1999 Tippeligaen

The 1999 Tippeligaen was the 55th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Tippeligaen

Season	1999
Dates	10 April – 24 October
Champions	Rosenborg 14th title
Relegated	Strømsgodset Skeid Kongsvinger
Champions League	Rosenborg Molde
UEFA Cup	Brann Lillestrøm Stabæk
Intertoto Cup	Vålerenga
Matches played	182
Goals scored	697 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rune Lange (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Tromsø 8–2 Skeid[1] (12 September 1999)
Biggest away win	Skeid 0–6 Moss[1] (9 May 1999) Skeid 1–7 Rosenborg[1] (19 September 1999)
Highest scoring	Tromsø 8–2 Skeid[1] (12 September 1999)
Highest attendance	19,514[2] Rosenborg 3–1 Strømsgodset (16 May 1999)
Lowest attendance	665[3] Skeid 0–6 Moss (9 May 1999)
Average attendance	5,372 2.0%
← 1998 2000 →

Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve had to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two were directly promoted) for the last spot.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	11	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	43	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Kongsvinger	17	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm	36	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Molde	24	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	19	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Odd Grenland	19	Skien	Odd Stadion
Rosenborg	36	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	34	Oslo	Voldsløkka Stadion
Stabæk	5	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion
Strømsgodset	18	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø	14	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga	40	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Viking	50	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	2	6	75	33	+42	56	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Molde	26	16	2	8	49	37	+12	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Brann	26	16	1	9	45	40	+5	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
4	Lillestrøm	26	15	3	8	60	41	+19	48
5	Stabæk	26	14	4	8	58	49	+9	46	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Tromsø	26	13	5	8	70	46	+24	44
7	Odd Grenland	26	12	3	11	42	48	−6	39
8	Viking	26	11	3	12	51	48	+3	36
9	Bodø/Glimt	26	10	4	12	52	54	−2	34
10	Moss	26	9	2	15	39	46	−7	29
11	Vålerenga	26	8	4	14	40	53	−13	28
12	Strømsgodset (R)	26	7	3	16	46	68	−22	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Skeid (R)	26	7	2	17	36	75	−39	23	Relegation to First Division
14	Kongsvinger (R)	26	6	2	18	34	59	−25	20

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. SK Brann qualified as the runner-up of the 1999 Norwegian Football Cup.

Relegation play-offs

• Start won the play-offs against Strømsgodset 3–2 on aggregate.

27 October 1999

18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Start	2–2	Strømsgodset
Kloster 7' (pen.) Nordseth 62'	Report	Wæhler 45' Lemsalu 84'

Kristiansand Stadion, Kristiansand

Attendance: 5,004

Referee: Rune Pedersen^[4]

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31 October 1999

18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Strømsgodset	0–1	Start
	Report	Leonardsen 90+2'

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Attendance: 5,979

Referee: Jonny Ditlefsen^[5]

Start won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to Tippeligaen. Strømsgodset was relegated to 1. divisjon.

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	KON	LIL	MOL	MOS	ODD	ROS	SKD	STB	STM	TRO	VÅL	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–4	4–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–3
Brann	0–2	—	5–4	1–3	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0
Kongsvinger	2–1	0–2	—	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–4	3–1	4–0	1–3
Lillestrøm	3–0	2–0	6–2	—	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–2	4–1	4–1
Molde	2–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	—	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	4–3	3–4
Moss	4–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	—	1–0	1–4	5–0	2–0	2–5	2–4	1–0	0–2
Odd Grenland	4–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–3
Rosenborg	6–1	2–3	4–1	4–0	2–1	5–0	3–5	—	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–2	3–2
Skeid	1–3	1–2	0–1	4–4	3–5	0–6	3–1	1–7	—	1–3	4–0	2–1	0–2	3–2
Stabæk	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–6	4–2	3–1	2–5	2–0	5–0	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1
Strømsgodset	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–5	3–5	1–3	3–1	4–3	—	3–6	0–3	1–0
Tromsø	5–1	5–0	4–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	8–2	3–3	3–2	—	2–2	1–3
Vålerenga	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–5	2–2	1–3	2–3	1–3	—	4–2
Viking	3–3	4–0	3–0	2–4	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	2–1	2–0	—

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rune Lange	Tromsø	23
2	Andreas Lund	Molde	21
3	Jostein Flo	Strømsgodset	18
4	Ríkharður Daðason	Viking	17
5	Heiðar Helguson	Lillestrøm	16
	Bengt Sæternes	Bodø/Glimt	16
7	Sigurd Rushfeldt	Rosenborg	15

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	173,665	19,514	9,236	13,359	+1.5%†
2	Brann	135,180	16,477	7,703	10,398	+15.8%†
3	Molde	93,122	12,914	4,500	7,163	−15.9%†
4	Vålerenga	86,138	12,231	3,481	6,626	−15.8%†
5	Viking	79,408	12,501	4,137	6,108	+7.3%†
6	Odd Grenland	61,777	7,493	2,525	4,752	n/a1
7	Lillestrøm	58,306	6,571	2,585	4,485	+14.0%†
8	Tromsø	54,936	6,286	3,023	4,226	+20.2%†
9	Strømsgodset	51,430	7,316	1,665	3,956	−9.3%†
10	Stabæk	48,974	6,126	2,722	3,767	+10.9%†
11	Bodø/Glimt	43,146	5,966	1,910	3,319	−5.0%†
12	Moss	37,663	3,666	1,844	2,897	+0.3%†
13	Kongsvinger	31,059	4,025	1,222	2,389	−4.6%†
14	Skeid	22,932	5,714	665	1,764	n/a1
	League total	977,736	19,514	665	5,372	+2.0%†

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