The 2007 season of the Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 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

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 participation.

Brann

S.K. Brann

SK Brann is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26, 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season...

 were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stabæk lost away to Viking

Viking F.K.

Viking Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899 as football was becoming increasingly popular...

. 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

Sandefjord Fotball

Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....

 and Start

I.K. Start

IK Start is a Norwegian football club from the town of Kristiansand, currently playing in Adeccoligaen having been relegated from Tippeligaen in 2011. The club was founded on 19 September 1905. The coach is Mons Ivar Mjelde...

 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

F.K. Bodø/Glimt

FK Bodø/Glimt is a Norwegian football club from the town of Bodø and was founded in 1916. Its nickname is the original club name: Glimt.Bodø/Glimt have been Northern Norwegian champions nine times, Norwegian Cup Champions twice and league runners-up three seasons .Glimt are known for their yellow...

 over two games for the right to play in the Norwegian Premier League in 2008, but lost 4-2 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bodø/Glimt were promoted.

Relegation play-offs

Date	Host	Agg.	|Visitor	Ground	Attendance
November 8	Odd Grenland	0-1	Bodø/Glimt F.K. Bodø/Glimt FK Bodø/Glimt is a Norwegian football club from the town of Bodø and was founded in 1916. Its nickname is the original club name: Glimt.Bodø/Glimt have been Northern Norwegian champions nine times, Norwegian Cup Champions twice and league runners-up three seasons .Glimt are known for their yellow...	Skagerak Arena Skagerak Arena Skagerak Arena is a football stadium located in Skien, Norway. It was formerly called Odd Stadion, and was built in 1923 as the home ground of Odd Grenland Ballklubb... , Skien Skien ' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....	9,183
November 12	Bodø/Glimt F.K. Bodø/Glimt FK Bodø/Glimt is a Norwegian football club from the town of Bodø and was founded in 1916. Its nickname is the original club name: Glimt.Bodø/Glimt have been Northern Norwegian champions nine times, Norwegian Cup Champions twice and league runners-up three seasons .Glimt are known for their yellow...	3-2	Odd Grenland	Aspmyra Aspmyra stadium Aspmyra Stadion is a football stadium in Bodø, Norway, with a capacity for 7354 spectators. It is the home stadium of Bodø/Glimt, currently playing in the Norwegian First Division. The venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1980. Back in 2001 it was rebuilt and upgraded to meet UEFA... , Bodø Bodø is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...	6,364

