–1 — 3–1
Viking 2–0 2–6 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–1 1–1 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Norway Thorstein Helstad Brann 18
2 Iceland Ríkharður Daðason Viking 15
Iceland Tryggvi Gudmundsson Tromsø 15
Norway Magne Hoseth Molde 15
5 Norway Tommy Bergersen Bodø/Glimt 13
Norway Erik Nevland Viking 13
Norway Bengt Sæternes Bodø/Glimt 13
8 Norway Frode Johnsen Rosenborg 12
9 Sweden Hans Berggren Haugesund 11
Norway Christian Michelsen Stabæk 11
Sweden Andreas Ottosson Start 11

Source: altomfotball.no

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 155,278 18,129 9,540 11,944 −10.6%†
2 Brann 148,061 18,520 6,417 11,389 +9.5%†
3 Vålerenga 99,190 17,660 3,765 7,630 +15.2%†
4 Molde 88,609 11,167 5,382 6,816 −4.8%†
5 Viking 86,570 10,860 4,360 6,659 +9.0%†
6 Start 72,164 8,004 3,659 5,551 n/a1
7 Odd Grenland 62,324 8,623 2,369 4,794 +0.9%†
8 Lillestrøm 61,716 9,054 2,849 4,747 +5.8%†
9 Tromsø 51,039 6,408 2,656 3,926 −7.1%†
10 Stabæk 48,998 6,345 2,488 3,769 +0.1%†
11 Bryne 46,809 9,003 2,001 3,601 n/a1
12 Haugesund 44,514 4,789 1,824 3,424 n/a1
13 Bodø/Glimt 41,251 4,902 2,268 3,173 −4.4%†
14 Moss 35,509 4,033 1,824 2,731 −5.7%†
League total 1,042,032 18,520 1,824 5,725 +6.6%†

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ligastats 2000 Tippeligaen". www.nifs.no. A-pressen. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Brann-Moss 2-0". www.nifs.no. A-pressen. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Moss-Haugesund 2-2". www.nifs.no. A-pressen. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Haugesund-Lillestrøm 1-0". www.nifs.no. A-pressen. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Vålerenga 2–2 Sogndal IL". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association (NFF). Retrieved 21 June 2022.