2000 Tippeligaen Explained

Competition:Tippeligaen
Season:2000
Winners:Rosenborg
15th title
Relegated:Vålerenga
Start
Haugesund
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Rosenborg
Brann
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Viking
Odd Grenland
Matches:182
Total Goals:626
League Topscorer:Thorstein Helstad
(18 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Rosenborg 9–0 Bryne[1]
(15 October 2000)
Biggest Away Win:Moss 1–6 Bodø/Glimt
(2 August 2000)
Highest Scoring:Rosenborg 9–0 Bryne
(15 October 2000)
Highest Attendance:18,520[2]
Brann 2–0 Moss
(16 May 2000)
Lowest Attendance:1,824

(20 August 2000)[3]
[4]
(22 October 2000)
Average Attendance:5,725 6.6%
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001
Dates:8 April – 22 October

The 2000 Tippeligaen was the 56th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadium
Bodø/Glimt12BodøAspmyra Stadion
Brann44BergenBrann Stadion
Bryne14BryneBryne Stadion
Haugesund3HaugesundHaugesund Stadion
Lillestrøm37LillestrømÅråsen Stadion
Molde25MoldeMolde Stadion
Moss20MossMelløs Stadion
Odd Grenland20SkienOdd Stadion
Rosenborg37TrondheimLerkendal Stadion
Stabæk6BærumNadderud Stadion
Start29KristiansandKristiansand Stadion
Tromsø15TromsøAlfheim Stadion
Vålerenga41OsloUllevaal Stadion
Viking51StavangerStavanger Stadion

League table

Relegation play-offs

Sogndal won the play-offs against Vålerenga. The score ended 3–3 on aggregate, Sogndal won on the away goals rule and Vålerenga were relegated to 1. divisjon.

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Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Thorstein HelstadBrann18
2 Ríkharður DaðasonViking15
Tryggvi GudmundssonTromsø15
Magne HosethMolde15
5 Tommy BergersenBodø/Glimt13
Erik NevlandViking13
Bengt SæternesBodø/Glimt13
8 Frode JohnsenRosenborg12
9 Hans BerggrenHaugesund11
Christian MichelsenStabæk11
Andreas OttossonStart11
Source: altomfotball.no

Attendances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ligastats 2000 Tippeligaen . www.nifs.no . . 7 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Brann-Moss 2-0 . www.nifs.no . . 7 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Moss-Haugesund 2-2 . www.nifs.no . . 21 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Haugesund-Lillestrøm 1-0 . www.nifs.no . . 7 May 2019.