1997 Tippeligaen

The 1997 Tippeligaen was the 53rd completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Tippeligaen

Season	1997
Dates	12 April – 19 October
Champions	Rosenborg 12th title
Relegated	Lyn Skeid
Champions League	Rosenborg
UEFA Cup	Brann Strømsgodset Molde
Intertoto Cup	Stabæk Kongsvinger
Matches played	182
Goals scored	599 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sigurd Rushfeldt (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Strømsgodset 8–0 Kongsvinger (10 August 1997)
Biggest away win	Sogndal 0–7 Rosenborg (3 August 1997)
Highest scoring	Kongsvinger 4–6 Brann (14 September 1997)
Highest attendance	18,702 Rosenborg 5–0 Haugesund (16 May 1997)
Lowest attendance	911 Lyn 4–0 Tromsø (19 October 1997)
Average attendance	4,738 7.5%
← 1996 1998 →

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	9	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	41	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Haugesund	1	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion
Kongsvinger	15	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm	34	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Lyn	27	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Molde	22	Molde	Molde Stadion
Rosenborg	34	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	33	Oslo
Sogndal	7	Sogndal	Fosshaugane
Stabæk	3	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion
Strømsgodset	16	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø	12	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Viking	48	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	7	1	87	20	+67	61	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brann	26	15	5	6	59	37	+22	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Strømsgodset	26	14	4	8	58	44	+14	46
4	Molde	26	13	6	7	47	36	+11	45
5	Stabæk	26	13	4	9	33	35	−2	43	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Kongsvinger	26	11	5	10	43	48	−5	38
7	Bodø/Glimt	26	10	7	9	39	34	+5	37
8	Viking	26	8	10	8	42	34	+8	34
9	Haugesund	26	9	5	12	31	38	−7	32
10	Lillestrøm	26	9	5	12	34	43	−9	32
11	Sogndal	26	8	5	13	34	56	−22	29
12	Tromsø (O)	26	6	10	10	37	44	−7	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Lyn (R)	26	4	5	17	28	58	−30	17	Relegation to First Division
14	Skeid (R)	26	3	4	19	27	72	−45	13

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Vålerenga Fotball qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners from a lower division.

Relegation play-offs

Tromsø won the play-offs against Eik-Tønsberg, 6–1 on aggregate.

26 October 1997

14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Tromsø	4–0	Eik-Tønsberg
Lange 6', 42' Johansen 40' Christensen 72'	Report

Skarphallen, Tromsø

Attendance: 2,016

Referee: Kjell Alseth

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2 November 1997

13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Eik-Tønsberg	1–2	Tromsø
Birkeland 35'	Report	Fermann 52' Lange 71'

Tønsberg Gressbane, Tønsberg

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	HAU	KON	LIL	LYN	MOL	ROS	SKD	SOG	STB	STM	TRO	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	0–3	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–3
Brann	3–1	—	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–4	1–2	4–2	4–1	5–1	4–1	4–3	1–4
Haugesund	1–1	0–1	—	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–6	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Kongsvinger	0–0	4–6	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	3–1	3–1
Lillestrøm	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	—	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0
Lyn	1–2	1–5	3–0	1–2	0–4	—	1–3	0–5	2–0	5–2	0–1	1–3	4–0	4–4
Molde	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	—	0–4	3–3	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–0
Rosenborg	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	—	5–1	5–0	5–0	6–1	0–0	2–2
Skeid	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	5–1	3–0	0–3	0–5	—	1–3	1–3	1–5	0–4	1–2
Sogndal	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	0–7	1–2	—	0–3	3–3	2–2	1–1
Stabæk	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	—	0–1	2–0	2–1
Strømsgodset	1–1	0–4	1–0	8–0	4–2	6–1	2–0	1–5	4–0	3–1	2–0	—	3–2	0–2
Tromsø	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	4–4	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	—	1–1
Viking	4–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	5–1	1–3	1–1	—

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sigurd Rushfeldt	Rosenborg	25
2	Harald Martin Brattbakk	Rosenborg	23
3	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Brann	16
4	Jostein Flo	Strømsgodset	15
	Kjetil Løvvik	Brann	15
6	Odd Inge Olsen	Molde	13
7	Daniel Berg Hestad	Molde	12
	Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen	Rosenborg	12
	Stig Johansen	Bodø/Glimt	12

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	147,395	18,702	8,830	11,338	+2.4%†
2	Brann	147,221	18,349	8,519	11,325	−1.7%†
3	Viking	84,868	10,403	3,830	6,528	−12.3%†
4	Strømsgodset	72,420	10,063	3,181	5,571	+50.5%†
5	Haugesund	62,750	8,715	3,309	4,827	n/a1
6	Lillestrøm	52,877	7,358	2,291	4,067	−29.4%†
7	Molde	51,551	8,100	2,005	3,965	−6.6%†
8	Stabæk	44,344	7,890	1,401	3,411	+10.0%†
9	Bodø/Glimt	43,249	4,448	1,795	3,327	−16.3%†
10	Tromsø	41,583	4,562	2,432	3,199	−9.2%†
11	Skeid	32,391	5,037	989	2,492	−18.4%†
12	Kongsvinger	31,736	3,813	1,799	2,441	−1.9%†
13	Lyn	26,187	5,333	911	2,014	n/a1
14	Sogndal	23,806	4,650	1,238	1,831	n/a1
	League total	862,378	18,702	911	4,738	−7.5%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.