2008 Tippeligaen

The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November.[3] Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Tippeligaen
Season2008
Dates29 March – 2 November
ChampionsStabæk
1st title
RelegatedHamKam
Champions LeagueStabæk
Europa LeagueVålerenga
Fredrikstad
Tromsø
Rosenborg
Matches played182
Goals scored505 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Nannskog
(16 goals)
Biggest home winStabæk 6–0 Strømsgodset
(14 September 2009)
Biggest away winAalesund 0–4 Lyn
(4 May 2008)
Highest scoringTromsø 4–4 Molde
(18 October 2008)
Stabæk 6–2 Vålerenga
(26 October 2008)
Longest winning run6 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest unbeaten run10 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest winless run9 games[1]
HamKam
Vålerenga
Longest losing run5 games[1]
Strømsgodset
Highest attendance24,302[2]
Vålerenga 1–1 Rosenborg
(20 April 2008)
Lowest attendance2,165[2]
Lyn 2–1 Strømsgodset
(20 July 2008)
Average attendance9,812 Decrease 6.7%
← 2007
2009 →

Overview

Summary

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.[4] To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the 1. divisjon, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the 1. divisjon 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 1. divisjon.

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the teams in 2008 Tippeligaen

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. divisjon.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium Turf Capacity
Aalesund 7 Ålesund Color Line Stadion Artificial 10,778
Bodø/Glimt 18 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion Artificial 8,800
Brann 52 Bergen Brann Stadion Natural 17,967
Fredrikstad 39 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion Natural 12,800
HamKam 22 Hamar Briskeby Natural 7,500
Lillestrøm 45 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Natural 12,200
Lyn 35 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural 25,572
Molde 32 Molde Aker Stadion Artificial 11,167
Rosenborg 45 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,166
Stabæk 13 Bærum Nadderud Stadion Natural 6,950
Strømsgodset 21 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Artificial 8,500
Tromsø 22 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial 8,300
Vålerenga 48 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural 25,572
Viking 59 Stavanger Viking Stadion Natural 16,600

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Lillestrøm Norway Tom Nordlie Resigned 29 May 2008[5] Norway Frode Grodås
Norway Erland Johnsen
Norway Erlend Slokvik
Norway Jan Åge Fjørtoft
(caretakers)		 29 May 2008[6] 13th
Aalesund Sweden Sören Åkeby Sacked 31 August 2008[7] Norway Kjetil Rekdal 4 September 2008[8] 13th
Lyn Norway Henning Berg Mutual consent[9] 9 September 2008[10] Norway Kent Bergersen 9 September 2008[11] 5th
Lillestrøm Norway Frode Grodås
Norway Erland Johnsen
Norway Erlend Slokvik
Norway Jan Åge Fjørtoft		 Released 1 January 2009[12] Norway Henning Berg 1 January 2009[13] off-season

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 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Fredrikstad 26 14 6 6 38 28 +10 48 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 Tromsø 26 12 8 6 36 23 +13 44 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
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 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
11 Strømsgodset 26 8 5 13 33 44 −11 29
12 Lillestrøm 26 7 7 12 30 40 −10 28
13 Aalesund (O) 26 7 4 15 29 42 −13 25 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 HamKam (R) 26 5 6 15 22 50 −28 21 Relegation to First Division
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. Rosenborg, ranked second after already qualified Stabæk in the 2008 Fair Play competition[14] will be granted access to the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round after Norway ranked first in the UEFA Fair Play ranking.[15]
  2. Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

Relegation play-offs

By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 1. divisjon, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF.[16] Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.

Sogndal1–4Aalesund
Bolseth 50' Report Arnefjord 22'
Aarøy 53'
Nadolski 61' (o.g.)
Diego Silva 90+4'
Attendance: 3,553
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen, Fløy
Aalesund3–1Sogndal
Aarøy 14', 31', 43' Report Håvard Flo 43'
Attendance: 8,646
Referee: Terje Hauge, Olsvik

Results
Home \ Away AAL BOD SKB FFK HK LSK LYN MFK RBK STB SIF TIL VIF VIK
Aalesund — 1–0 4–2 0–0 5–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Bodø/Glimt 2–1 — 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–2
Brann 1–2 4–1 — 4–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–4 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Fredrikstad 5–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
HamKam 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 — 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2
Lillestrøm 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–0
Lyn 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–3 1–2 0–2 3–2 3–3 2–0 1–1
Molde 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–1 2–3
Rosenborg 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 — 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
Stabæk 2–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 — 6–0 2–4 6–2 0–0
Strømsgodset 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 — 1–3 1–3 3–2
Tromsø 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 4–4 4–0 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 0–1
Vålerenga 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 — 0–1
Viking 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Sweden Daniel Nannskog Stabæk 16
2 Sweden Johan Andersson Stabæk 12
Brazil José Mota Molde
4 Norway Thorstein Helstad Brann 11
Canada Olivier Occean Lillestrøm
6 Iceland Garðar Jóhannsson Fredrikstad 10
Norway Morten Moldskred Tromsø
Norway Steffen Iversen Rosenborg
Iceland Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk
Norway Espen Hoff Lyn
Norway Trond Olsen Bodø/Glimt

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 48[19]
    • Strømsgodset
  • Most red cards: 5[19]
    • HamKam

Attendances
Team Stadium Capacity Turf Total Games Average  % of Capacity
LynUllevaal Stadion25,572Natural86,359136,64325.97
VålerengaUllevaal Stadion25,572Natural165,1061312,70049.66
RosenborgLerkendal stadion21,850Natural246,4431318,95786.76
BrannBrann stadion17,967Natural220,4071316,95494.36
VikingViking Stadion16,600Natural199,9271315,37992.64
FredrikstadNye Fredrikstad stadion12,800Natural149,7981311,52390.02
LillestrømÅråsen stadion11,637Natural114,242138,78875.51
MoldeAker Stadion11,167Natural106,645138,20373.45
AalesundColor Line Stadion10,778Artificial134,7251310,36396.14
StrømsgodsetMarienlyst stadion8,500Artificial76,890135,91569.58
TromsøAlfheim stadion8,159Artificial71,261135,48267.18
Bodø/GlimtAspmyra stadion7,659Artificial71,533135,50371.85
HamKamBriskeby gressbane7,500[20]Natural66,647135,12768.36
StabækNadderud stadion6,550Natural75,203[21]135,78588.32
Total Games Average
1,785,186 182 9,809

Source: VG Nett (in Norwegian)

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