Norwegian Premier League 2009
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The 2009 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...

season is the sixty-fifth season of top-tier football in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen
Norsk Tipping
Norsk Tipping AS is the national lottery in Norway, located in Hamar. The company offers a wide range of lottery, sports and instant games in the Norwegian market. Norsk Tipping is owned by the Norwegian government and administered by Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs...

for sponsorship reasons, began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk are the defending champions, having won their first ever League Championship in 2008. Due to the league expanding from 14 to 16 teams, three teams were promoted from the First Division
Norwegian First Division 2008
The 2008 Norwegian First Division season began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008.In 2009, the number of teams in the Norwegian Premier League will expand from fourteen to sixteen...

 at the end of the 2008 season. Those teams were champions Odd Grenland, runners-up 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 third-placed Start. The last spot was taken by Aalesund after winning a two-legged play-off match against Sogndal
Sogndal Fotball
Sogndal Fotball is the association football section of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The club was founded in 1926....

. On 27 September, Rosenborg secured the title with four rounds left to go.

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Relegation and promotion to 2010 season

At the end of the season, the two last teams relegated directly to Adeccoligaen, and were replaced by the winner and runner-up of the Adeccoligaen who were directly promoted.

Four teams entered a play-off for the last Premier League spot in the 2010 season. These were:
  • A) Fredrikstad (14th placed team in the Premier League)
  • B) Kongsvinger
    Kongsvinger IL
    Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. It is known chiefly for its football team for men, but also does or have done well in other sports.-Athletics:...

    (Third placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
  • C) Sogndal (Fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
  • D) Sarpsborg 08 (Fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)

Top goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1   Rade Prica
Rade Prica
Rade Stanislav Prica is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Rosenborg BK of Norway.Prica is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Denmark and Norway.- Club career :...

Rosenborg 17
2   Péter Kovács Odd Grenland 16
-   Mame Biram Diouf
Mame Biram Diouf
Mame Biram Diouf is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester United and the Senegal national football team....

Molde 16
4   Erik Huseklepp
Erik Huseklepp
Erik André Huseklepp is a Norwegian footballer forward who plays for Portsmouth and the Norwegian national team.-Early career:At the age of 18 he played youth football for Fyllingen...

Brann 15
-   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 15
6   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 11
-   Bengt Sæternes
Bengt Sæternes
Bengt Sæternes is a football player from Egersund, Norway. He plays in the striker position for Viking FK. His former clubs are Egersund IK, IL Eiger, Viking FK, Odd Grenland, FK Bodø/Glimt, Club Brugge, SK Brann, OB, and Vålerenga.-Career:Bengt Sæterners had short stints in boths Viking and Odd...

Vålerenga 11
-   Pape Paté Diouf
Pape Patè Diouf
Pape Paté Diouf is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for FC Copenhagen in Denmark as a winger.- Career :Diouf began his career with SC de Rufisque and joined in January 2006 to Molde FK.- Career statistics :- References :...

Molde 11
9   Mads Stokkelien
Mads Stokkelien
Mads Stokkelien is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for Start in the Norwegian Premier League.He played two games in the Norwegian First Division in 2008. Stokkelien made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in April 2009 against Aalesunds FK where he was a substitute for...

Start 10
-   Marcus Pedersen
Marcus Pedersen
Marcus Pedersen is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Vitesse.-HamKam:He played in his first game for the senior side at the age of 14 in a friendly game. He was in the first team squad in 2007, but didn't play a game...

Strømsgodset 10
11   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 9
-   Bernt Hulsker
Bernt Hulsker
Bernt Nikolai Hulsker is a Norwegian retired footballer. He has also previously played for Vålerenga. He was born in Den Haag, and is fluent in Dutch.- Career statistics :-References:...

Start 9
Total goals: 612
Games played: 210
Average goals per game: 2.91


Last updated: 28 September 2009
Source: AltOmFotball.no










Attendances

Team Stadium Capacity Turf Total Games 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 Natural  11,747 3 3,916 15%
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 Natural  30,955 3 10,318 40%
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....

 
21,850 Natural  51,940 3 17,313 82%
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....

 
17,317 Natural  31,192 2 15,596 90%
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 Natural  39,170 3 13,056 80%
Stabæk Telenor Arena
Telenor Arena
Telenor Arena, sometimes referred to as Fornebu Arena, is a multi-use indoor arena located at Fornebu in Bærum, outside Oslo, Norway. It serves primarily as a football stadium for Norwegian Premier League side Stabæk Fotball, but is also used as a concert venue...

 
15,000 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
28,321 3 9,440 63%
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...

 
14,300 Natural  27,379 3 9,126 65%
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...

 
13,500 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
22,531 3 7,510 56%
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad stadion
Fredrikstad Stadion (new)
Fredrikstad Stadion is a multi-use/football stadium in the Norwegian city of Fredrikstad. It is the home of the Norwegian Premier League team Fredrikstad FK. It's located in an area which formerly used to be a large shipyard , but which nowadays is the technological centre of the city, with several...

 
13,300 Natural  30,135 3 10,045 81%
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...

