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.
Teams and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team 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 Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane Stabæk 3 Bærum Nadderud Stadion Strømsgodset 16 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Tromsø 12 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Viking 48 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion
League table 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.
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Sigurd RushfeldtRosenborg252 Harald Martin BrattbakkRosenborg233 Mons Ivar MjeldeBrann164 Jostein FloStrømsgodset15 Kjetil LøvvikBrann156 Odd Inge OlsenMolde137 Daniel Berg HestadMolde12 Jahn Ivar "Mini" JakobsenRosenborg12 Stig JohansenBodø/Glimt12
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