Norwegian Premier League 2008
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The 2008 Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

season (known as Tippeligaen
Norsk Tipping
Norsk Tipping AS is the national lottery in Norway, located in Hamar. The company offers a wide range of lottery, sports and instant games in the Norwegian market. Norsk Tipping is owned by the Norwegian government and administered by Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs...

for sponsorship reasons) began 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third League Championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the First Division at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Stabæk secured their first ever League Championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round. Next season, the number of teams in the Premier League will expand from fourteen to sixteen. To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the First Division, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the First Division 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 Premier League and the fourth best team in the First Division.

Relegation play-offs

By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal
Sogndal Fotball
Sogndal Fotball is the association football section of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. The club was founded in 1926....

, who finished 4th in the First Division
Norwegian First Division 2008
The 2008 Norwegian First Division season began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008.In 2009, the number of teams in the Norwegian Premier League will expand from fourteen to sixteen...

, for the right to play in the Norwegian Premier League 2009
Norwegian Premier League 2009
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...

. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF
Football Association of Norway
The Football Association of Norway is the governing body of football in Norway. Current FIFA World Champions It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the Norwegian Premier League.The team are enjoying their best ever spell thanks to World Player of the...

. Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season
Norwegian Premier League 2009
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 the Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

. Sogndal remained in the Norwegian First Division.
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Goalscorers

Sources: fotball.no , TV 2 Sporten

Top scorers

Position Player Club Goals
1   Daniel Nannskog
Daniel Nannskog
Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog is a Swedish former football player. He played as a striker, and last played for Stabæk IF in the Norwegian Premier League. Nannskog was known as a hard working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals but creating them as well. He announced...

Stabæk 16
2   Johan Andersson
Johan Andersson (footballer)
Johan Andersson is a Swedish football player. He currently plays for Stabæk IF after joining them from Malmö FF in 2008.-2008:...

Stabæk 12
-   José Mota
José Roberto Rodrigues Mota
José Roberto Rodrigues Mota is a Brazilian professional football player, who plays as a striker for Molde FK in the Norwegian professional league Tippeligaen...

Molde 12
4   Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 2 club Monaco and the Norwegian national team.- Career :...

Brann 11
-   Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean is a Canadian footballer player who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-College soccer:...

Lillestrøm 11
6   Garðar Jóhannsson
Garðar Jóhannsson
Garðar Jóhannsson is a Icelandic football striker who currently plays for the Norwegian club Strømsgodset, on loan from Hansa Rostock.-Career:...

Fredrikstad 10
-   Morten Moldskred
Morten Moldskred
Morten Moldskred is a Norwegian football player, currently playing for Rosenborg BK. He plays as a midfielder or forward.-Early years:...

Tromsø 10
-   Steffen Iversen
Steffen Iversen
Steffen Iversen is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He has earned four Norwegian league championships with Rosenborg and one with Vålerenga....

Rosenborg 10
-   Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic football striker who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.The Gunnarsson transfer in 2011, was a football transfer that led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga to be nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee...

Stabæk 10
-   Espen Hoff
Espen Hoff
Espen Hoff is a Norwegian professional footballer, currently playing for Start. He is primarily a winger, but may also play as an attacking midfielder, whilst at Lyn he occasionally featured on the left wing....

Lyn 10
-   Trond Olsen
Trond Olsen
Trond Olsen is a Norwegian footballer playing for Viking in the Norwegian Premier League. He is known for his speed and his hard shots.-Career:...

Bodø/Glimt 10
Total goals: 505
Games played: 182
Average goals per game: 2.77

Other scorers








Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Lillestrøm   Tom Nordlie
Tom Nordlie
Tom Nordlie is a Norwegian football coach who has managed several top Norwegian football teams, after being released from his contract with Fredrikstad in January 2010 he is currently without contract.-Playing career:...

Resigned 29 May 2008   Frode Grodås
Frode Grodås
Frode Grodås is a football coach and former national football team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal, Norway. Capped 50 times for his country, he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:During his career he played...


  Erland Johnsen
Erland Johnsen
Erland Johnsen is an retired Norwegian footballer and current manager.-Club career:His playing career began in Moss, and he later joined Bayern Munich as a professional...


  Erlend Slokvik
  Jan Åge Fjørtoft
Jan Åge Fjørtoft
Jan Aage Fjørtoft is a former Norwegian footballer. A powerful centre forward with netting ability , he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany...

29 May 2008 13th
Aalesund   Sören Åkeby
Sören Åkeby
Sören "Snuffe" Åkeby is a Swedish football manager who currently manages GIF Sundsvall. Along with Zoran Lukić, Åkeby managed Djurgårdens IF from 1999 to 2003. The two were very successful during the first years of the 21st century winning the Allsvenskan in 2002 and 2003...

Sacked 31 August 2008   Kjetil Rekdal
Kjetil Rekdal
Kjetil André Rekdal is a Norwegian football coach and a former footballer. He is currently managing Aalesund in Norwegian Tippeligaen. His previous tenure was at Kaiserslautern of the 2...

