2010 Tippeligaen

The 2010 Tippeligaen was the 66th completed season of top division 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.[3] Haugesund, Hønefoss and Kongsvinger entered as the three promoted teams from the 2009 1. divisjon. They replaced Fredrikstad, Bodø/Glimt and Lyn who were relegated to the 2010 1. divisjon.

Tippeligaen
Season2010
Dates14 March – 7 November
ChampionsRosenborg
22nd title
RelegatedHønefoss
Kongsvinger
Sandefjord
Champions LeagueRosenborg
Europa LeagueVålerenga
Tromsø
Aalesund
Strømsgodset
Matches played240
Goals scored731 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerBaye Djiby Fall
(16 goals)
Biggest home winVålerenga 8–1 Start
(2 August 2010)
Biggest away winStrømsgodset 0–4 Odd Grenland
(5 May 2010)
Hønefoss 0–4 Stabæk
(22 August 2010)
Highest scoringVålerenga 8–1 Start
(2 August 2010)
Strømsgodset 5–4 Lillestrøm
(7 November 2010)
Longest winning run5 games[1]
Rosenborg
Vålerenga
Longest unbeaten run30 games[1]
Rosenborg
Longest winless run27 games[1]
Sandefjord
Longest losing run7 games[1]
Sandefjord
Highest attendance21,474
Rosenborg 3–0 Hønefoss
(16 May 2010)[2]
Lowest attendance1,142
Sandefjord 0–1 Lillestrøm
(3 October 2010)[2]
Average attendance8,108 Decrease 9.6%
2009
2011

Season summary

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On 6 June, 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.[4] Sandefjord lost 5–0 away to Odd Grenland on 26 September. This was their 23rd consecutive top flight match without winning, breaking a record of 22 set by Os in 1975.[5] 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. On 31 October, Rosenborg played Kongsvinger to a 0–0 draw away, making 2010 the second consecutive season without away losses for Rosenborg.[6]

Kongsvinger and Sandefjord were relegated at the end of the 2010 Tippeligaen season after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. Sandefjord ended a two-year tenure at the highest football level of Norway, while Kongsvinger returned to the 1. divisjon after just one season. They were replaced by 2010 1. divisjon champions Sogndal and runners-up Sarpsborg 08. Sogndal returned to the Tippeligaen after a six-year hiatus, while Sarpsborg 08 made its debut at the Norwegian top-level league.

Hønefoss as 14th-placed Tippeligaen team had to compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the 1. divisjon teams ranked third through fifth (Fredrikstad, Løv-Ham and Ranheim) for one spot in the 2011 Tippeligaen. This spot was taken by Fredrikstad, who defeated Hønefoss 8–1 on aggregate in the playoff finals and returned to Norway's top flight after just one season. In turn, Hønefoss had to return to the 1. divisjon, also after just one season.

Teams

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Haugesund and Hønefoss were promoted directly from the 1. divisjon 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 1. divisjon and the 14th-placed team in the Tippeligaen, giving them the sixteenth and final spot.

Team summaries

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Team Ap. LocationStadiumTurfCapacityManager
Aalesund9ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,778 Kjetil Rekdal
Brann54BergenBrann StadionNatural17,317 Rune Skarsfjord
Haugesund4HaugesundHaugesund stadionNatural8,800 Jostein Grindhaug
Hønefoss1HønefossAKA ArenaArtificial4,256 Reidar Vågnes
Kongsvinger18KongsvingerGjemselund stadionArtificial5,000 Tony Gustavsson
Lillestrøm47LillestrømÅråsen stadionNatural11,637 Henning Berg
Molde34MoldeAker StadionNatural11,800 Uwe Rösler
Odd Grenland29SkienSkagerak ArenaArtificial13,500 Dag-Eilev Fagermo
Rosenborg47TrondheimLerkendal stadionNatural21,166 Nils Arne Eggen
Sandefjord4SandefjordKomplett.no ArenaNatural9,000 Patrick Walker
Stabæk15BærumTelenor Arena1Artificial15,500 Jan Jönsson
Start35KristiansandSør ArenaNatural14,300 Knut Tørum
Strømsgodset23DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial7,544 Ronny Deila
Tromsø24TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial7,500 Per-Mathias Høgmo
Vålerenga50OsloUllevaal StadionNatural25,572 Martin Andresen
Viking61StavangerViking StadionNatural16,300 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

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
Kongsvinger Trond AmundsenResigned12 April 2010[7]15th Tony Gustavsson26 April 2010[8]15th
Hønefoss Ole Bjørn SundgotSacked18 April 2010[9]16th Tom Gulbrandsen18 April 2010[9]14th
Brann Steinar NilsenMutual agreement22 May 2010[10]13th Rune Skarsfjord25 May 2010[11][12]13th
Rosenborg Erik HamrénSigned with Sweden24 May 2010[13][14]2nd Nils Arne Eggen24 May 2010[15]1st
Molde Kjell JonevretSacked30 August 2010[16]14th Uwe Rösler30 August 2010[16]11th

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Rosenborg (C)30191105824+3468Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Vålerenga3019476936+3361Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3Tromsø3014883630+650Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4Aalesund30145114637+947
5Odd Grenland30121084841+746
6Haugesund3012995139+1245
7Strømsgodset30134135159−843Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
8Start30119105760−342
9Viking30101194841+741
10Lillestrøm3091385144+740
11Molde301010104245−340
12Stabæk30116134647−139
13Brann30810124850−234
14Hønefoss (R)3076172862−3427Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15Kongsvinger (R)3048182758−3120Relegation to First Division
16Sandefjord (R)3026222558−3312
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Norway 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.[17]
  2. ^ Strømsgodset qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2010 Norwegian Cup.[18]

