2009 Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Season	2009
Champions	Rosenborg 21st title
Relegated	Fredrikstad Bodø/Glimt Lyn
Champions League	Rosenborg
Europa League	Aalesund Molde Stabæk
Matches played	240
Goals scored	697 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rade Prica (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Molde 8–1 Start (1 August 2009)
Biggest away win	Lyn 0–5 Fredrikstad (1 November 2009)
Highest scoring	Molde 8–1 Start (1 August 2009)
Longest winning run	8 games Rosenborg
Longest unbeaten run	26 games Rosenborg
Longest winless run	18 games Lyn
Longest losing run	8 games Lyn
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Norwegian Premier League season is the sixty-fifth season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk are the defending champions, having won their first ever League Championship in 2008. Due to the league expanding from 14 to 16 teams, three teams were promoted from the First Division at the end of the 2008 season. Those teams were champions Odd Grenland, runners-up Sandefjord and third-placed Start. The last spot was taken by Aalesund after winning a two-legged play-off match against Sogndal. On 27 September, Rosenborg secured the title with four rounds left to go.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	20	9	1	60	22	+38	69	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Molde	30	17	5	8	62	35	+27	56	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Stabæk	30	15	8	7	52	34	+18	53
4	Odd Grenland	30	12	10	8	53	44	+9	46
5	Brann	30	12	8	10	51	49	+2	44
6	Tromsø	30	10	10	10	35	36	−1	40
7	Vålerenga	30	12	4	14	47	50	−3	40
8	Sandefjord	30	10	10	10	39	44	−5	40
9	Start	30	10	10	10	46	52	−6	40
10	Viking	30	9	11	10	38	40	−2	38
11	Lillestrøm	30	9	10	11	43	50	−7	37
12	Strømsgodset	30	10	6	14	40	42	−2	36
13	Aalesund	30	9	9	12	34	43	−9	36	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
14	Fredrikstad (R)	30	10	4	16	39	44	−5	34	relegation play-offs
15	Bodø/Glimt (R)	30	6	10	14	29	53	−24	28	Relegation to the Adeccoligaen
16	Lyn (R)	30	2	10	18	29	59	−30	16

Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Aalesund are the winners of the Norwegian Football Cup 2009 competition and therefore qualify for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

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Bodø/Glimt

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Brann

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Fredrikstad

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Lillestrøm

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Vålerenga, Lyn

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Molde

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Odd Grenland

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Rosenborg

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Stabæk

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Sandefjord

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Start

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Strømsgodset

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Tromsø

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Viking

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Aalesund

Home \ Away1

B/G

SKB

FFK

LSK

LYN

MFK

ODD

RBK

SF

STB

IKS

SIF

TIL

VIK

VIF

AaFK

Bodø/Glimt

0–2

1–1

1–1

0–2

2–4

1–1

0–4

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–2

3–0

Brann

4–2

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–0

4–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

4–2

2–4

1–1

1–2

2–1

Fredrikstad

2–2

2–4

1–0

2–1

1–2

3–0

1–4

1–2

0–1

1–0

2–0

3–0

1–0

3–1

0–1

Lillestrøm

2–2

3–1

4–2

2–1

0–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

1–2

3–2

2–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

Lyn

0–1

2–2

0–5

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

4–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

4–4

0–2

Molde

3–1

5–2

2–0

3–0

4–0

2–1

0–2

1–1

4–0

8–1

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–3

3–1

Odd Grenland

4–0

3–1

2–0

2–3

4–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

1–0

2–2

2–2

4–2

Rosenborg

2–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

4–1

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–0

2–3

3–0

0–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

Sandefjord

1–1

3–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

1–3

1–0

1–0

2–0

3–1

0–2

1–2

Stabæk

2–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–3

3–3

1–2

4–1

5–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

3–2

3–0

Start

4–0

0–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

3–2

2–2

2–2

3–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

Strømsgodset

3–0

2–1

4–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

3–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–3

2–1

2–1

3–0

2–0

Tromsø

0–0

0–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–4

1–1

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

3–1

Viking

3–2

1–1

1–2

4–2

5–2

2–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

Vålerenga

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

4–1

2–1

0–3

1–2

1–2

0–1

2–3

1–0

2–4

3–1

1–1

Aalesund

1–1

3–0

1–1

3–1

2–0

0–2

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–2

Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation and promotion to 2010 season

At the end of the season, the two last teams relegated directly to Adeccoligaen, and were replaced by the winner and runner-up of the Adeccoligaen who were directly promoted.

