2008 Tippeligaen
| Season | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Stabæk 1st title |
| Relegated | HamKam |
| Champions League | Stabæk |
| Europa League |
Vålerenga Fredrikstad Tromsø Rosenborg |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 505 (2.77 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Daniel Nannskog (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Stabæk 6-0 Strømsgodset (14 September 2009) |
| Biggest away win |
Aalesund 0–4 Lyn (4 May 2008) |
| Highest scoring |
Tromsø 4-4 Molde (18 October 2008) Stabæk 6-2 Vålerenga (26 October 2008) |
| Longest winning run | 6 games Stabæk |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 games Stabæk |
| Longest winless run | 9 games HamKam Vålerenga |
| Longest losing run | 5 games Strømsgodset |
| Highest attendance | 24,302, at home match of Vålerenga |
| Lowest attendance | 2,165, at home match of Lyn |
| Average attendance | 9,812 |
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The 2008 Tippeligaen 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 First Division at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.
Stabæk 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 First Division, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the First Division 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 First Division.
Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1By winning the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup, Vålerenga qualified for the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
2Rosenborg, ranked second after already qualified Stabæk in the 2008 Fair Play competition will be granted access to the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round after Norway ranked first in the UEFA Fair Play Ranking.
(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.
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