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Rosenborg759431233222211111111111111111
Vålerenga247975645553533222222222222222
Tromsø2105223112111122333333333333333
Aalesund111112321345354454544674446544
Odd Grenland10846888111110789681110898101087565655
Haugesund812138109107891012101191011101098856854466
Strømsgodset23275646468101110108676554456910897
Start2263445568978911976777798788778
Viking12711111112119976667654546656997910119
Lillestrøm161135677874344456898109111010101079810
Molde111414131310121212111211121213131313131313141313131312121211
Stabæk66899119101012119787791111111191111111111111012
Brann81310141415131313131313151312121212121212121212121213131313
Hønefoss BK121616161616161616151515141514141414141414131414141414141414
Kongsvinger121515151514151514141414131415151515151515151515151515151515
Sandefjord12912121213141415161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Source: rsssf.no

Relegation play-offs

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At the end of the season, Sandefjord and Kongsvinger were relegated directly to 1. divisjon, and were replaced by Sogndal and Sarpsborg who were directly promoted.

Four teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2011 season. These were:

  • 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 1. divisjon)
  • C) Løv-Ham (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
  • D) Ranheim (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
First roundFinal round
        
14Hønefoss (a.e.t.)2
5Ranheim1
14Hønefoss101
3Fredrikstad448
3Fredrikstad2
4Løv-Ham0

Results

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Home \ AwayAALSKBHAUHØNKILLSKMFKODDRBKSFSTBIKSSIFTILVIFVIK
Aalesund3–12–11–32–03–00–02–31–12–22–22–03–12–01–03–1
Brann2–10–03–23–11–11–11–12–33–22–23–44–00–11–13–3
Haugesund2–11–15–13–03–31–23–00–02–02–14–22–20–02–04–0
Hønefoss BK0–22–00–21–23–21–12–10–21–00–40–01–12–23–10–1
Kongsvinger1–20–30–13–30–03–11–20–01–01–23–30–21–11–21–1
Lillestrøm1–03–21–16–02–21–12–21–24–00–03–23–12–01–41–1
Molde2–13–22–11–02–03–30–01–20–01–01–23–22–30–12–2
Odd Grenland2–10–04–11–00–02–11–11–35–02–32–12–01–11–22–1
Rosenborg2–23–04–33–04–00–03–11–11–02–03–33–01–03–11–1
Sandefjord0–11–40–16–10–10–13–11–11–31–11–20–33–50–10–0
Stabæk2–12–10–00–14–22–14–30–31–22–13–01–20–11–12–3
Start1–03–13–32–03–02–31–11–12–32–03–24–21–15–31–1
Strømsgodset3–11–12–14–12–05–41–30–41–14–21–33–12–11–02–1
Tromsø0–10–32–02–01–00–00–13–10–02–13–01–02–12–11–0
Vålerenga3–01–05–20–05–22–12–16–10–03–03–28–14–13–02–0
Viking1–34–01–04–03–10–04–13–11–20–02–02–23–11–13–4
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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RankScorerClubGoals
1 Baye Djiby FallMolde16
2 Mohammed AbdellaoueVålerenga15
3 Steffen IversenRosenborg14
Petter Vaagan MoenBrann
Anthony UjahLillestrøm
6 Rade PricaRosenborg13
7 Tor Hogne AarøyAalesund12
Nikola ĐurđićHaugesund
Luton SheltonVålerenga
Ole Martin ÅrstStart
11 Thomas SørumHaugesund11
12 Veigar Páll GunnarssonStabæk10
Erik HusekleppBrann

Source: NRK Sport

Discipline

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Player

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  • Most yellow cards: 47[21]
    • Brann
  • Most red cards: 3[21]
    • Molde
    • Vålerenga

Attendances

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PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Rosenborg253,57721,47413,90316,905−4.2%
2Brann205,88717,23112,00913,726−13.7%
3Vålerenga204,68818,00410,58813,646+26.5%
4Viking172,94214,2839,93911,529−11.8%
5Aalesund152,19510,7789,50010,146−0.7%
6Molde126,19211,1407,3028,413+5.6%
7Start125,78910,9336,4128,386+1.2%
8Stabæk122,22811,8076,6618,149−14.0%
9Odd Grenland99,4069,2005,4636,627−10.1%
10Lillestrøm98,6267,4444,7606,575−13.5%
11Strømsgodset87,8497,4444,7605,857+9.4%
12Tromsø70,4387,0243,6404,696−9.3%
13Haugesund69,9125,0004,0564,661+74.8%1
14Sandefjord64,9576,9361,1424,330−25.4%
15Hønefoss49,6954,4892,4383,313+79.4%1
16Kongsvinger41,6164,8501,5422,774+43.2%1
League total1,945,99721,4741,1428,108−9.6%

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

Awards

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Annual awards

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Goalkeeper of the Year

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The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Anders Lindegaard (Aalesunds)

Defender of the Year

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The Defender of the Year awarded to Tom Høgli (Tromsø)

Midfielder of the Year

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The Midfielder of the Year awarded to Anthony Annan (Rosenborg)

Striker of the Year

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The Striker of the Year awarded to Mohammed Abdellaoue (Vålerenga)

Coach of the Year

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The Coach of the Year awarded to Jostein Grindhaug (Haugesund)

References

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