2007 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season2007
Dates9 April – 3 November
ChampionsBrann
3rd title
RelegatedOdd Grenland
Start
Sandefjord
Champions LeagueBrann
UEFA CupLillestrøm
Stabæk
Viking
Intertoto CupRosenborg
Matches played182
Goals scored588 (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]
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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.
Team Ap. Location Stadium Turf Capacity
Aalesund 6 Ålesund Color Line Stadion Artificial 10,720
Brann 51 Bergen Brann Stadion Natural 17,500
Fredrikstad 38 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion Natural 10,500
Lillestrøm 44 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Natural 12,000
Lyn 34 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural 25,572
Odd Grenland 27 Skien Odd Stadion Artificial 8,000
Rosenborg 44 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,166
Sandefjord 2 Sandefjord Storstadion Natural 7,000
Stabæk 12 Bærum Nadderud Stadion Natural 8,000
Start 33 Kristiansand Sør Arena Natural 14,563
Strømsgodset 20 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Natural 8,935
Tromsø 21 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial 9,362
Vålerenga 47 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural 25,572
Viking 58 Stavanger Viking Stadion Natural 15,350

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brann (C) 26 17 3 6 59 39 +20 54 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Stabæk 26 14 6 6 53 35 +18 48 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Viking 26 14 5 7 50 40 +10 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Lillestrøm 26 12 8 6 47 28 +19 44 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5 Rosenborg 26 12 5 9 53 39 +14 41 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round[a]
6 Tromsø 26 12 4 10 45 44 +1 40
7 Vålerenga 26 10 6 10 34 34 0 36
8 Fredrikstad 26 9 9 8 37 40 −3 36
9 Lyn 26 10 4 12 43 46 −3 34
10 Strømsgodset 26 8 6 12 34 47 −13 30
11 Aalesund 26 9 3 14 40 56 −16 30
12 Odd Grenland (R) 26 8 3 15 33 43 −10 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Start (R) 26 6 8 12 34 44 −10 26 Relegation to First Division
14 Sandefjord (R) 26 4 4 18 26 53 −27 16
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
Report Martins 12'
Attendance: 9,183
Bodø/Glimt3–2Odd Grenland
Olsen 3', 27'
Berg 69'		 Report Toresen 42'
Martins 72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,364

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

Results

Home \ Away AAL SKB FFK LSK LYN OG RBK SF STB IKS SIF TIL VIF VIK
Aalesund — 2–1 3–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–4 2–4 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–2
Brann 2–1 — 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 5–2
Fredrikstad 2–1 0–4 — 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Lillestrøm 7–0 1–5 3–0 — 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 4–1
Lyn 0–0 6–0 0–0 0–4 — 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 4–3 3–1 2–3
Odd Grenland 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 — 1–2 4–0 1–5 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–3
Rosenborg 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 — 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 4–3 2–0 4–2
Sandefjord 3–0 2–3 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 — 2–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 4–1
Stabæk 4–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 3–2 5–0 2–2 2–1
Start 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 — 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1
Strømsgodset 0–4 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–5 3–2 — 1–2 1–2 1–2
Tromsø 0–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 1–0 2–1
Vålerenga 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 — 1–3
Viking 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Norway Thorstein Helstad Brann 22
2 Sweden Daniel Nannskog Stabæk 19
3 Nigeria Peter Ijeh Viking 18
4 Iceland Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk 15
5 Norway Steffen Iversen Rosenborg 13
6 Norway Morten Moldskred Tromsø 12
Canada Olivier Occean Lillestrøm
8 Norway Arild Sundgot Lillestrøm 10
9 Norway Morten Berre Vålerenga 9
Norway Tarik Elyounoussi Fredrikstad
Burkina Faso Yssouf Koné Rosenborg

Source: VG Nett[permanent dead link‍]

Discipline

Player

Club

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

Attendances

Team Stadium Capacity Total Average % of Capacity
Lyn Ullevaal Stadion 25,572 99,614 7,663 30.0
Vålerenga Ullevaal Stadion 25,572 179,869 13,836 54.1
Rosenborg Lerkendal stadion 21,166 258,741 19,903 94.0
Brann Brann stadion 17,824 225,033 17,310 97.1
Viking Viking Stadion 16,600 205,999 15,846 95.5
Start Sør Arena 14,563 145,812 11,216 77.0
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad stadion 12,800 153,370 11,798 92.2
Lillestrøm Åråsen stadion 11,637 117,229 9,018 77.5
Aalesund Color Line Stadion 10,720 136,178 10,475 97.7
Odd Grenland Skagerak Arena 8,930 75,294 5,792 64.9
Sandefjord Komplett.no Arena 8,743 79,270 6,098 69.7
Strømsgodset Marienlyst stadion 8,500 88,496 6,807 80.0
Tromsø Alfheim stadion 8,159 78,686 6,053 74.2
Stabæk Nadderud stadion 6,550 72,410 5,570 85.0
Total Games Average
1,916,001 182 10,528

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). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Tippeligaen 2007 Red Cards". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.