2001 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season2001
Dates16 April – 28 October
ChampionsRosenborg
16th title
RelegatedStrømsgodset
Tromsø
Champions LeagueRosenborg
Lillestrøm
UEFA CupViking
Stabæk
Brann
Matches played182
Goals scored651 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorerThorstein Helstad
Frode Johnsen
Clayton Zane
(17 goals)
Biggest home winBrann 8–1 Stabæk[1]
Biggest away winSogndal 1–6 Rosenborg[1]
Highest scoringLillestrøm 7–4 Strømsgodset[1]
Longest winning run8 games[2]
Rosenborg
Longest unbeaten run14 games[2]
Lillestrøm
Longest winless run10 games[2]
Strømsgodset
Tromsø
Longest losing run8 games[2]
Bryne
Highest attendance19,308
Brann 2–6 Rosenborg
(28 October 2001)
Lowest attendance966
Sogndal 3–2 Bodø/Glimt
(28 October 2001)
Average attendance5,578 Decrease 2.6%
2000
2002

The 2001 Tippeligaen was the 57th completed season of top division football in Norway.

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Ligastats Tippeligaen 2001". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tippeligaen - 2001". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 12 January 2011.