2016 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Season	2016
Matches played	64
Goals scored	156 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fred Friday (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Aalesund 6–0 Tromsø (24 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Start 1–4 Sarpsborg 08 (21 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Bodø/Glimt 3–4 Haugesund (20 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Rosenborg (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Rosenborg (7 games)
Longest winless run	Start (8 games)
Longest losing run	Bodø/Glimt (5 games)
Highest attendance	19,399 Rosenborg 3-0 Brann (16 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	2,398 Bodø/Glimt 2-0 Sogndal (13 March 2016)
Average attendance	6,677
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The 2016 Tippeligaen is the 72nd season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 11 March 2016. Due to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, there will be a break between the rounds played on 29 May and 3 July. The decisive match will be played on 6 November 2016.^[1]

The league is contested by 16 teams: the 13 best teams of the 2015 season; the two teams who won direct promotion from the 2015 Norwegian First Division, Sogndal and Brann; and Start, who won the promotion/relegation play-off finals against Jerv.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aalesund

Brann

Bodø/Glimt

Haugesund

Lillestrøm

Molde

Odd

Rosenborg

Sarpsborg 08

Sogndal

Stabæk

Start

Strømsgodset

Tromsø

Viking

Vålerenga

Locations of the teams in 2016 Tippeligaen

Team	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	Artificial	7,354
Brann	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,686
Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	Natural	8,754
Lillestrøm	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion	Natural	12,250
Molde	Molde	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,800
Odd	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	12,500
Rosenborg	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,166
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	4,700
Sogndal	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,539
Stabæk	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion	Natural	7,000
Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	Artificial	14,563
Strømsgodset	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	6,859
Viking	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,600
Vålerenga	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	28,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aalesund	Trond Fredriksen	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Brann	Lars Arne Nilsen	hummel	Sparebanken Vest
Bodø/Glimt	Aasmund Bjørkan	Diadora	Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge
Haugesund	Mark Dempsey	Macron	Sparebanken Vest
Lillestrøm	Rúnar Kristinsson	Legea	DNB
Molde	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Nike	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	New Balance	Skagerak Energi
Rosenborg	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sarpsborg 08	Geir Bakke	Select	Borregaard
Sogndal	Eirik Bakke	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Stabæk	Billy McKinlay	Adidas	Sparebank 1 Oslo Akershus
Start	Steinar Pedersen	Umbro	Sparebanken Sør
Strømsgodset	Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen	Puma	DNB
Tromsø	Bård Flovik	Select	Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking	Kjell Jonevret	Diadora	Lyse
Vålerenga	Kjetil Rekdal	Umbro	DNB

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Stabæk	Bob Bradley	Contract expired	10 November 2015[2]	Pre-season	Billy McKinlay	30 November 2015[3]	Pre-season
Bodø/Glimt	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	Contract expired	18 November 2015[4]	Pre-season	Aasmund Bjørkan	18 November 2015[4]	Pre-season
Start	Bård Borgersen	Contract expired	31 December 2015[5]	Pre season	Steinar Pedersen	1 January 2016[5]	Pre season
Haugesund	Jostein Grindhaug	Contract expired	31 December 2015[6]	Pre season	Mark Dempsey	1 January 2016[7]	Pre season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg	8	6	1	1	14	3	+11	19	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Odd	8	5	2	1	10	4	+6	17	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Molde	8	5	2	1	15	10	+5	17
4	Strømsgodset	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14
5	Brann	8	4	2	2	8	7	+1	14
6	Lillestrøm	8	3	4	1	16	10	+6	13
7	Haugesund	8	4	1	3	15	12	+3	13
8	Viking	8	4	1	3	8	10	−2	13
9	Sarpsborg 08	8	3	3	2	11	7	+4	12
10	Tromsø	8	2	3	3	5	13	−8	9
11	Sogndal	8	2	2	4	4	8	−4	8
12	Aalesund	8	2	1	5	10	10	0	7
13	Bodø/Glimt	8	2	1	5	10	13	−3	7
14	Vålerenga	8	2	0	6	7	13	−6	6	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Stabæk	8	1	1	6	7	14	−7	4	Relegation to Norwegian 1st Division
16	Start	8	0	4	4	5	14	−9	4

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: nifs, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (between two teams).^[8]

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Bodø/Glimt	1	2	1	5	6	9	11	13
Molde	9	4	2	2	3	2	3	3
Viking	2	3	3	6	4	7	8	8
Haugesund	3	1	4	9	7	5	5	7
Rosenborg BK	12	6	5	1	1	1	1	1
Brann	6	9	6	4	5	4	4	5
Odd	4	5	7	3	2	3	2	2
Strømsgodset	7	13	8	11	8	6	6	4
Sogndal	15	7	9	7	9	10	12	11
Tromsø	11	12	10	8	11	12	14	10
Aalesund	5	8	11	14	15	14	10	12
Start	10	11	12	12	14	16	16	16
Sarpsborg 08	13	14	13	15	16	11	9	9
Lillestrøm	8	10	14	10	10	8	7	6
Stabæk	14	15	15	13	12	13	15	15
Vålerenga	16	16	16	16	13	15	13	14

