1997 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season 1997
Champions Rosenborg
12th title
Relegated Lyn
Skeid
UEFA Champions League Rosenborg
UEFA Cup Brann
Strømsgodset
Molde
UEFA Intertoto Cup Stabæk
Matches played 182
Goals scored 599 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer Sigurd Rushfeldt (25 goals)
Biggest home win Strømsgodset 8-0 Kongsvinger[1]
Biggest away win Sogndal 0-7 Rosenborg[1]
Highest scoring Kongsvinger 4-6 Brann[1]
Highest attendance 18,702
Lowest attendance 911
Average attendance 4,738 Decrease 7.5%
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Tippeligaen is the highest football league in Norway. 26 games are played 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.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg 26 18 7 1 87 20 +67 61 Qualified for the UEFA Champions League
2 Brann 26 15 5 6 59 37 +22 50 Qualified for the UEFA Cup
3 Strømsgodset 26 14 4 8 58 44 +14 46
4 Molde 26 13 6 7 47 36 +11 45
5 Stabæk 26 13 4 9 33 35 −2 43 Qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup
6 Kongsvinger 26 11 5 10 43 48 −5 38
7 Bodø/Glimt 26 10 7 9 39 34 +5 37
8 Viking 26 8 10 8 42 34 +8 34
9 Haugesund 26 9 5 12 31 38 −7 32
10 Lillestrøm 26 9 5 12 34 43 −9 32
11 Sogndal 26 8 5 13 34 56 −22 29
12 Tromsø 26 6 10 10 37 44 −7 28 Relegation Playoff
13 Lyn 26 4 5 17 28 58 −30 17 Relegated to 1. Divisjon
14 Skeid 26 3 4 19 27 72 −45 13
Source:

Vålerenga Fotball has qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as a team from lower division.

Promotion/Relegation

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Norway Sigurd Rushfeldt Rosenborg 25
2 Norway Harald Martin Brattbakk Rosenborg 23
3 Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde Brann 16
4 Norway Jostein Flo Strømsgodset 15
Norway Kjetil Løvvik Brann 15
6 Norway Odd Inge Olsen Molde 13
7 Norway Daniel Berg Hestad Molde 12
Norway Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen Rosenborg 12
Norway Stig Johansen Bodø/Glimt 12

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1997". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
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