2017 Eliteserien

Eliteserien
Season	2017
Matches played	143
Goals scored	393 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ohi Omoijuanfo (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 5–1 Sandefjord (8 July 2017)
Biggest away win	Stabæk 1–4 Kristiansund (25 June 2017)
Highest scoring	Haugesund 4–3 Vålerenga (6 April 2017)
Longest winning run	Rosenborg (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Rosenborg, Brann (8 games)
Longest winless run	Viking (6 games)
Longest losing run	Lillestrøm, Viking (4 games)
Highest attendance	21,112 Rosenborg 1–2 Tromsø (16 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	2,237 Sogndal 4–1 Stabæk (5 April 2017)
Average attendance	6,742 3.3%
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 11 August 2017.

The 2017 Eliteserien is the 73rd season of top-tier football in Norway.

The 2017 season sees the name of the league change from Tippeligaen (named after sponsor Norsk Tipping) to Eliteserien, a non-sponsor affiliated name controlled by the Football Association of Norway.

The season began on 1 April 2017 and is scheduled to end on 26 November 2017, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Locations of the teams in 2017 Eliteserien

Team	Ap.	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	16	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Brann	59	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,686
Haugesund	11	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	Natural	8,754
Kristiansund	1	Kristiansund	Kristiansund Stadion	Artificial	4,000
Lillestrøm	53	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion	Natural	12,250
Molde	41	Molde	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,800
Odd	36	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	12,500
Rosenborg	54	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,405
Sandefjord	21	Sandefjord	Komplett Arena	Natural	6,582
Sarpsborg 08	6	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	4,700
Sogndal	17	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,539
Stabæk	21	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion	Natural	7,000
Strømsgodset	30	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	29	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	6,859
Viking	68	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,300
Vålerenga	56	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	28,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aalesund	Trond Fredriksen	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Brann	Lars Arne Nilsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Haugesund	Eirik Horneland	Macron	Haugaland Kraft
Kristiansund	Christian Michelsen	Umbro	SpareBank 1 Nordvest
Lillestrøm	Arne Erlandsen	Legea	DNB
Molde	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Nike	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	New Balance	SpareBank 1 Telemark
Rosenborg	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Lars Bohinen	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg 08	Geir Bakke	Select	Borregaard
Sogndal	Eirik Bakke	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Stabæk	Antoni Ordinas	Macron	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Strømsgodset	Tor Ole Skullerud	Puma	DNB
Tromsø	Simo Valakari	Select	Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Viking	Ian Burchnall	Diadora	Lyse
Vålerenga	Ronny Deila	Umbro	DNB

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Viking	Kjell Jonevret	Mutual agreement	14 November 2016^[2]	Pre-season	Ian Burchnall	24 November 2016^[3]	Pre-season
Tromsø	Bård Flovik	Sacked	26 June 2017^[4]	15th	Simo Valakari	12 July 2017^[5]	15th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg	18	11	5	2	37	14	+23	38	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round (TBC)
2	Sarpsborg 08	18	9	6	3	29	17	+12	33	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round (TBC)
3	Molde	18	9	4	5	30	20	+10	31	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round (TBC)
4	Brann	18	7	7	4	33	17	+16	28
5	Sandefjord	19	8	3	8	26	30	−4	27
6	Haugesund	17	7	4	6	21	19	+2	25
7	Odd	17	7	4	6	14	19	−5	25
8	Stabæk	18	7	4	7	27	33	−6	25
9	Aalesund	18	6	5	7	24	24	0	23
10	Lillestrøm	18	6	5	7	27	28	−1	23
11	Vålerenga	17	6	5	6	22	23	−1	23
12	Strømsgodset	18	5	7	6	22	25	−3	22
13	Sogndal	19	5	5	9	22	30	−8	20
14	Kristiansund	18	4	6	8	23	32	−9	18	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Viking	18	3	5	10	19	30	−11	14	Relegation to Norwegian First Division
16	Tromsø	17	3	5	9	17	32	−15	14	Relegation to Norwegian First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).^[6]