4 September 2008 13th
Lyn   Henning Berg
Henning Berg
Henning Stille Berg is a Norwegian former football player. He played as a central defender or right-back.He is one of only three players to have won the Premier League with two different clubs, the others being Ashley Cole and Nicolas Anelka .-Club career:Born in Eidsvoll, Berg played for...

Mutual consent 9 September 2008   Kent Bergersen 9 September 2008 5th
Lillestrøm   Frode Grodås
Frode Grodås
Frode Grodås is a football coach and former national football team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal, Norway. Capped 50 times for his country, he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:During his career he played...


  Erland Johnsen
Erland Johnsen
Erland Johnsen is an retired Norwegian footballer and current manager.-Club career:His playing career began in Moss, and he later joined Bayern Munich as a professional...


  Erlend Slokvik
  Jan Åge Fjørtoft
Jan Åge Fjørtoft
Jan Aage Fjørtoft is a former Norwegian footballer. A powerful centre forward with netting ability , he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany...

Relieved 1 January 2009   Henning Berg
Henning Berg
Henning Stille Berg is a Norwegian former football player. He played as a central defender or right-back.He is one of only three players to have won the Premier League with two different clubs, the others being Ashley Cole and Nicolas Anelka .-Club career:Born in Eidsvoll, Berg played for...

1 January 2009 off-season

Attendances

Team Stadium Capacity Turf Total Games Average % of Capacity
Lyn Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...

 
25,572 Natural  86,359 13 6,643 25.97
Vålerenga Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...

 
25,572 Natural  165,106 13 12,700 49.66
Rosenborg Lerkendal stadion
Lerkendal stadion
Lerkendal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Tippeligaen side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,116 spectators, making it the second-largest football stadium in the country....

 
21,850 Natural  246,443 13 18,957 86.76
Brann Brann stadion
Brann Stadion
Brann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway. It was constructed in 1919, and has been the home of the football club Brann ever since. The stadium lies south of the centre of the city, at the foot of Mount Ulriken....

 
17,967 Natural  220,407 13 16,954 94.36
Viking Viking Stadion
Viking Stadion
Viking Stadion is a football stadium, built at Jåttåvågen, in Stavanger, Norway. It was inaugurated in May 2004 and cost 160 million NOK to build . 50 million NOK, plus the lot it was built on, was a gift from the municipality. It replaced Stavanger Stadion as the home stadium for Viking F.K....

 
16,600 Natural  199,927 13 15,379 92.64
Fredrikstad Nye Fredrikstad stadion
Fredrikstad Stadion (new)
Fredrikstad Stadion is a multi-use/football stadium in the Norwegian city of Fredrikstad. It is the home of the Norwegian Premier League team Fredrikstad FK. It's located in an area which formerly used to be a large shipyard , but which nowadays is the technological centre of the city, with several...

 
12,800 Natural  149,798 13 11,523 90.02
Lillestrøm Åråsen stadion
Åråsen Stadion
Åråsen Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Lillestrøm, a suburb of Oslo, in Skedsmo, Norway. With a capacity 12,250 spectators, the venue is the home of Norwegian Premier League side Lillestrøm SK . The venue has four stands, of which the western stand has luxury boxes and club...

 
11,637 Natural  114,242 13 8,788 75.51
Molde Aker Stadion
Aker stadion
Aker Stadion, formerly known as Molde Stadion, is a football stadium located at Reknes in Molde, Norway, and is the home of Norwegian Premier League club Molde. The stadium has a capacity of 11,800 spectators....

 
11,167 Natural  106,645 13 8,203 73.45
Aalesund Color Line Stadion  10,778 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
134,725 13 10,363 96.14
Strømsgodset Marienlyst stadion
Marienlyst stadion
Marienlyst Stadion has been the home ground of Strømsgodset IF since 1967. It's located on Marienlyst in Drammen.The pitch was opened in 1924, and was the home ground of Drafn, Skiold and Drammens Ballklubb. During the 1952 Winter Olympics in neighboring Oslo, the venue hosted two ice hockey...

 
8,500 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
76,890 13 5,915 69.58
Tromsø Alfheim stadion  8,159 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
71,261 13 5,482 67.18
Bodø/Glimt Aspmyra stadion  7,659 Artificial
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

 
71,533 13 5,503 71.85
HamKam Briskeby gressbane
Briskeby gressbane
Briskeby gressbane or simply Briskeby is a football stadium in Hamar, Norway. It has been the home ground of the football club Hamarkameratene since 1936. The stadium's capacity is currently 8,068, of which 2,768 are seated....

 
7,500 Natural  66,647 13 5,127 68.36
Stabæk Nadderud stadion
Nadderud stadion
Nadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway.-Association football:It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien team Stabæk Fotball...

 
6,550 Natural 75,203 13 5,785 88.32

Total Games Average
1,785,186 182 9,809

Source: VG Nett
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