1996 Tippeligaen

The 1996 Tippeligaen was the 51st completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen are relegated. The winners of the two groups of the first division (second tier) are promoted, as well as the winner of a play-off match between the two second placed teams in the two groups of the first division. This was the last time the first division was organized into two groups - from 1997 and onwards the first division has had all teams play in the same league.

Tippeligaen
Season1996
ChampionsRosenborg
11th title
RelegatedMoss
Start
Vålerenga
Champions LeagueRosenborg
UEFA CupLillestrøm
Viking
Brann
Cup Winners' CupTromsø
Intertoto CupStabæk
Matches played182
Goals scored638 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorerHarald Martin Brattbakk
(28 goals)
Biggest home winRosenborg 10–0 Brann[1]
(5 May 1996)
Biggest away winSkeid 1–6 Brann[1]
(1 September 1996)
Highest scoringRosenborg 10–0 Brann[1]
(5 May 1996)
Highest attendance23,071
Rosenborg 0–0 Moss
(16 May 1996)
Lowest attendance909
Skeid 2–3 Start
(13 October 1996)
Average attendance5,123 2.2%
← 1995
1997 →

Teams and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 8 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 40 Bergen Brann Stadion
Kongsvinger 14 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 33 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Molde 21 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 17 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 33 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid 32 Oslo
Stabæk 2 Bærum Nadderud Stadion
Start 28 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset 15 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø 11 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga 38 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Viking 47 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 26 18 5 3 82 26 +56 59 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Lillestrøm 26 13 7 6 54 36 +18 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Viking 26 12 7 7 50 32 +18 43 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Brann 26 11 9 6 64 50 +14 42
5 Tromsø 26 11 8 7 46 41 +5 41 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Stabæk 26 9 9 8 47 45 +2 36 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
7 Kongsvinger 26 9 7 10 38 48 −10 34
8 Molde 26 9 6 11 45 38 +7 33
9 Skeid 26 10 2 14 33 59 −26 32
10 Bodø/Glimt 26 9 4 13 44 49 −5 31
11 Strømsgodset 26 8 5 13 40 59 −19 29
12 Moss (R) 26 7 8 11 28 47 −19 29 Relegation to 1. divisjon
13 Vålerenga (R) 26 6 10 10 30 40 −10 28
14 Start (R) 26 5 3 18 37 71 −34 18
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Relegation and promotion
  • Haugesund, Sogndal and Lyn were promoted.
  • Moss, Vålerenga, and Start were relegated.
  • Sogndal won the play-offs against Odd Grenland, 5–1 on aggregate.
    • Match 1: Sogndal 4–1 Odd Grenland
    • Match 2: Odd Grenland 0–1 Sogndal

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Harald Martin Brattbakk Rosenborg 28
2 Egil Østenstad Viking 23
3 Tore André Flo Brann 19
Mons Ivar Mjelde Brann
5 Petter Belsvik Stabæk 18
6 Geir Frigård Lillestrøm 15
Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen Rosenborg
Sigurd Rushfeldt Tromsø

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brann 149,837 23,000 7,667 11,526 +35.0%†
2 Rosenborg 143,875 23,071 6,307 11,067 +7.7%†
3 Viking 96,727 14,919 4,874 7,441 −6.5%†
4 Vålerenga 80,651 16,738 2,542 6,204 −4.0%†
5 Lillestrøm 74,852 12,281 2,853 5,758 +18.8%†
6 Molde 55,198 8,365 2,352 4,246 −14.9%†
7 Bodø/Glimt 51,669 6,162 2,378 3,975 −9.7%†
8 Strømsgodset 48,131 6,452 1,495 3,702 n/a1
9 Tromsø 45,814 6,294 1,802 3,524 −16.3%†
10 Stabæk 40,304 4,976 1,392 3,100 −6.1%†
11 Moss 40,280 5,052 1,101 3,098 n/a1
12 Skeid 39,720 6,852 909 3,055 n/a1
13 Start 32,936 4,530 1,222 2,534 −48.1%†
14 Kongsvinger 32,347 4,788 1,876 2,488 −5.1%†
League total 932,341 23,071 909 5,123 +2.2%†

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

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References
  1. "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1996". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
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