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team \ Round
Rosenborg !Rosenborg	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Sarpsborg 08 !Sarpsborg 08	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	2	2
Molde !Molde	6	3	6	2	5	5	6	7	10	7	7	7	5	5	4	3	3	3
Brann !Brann	8	4	7	5	4	4	5	3	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	4	4
Haugesund !Haugesund	14	9	4	7	8	6	7	8	12	12	13	10	8	8	7	8	5	5
Odd !Odd	16	12	14	9	11	7	4	2	2	5	4	4	4	7	8	9	10	6
Stabæk !Stabæk	3	10	5	4	3	3	3	5	5	4	5	6	9	10	9	5	6	7
Sandefjord !Sandefjord	10	16	13	8	10	10	9	6	8	10	9	12	11	9	12	13	11	8
Aalesund !Aalesund	13	15	15	12	12	8	8	9	6	6	6	5	6	4	5	6	8	9
Lillestrøm !Lillestrøm	5	8	11	13	15	13	14	15	15	15	15	11	10	11	10	10	9	10
Vålerenga !Vålerenga	7	7	9	15	9	12	12	10	7	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	11
Strømsgodset !Strømsgodset	4	11	8	10	6	9	10	12	13	14	10	13	13	14	14	12	13	12
Sogndal !Sogndal	15	6	10	11	13	16	15	13	11	11	12	9	12	12	11	11	12	13
Kristiansund !Kristiansund	11	14	12	14	16	14	13	14	14	13	14	15	14	13	13	14	14	14
Viking !Viking	12	13	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Tromsø !Tromsø	9	5	3	6	7	11	11	11	9	8	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	16

Keys to colors
	Leader
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2018 Norwegian First Division

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	BRA	HAU	KRI	LIL	MOL	ODD	ROS	SND	SRP	SGN	SBK	STM	TRO	VIK	VÅL
Aalesund	—	3–3	0–1		3–1	0–3	5–1		2–0	1–3				3–1		0–1
Brann	1–1	—	3–1			4–1			5–0	0–1		5–0	3–0		1–1	0–0
Haugesund	2–0		—			0–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	0–0			2–0		4–3
Kristiansund	1–1	1–0	3–2	—	1–1	0–1		3–3			1–1		2–0			1–1
Lillestrøm		0–2	0–2		—		0–1		2–1	1–2		2–2	2–0	4–1	1–0
Molde	0–1				2–1	—					1–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	4–0
Odd		0–0		2–0		1–2	—			0–0	2–1		2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1
Rosenborg	0–0	2–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	—	5–1		3–0		3–1	1–2
Sandefjord			2–0	2–0		3–3	0–0	0–3	—	1–0	2–1	1–2		3–0
Sarpsborg 08		1–1	2–1	5–1	3–3	1–0		1–2		—	3–1			1–1	3–0	2–0
Sogndal	1–0	2–3			0–1		0–0	0–3	3–2		—	4–1	1–1		4–0
Stabæk	3–1	2–0	0–3	1–4	2–4		2–0	0–0	1–3	3–0		—			1–1
Strømsgodset	1–1		3–1	4–2		1–1			1–0	1–1		1–2	—		4–2	2–0
Tromsø		1–1		1–1		1–2	PPD		1–1		3–0	0–3	1–1	—		2–4
Viking	1–2		1–1	2–1	2–2		3–0	0–1	0–2		1–1			1–2	—
Vålerenga				1–0	3–1			1–1	1–2		3–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	Average
1	Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	12	18	0,67
2	Mos	Aalesund	10	18	0,56
2	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	Molde	10	18	0,56
4	Milan Jevtović	Rosenborg	8	16	0,50
	Nicklas Bendtner	Rosenborg	8	17	0,47
	Patrick Mortensen	Sarpsborg 08	8	18	0,44
7	Jean Alassane Mendy	Kristiansund	7	15	0,47
	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	Rosenborg	7	16	0,44
	Erling Knudtzon	Lillestrøm	7	17	0,41
	Flamur Kastrati	Sandefjord	7	17	0,41
	Tonny Brochmann	Stabæk	7	18	0,39
12	Eirik Ulland Andersen	Strømsgodset	6	13	0,46
	Samuel Adegbenro	Viking	6	14	0,43
	Martin Ramsland	Sogndal	6	16	0,38
	Fredrik Brustad	Molde	6	18	0,33
	Benjamin Stokke	Kristiansund	6	18	0,33

Most assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Games	Average
1	Luc Kassi	Stabæk	7	17	0,41
1	Fredrik Haugen	Brann	7	18	0,39
3	Jonas Lindberg	Sarpsborg 08	6	16	0,38
3	Mike Jensen	Rosenborg	6	18	0,33
5	Pål André Helland	Rosenborg	5	15	0,33
5	Eirik Hestad	Molde	5	16	0,31
7	Ghayas Zahid	Vålerenga	4	15	0,27
	Liridon Kalludra	Kristiansund	4	15	0,27
	Gjermund Åsen	Tromsø	4	16	0,25
	Bassel Jradi	Strømsgodset	4	16	0,25
	Ole Jørgen Halvorsen	Sarpsborg 08	4	16	0,25
	Christoffer Remmer	Molde	4	17	0,24
	Joachim Olsen Solberg	Sandefjord	4	17	0,24
	Anders Trondsen	Sarpsborg 08	4	17	0,24
	André Danielsen	Viking	4	18	0,22
	Jonas Rønningen	Kristiansund	4	18	0,22
	Fredrik Midtsjø	Rosenborg	4	18	0,22

