2008 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season2008
Dates29 March – 2 November
ChampionsStabæk
1st title
RelegatedHamKam
Champions LeagueStabæk
Europa LeagueVålerenga
Fredrikstad
Tromsø
Rosenborg
Matches played182
Goals scored505 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Nannskog
(16 goals)
Biggest home winStabæk 6–0 Strømsgodset
(14 September 2009)
Biggest away winAalesund 0–4 Lyn
(4 May 2008)
Highest scoringTromsø 4–4 Molde
(18 October 2008)
Stabæk 6–2 Vålerenga
(26 October 2008)
Longest winning run6 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest unbeaten run10 games[1]
Stabæk
Longest winless run9 games[1]
HamKam
Vålerenga
Longest losing run5 games[1]
Strømsgodset
Highest attendance24,302[2]
Vålerenga 1–1 Rosenborg
(20 April 2008)
Lowest attendance2,165[2]
Lyn 2–1 Strømsgodset
(20 July 2008)
Average attendance9,812 Decrease 6.7%
2007
2009

The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November.[3] Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

  1. ^ a b c d "Tippeligaen - 2008". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Tilskuertall Tippeligaen 2008". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Tippeligaen - Fixtures 2008". NRK Sport. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.