Four teams entered a play-off for the last Premier League spot in the 2010 season. These were:

• A) Fredrikstad (14th placed team in the Premier League)
• B) Kongsvinger (Third placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• C) Sogndal (Fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• D) Sarpsborg 08 (Fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)

	First round							Second round
	Fredrikstad				0
	Sarpsborg 08				2
								Sarpsborg 08		3	1	4
								Kongsvinger		2	3	5
	Kongsvinger				3
	Sogndal				1

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rade Prica	Rosenborg	17
2	Péter Kovács	Odd Grenland	16
-	Mame Biram Diouf	Molde	16
4	Erik Huseklepp	Brann	15
-	Daniel Nannskog	Stabæk	15
6	Arild Sundgot	Lillestrøm	11
-	Bengt Sæternes	Vålerenga	11
-	Pape Paté Diouf	Molde	11
9	Mads Stokkelien	Start	10
-	Marcus Pedersen	Strømsgodset	10
11	Steffen Iversen	Rosenborg	9
-	Bernt Hulsker	Start	9
Total goals:			612
Games played:			210
Average goals per game:			2.91

Last updated: 28 September 2009
Source: AltOmFotball.no (Norwegian)

Own goals

Helge Haugen (Tromsø) against Rosenborg 23/3 Bjørn Dahl (Brann) against Rosenborg 5/4 Olivier Occean (Lillestrøm) against Vålerenga 13/4 Inge André Olsen (Stabæk) against Molde 19/4 André Hansen (Lillestrøm) against Start 6/5 Marciano (Sandefjord) against Stabæk 16/5 Alexander Tettey (Rosenborg) against Molde 16/5 Christian Steen (Molde) against Odd Grenland 1/6 Magne Simonsen (Lyn) against Odd Grenland 21/6 Kenneth Høie (Start) against Sandefjord 24/6 Enar Jääger (Aalesund) against Tromsø 28/6

André Muri (Vålerenga) against Rosenborg 28/6 Birkir Már Sævarsson (Brann) against Fredrikstad 6/7 Indriði Sigurðsson (Lyn) against Bodø/Glimt 12/7 Knut Dørum Lillebakk (Molde) against Start 1/8 Magne Simonsen (Lyn) against Brann 3/8 Runar Berg (Bodø/Glimt) against Aalesund 30/8 Torjus Hansén (Odd Grenland) against Lillestrøm 13/9 Børre Steenslid (Viking) against Brann 14/9 Alexander Gabrielsen (Sandefjord) against Rosenborg 20/9 Per Verner Rønning (Bodø/Glimt) against Strømsgodset 3/10

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Turf	Total	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Lyn	Ullevaal Stadion	25,572	Natural	11,747	3	3,916	15%
Vålerenga	Ullevaal Stadion	25,572	Natural	30,955	3	10,318	40%
Rosenborg	Lerkendal stadion	21,850	Natural	51,940	3	17,313	82%
Brann	Brann stadion	17,317	Natural	31,192	2	15,596	90%
Viking	Viking Stadion	16,600	Natural	39,170	3	13,056	80%
Stabæk	Telenor Arena	15,000	Artificial	28,321	3	9,440	63%
Start	Sør Arena	14,300	Natural	27,379	3	9,126	65%
Odd Grenland	Skagerak Arena	13,500	Artificial	22,531	3	7,510	56%
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad stadion	13,300	Natural	30,135	3	10,045	81%
Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion	12,500	Natural	29,078	3	9,693	83%
Molde	Aker Stadion	11,167	Natural	21,568	3	7,189	64%
Aalesund	Color Line Stadion	10,778	Artificial	31,065	3	10,355	96%
Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	9,000	Natural	17,934	3	5,979	66%
Strømsgodset	Marienlyst stadion	8,500	Artificial	19,713	4	4,928	70%
Tromsø	Alfheim stadion	7,500	Artificial	10,557	2	5,278	65%
Bodø/Glimt	Aspmyra stadion	7,400	Artificial	15,990	4	3,998	52%

Total	Games	Average
419,275	48	8,984

Last updated: April 29 2009
Source: altomfotball.no (Norwegian)

Other

Team	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor	UEFA Fair Play (avg. pts.)
Bodø/Glimt	Diadora	Nordlandsbanken	7,82
Brann	Kappa	Sparebanken Vest	7,79
Fredrikstad	Umbro	Carnegie	7,77
Lillestrøm	Diadora	Nordea	7,70
Lyn	Puma	Carrot Communications	7,53
Molde	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre	7,96
Odd Grenland	Adidas	Skagerak Energi	7,97
Rosenborg	Adidas	REMA 1000	8,12
Sandefjord	Puma	Jotun	7,63
Stabæk	Puma	Fornebu - nytt liv	7,93
Start	Umbro	Sparebanken Sør	7,73
Strømsgodset	Nike	Sparebanken Drammen	7,84
Tromsø	Puma	Sparebanken Nord-Norge	7,92
Viking	Adidas	Lyse Energi	7,59
Vålerenga	Kappa	Hafslund	7,93
Aalesund	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre	7,72

See also

• Norwegian First Division 2009
• 2009 in Norwegian football
• 2009 Norwegian Football Cup