2010 Tippeligaen

The 2010 Tippeligaen was the 66th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 14 March and ended on 7 November. Rosenborg was the defending champions, having secured their twenty-first league championship in 2009.[3] Haugesund, Hønefoss and Kongsvinger entered as the three promoted teams from the 2009 1. divisjon. They replaced Fredrikstad, Bodø/Glimt and Lyn who were relegated to the 2010 1. divisjon.

Tippeligaen
Season2010
Dates14 March – 7 November
ChampionsRosenborg
22nd title
RelegatedHønefoss
Kongsvinger
Sandefjord
Champions LeagueRosenborg
Europa LeagueVålerenga
Tromsø
Aalesund
Strømsgodset
Matches played240
Goals scored731 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerBaye Djiby Fall
(16 goals)
Biggest home winVålerenga 8–1 Start
(2 August 2010)
Biggest away winStrømsgodset 0–4 Odd Grenland
(5 May 2010)
Hønefoss 0–4 Stabæk
(22 August 2010)
Highest scoringVålerenga 8–1 Start
(2 August 2010)
Strømsgodset 5–4 Lillestrøm
(7 November 2010)
Longest winning run5 games[1]
Rosenborg
Vålerenga
Longest unbeaten run30 games[1]
Rosenborg
Longest winless run27 games[1]
Sandefjord
Longest losing run7 games[1]
Sandefjord
Highest attendance21,474
Rosenborg 3–0 Hønefoss
(16 May 2010)[2]
Lowest attendance1,142
Sandefjord 0–1 Lillestrøm
(3 October 2010)[2]
Average attendance8,108 Decrease 9.6%
← 2009
2011 →

Season summary

On 6 June, Lillestrøm scored three goals in four minutes and 24 seconds, two of them in injury time, to go from 3–0 down to 3–3 away at Molde.[4] Sandefjord lost 5–0 away to Odd Grenland on 26 September. This was their 23rd consecutive top flight match without winning, breaking a record of 22 set by Os in 1975.[5] The streak would continue for four matches, ending at 27 before Sandefjord won in their 28th attempt on the last day of the season, beating Hønefoss 6–1 at home. On 31 October, Rosenborg played Kongsvinger to a 0–0 draw away, making 2010 the second consecutive season without away losses for Rosenborg.[6]

Kongsvinger and Sandefjord were relegated at the end of the 2010 Tippeligaen season after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. Sandefjord ended a two-year tenure at the highest football level of Norway, while Kongsvinger returned to the 1. divisjon after just one season. They were replaced by 2010 1. divisjon champions Sogndal and runners-up Sarpsborg 08. Sogndal returned to the Tippeligaen after a six-year hiatus, while Sarpsborg 08 made its debut at the Norwegian top-level league.

Hønefoss as 14th-placed Tippeligaen team had to compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the 1. divisjon teams ranked third through fifth (Fredrikstad, Løv-Ham and Ranheim) for one spot in the 2011 Tippeligaen. This spot was taken by Fredrikstad, who defeated Hønefoss 8–1 on aggregate in the playoff finals and returned to Norway's top flight after just one season. In turn, Hønefoss had to return to the 1. divisjon, also after just one season.

Teams

Haugesund and Hønefoss were promoted directly from the 1. divisjon at the end of the 2009 season. Kongsvinger defeated Sarpsborg by 5–4 on aggregate in the final matches of the play-off round between the 3rd-, 4th- and 5th-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 14th-placed team in the Tippeligaen, giving them the sixteenth and final spot.

