- Norwegian Premier League 2005
The 2005 season of the
Norwegian Premier League (Tippeligaen) began onApril 10 ,2005 , and was concluded with the last of 26 rounds played onOctober 29 . 3 points were given for wins and 1 for draws.Vålerenga, the winner of this year's season will enter the second round of next year's Champions League qualification, while number 2 (
I.K. Start ), number 3 (Lyn) and the cup winner enter theUEFA Cup qualification round. The top four teams qualify forRoyal League .Number thirteen (Aalesund) and fourteen (Bodø/Glimt) were relegated, while number twelve (Molde) had to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three (Moss) in
Adeccoligaen (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot in next year's season. Molde won the qualification matches.The greatest surprises of the 2005 season were the great performance of
I.K. Start , promoted to the Premier League in the 2004 season and ended up winning silver, and the disappointing performance ofRosenborg B.K. which fought against relegation from the Premier League after winning it for 13 straight seasons.The season ended on a sad note as Fredrikstad's
Dagfinn Enerly got a serious neck injury in the last round match against Start, which made him aparaplegic .1,726,145 people attended the matches, and that's a new record for the Norwegian Premier League. It is 300,000 more than the previous year. It is also more than twice as much as in
1995 , when only 841,717 attended the matches during the whole season.League table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Relegation/Promotion
*Bodø/Glimt and Aalesund were relegated.
*Stabæk and Sandefjord were directly promoted.
*Molde won playoff against Moss, 5-2 on aggregate.
**Match 1: Moss 2-3 Molde
**Match 2: Molde 2-0 MossInternational
*Vålerenga goes to
UEFA Champions League 2006-07 qualification round
* Start (2nd), Lyn (3rd) and Molde (cup winner) go toUEFA Cup 2006-07 qualification round
*Vålerenga (1st), Start (2nd), Lyn (3rd) and Lillestrøm (4th) qualify forRoyal League 2005-06 Top scorers
* 16 goals:
** flagicon|NorwayOle Martin Årst , Tromsø
* 14 goals:
** flagicon|NorwayEgil Østenstad , Viking
* 13 goals:
** flagicon|NorwayThorstein Helstad , Rosenborg
* 11 goals:
** flagicon|NorwayArild Sundgot , Lillestrøm
* 10 goals:
** flagicon|CanadaRob Friend , Molde
* 9 goals:
** flagicon|NorwayMorten Berre , Vålerenga
** flagicon|NorwayBengt Sæternes , Brann
* 8 goals:
** flagicon|NorwayJo Tessem , Lyn
** flagicon|NorwayMarius Johnsen , Start
** flagicon|NorwayEspen Olsen , Ham-Kam
** flagicon|ScotlandRobbie Winters , Brann
** flagicon|SloveniaRobert Koren , Lillestrøm
** flagicon|CanadaOlivier Occean , Odd Grenland
** flagicon|SwedenMarkus Ringberg , Ham-Kam
** flagicon|NorwayJan Derek Sørensen , LynSee also
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2005 in Norwegian football
*Adeccoligaen 2005 External links
* [http://www.fotball.no Norwegian Football Association]
* [http://www.n3sport.no/03/Table.asp?TournamentId=256576 Fixtures, results and table for Tippeligaen 2005]
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