2008 Tippeligaen


The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 63rd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Overview

Summary

secured their first ever league championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round. From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen. To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the 1. divisjon, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the 1. divisjon 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 Tippeligaen and the fourth best team in the 1. divisjon.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. divisjon.
TeamLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
Aalesund7ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,778
Bodø/Glimt18BodøAspmyra StadionArtificial8,800
Brann52BergenBrann StadionNatural17,967
Fredrikstad39FredrikstadFredrikstad StadionNatural12,800
HamKam22HamarBriskebyNatural7,500
Lillestrøm45LillestrømÅråsen StadionNatural12,200
Lyn35OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Molde32MoldeAker StadionArtificial11,167
Rosenborg45TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,166
Stabæk13BærumNadderud StadionNatural6,950
Strømsgodset21DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial8,500
Tromsø22TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial8,300
Vålerenga48OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572
Viking59StavangerViking StadionNatural16,600

Managerial changes

League table

Relegation play-offs

By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 1. divisjon, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF. Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.
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Results

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Player

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