2014 Tippeligaen

The 2014 Tippeligaen was the 70th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 28 March 2014, two weeks later than in the previous season. A three-week summer-break in June was scheduled due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the decisive match was played on 9 November 2014.^[3] Strømsgodset were the defending champions. Bodø/Glimt and Stabæk joined as the promoted clubs from the 2013 1. divisjon. They replaced Tromsø and Hønefoss who were relegated to the 2014 1. divisjon.

Tippeligaen

Season	2014
Dates	28 March – 9 November
Champions	Molde 3rd title
Relegated	Brann Sogndal Sandnes Ulf
Champions League	Molde
Europa League	Rosenborg Odd Strømsgodset
Matches played	240
Goals scored	735 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viðar Örn Kjartansson (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Molde 5–1 Sarpsborg 08 (21 April 2014) Lillestrøm 5–1 Stabæk (24 May 2014)[1]
Biggest away win	Haugesund 0–3 Sogndal (27 April 2014) Stabæk 0–3 Vålerenga (5 May 2014)[1]
Highest scoring	Viking 5–5 Vålerenga (2 August 2014)[1]
Longest winning run	5 games[2] Molde
Longest unbeaten run	9 games[2] Molde
Longest winless run	7 games[2] Start
Longest losing run	3 games[2] Brann Haugesund Bodø/Glimt
Highest attendance	20,442 Rosenborg 1–3 Stabæk (16 May 2014)
Lowest attendance	2,511 Sogndal 1–1 Sarpsborg 08 (4 April 2014)
Average attendance	6,961 1.9%
← 2013 2015 →

Molde won their third title, with four matches to spare following a 2–1 away win against Viking on 4 October 2014.^[4] The team broke the record for most points (71) and most wins (22).^[5]

Overview

Summary

On 4 October, Molde were confirmed as league champions following their 2–1 away win against Viking in the 26th round.^[4] They won their third title. On 2 November, in the penultimate round of the season, Sandnes Ulf were the first team to be relegated to the 1. divisjon when they gave away a 3–1 lead in stoppage time and drew 3–3 away to Start.^[6] On the final day, Sogndal were relegated and Brann qualified for the relegation play-offs. On 26 November, Brann were the third team to be relegated after losing the play-offs 4–1 on aggregate against Mjøndalen.^[7]

Teams

The league was contested by 16 teams: the best 13 teams of the 2013 season, and the 14th-placed Sarpsborg 08 who won the relegation-playoffs against Ranheim, in addition to two promoted teams from 1. divisjon. The promoted teams were Bodø/Glimt and Stabæk, returning to the top flight after an absence of four years and one season respectively. They replaced Tromsø (after an eleven-year spell in Eliteserien) and Hønefoss (relegated after two seasons presence).

Aalesund

Bodø/Glimt

Brann

Haugesund

Lillestrøm

Molde

Odd

Rosenborg

Sandnes Ulf

Sarpsborg 08

Sogndal

Stabæk

Start

Strømsgodset

Viking

Vålerenga

Locations of the teams in the 2014 Tippeligaen

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	13	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Bodø/Glimt	20	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	Artificial	7,354
Brann	58	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,824
Haugesund	8	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	Natural	8,800
Lillestrøm	51	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion	Natural	11,637
Molde	38	Molde	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,800
Odd	33	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	13,500
Rosenborg	51	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,850
Sandnes Ulf	5	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	Natural	3,850
Sarpsborg 08	3	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	4,700
Sogndal	16	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,402
Stabæk	18	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion	Natural	7,000
Start	38	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	Artificial	14,300
Strømsgodset	27	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	8,935
Vålerenga	54	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	25,572
Viking	65	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,600

