2004 Tippeligaen

The 2004 Tippeligaen was the 60th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 12 April 2004 and ended on 30 October 2004.

Tippeligaen

Season	2004
Dates	12 April – 30 October
Champions	Rosenborg 19th title
Relegated	Stabæk Sogndal
Champions League	Rosenborg Vålerenga
UEFA Cup	Brann Tromsø Viking
Matches played	182
Goals scored	531 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frode Johnsen (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 5–0 HamKam (6 June 2004)
Biggest away win	Brann 1–5 Lillestrøm (27 June 2004)
Highest scoring	Odd Grenland 4–4 Sogndal (20 June 2004) Odd Grenland 3–5 Bodø/Glimt (25 July 2004)
Longest winning run	4 games[1] Brann Bodø/Glimt
Longest unbeaten run	13 games[1] Rosenborg
Longest winless run	9 games[1] Sogndal
Longest losing run	5 games[1] Sogndal
Highest attendance	23,591[2] Vålerenga 3–0 Stabæk (30 October 2004)
Lowest attendance	1,411 Sogndal 2–1 Molde (3 October 2004)
Average attendance	7,970 21.0%
← 2003 2005 →

Each team played 26 games with three points given for wins and one point for a draw. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Overview

Summary

Rosenborg won their thirteenth consecutive title and 19th top-flight title overall. Stabæk and Sogndal were relegated. Rosenborg, Vålerenga, Brann and Tromsø finished in the top four and qualified for the 2004–05 Royal League.

Teams and locations

Bodø/Glimt

Brann

Fredrikstad

HamKam

Molde

Odd Grenland

Rosenborg

Sogndal

Tromsø

Viking

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Lillestrøm
Lyn
Stabæk
Vålerenga

Locations of the teams in 2004 Tippeligaen

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	16	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	48	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad	35	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
HamKam	19	Hamar	Briskeby
Lillestrøm	41	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Lyn	31	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Molde	29	Molde	Molde Stadion
Odd Grenland	24	Skien	Odd Stadion
Rosenborg	41	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal	12	Sogndalsfjøra	Fosshaugane
Stabæk	10	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion
Tromsø	18	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga	44	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Viking	55	Stavanger	Viking Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	14	6	6	52	34	+18	48	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Vålerenga	26	13	9	4	40	22	+18	48	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Brann	26	12	4	10	46	40	+6	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
4	Tromsø	26	12	4	10	38	32	+6	40
5	Ham-Kam	26	10	8	8	34	33	+1	38
6	Lyn	26	9	10	7	30	31	−1	37
7	Lillestrøm	26	8	11	7	45	33	+12	35
8	Odd Grenland	26	9	8	9	47	44	+3	35
9	Viking	26	7	12	7	31	33	−2	33	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
10	Fredrikstad	26	9	5	12	42	54	−12	32
11	Molde	26	7	10	9	34	37	−3	31
12	Bodø/Glimt (O)	26	7	6	13	28	41	−13	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Stabæk (R)	26	7	6	13	25	40	−15	27	Relegation to First Division
14	Sogndal (R)	26	5	7	14	39	57	−18	22

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

1. Brann qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round as Norwegian Cup winners. Their spot in the UEFA Cup as third-place finishers was passed down to Tromsø, the first team in the table not already qualified for any European competition.
2. Viking qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.

Relegation play-offs

• Bodø/Glimt won the play-offs against Kongsvinger 4–1 on aggregate.^[3]

6 November 2004

12:45 CET (UTC+1)

Kongsvinger	1–0	Bodø/Glimt
Birkeland 14'	Report

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Attendance: 3,502

Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

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13 November 2004

16:30 CET (UTC+1)

Bodø/Glimt	4–0	Kongsvinger
Ludvigsen 5' Vatshaug 18' Olsen 59' Berg 90'	Report

Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø

Attendance: 2,738

Referee: Brage Sandmoen

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	FRE	HAM	LIL	LYN	MOL	ODD	ROS	SOG	STB	TRO	VÅL	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–2
Brann	3–1	—	4–2	2–0	1–5	5–1	3–0	1–1	3–4	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Fredrikstad	1–0	3–2	—	2–1	1–4	2–4	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0
Ham-Kam	0–2	2–1	3–2	—	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–4	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Lillestrøm	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	5–1
Lyn	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Molde	3–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	—	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Odd Grenland	3–5	0–2	5–2	2–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–4	2–0	3–1	2–4	1–0
Rosenborg	3–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	4–1	4–1	0–2	2–0	—	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–4	0–0
Sogndal	1–2	3–1	2–4	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–2
Stabæk	2–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–1
Tromsø	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	—	2–0	4–0
Vålerenga	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	—	0–0
Viking	1–1	4–2	5–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals[4] 1 Frode Johnsen Rosenborg 19 2 Alexander Ødegaard Sogndal 15 3 Olivier Occéan Odd Grenland 14 Arild Sundgot Lillestrøm 5 Raymond Kvisvik Brann 13 Robbie Winters Brann 7 Gylfi Einarsson Lillestrøm 12 8 Markus Ringberg Fredrikstad 11 Ole Martin Årst Tromsø 10 Geir Frigård Ham-Kam 9 Jan-Derek Sørensen Lyn

Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 225,983 21,366 12,739 17,383 +9.8%† 2 Vålerenga 187,100 23,591 7,520 14,392 +54.2%† 3 Brann 178,925 17,677 9,821 13,763 +12.8%† 4 Viking 161,855 15,300 10,041 12,450 +85.5%† 5 Fredrikstad 113,047 10,498 6,044 8,696 n/a1 6 Lillestrøm 92,486 11,887 3,797 7,114 +19.4%† 7 Tromsø 73,470 9,435 3,566 5,652 +29.2%† 8 HamKam 72,543 8,045 2,476 5,580 n/a1 9 Molde 72,206 9,142 4,187 5,554 −6.6%† 10 Odd Grenland 65,781 7,816 3,012 5,060 +3.2%† 11 Bodø/Glimt 59,685 7,218 3,429 4,591 −12.7%† 12 Lyn 58,825 16,014 1,612 4,525 +14.7%† 13 Stabæk 55,505 5,736 3,273 4,270 −1.5%† 14 Sogndal 33,148 4,413 1,411 2,550 −15.8%† League total 1,450,559 21,366 1,411 7,970 +21.0%† Source: nifs.no Notes: 1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.