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Bra S.K. Brann SK Brann is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26, 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season...	Fre Fredrikstad F.K. Fredrikstad footballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football...	Lil Lillestrøm S.K. Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Lillestrøm. It was founded in 1917, after the merger of two local football clubs. Their home ground is Åråsen Stadion, while the principal training ground is Lillestrøm stadion, or the indoor arena, LSK-Hallen...	Lyn	OG Odd Grenland B.K. Odd Grenland is an association football club from Skien, Norway. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding, all other sports than football were discontinued and the club became dedicated to football only. It got its current name in...	Ros Rosenborg B.K. Rosenborg Ballklub is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. With 22 league titles and nine Norwegian Cup titles, the club is the most successful in Norway and has dominated Norwegian football since the start of the 1990s...	SF Sandefjord Fotball Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....	Sta	Sta I.K. Start IK Start is a Norwegian football club from the town of Kristiansand, currently playing in Adeccoligaen having been relegated from Tippeligaen in 2011. The club was founded on 19 September 1905. The coach is Mons Ivar Mjelde...	Str Strømsgodset I.F. Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gulskogen in Drammen. It has sections for association football, team handball and bandy, but is best known for the top-level football section known as Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which currently plays in the Norwegian Premier League...	Trø Tromsø I.L. Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football team founded in 1920, and based in Tromsø. They play their home games at Alfheim Stadium. Tromsø I.L...	Vik Viking F.K. Viking Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899 as football was becoming increasingly popular...	Vål Vålerenga I.F. Fotball Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. Founded in 1913, the club is named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga...	Aal Aalesunds F.K. Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels...
Brann S.K. Brann SK Brann is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26, 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season...	XXX	2-2	3-1	3-1	4-0	3-2	1-0	3-0	2-2	3-1	2-1	5-2	4-1	2-1
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad F.K. Fredrikstad footballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football...	0-4	XXX	0-0	3-1	1-1	4-3	2-0	1-2	3-0	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	2-1
Lillestrøm Lillestrøm S.K. Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Lillestrøm. It was founded in 1917, after the merger of two local football clubs. Their home ground is Åråsen Stadion, while the principal training ground is Lillestrøm stadion, or the indoor arena, LSK-Hallen...	1-5	3-0	XXX	3-1	1-1	4-1	1-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	0-3	4-1	0-1	7-0
Lyn	6-0	0-0	0-4	XXX	3-1	2-1	3-0	3-2	4-1	1-0	4-3	2-3	3-1	0-0
Odd Grenland	0-2	2-0	0-1	2-0	XXX	1-2	4-0	1-5	2-0	0-1	0-1	1-3	1-4	3-0
Rosenborg Rosenborg B.K. Rosenborg Ballklub is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. With 22 league titles and nine Norwegian Cup titles, the club is the most successful in Norway and has dominated Norwegian football since the start of the 1990s...	3-0	1-1	1-1	3-0	4-1	XXX	2-0	3-0	4-1	1-2	4-3	4-2	2-0	2-2
Sandefjord Sandefjord Fotball Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....	2-3	2-2	0-2	3-1	0-2	1-2	XXX	2-3	1-3	0-1	2-1	4-1	1-3	3-0
Stabæk	0-1	0-2	3-1	3-2	1-0	2-1	1-1	XXX	1-1	3-2	5-0	2-1	2-2	4-2
Start I.K. Start IK Start is a Norwegian football club from the town of Kristiansand, currently playing in Adeccoligaen having been relegated from Tippeligaen in 2011. The club was founded on 19 September 1905. The coach is Mons Ivar Mjelde...	1-1	3-1	0-0	0-1	1-2	2-1	3-1	1-1	XXX	2-3	1-1	1-1	1-0	1-2
Strømsgodset Strømsgodset I.F. Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gulskogen in Drammen. It has sections for association football, team handball and bandy, but is best known for the top-level football section known as Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which currently plays in the Norwegian Premier League...	2-4	2-1	1-1	1-1	2-1	1-1	4-0	0-5	3-2	XXX	1-2	1-2	1-2	0-4
Tromsø Tromsø I.L. Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football team founded in 1920, and based in Tromsø. They play their home games at Alfheim Stadium. Tromsø I.L...	3-0	4-1	2-1	2-1	2-4	2-1	2-1	0-1	1-1	2-2	XXX	2-1	1-0	0-2
Viking Viking F.K. Viking Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899 as football was becoming increasingly popular...	3-1	2-2	1-1	4-2	2-1	1-1	0-0	2-1	2-0	3-0	3-1	XXX	2-1	3-0
Vålerenga Vålerenga I.F. Fotball Vålerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. Founded in 1913, the club is named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga...	2-0	2-0	1-3	0-0	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-1	3-2	1-1	2-2	1-3	XXX	2-1
Aalesund Aalesunds F.K. Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels...	2-1	3-3	1-3	3-1	2-1	1-2	4-1	1-4	2-4	3-2	2-3	0-2	1-0	XXX

Source: speaker.no

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thorstein Helstad Thorstein Helstad Thorstein Helstad is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 2 club Monaco and the Norwegian national team.- Career :...	Brann	22
2	Daniel Nannskog Daniel Nannskog Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog is a Swedish former football player. He played as a striker, and last played for Stabæk IF in the Norwegian Premier League. Nannskog was known as a hard working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals but creating them as well. He announced...	Stabæk	19
3	Peter Ijeh Peter Ijeh Peter Ijeh is a Nigerian football striker currently plays for Syrianska of the Allsvenskan.- Career :After playing for clubs in Nigeria, he joined Swedish club Malmö FF in 2001. He was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2002 with 24 goals...	Viking	18
4	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic football striker who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.The Gunnarsson transfer in 2011, was a football transfer that led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga to be nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee...	Stabæk	15
5	Steffen Iversen Steffen Iversen Steffen Iversen is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He has earned four Norwegian league championships with Rosenborg and one with Vålerenga....	Rosenborg	13
6	Morten Moldskred Morten Moldskred Morten Moldskred is a Norwegian football player, currently playing for Rosenborg BK. He plays as a midfielder or forward.-Early years:...	Tromsø	12
-	Olivier Occean Olivier Occean Olivier Occean is a Canadian footballer player who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-College soccer:...	Lillestrøm	12
8	Arild Sundgot Arild Sundgot Arild Gilbert Sundgot is a Norwegian football striker, who currently plays for Lillestrøm.He is the younger brother of Ole Bjørn Sundgot. He started playing for Lillestrøm in 1997, when he was brought from Hødd by Even Pellerud, the Lillestrøm manager at that time...	Lillestrøm	10
9	Morten Berre Morten Berre Morten Gladhaug Berre is a Norwegian football player, who currently plays at Oslo club Vålerenga in the Norwegian Premier League....	Vålerenga	9
-	Tarik Elyounoussi Tarik Elyounoussi Tarik Elyounoussi is a Norwegian footballer playing for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Fredrikstad .-Career:...	Fredrikstad	9
-	Yssouf Koné Yssouf Koné Yssouf Koné is a naturalized Burkinabé football striker, who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.- Career :He scored ten goals in the UEFA Champions League 2007/08 season including qualification matches....	Rosenborg	9
Total:			588
Games:			182
Average:			3.23

