2010 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Season	2010
Champions	Rosenborg 22nd title
Relegated	Hønefoss Kongsvinger Sandefjord
Champions League	Rosenborg
Europa League	Vålerenga Tromsø IL Strømsgodset (Cup Winner)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	731 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Baye Djiby Fall (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Vålerenga 8-1 Start (2 August 2010)
Biggest away win	Strømsgodset 0–4 Odd Grenland (5 May 2010) Hønefoss 0-4 Stabæk (22 August 2010)
Highest scoring	Vålerenga 8-1 Start (2 August 2010) Strømsgodset 5-4 Lillestrøm (7 November 2010)
Longest winning run	5 games[1] Rosenborg Vålerenga
Longest unbeaten run	30 games[1] Rosenborg
Longest winless run	27 games[1] Sandefjord
Longest losing run	7 games[1] Sandefjord
Highest attendance	21,474, at home match of Rosenborg[2]
Lowest attendance	1,142, at home match of Sandefjord[2]
Average attendance	8,117[3]
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Tippeligaen season is the sixty-sixth season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 14 March and ended on 7 November. Rosenborg was the defending champions, having secured their twenty-first league championship in 2009.^[4]

Season summary

• June 6: Lillestrøm scored three goals in four minutes and 24 seconds, two of them in injury time, to go from 3-0 down to 3-3 away at Molde.^[5]
• September 26: Sandefjord lost 5-0 away to Odd Grenland. This was their 23rd consecutive top flight match without winning, breaking a record of 22 set by Os in 1975.^[6] The streak would continue for four matches, ending at 27 before Sandefjord won in their 28th attempt on the last day of the season, beating Hønefoss 6-1 at home.
• October 31: Rosenborg played Kongsvinger to a 0-0 draw away, making 2010 the second consecutive season without away losses for Rosenborg.^[7]

Teams

Haugesund and Hønefoss were promoted directly from the First Division at the end of the 2009 season. Kongsvinger defeated Sarpsborg by 5–4 on aggregate in the final matches of the play-off round between the 3rd-, 4th- and 5th-placed team in the First Division and the 14th-placed team in the Tippeligaen, giving them the sixteenth and final spot.

Team summaries

Team	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity	Manager
Aalesund	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778	Kjetil Rekdal
Brann	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,317	Rune Skarsfjord
Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund stadion	Natural	8,800	Jostein Grindhaug
Hønefoss	Hønefoss	AKA Arena	Artificial	4,256	Reidar Vågnes
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund stadion	Artificial	5,000	Tony Gustavsson
Lillestrøm	Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion	Natural	11,637	Henning Berg
Molde	Molde	Aker Stadion	Natural	11,800	Uwe Rösler
Odd Grenland	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	13,500	Dag Eiliv Fagermo
Rosenborg	Trondheim	Lerkendal stadion	Natural	21,166	Nils Arne Eggen
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	Natural	9,000	Patrick Walker
Stabæk	Bærum	Telenor Arena^1	Artificial	15,500	Jan Jönsson
Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	Natural	14,300	Knut Tørum
Strømsgodset	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	7,544	Ronny Deila
Tromsø	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	7,500	Per Mathias Høgmo
Vålerenga	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	25,572	Martin Andresen
Viking	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,300	Åge Hareide

¹Stabæk also played three home matches in May at Ullevaal Stadion because Telenor Arena was being used to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Kongsvinger	Trond Amundsen	Resigned	12 April 2010[8]	15th	Tony Gustavsson	26 April 2010[9]	15th
Hønefoss	Ole Bjørn Sundgot	Sacked	18 April 2010[10]	16th	Tom Gulbrandsen	18 April 2010[10]	14th
Brann	Steinar Nilsen	Mutual agreement	22 May 2010[11]	13th	Rune Skarsfjord	25 May 2010[12][13]	13th
Rosenborg	Erik Hamrén	Signed with Sweden	24 May 2010[14][15]	2nd	Nils Arne Eggen	24 May 2010[16]	1st
Molde	Kjell Jonevret	Sacked	30 August 2010[17]	14th	Uwe Rösler	30 August 2010[17]	11th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	19	11	0	58	24	+34	68	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Vålerenga	30	19	4	7	69	36	+33	61	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Tromsø	30	14	8	8	36	30	+6	50	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Aalesund	30	14	5	11	46	37	+9	47	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^1
5	Odd Grenland	30	12	10	8	48	41	+7	46
6	Haugesund	30	12	9	9	51	39	+12	45
7	Strømsgodset	30	13	4	13	51	59	−8	43	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ^2
8	Start	30	11	9	10	57	60	−3	42
9	Viking	30	10	11	9	48	41	+7	41
10	Lillestrøm	30	9	13	8	51	44	+7	40
11	Molde	30	10	10	10	42	45	−3	40
12	Stabæk	30	11	6	13	46	47	−1	39
13	Brann	30	8	10	12	48	50	−2	34
14	Hønefoss (R)	30	7	6	17	28	62	−34	27	relegation play-offs
15	Kongsvinger (R)	30	4	8	18	27	58	−31	20	Relegation to Adeccoligaen
16	Sandefjord (R)	30	2	6	22	25	58	−33	12

Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.^[18]
2Strømsgodset is qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup.^[19]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
Rosenborg BK	7	5	9	4	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Vålerenga	2	4	7	9	7	5	6	4	5	5	5	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tromsø	2	10	5	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Aalesund	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	3	4	5	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	6	7	4	4	4	6	5	4	4
Odd Grenland	10	8	4	6	8	8	8	11	11	10	7	8	9	6	8	11	10	8	9	8	10	10	8	7	5	6	5	6	5	5
Haugesund	8	12	13	8	10	9	10	7	8	9	10	12	10	11	9	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	5	6	8	5	4	4	6	6
Strømsgodset	2	3	2	7	5	6	4	6	4	6	8	10	11	10	10	8	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	5	6	9	10	8	9	7
Start	2	2	6	3	4	4	5	5	6	8	9	7	8	9	11	9	7	6	7	7	7	7	9	8	7	8	8	7	7	8
Viking	12	7	11	11	11	12	11	9	9	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	5	6	9	9	7	9	10	11	9
Lillestrøm	16	11	3	5	6	7	7	8	7	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	8	9	8	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	7	9	8	10
Molde	11	14	14	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Stabæk	6	6	8	9	9	11	9	10	10	12	11	9	7	8	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12
Brann	8	13	10	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Hønefoss BK	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Kongsvinger	12	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sandefjord	12	9	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: rsssf.no

Results

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Brann

●

Haugesund

●

Hønefoss

●

Kongsvinger

●

Lillestrøm

●

Molde

●

Odd Grenland

●

Rosenborg

●

Sandefjord

●

Stabæk

●

Sandefjord

●

Start

●

Strømsgodset

●

Tromsø

●

Viking

●

Vålerenga

●

Aalesund

Home ╲ Away

AaFK

SKB

HAU

HØN

KIL

LSK

MFK

ODD

RBK

SF

STB

IKS

SIF

TIL

VIK

VIF

Aalesund

3–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

3–0

0–0

2–3

1–1

2–2

2–2

2–0

3–1

2–0

3–1

1–0

Brann

2–1

0–0

3–2

3–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–3

3–2

2–2

3–4

4–0

0–1

3–3

1–1

Haugesund

2–1

1–1

5–1

3–0

3–3

1–2

3–0

0–0

2–0

2–1

4–2

2–2

0–0

4–0

2–0

Hønefoss BK

0–2

2–0

0–2

1–2

3–2

1–1

2–1

0–2

1–0

0–4

0–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

3–1

Kongsvinger

1–2

0–3

0–1

3–3

0–0

3–1

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

3–3

0–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

Lillestrøm

1–0

3–2

1–1

6–0

2–2

1–1

2–2

1–2

4–0

0–0

3–2

3–1

2–0

1–1

1–4

Molde

2–1

3–2

2–1

1–0

2–0

3–3

0–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

3–2

2–3

2–2

0–1

Odd Grenland

2–1

0–0

4–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

1–1

1–3

5–0

2–3

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

Rosenborg BK

2–2

3–0

4–3

3–0

4–0

0–0

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

3–3

3–0

1–0

1–1

3–1

Sandefjord

0–1

1–4

0–1

6–1

0–1

0–1

3–1

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

0–3

3–5

0–0

0–1

Stabæk

2–1

2–1

0–0

0–1

4–2

2–1

4–3

0–3

1–2

2–1

3–0

1–2

0–1

2–3

1–1

Start

1–0

3–1

3–3

2–0

3–0

2–3

1–1

1–1

2–3

2–0

3–2

4–2

1–1

1–1

5–3

Strømsgodset

3–1

1–1

2–1

4–1

2–0

5–4

1–3

0–4

1–1

4–2

1–3

3–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

Tromsø

0–1

0–3

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

3–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

Viking

1–3

4–0

1–0

4–0

3–1

0–0

4–1

3–1

1–2

0–0

2–0

2–2

3–1

1–1

3–4

Vålerenga

3–0

1–0

5–2

0–0

5–2

2–1

2–1

6–1

0–0

3–0

3–2

8–1

4–1

3–0

2–0

Source: NRK Sport (Norwegian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Baye Djiby Fall Molde 16 2 Mohammed Abdellaoue Vålerenga 15 3 Petter Vaagan Moen Brann 14 Steffen Iversen Rosenborg 14 Anthony Ujah Lillestrøm 14 6 Rade Prica Rosenborg 13 7 Nikola Đurdić Haugesund 12 Luton Shelton Vålerenga 12 Ole Martin Årst Start 12 Tor Hogne Aarøy Aalesund 12 11 Thomas Sørum Haugesund 11 12 Erik Huseklepp Brann 10 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk 10 Source: NRK Sport

Top assistants Rank Scorer Club Assists 1 Harmeet Singh Vålerenga 11 2 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk 10 Erik Huseklepp Brann 10 4 Karim Essediri Lillestrøm 9 5 Bojan Zajić Vålerenga 8 Espen Hoff Start 8 Péter Kovács Odd Grenland 8 8 Øyvind Storflor Strømsgodset 7 Bentley Odd Grenland 7 10 Christian Bolaños Start 6 Magne Hoseth Molde 6 Johan Arneng Aalesund 6 Joakim Våge Nilsen Haugesund 6 Mohammed Fellah Vålerenga 6 Mix Diskerud Stabæk 6 Mikael Dorsin Rosenborg 6 Source: Alt om fotball

Relegation and promotion to 2011 season

At the end of the season, Sandefjord and Kongsvinger will be relegated directly to Adeccoligaen, and will be replaced by Sogndal and Sarpsborg who will be directly promoted.

Four teams will enter a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2011 season. These will be:

• A) Hønefoss (by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen)
• B) Fredrikstad (by virtue of being the third placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• C) Løv-Ham (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• D) Ranheim (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)

	First round						Second round
	14	Hønefoss	2
	5	Ranheim	1
							14	Hønefoss	1	0	1
							3	Fredrikstad	4	4	8
	3	Fredrikstad	2
	4	Løv-Ham	0

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