Tippeligaen 2008

Tippeligaen 2008
master	Stabæk Fotball
Champions League qualification	Stabæk Fotball
Europa League qualification	Fredrikstad FK , Tromsø IL , Rosenborg Trondheim , Vålerenga Fotball
Cup winners	Vålerenga Fotball
Relegation ↓	Aalesunds FK
Relegated	Hamarkameratene
Teams	14th
Games	182 + 2 relegation games
Gates	505  (ø 2.77 per game)
spectator	1,781,266  (ø 9787 per game)
Top scorer	Daniel Nannskog ( Stabæk Fotball ) 16 goals
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Adeccoligaen 2008 ↓

The Tippeligaen 2008 was the 64th season of the highest Norwegian football league, which was held for the 18th time under the name Tippeligaen according to a sponsorship agreement . Between March 29 and November 2, 2008, the fourteen first division teams played against each other in a simple round-trip round, so that after 26 days of play the national champions, the other European Cup participants, the participants in the relegation games and the relegated teams to the Adeccoligaen were determined. On November 12th, after the second relegation game, all sporting decisions were made. Due to an increase in the league for the following season, there was only one direct relegated.

Stabæk IF from Bærum won the Norwegian national championship for the first time in the club's history at the end of the season. The club relegated Fredrikstad FK and Tromsø IL to the European Cup places. While newly promoted Hamarkameratene had to relegate directly, Aalesunds FK prevailed in the relegation against Sogndal Fotball .

Teams and venues

Tromso Trondheim Bodø Stavanger Hamar Lillestrøm Mountains Molde Strømsgodset Ålesund Fredrikstad Stabæk Oslo Clubs in Oslo: Vålerenga Lyn

Teams of the Tippeligaen 2008

society	city	Stadion	capacity	Previous year
Brann Bergen	Mountains	Brann Stadium	17.129	master
Stabæk Fotball	Bærum	Nadderud Stadium	07,000	2.
Viking Stavanger	Stavanger	Viking stadium	16,300	3.
Lillestrøm SK	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadium	12,250	4th
Rosenborg Trondheim	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadium	21,116	5.
Tromso IL	Tromso	Alfheim Stadium	07,500	6th
Vålerenga Fotball	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadium	25,572	7th
Fredrikstad FK	Fredrikstad	Nye Fredrikstad Stadium	12,560	8th.
FC Lyn Oslo	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadium	25,572	9.
Strømsgodset IF	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadium	07,500	10.
Aalesunds FK	Ålesund	Color-Line Stadium	10,778	11.
Molde FK	Molde	Aker Stadium	11,167	Climbers
Hamarkameratene	Hamar	Briskeby-Gressbane	08,000	Climbers
FK Bodø / Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadium	07,354	Climbers

Season course

On March 29, the season started with the duel Vålerenga Fotball against Aalesunds FK , which the hosts won with a 1-0 win with a goal from Morten Berre . While Lyn Oslo , Vålerenga Fotball, Viking Stavanger and Fredrikstad FK were still four teams tied with six points at the top of the league on matchday three , the top of the table was rectified in the following game days. Stabæk IF in particular stood out and remained unbeaten until matchday 11, before tenth Tromsø IL inflicted their first defeat of the season with a 4-2 away win at Nadderud Stadium for the club from Bærum . Behind them, a broad midfield had formed - while the league leaders were six points ahead of third-placed FK Bodø / Glimt after the defeat , the promoted team also had eight points ahead of the last non-relegation place occupied by Aalesunds FK. At the end of the table it became clear early on that the second climber of the previous year, Ham-Kam from Hamar in Eastern Norway , had to prove himself in the battle for the class battle, as the club graced the end of the table from the sixth match day.

After another defeat and a goalless draw against Viking Stavanger, Stabæk IF lost the championship lead to Fredrikstad FK on the last matchday of the first half of the season, but the duo had already played out a lead of five and four points respectively on Tromsø IL and Lyn Oslo, who were tied behind them. As a result, the two rivals took turns at the top of the table, with Fredrikstad FK benefiting from a postponement of the duel between Rosenborg BK and Stabæk IF. After this had been made up in early August and Stabæk IF had prevailed with a 2-1 away win through goals from Alanzinho and Veigar Páll Gunnarsson in a goal from Alexander Tettey , the club took the lead. Bit by bit, the team around Morten Skjønsberg , Henning Hauger , Jon Inge Høiland and Pontus Farnerud , the late signing in the summer, expanded their lead, with Johan Andersson and Daniel Nannskog in particular shining as regular goal scorers. Behind them, Fredrikstad FK and Tromsø IL fought a duel for second place for a long time, before Tromsø IL ran out of steam towards the end of the season and Fredrikstad FK was six points behind the top of the table, up to seven points from Tromsø IL. This started a battle for third place in the table, which also qualified for qualification for the UEFA Europa League . While Stabæk IF was the champion after the 25th matchday - already close to the 24th matchday with six points ahead and a goal difference better by 20 goals, the championship chances of Fredrikstad FK were only theoretical - Tromsø had before the kick-off of the 26th and final matchday IL with 41 season points and Rosenborg BK, Viking Stavanger and FK Bodø / Glimt, two points behind them, have a chance of making it into the European Cup. Tommy Knarvik made an early decision when he scored the decisive goal for Tromsø IL's 1-0 win against champions Stabæk IF in the tenth minute of the game, guaranteeing the club third place in the table.

Before the last matchday, Aalesunds FK and Ham-Kam had lost the chance of direct relegation when both teams were four and five points behind the last non-relegation place. Therefore, there was only a long-distance duel between the two teams to reach the relegation place. While Ham-Kam left the local Briskeby gressbane against Molde FK as a loser and was thus determined to be relegated, the competitor was able to secure the penultimate place in the table with a 3-0 home win against Lillestrøm SK . In the relegation games, the club remained successful in both games, Sogndal Fotball suffered two defeats and missed promotion.