Source: VG Nett

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Lyn	Ullevaal Stadion Ullevaal Stadion Ullevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...	25,572	99,614	7,663	30.0
Vålerenga	Ullevaal Stadion Ullevaal Stadion Ullevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...	25,572	179,869	13,836	54.1
Rosenborg	Lerkendal stadion Lerkendal stadion Lerkendal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Tippeligaen side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,116 spectators, making it the second-largest football stadium in the country....	21,166	258,741	19,903	94.0
Brann	Brann stadion Brann Stadion Brann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway. It was constructed in 1919, and has been the home of the football club Brann ever since. The stadium lies south of the centre of the city, at the foot of Mount Ulriken....	17,824	225,033	17,310	97.1
Viking	Viking Stadion Viking Stadion Viking Stadion is a football stadium, built at Jåttåvågen, in Stavanger, Norway. It was inaugurated in May 2004 and cost 160 million NOK to build . 50 million NOK, plus the lot it was built on, was a gift from the municipality. It replaced Stavanger Stadion as the home stadium for Viking F.K....	16,600	205,999	15,846	95.5
Start	Sør Arena Sør Arena Sør Arena is a football stadium located at Torsvika in Kristiansand, Norway. The all-seater has a capacity of 14,563 people, and serves as the home ground of Tippeligaen side IK Start. It was designed by Kjell Kosberg, and is architecturally similar to Aker Stadion. The venue has seen concerts by...	14,563	145,812	11,216	77.0
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad stadion	12,800	153,370	11,798	92.2
Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion Åråsen Stadion Åråsen Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Lillestrøm, a suburb of Oslo, in Skedsmo, Norway. With a capacity 12,250 spectators, the venue is the home of Norwegian Premier League side Lillestrøm SK . The venue has four stands, of which the western stand has luxury boxes and club...	11,637	117,229	9,018	77.5
Aalesund	Color Line Stadion	10,720	136,178	10,475	97.7
Odd Grenland	Skagerak Arena Skagerak Arena Skagerak Arena is a football stadium located in Skien, Norway. It was formerly called Odd Stadion, and was built in 1923 as the home ground of Odd Grenland Ballklubb...	8,930	75,294	5,792	64.9
Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena Komplett.no Arena Komplett.no Arena is the current stadium of Sandefjord Fotball. It was opened on 21 July 2007, when Lyn visited Sandefjord, and is still the match with the highest attendance of 8,103. The stadium is named after the club's new sponsor Komplett.no....	8,743	79,270	6,098	69.7
Strømsgodset	Marienlyst stadion Marienlyst stadion Marienlyst Stadion has been the home ground of Strømsgodset IF since 1967. It's located on Marienlyst in Drammen.The pitch was opened in 1924, and was the home ground of Drafn, Skiold and Drammens Ballklubb. During the 1952 Winter Olympics in neighboring Oslo, the venue hosted two ice hockey...	8,500	88,496	6,807	80.0
Tromsø	Alfheim stadion	8,159	78,686	6,053	74.2
Stabæk	Nadderud stadion Nadderud stadion Nadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway.-Association football:It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien team Stabæk Fotball...	6,550	72,410	5,570	85.0

Total	Games	Average
1,916,001	182	10,528

Source: VG Nett

Promoted teams

These two teams were promoted from the First Division

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 at the start of the season:

• Strømsgodset
  Strømsgodset I.F.
  Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gulskogen in Drammen. It has sections for association football, team handball and bandy, but is best known for the top-level football section known as Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which currently plays in the Norwegian Premier League...
  
   (champions)
• Aalesund
  Aalesunds F.K.
  Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels...
  
   (automatic)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League at the end of the season:

• Odd Grenland (after play-off)
• Start
  I.K. Start
  IK Start is a Norwegian football club from the town of Kristiansand, currently playing in Adeccoligaen having been relegated from Tippeligaen in 2011. The club was founded on 19 September 1905. The coach is Mons Ivar Mjelde...
  
  
• Sandefjord
  Sandefjord Fotball
  Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....