Team summaries
Locations of the teams in 2010 Tippeligaen
Team Ap. Location Stadium Turf Capacity Manager
Aalesund 9 Ålesund Color Line Stadion Artificial 10,778 Norway Kjetil Rekdal
Brann 54 Bergen Brann Stadion Natural 17,317 Norway Rune Skarsfjord
Haugesund 4 Haugesund Haugesund stadion Natural 8,800 Norway Jostein Grindhaug
Hønefoss 1 Hønefoss AKA Arena Artificial 4,256 Norway Reidar Vågnes
Kongsvinger 18 Kongsvinger Gjemselund stadion Artificial 5,000 Sweden Tony Gustavsson
Lillestrøm 47 Lillestrøm Åråsen stadion Natural 11,637 Norway Henning Berg
Molde 34 Molde Aker Stadion Natural 11,800 Germany Uwe Rösler
Odd Grenland 29 Skien Skagerak Arena Artificial 13,500 Norway Dag-Eilev Fagermo
Rosenborg 47 Trondheim Lerkendal stadion Natural 21,166 Norway Nils Arne Eggen
Sandefjord 4 Sandefjord Komplett.no Arena Natural 9,000 Republic of Ireland Patrick Walker
Stabæk 15 Bærum Telenor Arena1 Artificial 15,500 Sweden Jan Jönsson
Start 35 Kristiansand Sør Arena Natural 14,300 Norway Knut Tørum
Strømsgodset 23 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion Artificial 7,544 Norway Ronny Deila
Tromsø 24 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Artificial 7,500 Norway Per-Mathias Høgmo
Vålerenga 50 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Natural 25,572 Norway Martin Andresen
Viking 61 Stavanger Viking Stadion Natural 16,300 Norway Åge Hareide

1Stabæk also played three home matches in May at Ullevaal Stadion because Telenor Arena was being used to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Kongsvinger Norway Trond Amundsen Resigned 12 April 2010[7] 15th Sweden Tony Gustavsson 26 April 2010[8] 15th
Hønefoss Norway Ole Bjørn Sundgot Sacked 18 April 2010[9] 16th Norway Tom Gulbrandsen 18 April 2010[9] 14th
Brann Norway Steinar Nilsen Mutual agreement 22 May 2010[10] 13th Norway Rune Skarsfjord 25 May 2010[11][12] 13th
Rosenborg Sweden Erik Hamrén Signed with Sweden 24 May 2010[13][14] 2nd Norway Nils Arne Eggen 24 May 2010[15] 1st
Molde Sweden Kjell Jonevret Sacked 30 August 2010[16] 14th Germany Uwe Rösler 30 August 2010[16] 11th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 30 19 11 0 58 24 +34 68 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Vålerenga 30 19 4 7 69 36 +33 61 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Tromsø 30 14 8 8 36 30 +6 50 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Aalesund 30 14 5 11 46 37 +9 47
5 Odd Grenland 30 12 10 8 48 41 +7 46
6 Haugesund 30 12 9 9 51 39 +12 45
7 Strømsgodset 30 13 4 13 51 59 −8 43 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8 Start 30 11 9 10 57 60 −3 42
9 Viking 30 10 11 9 48 41 +7 41
10 Lillestrøm 30 9 13 8 51 44 +7 40
11 Molde 30 10 10 10 42 45 −3 40
12 Stabæk 30 11 6 13 46 47 −1 39
13 Brann 30 8 10 12 48 50 −2 34
14 Hønefoss (R) 30 7 6 17 28 62 −34 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Kongsvinger (R) 30 4 8 18 27 58 −31 20 Relegation to First Division
16 Sandefjord (R) 30 2 6 22 25 58 −33 12
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Norway was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.[17]
  2. Strømsgodset qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2010 Norwegian Cup.[18]

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Rosenborg759431233222211111111111111111
Vålerenga247975645553533222222222222222
Tromsø2105223112111122333333333333333
Aalesund111112321345354454544674446544
Odd Grenland10846888111110789681110898101087565655
Haugesund812138109107891012101191011101098856854466
Strømsgodset23275646468101110108676554456910897
Start2263445568978911976777798788778
Viking12711111112119976667654546656997910119
Lillestrøm161135677874344456898109111010101079810
Molde111414131310121212111211121213131313131313141313131312121211
Stabæk66899119101012119787791111111191111111111111012
Brann81310141415131313131313151312121212121212121212121213131313
Hønefoss BK121616161616161616151515141514141414141414131414141414141414
Kongsvinger121515151514151514141414131415151515151515151515151515151515
Sandefjord12912121213141415161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Source: rsssf.no

Relegation play-offs
Main article: 2010 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, Sandefjord and Kongsvinger were relegated directly to 1. divisjon, and were replaced by Sogndal and Sarpsborg who were directly promoted.

