2009 Tippeligaen


The 2009 Tippeligaen was the 65th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk were the defending champions. Odd Grenland, Sandefjord and Start entered as the three promoted teams from the 2008 1. divisjon. They replaced HamKam who were relegated to the 2009 1. divisjon.

Overview

League expansion

This was the first top division seasons where 16 teams were competing on the highest level of Norwegian football since the 1961–62 Hovedserien season. Due to the league expanding from 14 to 16 teams, three teams were promoted from the 1. divisjon 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.

Summary

Stabæk was the defending champions, having won their first ever [Norwegian association football|football league champions|League Championship] in 2008. On 27 September, Rosenborg secured the title with four rounds left to go. They won their 21st top-flight title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
Aalesund8ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,778
Bodø/Glimt19BodøAspmyra stadionArtificial7,400
Brann53BergenBrann stadionNatural17,317
Fredrikstad40FredrikstadFredrikstad StadionNatural13,300
Lillestrøm46LillestrømÅråsen stadionNatural12,500
Lyn36OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Molde33MoldeAker StadionNatural11,167
Odd Grenland28SkienSkagerak ArenaArtificial13,500
Rosenborg46TrondheimLerkendal stadionNatural21,850
Sandefjord3SandefjordKomplett.no ArenaNatural9,000
Stabæk14BærumTelenor ArenaArtificial15,000
Start34KristiansandSør ArenaNatural14,300
Strømsgodset22DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial8,500
Tromsø23TromsøAlfheim stadionArtificial7,500
Vålerenga49OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Viking60StavangerViking StadionNatural16,600

League table


Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, the two last teams relegated directly to 1. divisjon, and were replaced by the winner and runner-up of the 1. divisjon who were directly promoted.
Four teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2010 season. These were:

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source:

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 54
  • *Strømsgodset
  • Most red cards: 3
  • *Lyn
  • *Sandefjord
  • *Start
  • *Tromsø

Attendance

TotalGamesAverage
2,151,6822408,965

Last updated: End of 2009 season
Source: