2007 Norwegian Premier League

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Tromsø

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Rosenborg

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Aalesund

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Brann

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Viking

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Start

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Lillestrøm

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Vålerenga, Lyn

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Stabæk

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Fredrikstad

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Strømsgodset

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Sandefjord

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Odd Grenland

The 2007 season of the Norwegian Premier League began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation.^[1]

Brann were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stabæk lost away to Viking. The result left Brann with an unassailable seven-point lead over Viking, with two games left to play. Brann thus claimed their first league title since 1963, and their third league title in all. Stabæk eventually finished as runners-up, their strongest performance ever, while Viking finished third.

Sandefjord and Start ended the season at the bottom of the table and were relegated. The play-off spot was occupied by Odd Grenland for the second year in a row. They faced Bodø/Glimt over two games for the right to play in the Norwegian Premier League in 2008, but lost 4-2 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bodø/Glimt were promoted.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brann (C)	26	17	3	6	59	39	+20	54	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Stabæk	26	14	6	6	53	35	+18	48	UEFA Cup 2008–09 Second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	14	5	7	50	40	+10	47	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
4	Lillestrøm	26	12	8	6	47	28	+19	44	UEFA Cup 2008–09 Second qualifying round 1
5	Rosenborg	26	12	5	9	53	39	+14	41	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Second round 1
6	Tromsø	26	12	4	10	45	44	+1	40
7	Vålerenga	26	10	6	10	34	34	0	36
8	Fredrikstad	26	9	9	8	37	40	−3	36
9	Lyn	26	10	4	12	43	46	−3	34
10	Strømsgodset	26	8	6	12	34	47	−13	30
11	Aalesund	26	9	3	14	40	56	−16	30
12	Odd Grenland (R)	26	8	3	15	33	43	−10	27	Relegation play-offs
13	Start (R)	26	6	8	12	34	44	−10	26	Relegation to the Adeccoligaen
14	Sandefjord (R)	26	4	4	18	26	53	−27	16

Source: speaker.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹ Lillestrøm qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second qualifying round after winning the Norwegian Football Cup 2007. Their spot in the Intertoto Cup goes to Rosenborg.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

Date	Host	Agg.	Visitor	Ground	Attendance
November 8	Odd Grenland	0-1	Bodø/Glimt	Skagerak Arena, Skien	9,183
November 12	Bodø/Glimt	3-2	Odd Grenland	Aspmyra, Bodø	6,364

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Bra	Fre	Lil	Lyn	OG	Ros	SF	Sta	Sta	Str	Trø	Vik	Vål	Aal
Brann	XXX	2-2	3-1	3-1	4-0	3-2	1-0	3-0	2-2	3-1	2-1	5-2	4-1	2-1
Fredrikstad	0-4	XXX	0-0	3-1	1-1	4-3	2-0	1-2	3-0	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	2-1
Lillestrøm	1-5	3-0	XXX	3-1	1-1	4-1	1-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	0-3	4-1	0-1	7-0
Lyn	6-0	0-0	0-4	XXX	3-1	2-1	3-0	3-2	4-1	1-0	4-3	2-3	3-1	0-0
Odd Grenland	0-2	2-0	0-1	2-0	XXX	1-2	4-0	1-5	2-0	0-1	0-1	1-3	1-4	3-0
Rosenborg	3-0	1-1	1-1	3-0	4-1	XXX	2-0	3-0	4-1	1-2	4-3	4-2	2-0	2-2
Sandefjord	2-3	2-2	0-2	3-1	0-2	1-2	XXX	2-3	1-3	0-1	2-1	4-1	1-3	3-0
Stabæk	0-1	0-2	3-1	3-2	1-0	2-1	1-1	XXX	1-1	3-2	5-0	2-1	2-2	4-2
Start	1-1	3-1	0-0	0-1	1-2	2-1	3-1	1-1	XXX	2-3	1-1	1-1	1-0	1-2
Strømsgodset	2-4	2-1	1-1	1-1	2-1	1-1	4-0	0-5	3-2	XXX	1-2	1-2	1-2	0-4
Tromsø	3-0	4-1	2-1	2-1	2-4	2-1	2-1	0-1	1-1	2-2	XXX	2-1	1-0	0-2
Viking	3-1	2-2	1-1	4-2	2-1	1-1	0-0	2-1	2-0	3-0	3-1	XXX	2-1	3-0
Vålerenga	2-0	2-0	1-3	0-0	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-1	3-2	1-1	2-2	1-3	XXX	2-1
Aalesund	2-1	3-3	1-3	3-1	2-1	1-2	4-1	1-4	2-4	3-2	2-3	0-2	1-0	XXX

Source: speaker.no

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thorstein Helstad	Brann	22
2	Daniel Nannskog	Stabæk	19
3	Peter Ijeh	Viking	18
4	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	Stabæk	15
5	Steffen Iversen	Rosenborg	13
6	Morten Moldskred	Tromsø	12
-	Olivier Occean	Lillestrøm	12
8	Arild Sundgot	Lillestrøm	10
9	Morten Berre	Vålerenga	9
-	Tarik Elyounoussi	Fredrikstad	9
-	Yssouf Koné	Rosenborg	9
Total:			588
Games:			182
Average:			3.23

Source: VG Nett

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Lyn	Ullevaal Stadion	25,572	99,614	7,663	30.0
Vålerenga	Ullevaal Stadion	25,572	179,869	13,836	54.1
Rosenborg	Lerkendal stadion	21,166	258,741	19,903	94.0
Brann	Brann stadion	17,824	225,033	17,310	97.1
Viking	Viking Stadion	16,600	205,999	15,846	95.5
Start	Sør Arena	14,563	145,812	11,216	77.0
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad stadion	12,800	153,370	11,798	92.2
Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion	11,637	117,229	9,018	77.5
Aalesund	Color Line Stadion	10,720	136,178	10,475	97.7
Odd Grenland	Skagerak Arena	8,930	75,294	5,792	64.9
Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	8,743	79,270	6,098	69.7
Strømsgodset	Marienlyst stadion	8,500	88,496	6,807	80.0
Tromsø	Alfheim stadion	8,159	78,686	6,053	74.2
Stabæk	Nadderud stadion	6,550	72,410	5,570	85.0

Total	Games	Average
1,916,001	182	10,528

Source: VG Nett

Promoted teams

These two teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:

• Strømsgodset (champions)
• Aalesund (automatic)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League at the end of the season:

• Odd Grenland (after play-off)
• Start
• Sandefjord

See also

• Adeccoligaen 2007

Notes

1. ^ "Siste serierunde flyttet", NFF, 31 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007