2008 Tippeligaen
CompetitionTippeligaen
Season2008
WinnersStabæk
1st title
RelegatedHamKam
Continentalcup 1Champions League
Continentalcup1 qualifiersStabæk
Continentalcup 2Europa League
Continentalcup2 qualifiersVålerenga
Fredrikstad
Tromsø
Rosenborg
Matches182
Total goals505
League topscorerDaniel Nannskog
(16 goals)
Biggest home winStabæk 6–0 Strømsgodset
(14 September 2009)
Biggest away winAalesund 0–4 Lyn
(4 May 2008)
Highest scoringTromsø 4–4 Molde
(18 October 2008)
Stabæk 6–2 Vålerenga
(26 October 2008)
Longest wins6 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest unbeaten10 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest winless9 games[1]
HamKam
Vålerenga
Longest losses5 games[1]
Strømsgodset
Highest attendance24,302[2]
Vålerenga 1–1 Rosenborg
(20 April 2008)
Lowest attendance2,165[2]
Lyn 2–1 Strømsgodset
(20 July 2008)
Average attendance9,812 6.7%
Prevseason2007
Nextseason2009
Dates29 March – 2 November

The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November.[3] Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Overview

Summary

Stabæk secured their first ever league championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round. From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen.[4] To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the 1. divisjon, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the 1. divisjon were awarded automatic promotion. As in previous years, there was a two-legged playoff at the end of the season, this time between the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen and the fourth best team in the 1. divisjon.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. divisjon.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamAp.LocationStadiumTurfCapacity
Aalesund7ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,778
Bodø/Glimt18BodøAspmyra StadionArtificial8,800
Brann52BergenBrann StadionNatural17,967
Fredrikstad39FredrikstadFredrikstad StadionNatural12,800
HamKam22HamarBriskebyNatural7,500
Lillestrøm45LillestrømÅråsen StadionNatural12,200
Lyn35OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Molde32MoldeAker StadionArtificial11,167
Rosenborg45TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,166
Stabæk13BærumNadderud StadionNatural6,950
Strømsgodset21DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial8,500
Tromsø22TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial8,300
Vålerenga48OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Viking59StavangerViking StadionNatural16,600

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
LillestrømTom NordlieResigned29 May 2008[5]Frode Grodås
Erland Johnsen
Erlend Slokvik
Jan Åge Fjørtoft
(caretakers)		29 May 2008[6]13th
AalesundSören ÅkebySacked31 August 2008[7]Kjetil Rekdal4 September 2008[8]13th
LynHenning BergMutual consent[9]9 September 2008[10]Kent Bergersen9 September 2008[11]5th
LillestrømFrode Grodås
Erland Johnsen
Erlend Slokvik
Jan Åge Fjørtoft		Released1 January 2009[12]Henning Berg1 January 2009[13]off-season

League table

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Relegation play-offs

By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 1. divisjon, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF.[14] Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.

Season statistics

Sources: fotball.no[dead link] (in Norwegian), TV 2 Sporten (in Norwegian)

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1Daniel NannskogStabæk16
2Johan AnderssonStabæk12
José MotaMolde
4Thorstein HelstadBrann11
Olivier OcceanLillestrøm
6Garðar JóhannssonFredrikstad10
Morten MoldskredTromsø
Steffen IversenRosenborg
Veigar Páll GunnarssonStabæk
Espen HoffLyn
Trond OlsenBodø/Glimt

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 48[17]
    • Strømsgodset
  • Most red cards: 5[17]
    • HamKam

Attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityTurfTotalGamesAverage% of Capacity
LynUllevaal Stadion25,572Natural86,359136,64325.97
VålerengaUllevaal Stadion25,572Natural165,1061312,70049.66
RosenborgLerkendal stadion21,850Natural246,4431318,95786.76
BrannBrann stadion17,967Natural220,4071316,95494.36
VikingViking Stadion16,600Natural199,9271315,37992.64
FredrikstadNye Fredrikstad stadion12,800Natural149,7981311,52390.02
LillestrømÅråsen stadion11,637Natural114,242138,78875.51
MoldeAker Stadion11,167Natural106,645138,20373.45
AalesundColor Line Stadion10,778Artificial134,7251310,36396.14
StrømsgodsetMarienlyst stadion8,500Artificial76,890135,91569.58
TromsøAlfheim stadion8,159Artificial71,261135,48267.18
Bodø/GlimtAspmyra stadion7,659Artificial71,533135,50371.85
HamKamBriskeby gressbane7,500[18]Natural66,647135,12768.36
StabækNadderud stadion6,550Natural75,203[19]135,78588.32
TotalGamesAverage
1,785,1861829,809

Source: VG Nett[dead link] (in Norwegian)

References

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  8. ^ "Rekdal ny AaFK-trener". VG. 2008-09-04. Archived 9 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  9. ^ "Berg presset ut av Lyn". VG. 2008-09-09. Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  10. ^ "- Det er en trist dag". VG. 2008-09-09. Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
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  12. ^ "Henning Berg ny LSK-trener". LSK-portalen. 2008-08-19. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
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  16. ^ "Tippeligaen 2008 Red Cards" (in Norwegian). altomfotball.no. Retrieved 22 May 2019.[dead link]
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  18. ^ "Planene for Nye Briskeby" (in Norwegian). hamkam.no. 2006-01-18. Retrieved 2008-04-05.[dead link]
  19. ^ Different from official figures due to miscount of spectators in Stabæk-Tromsø match on June 28