2006 Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League
Season 2006
Champions Rosenborg
20th title
Relegated Ham-Kam
Molde
Champions League Rosenborg
UEFA Cup Fredrikstad
Brann
Vålerenga
Lillestrøm
Matches played 182
Goals scored 521 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer Daniel Nannskog (19 goals)
Biggest home win Stabæk 8-0 Molde
(29 October 2006)
Biggest away win Ham-Kam 1–5 Stabæk
(5 November 2006)
Highest scoring Fredrikstad 5-3 Tromsø
(29 May 2006)
Brann 5-3 Sandefjord
(17 September 2006)
Stabæk 8-0 Molde
(29 October 2006)
Longest winning run 8 games[1]
Rosenborg
Longest unbeaten run 12 games[1]
Rosenborg
Longest winless run 8 games[1]
Odd Grenland
Longest losing run 6 games[1]
Odd Grenland
2005
2007

The 2006 season of the Norwegian Premier League began on April 9, 2006 and ended on November 5, 2006. Rosenborg became champions on October 29, with one round to go, by defeating Viking at home. The other main contenders for the title were Brann and Lillestrøm, the former securing their place as runners-up on the same day.

It was Rosenborg's twentieth league title.

Contents

Final league table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Rosenborg 26 15 8 3 47 24 +23 53
2 Brann 26 14 4 8 39 36 +3 46
3 Vålerenga 26 13 5 8 43 28 +16 44
4 Lillestrøm 26 12 8 6 44 33 +11 44
5 Stabæk 26 10 9 7 53 36 +17 39
6 Start 26 10 7 9 29 32 -3 37
7 Lyn 26 10 5 11 33 36 -3 35
8 Fredrikstad 26 8 8 10 38 46 -8 32
9 Sandefjord 26 9 5 12 37 47 -10 32
10 Tromsø 26 8 5 13 33 39 -6 29
11 Viking 26 8 5 13 31 37 -6 29
12 Odd Grenland 26 7 8 11 30 38 -8 29
13 Ham-Kam 26 7 7 12 35 39 -4 28
14 Molde 26 7 4 15 29 50 -21 25
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round¹
UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
Relegation Playoff
Relegated to Adeccoligaen

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹Lillestrøm S.K. qualified to the UEFA Cup through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award [1]. Fredrikstad F.K. qualified through winning the cup.

Top goal scorers

Tromsø
Rosenborg
Molde
Brann
Viking
Start
Odd
Ham-Kam
Fredrikstad
Sandefjord
Lillestrøm
Stabæk
Lyn, Vålerenga

After November 5, 2006

# Nat Player Team Goals total Goals penalties Matches played
1 Daniel Nannskog Stabæk 19 3 26
2 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk 18 2 25
3 Steffen Iversen Rosenborg 17 3 24
4 Peter Ijeh Viking 11 0 15
4 Michael Mifsud Lillestrøm 11 0 24
4 Ole Martin Årst Tromsø 11 2 26
7 Robert Koren Lillestrøm 10 1 26
7 Andreas Tegström Sandefjord 10 0 24

Relegation/Promotion

Date Host Agg. Visitor Ground Attendance
November 8 Odd Grenland 3-0 Bryne Odd Stadion, Skien 5,363
November 11 Bryne 1-7 Odd Grenland Bryne Stadion, Bryne 3,014

Notable events

Fair Play

  1. Fredrikstad 8.02
  2. Rosenborg 7.97
  3. Vålerenga 7.88
  4. Lillestrøm 7.83
  5. Start 7.82
  6. Viking 7.81
  7. Sandefjord 7.77
  8. Stabæk 7.76
  9. Brann 7.72
  10. Molde 7.59
  11. Odd Grenland 7.57
  12. Tromsø 7.53
  13. Lyn 7.43
  14. Ham-Kam 7.23

See also

Notes and references

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