Hat tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	Aalesund	3–1	2 April 2017
Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	Sarpsborg 08	3–0	17 April 2017
Gilbert Koomson	Sogndal	Viking	4–0	13 May 2017
Erling Knudtzon	Lillestrøm	Tromsø	4–1	28 May 2017
Lars Veldwijk	Aalesund	Odd	5–1	25 June 2017
Benjamin Stokke	Kristiansund	Stabæk	4–1	25 June 2017

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg !Rosenborg	178,978	21,112	15,974	17,898	0.01779926073358+1.7%^†
2	Brann !Brann	109,310	17,009	8,706	12,146	-0.981098546042−1.8%^†
3	Vålerenga !Vålerenga	68,658	13,827	5,844	8,582	-0.94577914921754−5.4%^†
4	Molde !Molde	61,951	9,488	6,635	7,744	-0.92278360343184−7.7%^†
5	Viking !Viking	66,516	8,431	6,321	7,391	-0.8386474526268−16.1%^†
6	Odd !Odd	65,377	9,049	6,272	7,264	-0.90359497449932−9.6%^†
7	Aalesund !Aalesund	55,178	9,062	5,284	6,131	-0.96248037676609−3.7%^†
8	Strømsgodset !Strømsgodset	48,734	6,565	5,575	6,092	-0.89246996777029−10.7%^†
9	Lillestrøm !Lillestrøm	50,414	8,503	4,280	5,602	-0.95662568306011−4.3%^†
10	Sarpsborg 08 !Sarpsborg 08	47,924	5,759	4,091	4,792	0.23600722207893+23.6%^†
11	Haugesund !Haugesund	34,475	5,385	3,788	4,309	-0.82674597083653−17.3%^†
12	Sandefjord !Sandefjord	31,923	6,103	3,167	3,990	0.37349397590361+37.3%^†
13	Stabæk !Stabæk	39,177	4,938	3,310	3,918	0.028616434759779+2.8%^†
14	Kristiansund !Kristiansund	34,571	4,126	3,392	3,841	0.8939842209073+89.3%^†
15	Tromsø !Tromsø	27,066	3,812	3,068	3,383	-0.83407297830375−16.5%^†
16	Sogndal !Sogndal	30,345	5,600	2,237	3,372	0.072860324530703+7.2%^†
	League total	950,597	21,112	2,237	6,742	-0.96521116678597−3.4%^†

Updated to games played on 6 August 2017
Source: nifs.no

References

↑ "Slik spilles Eliteserien 2017". www.fotball.no. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
↑ "Jonevret ferdig i Viking". www.tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
↑ "Burchnall presentert som ny Viking-trener". www.tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
↑ "Flovik har fått sparken i Tromsø". www.vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
↑ "Simo Valakari blir ny hovedtrener i Tromsø IL". www.NRK.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Eliteserien 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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League competitions

Men	Eliteserien OBOS-ligaen 2. Divisjon 3. Divisjon
Women	Toppserien 1. Divisjon

Cup competitions

Men	Norwegian Football Cup Qualifying Rounds Final Mesterfinalen
Women	Norwegian Women's Cup

European competitions

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Women	Champions League '16–'17 '17–'18

Club season articles
Eliteserien	Aalesund Brann Haugesund Kristiansund Lillestrøm Molde Odd Rosenborg Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08 Sogndal Stabæk Strømsgodset Tromsø Viking Vålerenga
OBOS-ligaen	Arendal Åsane Bodø/Glimt Elverum Florø Fredrikstad Jerv Kongsvinger Levanger Mjøndalen Ranheim Sandnes Ulf Start Strømmen Tromsdalen Ullensaker/Kisa

Winter 2016–17 transfers ↔ Summer 2017 transfers

2016–17 in European football (UEFA)
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2017–18 in European football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Estonia France Iceland '17 '18 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania '17 '18 Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '17 '18 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase
International competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019 Euro Under-21 qualification 2018 Euro Under-19 qualification 2018 Euro Under-17 qualification

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