2007 Tippeligaen
# 2007 Tippeligaen

The 2007 Tippeligaen was the 63rd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation.

Brann were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stabæk lost away to Viking. The result left Brann with an unassailable seven-point lead over Viking, with two games left to play. Brann thus claimed their first league title since 1963, and their third league title in all. Stabæk eventually finished as runners-up, their strongest performance ever, while Viking finished third.

Sandefjord and Start ended the season at the bottom of the table and were relegated. The play-off spot was occupied by Odd Grenland for the second year in a row. They faced Bodø/Glimt over two games for the right to play in the 2008 Tippeligaen, but lost 4–2 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bodø/Glimt were promoted.

## Teams

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

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

| Team | Ap. | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aalesund | 6 | Ålesund | Color Line Stadion | Artificial | 10,720 |
| Brann | 51 | Bergen | Brann Stadion | Natural | 17,500 |
| Fredrikstad | 38 | Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad Stadion | Natural | 10,500 |
| Lillestrøm | 44 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion | Natural | 12,000 |
| Lyn | 34 | Oslo | Ullevaal Stadion | Natural | 25,572 |
| Odd Grenland | 27 | Skien | Odd Stadion | Artificial | 8,000 |
| Rosenborg | 44 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion | Natural | 21,166 |
| Sandefjord | 2 | Sandefjord | Storstadion | Natural | 7,000 |
| Stabæk | 12 | Bærum | Nadderud Stadion | Natural | 8,000 |
| Start | 33 | Kristiansand | Sør Arena | Natural | 14,563 |
| Strømsgodset | 20 | Drammen | Marienlyst Stadion | Natural | 8,935 |
| Tromsø | 21 | Tromsø | Alfheim Stadion | Artificial | 9,362 |
| Vålerenga | 47 | Oslo | Ullevaal Stadion | Natural | 25,572 |
| Viking | 58 | Stavanger | Viking Stadion | Natural | 15,350 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brann (C) | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Stabæk | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Viking | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 41 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Tromsø | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 40 | |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Fredrikstad | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 36 | |
| 9 | Lyn | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 30 | |
| 11 | Aalesund | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 30 | |
| 12 | Odd Grenland (R) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Start (R) | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 26 | Relegation to First Division |
| 14 | Sandefjord (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 16 | Relegation to First Division |

* 1 2 Lillestrøm qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round by winning the Norwegian Cup. Their spot in the Intertoto Cup was passed down to Rosenborg, the first team in the table not already qualified for any European competition.

## Relegation play-offs

Bodø/Glimt won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2008 Tippeligaen.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAL | SKB | FFK | LSK | LYN | OG | RBK | SF | STB | IKS | SIF | TIL | VIF | VIK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aalesund | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Brann | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| Fredrikstad | 2–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Lillestrøm | 7–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Lyn | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Odd Grenland | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Rosenborg | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Sandefjord | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Stabæk | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Start | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Strømsgodset | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Tromsø | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Vålerenga | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 |
| Viking | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thorstein Helstad | Brann | 22 |
| 2 | Daniel Nannskog | Stabæk | 19 |
| 3 | Peter Ijeh | Viking | 18 |
| 4 | Veigar Páll Gunnarsson | Stabæk | 15 |
| 5 | Steffen Iversen | Rosenborg | 13 |
| 6 | Morten Moldskred | Tromsø | 12 |
| 6 | Olivier Occean | Lillestrøm | 12 |
| 8 | Arild Sundgot | Lillestrøm | 10 |
| 9 | Morten Berre | Vålerenga | 9 |
| 9 | Tarik Elyounoussi | Fredrikstad | 9 |
| 9 | Yssouf Koné | Rosenborg | 9 |

Source: VG Nett

### Discipline

**Player**

* Most yellow cards: 7
   * Lars Iver Strand (Tromsø)
* Most red cards: 3
   * Frode Kippe (Lillestrøm)

**Club**

* Most yellow cards: 53
   * Sandefjord
* Most red cards: 6
   * Lillestrøm

### Attendances

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lyn | Ullevaal Stadion | 25,572 | 99,614 | 7,663 | 30.0 |
| Vålerenga | Ullevaal Stadion | 25,572 | 179,869 | 13,836 | 54.1 |
| Rosenborg | Lerkendal stadion | 21,166 | 258,741 | 19,903 | 94.0 |
| Brann | Brann stadion | 17,824 | 225,033 | 17,310 | 97.1 |
| Viking | Viking Stadion | 16,600 | 205,999 | 15,846 | 95.5 |
| Start | Sør Arena | 14,563 | 145,812 | 11,216 | 77.0 |
| Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad stadion | 12,800 | 153,370 | 11,798 | 92.2 |
| Lillestrøm | Åråsen stadion | 11,637 | 117,229 | 9,018 | 77.5 |
| Aalesund | Color Line Stadion | 10,720 | 136,178 | 10,475 | 97.7 |
| Odd Grenland | Skagerak Arena | 8,930 | 75,294 | 5,792 | 64.9 |
| Sandefjord | Komplett.no Arena | 8,743 | 79,270 | 6,098 | 69.7 |
| Strømsgodset | Marienlyst stadion | 8,500 | 88,496 | 6,807 | 80.0 |
| Tromsø | Alfheim stadion | 8,159 | 78,686 | 6,053 | 74.2 |
| Stabæk | Nadderud stadion | 6,550 | 72,410 | 5,570 | 85.0 |
| Total | Games | Average |
| 1,916,001 | 182 | 10,528 |

Source: VG Nett

