2001 Tippeligaen

The 2001 Tippeligaen was the 56th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Tippeligaen

Season	2001
Champions	Rosenborg 16th title
Relegated	Strømsgodset Tromsø
Champions League	Rosenborg Lillestrøm
UEFA Cup	Viking Stabæk Brann
Matches played	182
Goals scored	651 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thorstein Helstad Frode Johnsen Clayton Zane (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Brann 8–1 Stabæk[1]
Biggest away win	Sogndal 1–6 Rosenborg[1]
Highest scoring	Lillestrøm 7–4 Strømsgodset[1]
Longest winning run	8 games[2] Rosenborg
Longest unbeaten run	14 games[2] Lillestrøm
Longest winless run	10 games[2] Strømsgodset Tromsø
Longest losing run	8 games[2] Bryne
Highest attendance	19,308 Brann 2–6 Rosenborg (28 October 2001)
Lowest attendance	966 Sogndal 3–2 Bodø/Glimt (28 October 2001)
Average attendance	5,578 2.6%
← 2000 2002 →

Each team played 26 games with three points given for wins and one point for a draw. Number thirteen and fourteen were relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	13	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	45	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Bryne	15	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Lillestrøm	38	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Lyn	28	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Molde	26	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	21	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Odd Grenland	21	Skien	Odd Stadion
Rosenborg	38	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal	9	Sogndal	Fosshaugane
Stabæk	7	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion
Strømsgodset	19	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø	16	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Viking	52	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	17	6	3	71	30	+41	57	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Lillestrøm	26	17	5	4	64	33	+31	56	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	14	7	5	43	29	+14	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Stabæk	26	14	3	9	45	39	+6	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5	Molde	26	13	5	8	54	41	+13	44
6	Odd Grenland	26	12	6	8	50	40	+10	42
7	Brann	26	12	5	9	63	48	+15	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8	Sogndal	26	9	5	12	45	61	−16	32
9	Bodø/Glimt	26	7	8	11	45	47	−2	29
10	Moss	26	9	2	15	35	48	−13	29
11	Lyn	26	6	8	12	40	49	−9	26
12	Bryne (O)	26	6	4	16	33	61	−28	22	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Strømsgodset (R)	26	3	10	13	40	73	−33	19	Relegation to 1. divisjon
14	Tromsø (R)	26	4	4	18	23	52	−29	16

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Since Viking qualified to the UEFA Cup first round as Norwegian Cup winners, their place in the UEFA Cup as third-placed team passed down and was awarded to Stabæk as the highest-placed team not already qualified for European competitions.
2. Brann qualified to the UEFA Cup through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.

Relegation play-offs

• Bryne won the play-offs against Ham-Kam 3–0 on aggregate.[3]

Results

• Match 1: Bryne 3–0 Hamarkameratene
• Match 2: Hamarkameratene 0–0 Bryne

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[4]
1	Thorstein Helstad	Brann	17
	Frode Johnsen	Rosenborg	17
	Clayton Zane	Lillestrøm	17
4	Harald Martin Brattbakk	Rosenborg	15
5	Jostein Flo	Strømsgodset	14
	Erik Nevland	Viking	14
7	Magnus Powell	Lillestrøm	13
8	Bengt Sæternes	Bodø/Glimt	11
9	Petter Furuseth	Brann	10
	Magne Hoseth	Molde	10
	Raymond Kvisvik	Brann	10
	Kim Larsen	Odd Grenland	10
	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	Bodø/Glimt	10

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	163,760	19,308	9,067	12,597	+10.6%^†
2	Rosenborg	156,904	16,400	9,614	12,070	+1.1%^†
3	Viking	102,535	13,810	4,420	7,887	+18.4%^†
4	Lillestrøm	86,822	11,782	4,075	6,679	+40.7%^†
5	Molde	85,816	11,167	4,883	6,601	−3.2%^†
6	Odd Grenland	65,688	6,015	3,950	5,053	+5.4%^†
7	Stabæk	54,967	6,174	2,711	4,228	+12.2%^†
8	Lyn	54,607	7,579	2,534	4,201	n/a^1
9	Bodø/Glimt	49,812	5,003	3,237	3,832	+20.8%^†
10	Tromsø	46,029	5,553	2,250	3,541	−9.8%^†
11	Strømsgodset	44,734	5,986	2,121	3,441	n/a^1
12	Bryne	38,417	8,919	1,765	2,955	−17.9%^†
13	Moss	35,485	4,811	1,343	2,730	0.0%^†
14	Sogndal	29,682	4,512	966	2,283	n/a^1
	League total	1,015,258	19,308	966	5,578	−2.6%^†

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

References

1. "Ligastats Tippeligaen 2001". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
2. "Tippeligaen - 2001". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
3. "2001 Qualification". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
4. "2001 Tippeligaen top scorers". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.