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67th season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

The 2011 Tippeligaen was the 67th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011. Rosenborg were the defending champions, having secured their twenty-second League Championship on 24 October 2010.[3]Sogndal, Sarpsborg 08 and Fredrikstad entered as the three promoted teams from the 2010 1. divisjon. They replaced Hønefoss, Kongsvinger and Sandefjord who were relegated to the 2011 1. divisjon.

Molde won their first ever Eliteserien title with two games to spare. Molde’s 58 points was a record low for an Eliteserien champion in the current 16-team system.[4]

The fastest goal in Norwegian top division history was scored this season on 15 April by Erik Mjelde in a 3–3 draw between his side Brann and Haugesund after 11 seconds.[5]

Overview[edit]

At the end of the season, Sarpsborg 08 and Start were relegated to the 2012 1. divisjon, due to having finished in the bottom two positions in the standings. There was no two-legged promotion play-offs this season.

On 30 October 2011, Molde became champions with two games to spare after their only remaining challenger, Rosenborg, lost 3–6 to Brann in the 28th round of the series. The trophy was their first ever league championship.[6]

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and the three teams promoted from 1. divisjon. The promoted teams were Sogndal, Sarpsborg 08 and Fredrikstad. This was Sarpsborg 08’s first top-flight season, while Sogndal and Fredrikstad returned to the top flight after an absence of six years and one season respectively. They replaced Hønefoss (returning after their debut season in the first tier), Kongsvinger (relegated after a season’s presence) and Sandefjord (relegated after two years in the top flight).

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Locations of the teams in 2011 Tippeligaen
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Turf Capacity Manager
Aalesund 10 Ålesund Color Line Stadion Artificial 10,778 Kjetil Rekdal
Brann 55 Bergen Brann Stadion Natural 17,824 Rune Skarsfjord
Fredrikstad 41 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion Natural 13,300 Tom Freddy Aune
Haugesund 5 Haugesund Haugesund stadion Natural 5,000 Jostein Grindhaug
Lillestrøm 48 Lillestrøm Åråsen stadion Natural 11,637 Henning Berg
Molde 35 Molde Aker Stadion Natural 11,800 Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Odd Grenland 30 Skien Skagerak Arena Artificial 13,500 Dag-Eilev Fagermo
Rosenborg 48 Trondheim Lerkendal stadion Natural 21,850 Jan Jönsson
Sarpsborg 08 1 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion Artificial 5,000 Roar Johansen
Sogndal 13 Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus Natural 5,402 Harald Aabrekk
Stabæk 16 Bærum Telenor Arena Artificial 15,500 Jörgen Lennartsson
Start 36 Kristiansand Sør Arena Natural 14,300 Mons Ivar Mjelde
Strømsgodset 24 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Artificial 7,500 Ronny Deila
Tromsø 25 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial 7,500 Per Mathias Høgmo
Vålerenga 51 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural 25,572 Martin Andresen
Viking 62 Stavanger Viking Stadion Natural 16,600 Åge Hareide

Managerial changes[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round[edit]

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
Molde 15 13 14 10 8 10 7 4 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tromsø 3 4 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
Rosenborg 9 14 15 15 12 11 12 11 13 14 12 9 11 11 10 9 7 8 8 8 7 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 5 3
Brann 6 2 3 5 9 4 2 5 8 6 6 7 5 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 4
Odd Grenland 12 7 12 12 13 12 11 12 14 13 15 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 11 14 11 9 8 6 7 6 5 4 5
Haugesund 12 8 11 11 14 15 14 15 10 7 9 6 9 10 8 11 8 6 6 7 8 5 7 7 7 5 8 8 7 6
Vålerenga 3 3 4 6 10 13 13 13 11 11 13 11 7 9 11 10 11 11 12 9 9 8 5 5 4 3 3 6 8 7
Strømsgodset 6 11 7 3 1 1 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 7 7 6 8
Aalesund 9 15 13 13 11 6 5 8 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 11 10 9 9 9 9
Stabæk 16 12 8 8 6 3 6 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 9 7 5 7 7 4 4 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
Viking 12 10 10 14 15 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 15 12 12 12 11 13 10 10 11 11 10 12 11 11 11 11
Fredrikstad 6 9 6 2 5 5 3 7 6 8 8 12 8 6 7 6 9 9 9 12 11 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 12 12
Lillestrøm 1 5 9 9 7 7 9 10 9 10 10 8 10 8 6 5 6 5 4 5 6 9 10 10 12 11 12 12 13 13
Sogndal 9 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 15 15 14 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 14
Start 3 1 2 1 3 8 10 9 12 12 11 14 14 15 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Sarpsborg 08 2 6 5 7 4 9 8 6 7 9 7 10 13 13 16 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Results[edit]

Source: NRK Sport (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Discipline[edit]

Player[edit]

  • Most yellow cards: 10[12]
  • Most red cards: 1[13]

Club[edit]

  • Most yellow cards: 59[14]

Attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 217,664 20,710 11,433 14,511 −14.2%†
2 Vålerenga 199,962 20,012 10,421 13,331 −2.3%†
3 Brann 195,173 17,237 10,120 13,012 −5.2%†
4 Viking 153,825 12,584 8,898 10,255 −11.1%†
5 Molde 147,273 11,292 8,158 9,818 +16.7%†
6 Aalesund 143,480 10,677 8,783 9,565 −5.7%†
7 Fredrikstad 136,790 12,565 6,863 9,119 +34.0%1
8 Stabæk 111,165 11,930 5,686 7,411 −9.1%†
9 Start 105,843 11,419 5,128 7,056 −15.9%†
10 Lillestrøm 88,942 8,852 4,401 5,929 −9.8%†
11 Odd Grenland 85,718 7,106 4,499 5,715 −13.8%†
12 Strømsgodset 85,606 6,426 5,052 5,707 −2.6%†
13 Tromsø 72,991 6,535 3,772 4,866 +3.6%†
14 Haugesund 68,248 5,000 4,082 4,550 −2.4%†
15 Sarpsborg 08 57,283 4,760 2,798 3,819 +49.9%1
16 Sogndal 47,708 5,623 1,884 3,181 +58.7%1
League total 1,917,671 20,710 1,884 7,990 −1.5%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

Annual awards[edit]

Goalkeeper of the Year[edit]

The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Espen Bugge Pettersen (Molde)

Defender of the Year[edit]

The Defender of the Year awarded to Even Hovland (Sogndal)

Midfielder of the Year[edit]

The Midfielder of the Year awarded to Michael Barrantes (Aalesunds)

Striker of the Year[edit]

The Striker of the Year awarded to Nikola Đurđić (Haugesund)

Coach of the Year[edit]

The Coach of the Year awarded to Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Molde)

See also[edit]

References[edit]