Elite Series 2017

Elite Series 2017
master	Rosenborg Trondheim
Champions League qualification	Rosenborg Trondheim
Europa League qualification	Lilleström SK Molde FK Sarpsborg 08 FF
Cup winners	Lilleström SK
Relegation ↓	Sogndal Fotball
Relegated	Viking Stavanger Aalesunds FK Sogndal Fotball
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	682  (ø 2.84 per game)
spectator	1,607,602  (ø 6698 per game)
Top scorer	Nicklas Bendtner , 19 goals Rosenborg Trondheim
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The Eliteserien 2017 was the 73rd season of the highest Norwegian football league and the 1st season under the name Eliteserien . It began on April 1 and ended on November 26, 2017 with the 30th matchday. Rosenborg Trondheim became champion again .

mode

The 16 teams of the season consisted of the 14 best-placed clubs from the previous season and the two promoted teams Kristiansund BK and Sandefjord Fotball from the 1st division in 2016 . They played the champions and relegated players against each other in home and return matches. As in the previous season, the champions took part in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League and the second and third placed in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League . The last two placed were relegated directly, the third from bottom played in the relegation against relegation.

Teams and their venues

At FK Haugesund - as in previous seasons - the Norwegian Football Association only allowed 3,904 of the 8,800 seats in the Haugesund Stadium for safety reasons .

Sogndal Kristiansund Stavanger Lillestrøm Trondheim Vålerenga Haugesund Strømsgodset Aalesund Mountains Molde Skien Tromso Sarpsborg Stabæk Sandefjord

Venues of the Eliteserien 2017

society	Stadion	capacity	Previous year
Rosenborg Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadium	21,116	master
Brann Bergen	Brann Stadium	17.129	2.
Odds BK	Skagerrak Arena	13,500	3.
FK Haugesund	Haugesund Stadium	03,904	4th
Molde FK	Aker Stadium	11,167	5.
Sarpsborg 08 FF	Sarpsborg Stadium	04,930	6th
Strømsgodset IF	Marienlyst Stadium	07,500	7th
Viking Stavanger	Viking stadium	16,300	8th.
Aalesunds FK	Color-Line Stadium	10,778	9.
Vålerenga Oslo	Ullevaal Stadium	25,572	10.
Sogndal Fotball	Fosshaugane Campus	05,042	11.
Lillestrøm SK	Åråsen Stadium	12,250	12.
Tromso IL	Alfheim Stadium	07,500	13.
Stabæk Fotball	Nadderud Stadium	07,000	14th
Kristiansund BK	Kristiansund Stadium	04,100	Climbers
Sandefjord Fotball	Complete arena	05,982	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Rosenborg Trondheim (M, P)	30th	18th	7th	5	057:200	+37	61
2.	Molde FK	30th	16	6th	8th	050:350	+15	54
3.	Sarpsborg 08 FF	30th	13	12	5	050:360	+14	51
4th	Strømsgodset IF	30th	14th	8th	8th	045:370	+8	50
5.	Brann Bergen	30th	13	8th	9	051:360	+15	47
6th	Odds BK	30th	12	6th	12	027:390	−12	42
7th	Kristiansund BK (N)	30th	10	10	10	044:460	−2	40
8th.	Vålerenga Oslo	30th	11	6th	13	048:460	+2	39
9.	Stabæk Fotball (R)	30th	10	9	11	046:500	−4	39
10.	FK Haugesund	30th	11	6th	13	035:390	−4	39
11.	Tromso IL	30th	10	8th	12	042:490	−7	38
12.	Lillestrøm SK	30th	10	7th	13	040:430	−3	37
13.	Sandefjord Fotball (N)	30th	11	3	16	038:510	−13	36
14th	Sogndal Fotball	30th	8th	8th	14th	038:480	−10	32
15th	Aalesunds FK	30th	8th	8th	14th	038:500	−12	32
16.	Viking Stavanger	30th	6th	6th	18th	033:570	−24	24

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

At the end of the 2017 season:

Champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League

Cup winners and participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation games against the winner of the promotion round of the OBOS league 2017

Relegation to the OBOS league in 2018

At the end of the 2016 season:

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the OBOS league 2016
(R)	Winner of the 2016 relegation games

