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., NFF, 31 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007
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 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 Natural25,572 Odd Grenland 27 Skien Odd Stadion Artificial8,000 Rosenborg 44 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Natural 21,166 Sandefjord 2 Sandefjord Storstadion Natural7,000 Stabæk 12 Bærum Nadderud Stadion Natural8,000 Start 33 Kristiansand Sør Arena Natural14,563 Strømsgodset 20 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Natural8,935 Tromsø 21 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial9,362 Vålerenga 47 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural25,572 Viking 58 Stavanger Viking Stadion Natural15,350
League table
Relegation play-offs
Bodø/Glimt won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2008 Tippeligaen.
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1 Thorstein HelstadBrann222 Daniel Nannskog Stabæk193 Peter Ijeh Viking184 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk155 Steffen IversenRosenborg136 Morten MoldskredTromsø12 Olivier OcceanLillestrøm8 Arild SundgotLillestrøm109 Morten BerreVålerenga9 Tarik ElyounoussiFredrikstad Yssouf KonéRosenborg 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 TotalGamesAverage1,916,00118210,528 Source: VG Nett
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