1994 Tippeligaen

The 1994 Tippeligaen was the 50th completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 22 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. This year was the last consisting of 12 teams. The format was expanded to 14 teams the following year. Because of this, number eleven and twelve were relegated, while the winners and runners-up of the two groups of the first division were promoted.

Tippeligaen
Season1994
Dates16 April – 16 October
ChampionsRosenborg
9th title
RelegatedSogndal
Strømsgodset
Champions LeagueRosenborg
UEFA CupLillestrøm
Viking
Intertoto CupTromsø
Matches played132
Goals scored430 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorerHarald Martin Brattbakk
(17 goals)
Biggest home winRosenborg 9–0 Brann[1]
(21 September 1994)
Biggest away winStrømsgodset 0–7 Rosenborg[1]
(24 July 1994)
Highest scoringRosenborg 9–0 Brann[1]
(21 September 1994)
Highest attendance27,661
Rosenborg 5–0 Tromsø
(16 May 1994)
Lowest attendance1,005
Sogndal 2–1 HamKam
(2 October 1994)
Average attendance5,633 Decrease 5.7%
← 1993
1995 →

Teams and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 6 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 38 Bergen Brann Stadion
HamKam 17 Hamar Briskeby
Kongsvinger 12 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 31 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Rosenborg 31 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 6 Sogndal Fosshaugane
Start 26 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset 14 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø 9 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
VIF Fotball 36 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Viking 45 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 22 15 4 3 70 23 +47 49 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2 Lillestrøm 22 12 5 5 42 23 +19 41 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
3 Viking 22 11 6 5 41 26 +15 39
4 Start 22 9 8 5 42 22 +20 35
5 Kongsvinger 22 11 2 9 38 35 +3 35
6 Brann 22 9 4 9 38 46 −8 31
7 Tromsø 22 7 7 8 22 28 −6 28 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
8 Ham-Kam 22 7 5 10 34 46 −12 26
9 VIF Fotball 22 5 7 10 32 40 −8 22
10 Bodø/Glimt 22 5 7 10 30 46 −16 22
11 Sogndal (R) 22 6 4 12 19 40 −21 22 Relegation to First Division
12 Strømsgodset (R) 22 4 3 15 22 55 −33 15
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Molde FK qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as a team from lower division.

Promotion and relegation

Results
Home \ Away BOD BRA HK KON LIL ROS SOG IKS STM TRO VIF VIK
Bodø/Glimt — 3–0 3–4 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 3–1 0–3 3–2 0–0
Brann 4–0 — 2–2 0–4 3–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–3
HamKam 1–3 4–1 — 4–0 0–3 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
Kongsvinger 3–2 4–0 5–1 — 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–1
Lillestrøm 5–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 — 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–0
Rosenborg 4–2 9–0 6–1 4–0 3–1 — 1–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 7–2 1–2
Sogndal 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–0 1–5 0–3 — 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–4 1–0
Start 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 7–0 3–1 3–1 2–1
Strømsgodset 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–2 0–7 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 4–1 1–0
Tromsø 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–1
VIF Fotball 1–1 3–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 — 2–2
Viking 4–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 5–2 —
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 Harald Martin Brattbakk Rosenborg 17
2 Norway Petter Belsvik Start 16
3 Norway Sigurd Rushfeldt Tromsø 13
4 Norway Trond Egil Soltvedt Brann 12
5 Norway Tore André Dahlum Start 10
Norway Geir Frigård Kongsvinger
7 Norway Kent Bergersen Rosenborg 9
Norway Karl Petter Løken Rosenborg
Norway Ståle Solbakken Lillestrøm
10 Norway Knut Aga Jr. VIF Fotball 8
Norway Øyvind Leonhardsen Rosenborg
Norway Dag Riisnæs Kongsvinger

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 121,668 27,661 3,981 11,061 −5.9%†
2 Brann 106,612 18,229 5,376 9,692 −7.5%†
3 Viking 89,489 11,033 4,229 8,135 −6.3%†
4 VIF Fotball 64,950 13,286 3,017 5,905 n/a1
5 Start 58,076 8,630 3,246 5,280 −13.1%†
6 Lillestrøm 57,917 8,339 2,594 5,265 −13.9%†
7 Bodø/Glimt 50,347 6,778 3,452 4,577 −28.6%†
8 Strømsgodset 49,831 6,514 2,206 4,530 n/a1
9 Tromsø 48,272 6,805 2,353 4,388 −5.5%†
10 Kongsvinger 38,770 6,242 1,988 3,525 +4.1%†
11 HamKam 34,781 5,869 1,956 3,162 −10.6%†
12 Sogndal 22,804 5,148 1,005 2,073 n/a1
League total 743,517 27,661 1,005 5,633 −5.7%†

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

References
  1. "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1994". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
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