2013 Tippeligaen

Norwegian Premier League

Season	2013
← 2012

The 2013 Norwegian Premier League season will be the 69th season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, begins in March 2013 and will end in November 2013.

The league will be contested by 16 teams: The best 13 teams of the 2012 season, the best two teams from the 2012 Norwegian First Division and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 14th-placed Tippeliga team and the teams finishing third to sixth in the First Division.

Teams

Team	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity	Manager
Aalesund	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778	Vacant
Brann	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,824	Rune Skarsfjord
Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	Natural	5,000	Jostein Grindhaug
Hønefoss	Hønefoss	Aka Arena	Artificial	4,000	Leif Gunnar Smerud
Lillestrøm	Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion	Natural	11,637	Magnus Haglund
Molde	Molde	Aker Stadion	Natural	11,800	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Odd Grenland	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	13,500	Dag-Eilev Fagermo
Rosenborg	Trondheim	Lerkendal stadion	Natural	21,850	Vacant
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	Natural	3,850	Asle Andersen
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Natural	5,000	Brian Deane
Sogndal	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	Natural	5,402	Jonas Olsson
Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	Artificial	14,300	Mons Ivar Mjelde
Strømsgodset	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	7,500	Ronny Deila
Tromsø	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	7,500	Agnar Christensen
Viking	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,600	Kjell Jonevret
Vålerenga	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	25,572	Vacant

Stadia

Aalesund	Brann	Haugesund	Hønefoss	Lillestrøm	Molde
Color Line Stadion	Brann Stadion	Haugesund Stadion	Aka Arena	Åråsen Stadion	Aker Stadion
Capacity: 10,778	Capacity: 17,824	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 11,637	Capacity: 11,800
Odd Grenland	Rosenborg	Sandnes	Sarpsborg	Start	Sogndal
Skagerak Arena	Lerkendal Stadion	Sandnes Idrettspark	Sarpsborg Stadion	Sør Arena	Fosshaugane Campus
Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 21,850	Capacity: 3,850	Capacity: 4,900	Capacity: 14,563	Capacity: 5,402
			File:Sarpsborg Stadion.jpg
	Strømsgodset	Tromsø	Viking	Vålerenga
	Marienlyst Stadion	Alfheim Stadion	Viking Stadion	Ullevaal Stadion
	Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 16,600	Capacity: 25,572