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aalesund	Jan Jönsson	Jonatan Tollås	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Bodø/Glimt	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	Ruben Imingen	Diadora	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Brann	Rikard Norling	Erlend Hanstveit	Hummel	Sparebanken Vest
Haugesund	Jostein Grindhaug	Per Morten Kristiansen	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Lillestrøm	Magnus Haglund	Frode Kippe	Legea	#VierLSK[8]
Molde	Tor Ole Skullerud	Daniel Berg Hestad	Nike	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	Steffen Hagen	Warrior	Skagerak
Rosenborg	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Tore Reginiussen	Adidas	REMA 1000
Sandnes Ulf	Tom Nordlie	Aksel Berget Skjølsvik	Hummel	Øster Hus
Sarpsborg 08	Brian Deane	Ole Christoffer Heieren Hansen	Select	Borregaard
Sogndal	Jonas Olsson	Rune Bolseth	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Stabæk	Bob Bradley	Jon Inge Høiland	Adidas	SpareBank 1
Start	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Håkon Opdal	Umbro	Sparebanken Sør
Strømsgodset	David Nielsen	Adam Larsen Kwarasey	Diadora	DNB
Vålerenga	Kjetil Rekdal	Christian Grindheim	Adidas	None[8]
Viking	Kjell Jonevret	Indriði Sigurðsson	Diadora	Lyse

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	22	5	3	62	24	+38	71	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rosenborg	30	18	6	6	64	43	+21	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Odd	30	17	7	6	52	32	+20	58
4	Strømsgodset	30	15	5	10	48	42	+6	50
5	Lillestrøm	30	13	7	10	49	35	+14	46
6	Vålerenga	30	11	9	10	59	53	+6	42
7	Aalesund	30	11	8	11	40	39	+1	41
8	Sarpsborg 08	30	10	10	10	41	48	−7	40
9	Stabæk	30	11	6	13	44	52	−8	39
10	Viking	30	8	12	10	42	42	0	36
11	Haugesund	30	10	6	14	43	49	−6	36
12	Start	30	10	5	15	47	60	−13	35
13	Bodø/Glimt	30	10	5	15	45	60	−15	35
14	Brann (R)	30	8	5	17	41	54	−13	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Sogndal (R)	30	6	6	18	31	49	−18	24	Relegation to First Division
16	Sandnes Ulf (R)	30	4	10	16	27	53	−26	22

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

1. Since the winners of the 2014 Norwegian Cup (Molde) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the berth (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed down the league to Strømsgodset.

Relegation play-offs

Main article: 2014 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Brann, took part in a two-legged play-off against Mjøndalen, the winners of the 2014 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2015 Tippeligaen.

First leg

23 November 2014 (2014-11-23)

19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Brann	1–1	Mjøndalen
Skaanes 53'	Report	Diomande 37'

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 14,225

Referee: Brage Sandmoen

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Second leg

26 November 2014 (2014-11-26)

19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Mjøndalen	3–0	Brann
Kapidzic 27', 67' Diomande 64'	Report

Mjøndalen Stadion, Nedre Eiker

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Mjøndalen won 4–1 on aggregate and gained promotion to the 2015 Tippeligaen; Brann were relegated to the 1. divisjon.

