2007 Tippeligaen Explained

Competition:Tippeligaen
Season:2007
Winners:Brann
3rd title
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Brann
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Lillestrøm
Stabæk
Viking
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Rosenborg
Matches:182
Total Goals:588
League Topscorer:Thorstein Helstad
(22 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Lillestrøm 7–0 Aalesund
(26 August 2007)
Biggest Away Win:Strømsgodset 0–5 Stabæk
(3 November 2007)
Highest Scoring:Brann 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)

(30 September 2007)
Longest Wins:5 games[1]
Brann
Stabæk
Longest Unbeaten:12 games
Stabæk
Longest Winless:10 games
Start
Sandefjord
Longest Losses:9 games
Sandefjord
Highest Attendance:21,901[2]
Rosenborg 4–1 Start
(16 May 2007)
Lowest Attendance:3,620
Lyn 2–3 Viking
(16 September 2007)
Average Attendance:10,485 15.5% [3]
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008
Dates:9 April – 3 November

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.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
Aalesund6ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,720
Brann51BergenBrann StadionNatural17,500
Fredrikstad38FredrikstadFredrikstad StadionNatural10,500
Lillestrøm44LillestrømÅråsen StadionNatural12,000
Lyn34OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Odd Grenland27SkienOdd StadionArtificial8,000
Rosenborg44TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,166
Sandefjord2SandefjordStorstadionNatural7,000
Stabæk12BærumNadderud StadionNatural8,000
Start33KristiansandSør ArenaNatural14,563
Strømsgodset20DrammenMarienlyst StadionNatural8,935
Tromsø21TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial9,362
Vålerenga47OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Viking58StavangerViking StadionNatural15,350

League table

Relegation play-offs

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Thorstein HelstadBrann22
2Stabæk19
3Viking18
4Stabæk15
5 Steffen IversenRosenborg13
6 Morten MoldskredTromsø12
Olivier OcceanLillestrøm
8 Arild SundgotLillestrøm10
9 Morten BerreVålerenga9
Tarik ElyounoussiFredrikstad
Yssouf KonéRosenborg
Source: VG Nett

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityTotalAverage% of Capacity
Lyn 25,572 99,614 7,663 30.0
Vålerenga 25,572 179,869 13,836 54.1
Rosenborg 21,166 258,741 19,903 94.0
Brann 17,824 225,033 17,310 97.1
Viking 16,600 205,999 15,846 95.5
Start 14,563 145,812 11,216 77.0
Fredrikstad 12,800 153,370 11,798 92.2
Lillestrøm 11,637 117,229 9,018 77.5
Aalesund 10,720 136,178 10,475 97.7
Odd Grenland 8,930 75,294 5,792 64.9
Sandefjord 8,743 79,270 6,098 69.7
Strømsgodset 8,500 88,496 6,807 80.0
Tromsø 8,159 78,686 6,053 74.2
Stabæk 6,550 72,410 5,570 85.0
Source: VG Nett

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tippeligaen - 2007 . WhoScored.com . WhoScored.com . 14 December 2011 .
  2. Web site: Tilskuertall Tippeligaen 2007. no . nifs.no . . 9 May 2013.
  3. Web site: EFS Attendances.
  4. https://archive.today/20071010104729/http://www.fotball.no/t2.aspx?p=51834&x=1&a=205207&cat=51834 "Siste serierunde flyttet"
  5. Web site: Tippeligaen 2007 Yellow Cards. altomfotball.no . no. 22 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Tippeligaen 2007 Red Cards. altomfotball.no . no. 22 May 2019.