Crosstab

The results of the season are listed in this crosstab. The home team of the respective game is in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2017
Aalesunds FK		3: 3	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 3	5: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 3	0: 1	1: 1	4: 3	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1
Brann Bergen	1: 1		3: 1	0: 4	2-0	4: 1	2-0	0: 3	5-0	0: 1	2: 1	5-0	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	0-0
FK Haugesund	2-0	2: 3		2: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 3	2-0	2: 1	4: 3
Kristiansund BK	1: 1	1-0	3: 2		1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	3: 3	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	4: 1	0: 2	1: 1
Lillestrøm SK	4-0	0: 2	0: 2	0-0		0: 1	0: 1	0: 3	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	1-0	2: 1
Molde FK	0: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1		2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	2: 2	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	3-0	3: 2	4-0
Odds BK	3: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 2		1-0	1-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 5	2-0	1-0	0: 2	2: 1
Rosenborg Trondheim	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3-0		5: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	3-0
Sandefjord Fotball	2-0	0: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 3	3: 3	0-0	0: 3		1-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	3-0	3: 1	2-0
Sarpsborg 08 FF	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	5: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	5-0		3: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0
Sogndal Fotball	1-0	2: 3	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 3	3: 2	3: 3		4: 1	1: 1	0: 2	4-0	5: 2
Stabæk Fotball	3: 1	2-0	0: 3	1: 4	2: 4	3: 2	2-0	0-0	1: 3	3-0	1: 1		0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	4: 2
Strømsgodset IF	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	4: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	4: 1	1: 2		2: 1	4: 2	2-0
Tromso IL	3: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0: 3	1: 1	5-0	3-0	0: 3	1: 1		3-0	2: 4
Viking Stavanger	1: 2	2: 4	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2: 3	3-0	0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 2		1: 7
Vålerenga Oslo	5: 1	2: 1	3-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0

Table history

Missed and rescheduled games are counted on the day of the game following the actual date of the game.

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th
	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	6th	3	6th	2	5	5	6th	7th	10	7th	7th	7th	5	5	4th	3	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	4th	4th	3	3	2	3	3	3	4th	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
	2	11	8th	10	6th	9	10	12	13	14th	10	13	13	14th	14th	12	13	12	8th	9	10	9	6th	6th	6th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th
	8th	4th	7th	5	4th	4th	5	3	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	4th	4th	3	3	3	2	3	4th	4th	5	5	5	5	5
	16	12	14th	9	11	7th	4th	2	2	5	4th	4th	4th	7th	8th	9	10	6th	9	7th	8th	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	9	6th
KBK	11	14th	12	14th	16	14th	13	14th	14th	13	14th	15th	14th	13	13	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	13	12	10	12	12	12	11	10	7th
	6th	7th	9	15th	9	12	12	10	7th	9	8th	8th	7th	6th	6th	7th	7th	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	9	8th	8th	9	6th	8th
	2	10	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4th	5	6th	9	10	9	5	6th	7th	7th	6th	7th	8th	9	9	8th	9	9	8th	7th	9
	13	9	4th	7th	8th	6th	7th	8th	12	12	13	10	8th	8th	7th	8th	5	5	6th	5	5	5	5	5	5	6th	6th	6th	8th	10
	8th	5	3	6th	7th	11	11	11	9	8th	11	14th	15th	15th	15th	15th	15th	16	16	15th	15th	15th	15th	15th	15th	14th	13	13	11	11
	5	8th	11	13	15th	13	14th	15th	15th	15th	15th	11	10	11	10	10	9	10	12	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	13	12
	10	16	13	8th	10	10	9	6th	8th	10	9	12	11	9	12	13	11	8th	5	8th	6th	7th	8th	8th	10	10	11	10	12	13
	13	6th	10	11	13	16	15th	13	11	11	12	9	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	14th	13	13	13	13	14th	15th	15th	14th
	13	15th	15th	11	12	8th	8th	9	6th	6th	6th	5	6th	4th	5	6th	8th	9	10	11	11	11	14th	14th	14th	15th	15th	14th	14th	15th
	11	13	16	16	14th	15th	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15th	15th	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Relegation

The 14th of the 2017 Eliteserien played against the winner of the promotion round of the second-rate OBOS league in a play-off round with a round trip for relegation .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sogndal Fotball	1: 1 4: 5 i. E.	Ranheim Fotball	1-0	0: 1 a.d.

Ranheim was promoted to the 2018 elite series , Sogndal was relegated to the 2018 OBOS league .

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Nicklas Bendtner	Rosenborg Trondheim	19th
2.	Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk Fotball	17th
3.	Mustafa Abdellaoue	Aalesunds FK	16
	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	Molde FK
5.	Patrick Mortensen	Sarpsborg 08 FF	12
6th	Eirik Ulland Andersen	Strømsgodset IF	11
	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Tromso IL
8th.	Bassel Jradi	Strømsgodset IF	10
	Flamur Kastrati	Sandefjord Fotball
	Benjamin Stokke	Kristiansund BK

Web links

• Official website at Fotball.no
• Results and table eu-football.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tippeligaen endrer navn til Eliteserien i 2017. In: fotball.no. NFF Norges Fotballforbund, accessed April 2, 2017 (Norwegian). 
2. ↑ Eliteserien 2017 - date list. In: fotball.no. NFF Norges Fotballforbund, accessed March 10, 2017 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Eliteserien 2017 - top scorer, gule og røde kort. fotball.no, accessed November 27, 2017 (Norwegian).