Keys to colors
	Leader
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2016–17 1. divisjon

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home ╲ Away

AaFK

BOD

SKB

HAU

LSK

MFK

ODD

RBK

S08

SIL

STB

IKS

SIF

TIL

VIK

VIF

Aalesund

1–2

1–0

6–0

1–2

Bodø/Glimt

3–4

1–2

0–2

2–0

3–1

Brann

1–0

0–0

2–0

Haugesund

3–0

2–2

3–1

Lillestrøm

1–1

1–1

4–0

2–0

Molde

1–0

4–2

1–1

4–0

Odd

1–3

1–0

3–0

0–0

Rosenborg BK

1–0

3–0

1–0

4–0

Sarpsborg 08

0–1

4–0

0–0

1–1

Sogndal

1–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

Stabæk

1–2

1–2

0–1

2–1

Start

1–1

1–1

1–4

2–2

0–1

Strømsgodset

2–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

Tromsø

1–0

1–2

0–0

2–0

Viking

0–1

3–2

0–2

0–0

Vålerenga

0–2

2–0

4–0

0–2

Source: Nifs.no
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals Games Average 1 Fred Friday Lillestrøm 7 8 0,88 2 Torbjørn Agdestein Haugesund 5 8 0,62 3 Suleiman Abdullahi Viking 4 8 0,50 Mike Jensen Rosenborg 4 8 0,50 Deshorn Brown Vålerenga 4 8 0,50 6 Marcus Pedersen Strømsgodset 3 5 0,60 Sofien Moussa Tromsø 3 6 0,50 Milan Jevtović Bodø/Glimt 3 7 0,43 Kristoffer Tokstad Sarpsborg 08 3 7 0,43 Fitim Azemi Bodø/Glimt 3 7 0,43 Fredrik Nordkvelle Odd 3 8 0,38 Franck Boli Aalesund 3 8 0,38 Mos Aalesund 3 8 0,38 Mathias Bringaker Viking 3 8 0,38 Most assists Rank Player Club Assists Games Average 1 Eiður Guðjohnsen Molde 4 7 0,57 Alexander Stølås Haugesund 4 8 0,50 Jonas Svensson Rosenborg 4 8 0,50 4 Pål André Helland Rosenborg 3 5 0,60 Haris Hajradinović Haugesund 3 7 0,43 Espen Ruud Odd 3 7 0,43 Ghayas Zahid Vålerenga 3 7 0,43 Fitim Azemi Bodø/Glimt 3 7 0,43 Patrick Mortensen Sarpsborg 08 3 7 0,43 Håkon Skogseid Lillestrøm 3 8 0,38 Ernest Asante Stabæk 3 8 0,38 Amin Nouri Brann 3 8 0,38 Mohamed Ofkir Lillestrøm 3 8 0,38 Olivier Occéan Odd 3 8 0,38 Hat tricks Player For Against Result Date Kristoffer Tokstad Sarpsborg 08 Start 4–1 21 April 2016 Mos Aalesund Tromsø 6–0 24 April 2016 Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Bodø/Glimt 14,557 3,407 2,398 2,911 −8.5%^† 2 Brann 35,009 11,886 11,495 11,670 +15.2%^† 3 Haugesund 14,081 5,168 4,438 4,694 −12.8%^† 4 Lillestrøm 24,693 9,085 4,761 6,173 +11.6%^† 5 Molde 32,874 9,661 7,693 8,219 −8.1%^† 6 Odd 29,908 9,144 6,440 7,477 −5.4%^† 7 Rosenborg BK 69,013 19,399 15,985 17,253 −4.3%^† 8 Sarpsborg 08 13,547 3,535 3,296 3,387 −12.5%^† 9 Sogndal 12,976 4,082 2,688 3,244 +12.6%^† 10 Stabæk 14,548 4,151 3,289 3,637 −6.2%^† 11 Start 21,884 6,112 3,623 4,377 −28.8%^† 12 Strømsgodset 27,252 7,394 6,095 6,813 −3.0%^† 13 Tromsø 17,212 5,518 3,423 4,303 +18.3%^† 14 Viking 36,652 11,089 7,995 9,163 −10.7%^† 15 Vålerenga 36,145 15,146 6,379 9,036 −10.5%^† 16 Aalesund 26,967 10,013 5,215 6,742 +0.6%^† League total 427,318 19,399 2,398 6,677 +0.0%^† Updated to games played on 2 May 2016 Source: nifs.no, fotball.no References "Hovedterminliste menn 2016" [Main schedule men's football 2016] (PDF). fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 26 November 2015. "Communiqué Officiel". http://www.hac-foot.com/ (in French). Le Havre AC. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. External link in |website= (help) "Fra Bob til Billy". http://www.stabak.no/ (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015. External link in |website= (help) "Jan Halvor Halvorsen gir seg etter 3 gode sesonger". http://www.glimt.no/ (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015. External link in |website= (help) "Pedersen er Start-klar". www.ikstart.no (in Norwegian). IK Start. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016. "Grindhaug gir seg som trener". www.fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016. "Mark Dempsey overtar!". www.fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016. "Turneringsbestemmelser Tippeligaen 2015" (pdf) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.