| Season | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 March – 6 November |
| Champions | Rosenborg 24th title |
| Relegated | Bodø/Glimt Start |
| Champions League | Rosenborg |
| Europa League | Brann Odd Haugesund |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 653 (2.72 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Christian Gytkjær (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Aalesund 6–0 Tromsø (24 April 2016) Brann 6–0 Aalesund (22 July 2016) Rosenborg 6–0 Haugesund (23 July 2016) |
| Biggest away win | Start 0–5 Stabæk (29 May 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Bodø/Glimt 3–4 Haugesund (20 April 2016) Rosenborg 5–2 Sarpsborg 08 (9 July 2016) Lillestrøm 3–4 Rosenborg (6 August 2016) |
| Longest winning run | Rosenborg (6 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Rosenborg (26 games) |
| Longest winless run | Start (24 games) |
| Longest losing run | Bodø/Glimt (6 games) |
| Highest attendance | 21,298 Rosenborg 3–1 Molde (28 May 2016) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,375 Sogndal 0–2 Strømsgodset (23 October 2016) |
| Average attendance | 6,971  3.9% |
← 2015 | |
The 2016 Tippeligaen was the 72nd completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 11 March 2016. Due to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, there was a break between the rounds played on 29 May and 3 July. The decisive matches of the home-and-away season were played on 6 November 2016. A promotion/relegation play-off between the third-from-bottom team of the Tippeligaen and the winner of the promotion play-offs of the 2016 1. divisjon was contested on 30 November and 4 December 2016.[1]
The league was contested by 16 teams: the 13 best teams of the 2015 season; the two teams who won direct promotion from the 2015 1. divisjon, Sogndal and Brann; and Start, who won the promotion/relegation play-off finals against Jerv.
The 2016 season was the last season the league was named Tippeligaen. The league changed its name to Eliteserien ahead of the 2017 season, a non-sponsor affiliated name controlled by the Football Association of Norway.
- ^ "Hovedterminliste menn 2016" [Main schedule men's football 2016] (PDF). fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 26 November 2015.