 
12,500 Natural  29,078 3 9,693 83%
Molde Aker Stadion
Aker stadion
Aker Stadion, formerly known as Molde Stadion, is a football stadium located at Reknes in Molde, Norway, and is the home of Norwegian Premier League club Molde. The stadium has a capacity of 11,800 spectators....

 
11,167 Natural  21,568 3 7,189 64%
Aalesund Color Line Stadion  10,778 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
31,065 3 10,355 96%
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....

 
9,000 Natural  17,934 3 5,979 66%
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 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
19,713 4 4,928 70%
Tromsø Alfheim stadion  7,500 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
10,557 2 5,278 65%
Bodø/Glimt Aspmyra stadion  7,400 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
15,990 4 3,998 52%

Total Games Average
419,275 48 8,984

Last updated: April 29 2009
Source: altomfotball.no

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UEFA Fair Play
UEFA Fair Play ranking
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(avg. pts.)
Bodø/Glimt Diadora
Diadora
Diadora is an Italian football, tennis, running, cycling, rugby, athletic shoe, clothing, and fashion accessory manufacturer with locations in Italy, the United States, and Hong Kong.-History:...

Nordlandsbanken
Nordlandsbanken
Nordlandsbanken is a Norwegian bank serving the County of Nordland. Nordlandsbanken is a wholly owned subsidiary of DnB NOR who bought the bank in 2003. It has total assets of NOK 22 billion and headquarters in Bodø. The bank has 17 branches.-History:...

7,82
Brann Kappa
Kappa (company)
Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...

Sparebanken Vest
Sparebanken Vest
Sparebanken Vest is the third largest savings bank in Norway, and the country's second oldest bank. Its predecessor, Bergens Sparebank, was established in 1823. The main offices lie in Bergen, though the bank has branches throughout Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Rogaland. Sparebanken Vest was...

7,79
Fredrikstad Umbro
Umbro
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Carnegie
Carnegie Investment Bank
Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking....

7,77
Lillestrøm Diadora
Diadora
Diadora is an Italian football, tennis, running, cycling, rugby, athletic shoe, clothing, and fashion accessory manufacturer with locations in Italy, the United States, and Hong Kong.-History:...

Nordea
Nordea
Nordea Bank AB is a Stockholm-based financial services group operating in Northern Europe. The bank is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian banks of Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank and Kreditkassen that took place between 1997 and 2000...

7,70
Lyn Puma
PUMA AG
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

Carrot Communications 7,53
Molde Umbro
Umbro
Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment...

Sparebanken Møre 7,96
Odd Grenland Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

Skagerak Energi
Skagerak Energi
Skagerak Energi is a Norwegian utility company. The company's main focus is production and distribution of electrical power and other energy, in addition to business areas related to this...

7,97
Rosenborg Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

REMA 1000
REMA 1000
REMA 1000 is a multinational no-frills supermarket chain owned entirely by the Reitan Group . REMA is a short for REitan MAt , referring to Odd Reitan...

8,12
Sandefjord Puma
PUMA AG
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

Jotun
Jotun (company)
Jotun A/S is one of the world's leading producers of paints, coatings and powder coatings. The group has 70 companies and 38 production facilities on all continents. In addition, Jotun has agents, branch offices and distributors in more than 80 countries...

7,63
Stabæk Puma
PUMA AG
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

Fornebu - nytt liv 7,93
Start Umbro
Umbro
Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment...

Sparebanken Sør
Sparebanken Sør
Sparebanken Sør is a savings bank based in Arendal, Norway. It mostly covers the area of Agder.-History:From 2007 to 2009, the bank lost 230 million Norwegian krone on investments and loans to IK Start, a Kristiansand-based football club, its operating company Start Toppfotball and the stadium Sør...

7,73
Strømsgodset Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

Sparebanken Drammen 7,84
Tromsø Puma
PUMA AG
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Sparebanken Nord-Norge , branded as SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge is a Norwegian savings bank. The bank has 90 branch offices in Nordland, Tromsø, Finnmark and Svalbard and a head office in Tromsø. It has 250,000 private and 40,000 institutional customers with total assets of NOK 48 billion...

7,92
Viking Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

Lyse Energi
Lyse Energi
Lyse is a power company based in Jæren and Ryfylke, Norway. The company operates ten hydroelectric and one thermal power plants, the power grid in 16 municipalities as well as fiberoptic broadband and other telecommunication services, natural gas distribution, district heating, burglar alarms,...

7,59
Vålerenga Kappa
Kappa (company)
Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...

Hafslund 7,93
Aalesund Umbro
Umbro
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Sparebanken Møre 7,72

See also

  • Norwegian First Division 2009
    Norwegian First Division 2009
    The 2009 Norwegian First Division season began play on 5 April 2009 and will end on 1 November 2009....

  • 2009 in Norwegian football
    2009 in Norwegian football
    The 2009-season is the 104. season of competitive football in Norway.*2009 Tippeligaen *2009 Adeccoligaen *2009 Norwegian Football Cup*2009 Toppserien -Men's national team:...

  • 2009 Norwegian Football Cup
    2009 Norwegian Football Cup
    The Norwegian Football Cup 2009 was the 104th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started with two qualifying rounds on 13 April and 22 April, and the final was held on 8 November...

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