In addition to qualifying for the European Cup through the league, the cup winner also qualified for the Europa League. For the fourth time in the club's history, Vålerenga Fotball won the title and thus reached an international competition despite a tenth place in the table. As the winner of the UEFA fair play rating , the league was also allowed to register another team for the Europa League apart from sporting decisions, this affected Rosenborg BK, fifth in the table.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Stabæk Fotball	26th	16	6th	4th	058:240	+34	54
2.	Fredrikstad FK	26th	14th	6th	6th	038:280	+10	48
3.	Tromso IL	26th	12	8th	6th	036:230	+13	44
4th	FK Bodø / Glimt (N)	26th	12	6th	8th	037:380	−1	42
5.	Rosenborg Trondheim	26th	11	6th	9	040:340	+6	39
6th	Viking Stavanger	26th	11	6th	9	038:320	+6	39
7th	FC Lyn Oslo	26th	11	5	10	038:340	+4	38
8th.	Brann Bergen (M)	26th	8th	9	9	036:360	± 0	33
9.	Molde FK (N)	26th	7th	10	9	039:430	−4	31
10.	Vålerenga Fotball	26th	8th	6th	12	031:370	−6	30th
11.	Strømsgodset IF	26th	8th	5	13	033:440	−11	29
12.	Lillestrøm SK (P)	26th	7th	7th	12	030:400	−10	28
13.	Aalesunds FK	26th	7th	4th	15th	029:420	−13	25th
14th	Hamarkameratene (N)	26th	5	6th	15th	022:500	−28	21st

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

Champion and participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the first qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League via fair play

Norwegian Cup winner and participation in the third qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation games against relegation

Relegated to the Adeccoligaen in 2009

(M)	Reigning Norwegian champion
(P)	Reigning Norwegian cup winner
(N)	Newcomer from the Adeccoligaen 2007

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.

2008
Stabæk Fotball		5: 1	2: 4	4: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	3-0	4-0	6: 2	6-0	4: 2	2: 1	3-0
Fredrikstad FK	0: 3		2-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	4-0	5-0	2: 1
Tromso IL	1-0	0: 1		0-0	4-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0	4: 4	2-0	2-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1
FK Bodø / Glimt	1: 1	2: 1	2-0		1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	1: 2	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	2-0
Rosenborg Trondheim	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1: 3		2-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4-0	3: 1	4-0
Viking Stavanger	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 1		2-0	1: 2	3: 3	2: 3	1-0	0-0	2: 1	3-0
FC Lyn Oslo	0: 2	0-0	3: 3	3: 1	1: 2	1: 1		1: 1	1: 3	2-0	3: 2	1-0	3-0	2: 1
Brann Bergen	1: 2	4: 2	1: 1	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0		3: 4	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	4: 1
Molde FK	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	2: 3	0: 1	3: 2		5: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0
Vålerenga Fotball	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2		1: 2	3: 1	1-0	3-0
Strømsgodset IF	0-0	1-0	1: 3	1: 2	3: 2	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	4-0	1: 3		2: 1	0: 1	1: 2
Lillestrøm SK	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3-0	4: 2	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 3	3: 1		3-0	0-0
Aalesunds FK	1: 2	0-0	1: 3	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	0: 4	4: 2	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	3-0		5-0
Hamarkameratene	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3: 2	3: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1

Table history

Postponed games are displayed according to the original scheduling so that the same number of games is taken into account for each team on all match days.

	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
	8th	1	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	13	10	4th	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
	6th	2	6th	8th	5	6th	9	5	4th	5	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
	2	7th	8th	10	8th	5	3	3	2	3	4th	7th	7th	8th	5	8th	5	5	4th	5	4th	4th	6th	6th	6th	4th
	3	6th	11	9	11	13	10	9	6th	8th	9	6th	8th	5	6th	9	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	5	4th	4th	4th	5
	4th	7th	3	2	4th	7th	4th	7th	9	7th	8th	9	9	10	8th	5	7th	8th	7th	7th	7th	6th	5	5	5	6th
	10	3	1	7th	7th	3	6th	10	7th	4th	5	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	4th	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th
	1	5	7th	11	9	9	5	4th	5	6th	7th	5	6th	6th	9	6th	8th	9	9	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	8th	8th
	8th	12	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	10	10	9
	4th	12	2	4th	2	4th	7th	8th	10	9	10	8th	5	7th	7th	7th	9	10	10	10	11	11	9	8th	9	10
	11	7th	8th	5	6th	8th	8th	6th	8th	10	6th	10	10	11	10	11	10	7th	8th	9	9	10	12	11	12	11
	6th	14th	14th	14th	14th	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	12	11	12
	11	3	10	6th	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14th	14th	14th	13	13	13	13
	14th	11	12	13	13	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	13	13	13	14th	14th	14th	14th

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sogndal IL	2: 7	Aalesunds FK	1: 4	1: 3

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Daniel Nannskog	Stabæk Fotball	16
02.	Johan Andersson	Stabæk Fotball	12
	José Mota	Molde FK
04th	Thorstein Helstad	Brann Bergen	11
	Olivier Occéan	Lillestrøm SK
06th	Garðar Jóhannsson	Fredrikstad FK	10
	Morten Moldskred	Tromso IL
	Steffen Iversen	Rosenborg Trondheim
	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	Stabæk Fotball
	Espen Hoff	FC Lyn Oslo
	Trond Olsen	FK Bodø / Glimt

Web links

• Norwegian Football Archives