Four teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2011 season. These were:

  • A) Hønefoss (by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen)
  • B) Fredrikstad (by virtue of being the third placed team in the 1. divisjon)
  • C) Løv-Ham (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
  • D) Ranheim (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
First round Final round
        
14 Hønefoss (a.e.t.) 2
5 Ranheim 1
14 Hønefoss 1 0 1
3 Fredrikstad 4 4 8
3 Fredrikstad 2
4 Løv-Ham 0

Results
Home \ Away AAL SKB HAU HØN KIL LSK MFK ODD RBK SF STB IKS SIF TIL VIF VIK
Aalesund — 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1
Brann 2–1 — 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–2 3–4 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–3
Haugesund 2–1 1–1 — 5–1 3–0 3–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–0
Hønefoss BK 0–2 2–0 0–2 — 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1
Kongsvinger 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–3 — 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Lillestrøm 1–0 3–2 1–1 6–0 2–2 — 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–1
Molde 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 — 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–3 0–1 2–2
Odd Grenland 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–3 5–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1
Rosenborg 2–2 3–0 4–3 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 — 1–0 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
Sandefjord 0–1 1–4 0–1 6–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 — 1–1 1–2 0–3 3–5 0–1 0–0
Stabæk 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 4–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 — 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–3
Start 1–0 3–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 — 4–2 1–1 5–3 1–1
Strømsgodset 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 5–4 1–3 0–4 1–1 4–2 1–3 3–1 — 2–1 1–0 2–1
Tromsø 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 1–0
Vålerenga 3–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 5–2 2–1 2–1 6–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 8–1 4–1 3–0 — 2–0
Viking 1–3 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–4 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 47[21]
    • Brann
  • Most red cards: 3[21]
    • Molde
    • Vålerenga

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 253,577 21,474 13,903 16,905 −4.2%†
2 Brann 205,887 17,231 12,009 13,726 −13.7%†
3 Vålerenga 204,688 18,004 10,588 13,646 +26.5%†
4 Viking 172,942 14,283 9,939 11,529 −11.8%†
5 Aalesund 152,195 10,778 9,500 10,146 −0.7%†
6 Molde 126,192 11,140 7,302 8,413 +5.6%†
7 Start 125,789 10,933 6,412 8,386 +1.2%†
8 Stabæk 122,228 11,807 6,661 8,149 −14.0%†
9 Odd Grenland 99,406 9,200 5,463 6,627 −10.1%†
10 Lillestrøm 98,626 7,444 4,760 6,575 −13.5%†
11 Strømsgodset 87,849 7,444 4,760 5,857 +9.4%†
12 Tromsø 70,438 7,024 3,640 4,696 −9.3%†
13 Haugesund 69,912 5,000 4,056 4,661 +74.8%1
14 Sandefjord 64,957 6,936 1,142 4,330 −25.4%†
15 Hønefoss 49,695 4,489 2,438 3,313 +79.4%1
16 Kongsvinger 41,616 4,850 1,542 2,774 +43.2%1
League total 1,945,997 21,474 1,142 8,108 −9.6%†

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

Awards

Goalkeeper of the Year

The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Denmark Anders Lindegaard (Aalesunds)

Defender of the Year

The Defender of the Year awarded to Norway Tom Høgli (Tromsø)

Midfielder of the Year

The Midfielder of the Year awarded to Ghana Anthony Annan (Rosenborg)

Striker of the Year

The Striker of the Year awarded to Norway Mohammed Abdellaoue (Vålerenga)

Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year awarded to Norway Jostein Grindhaug (Haugesund)

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