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Results

Home \ Away	AAL	BOD	SKB	HAU	LSK	MFK	ODD	RBK	ULF	S08	SIL	STB	IKS	SIF	VIF	VIK
Aalesund	—	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–2
Bodø/Glimt	1–1	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–4	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–4	4–3	3–2
Brann	1–0	1–2	—	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–1
Haugesund	1–2	1–2	2–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–3	2–0	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–1
Lillestrøm	0–0	4–0	4–3	2–0	—	1–2	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–1
Molde	5–0	2–1	4–2	1–2	3–2	—	2–0	3–1	3–1	5–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0
Odd	2–1	4–3	4–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	—	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	4–1
Rosenborg	3–0	3–1	5–2	5–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	—	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–2	4–1	3–2	2–2
Sandnes Ulf	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–2
Sarpsborg 08	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1
Sogndal	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0
Stabæk	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	4–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	—	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1
Start	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	3–3	3–1	3–2	2–3	—	2–3	2–2	0–2
Strømsgodset	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	4–2	—	0–2	2–1
Vålerenga	3–0	3–1	3–3	4–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	—	1–1
Viking	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	4–2	4–1	0–1	0–0	5–5	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Vålerenga's Viðar Örn Kjartansson became the Tippeligaen top scorer after scoring 25 goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]	Games	Average
1	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Vålerenga	25	29	0.86
2	Christian Gytkjær	Haugesund	15	26	0.58
3	Alexander Søderlund	Rosenborg	13	23	0.57
	Franck Boli	Stabæk	13	28	0.46
	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Molde	13	30	0.43
	Abdurahim Laajab	Bodø/Glimt	13	30	0.43
7	Frode Johnsen	Odd	11	30	0.37
8	Leke James	Aalesund	10	23	0.43
	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	Molde	10	23	0.43
	Péter Kovács	Strømsgodset	10	24	0.42
	Maic Sema	Haugesund	10	26	0.38
	Daniel Chima Chukwu	Molde	10	27	0.37
	Fredrik Brustad	Stabæk	10	30	0.33

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Eliteserien hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Christian Gytkjær	Haugesund	Brann	3–1 (A)	30 April 2014
Mohamed Elyounoussi	Molde	Brann	4–2 (H)	9 June 2014
Tommy Høiland	Molde	Sandnes Ulf	3–1 (H)	20 July 2014
Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Vålerenga	Viking	5–5 (A)	2 August 2014
Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Vålerenga	Haugesund	4–1 (H)	14 September 2014
Pálmi Rafn Pálmason	Lillestrøm	Start	4–1 (H)	26 October 2014

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9^[10]
  • Anders Trondsen (Stabæk)
• Most red cards: 2^[10]

Sandnes Ulf's Aksel Berget Skjølsvik was the only player who received two red cards over the season.

• • Aksel Berget Skjølsvik (Sandnes Ulf)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 49^[11][12]
  • Strømsgodset

• Most red cards: 3^[13]
  • Sandnes Ulf

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	208,732	20,442	10,709	13,915	−6.0%†
2	Brann	179,865	17,686	8,510	11,991	+6.1%†
3	Viking	150,214	16,508	7,730	10,014	−2.6%†
4	Vålerenga	146,270	15,437	7,211	9,751	−1.5%†
5	Molde	138,652	11,424	8,284	9,243	+4.7%†
6	Aalesund	114,024	9,386	6,580	7,602	−7.2%†
7	Odd	107,363	11,548	5,556	7,158	+35.1%†
8	Strømsgodset	100,623	7,720	5,861	6,708	+2.8%†
9	Start	89,426	8,555	4,768	5,962	−3.6%†
10	Lillestrøm	88,498	10,965	4,376	5,900	+7.6%†
11	Haugesund	83,707	8,945	4,434	5,580	+9.9%†
12	Sarpsborg 08	59,194	4,722	3,509	3,946	+6.9%†
13	Stabæk	57,519	4,609	3,212	3,835	+65.4%1
14	Bodø/Glimt	50,730	5,261	2,533	3,382	+24.4%1
15	Sogndal	50,140	4,517	2,511	3,343	−1.1%†
16	Sandnes Ulf	45,577	4,418	2,350	3,038	−3.2%†
	League total	1,670,534	20,442	2,350	6,961	+1.9%†

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

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year awarded to Jone Samuelsen (Odds)

Goalkeeper of the Year

The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Ørjan Nyland (Molde)

Defender of the Year

The Defender of the Year awarded to Martin Linnes (Molde)

Midfielder of the Year

The Midfielder of the Year awarded to Jone Samuelsen (Odds)

Striker of the Year

The Striker of the Year awarded to Viðar Örn Kjartansson (Vålerenga)

Manager of the Year

The Manager of the Year awarded to Tor Ole Skullerud (Molde)

Young Player of the Year

The Young Player of the Year awarded to Martin Ødegaard (Strømsgodset)