1996 Tippeligaen

The 1996 Tippeligaen was the 52nd completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen are relegated. The winners of the two groups of the first division (second tier) are promoted, as well as the winner of a play-off match between the two second placed teams in the two groups of the first division. This was the last time the first division was organized into two groups – from 1997 and onwards the first division has had all teams play in the same league.

Tippeligaen

Season	1996
Dates	13 April – 20 October
Champions	Rosenborg 11th title
Relegated	Moss Start Vålerenga
Champions League	Rosenborg
UEFA Cup	Lillestrøm Viking Brann
Cup Winners' Cup	Tromsø
Intertoto Cup	Stabæk
Matches played	182
Goals scored	638 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harald Martin Brattbakk (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 10–0 Brann (5 May 1996)
Biggest away win	Skeid 1–6 Brann (1 September 1996)
Highest scoring	Rosenborg 10–0 Brann (5 May 1996)
Highest attendance	23,071 Rosenborg 0–0 Moss (16 May 1996)
Lowest attendance	909 Skeid 2–3 Start (13 October 1996)
Average attendance	5,123 2.2%
← 1995 1997 →

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	8	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	40	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Kongsvinger	14	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm	33	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Molde	21	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	17	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg	33	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	32	Oslo
Stabæk	2	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion
Start	28	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset	15	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø	11	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga	38	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Viking	47	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	5	3	82	26	+56	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Lillestrøm	26	13	7	6	54	36	+18	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	12	7	7	50	32	+18	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Brann	26	11	9	6	64	50	+14	42
5	Tromsø	26	11	8	7	46	41	+5	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Stabæk	26	9	9	8	47	45	+2	36	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
7	Kongsvinger	26	9	7	10	38	48	−10	34
8	Molde	26	9	6	11	45	38	+7	33
9	Skeid	26	10	2	14	33	59	−26	32
10	Bodø/Glimt	26	9	4	13	44	49	−5	31
11	Strømsgodset	26	8	5	13	40	59	−19	29
12	Moss (R)	26	7	8	11	28	47	−19	29	Relegation to First Division
13	Vålerenga (R)	26	6	10	10	30	40	−10	28
14	Start (R)	26	5	3	18	37	71	−34	18

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

Relegation play-offs

• Sogndal won the play-offs against Odd Grenland, 5–1 on aggregate.

12 October 1996

15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Sogndal	4–1	Odd Grenland
Karlsbakk 22' Bakke 44' Hillestad 80' (pen.) Flo 83'	Report	Kolstad 13'

Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndal

Attendance: 962

Referee: Jon Skjervold

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19 October 1996

15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Odd Grenland	0–1	Sogndal
	Report	Bakke 71'

Odd Stadion, Tønsberg

Attendance: 2,468

Referee: Tore Hollung

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	KON	LIL	MOL	MOS	ROS	SKD	STB	IKS	STM	TRO	VÅL	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	1–3	5–3	1–3	1–3	4–1	0–4	0–3	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	7–0
Brann	2–0	—	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	4–0	7–1	6–2	3–3	2–2	1–1
Kongsvinger	2–1	2–2	—	1–5	1–0	2–1	4–3	1–2	4–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1
Lillestrøm	1–2	3–3	0–0	—	3–0	2–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	0–4
Molde	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–0	—	8–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	5–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–0
Moss	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	5–2	0–1	2–2	1–0
Rosenborg	2–0	10–0	3–0	7–2	2–0	0–0	—	6–1	4–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	6–0	2–1
Skeid	1–3	1–6	0–0	1–3	1–5	2–1	0–2	—	3–1	2–3	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2
Stabæk	1–0	4–1	5–0	0–3	3–3	2–2	4–4	1–1	—	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Start	2–2	0–2	4–5	0–2	4–2	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	—	2–6	1–4	2–4	0–3
Strømsgodset	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	—	2–2	5–2	1–3
Tromsø	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–5	2–4	1–0	3–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–2
Vålerenga	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–4	3–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	—	0–0
Viking	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	7–0	2–3	4–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harald Martin Brattbakk	Rosenborg	28
2	Egil Østenstad	Viking	23
3	Tore André Flo	Brann	19
	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Brann
5	Petter Belsvik	Stabæk	18
6	Geir Frigård	Lillestrøm	15
	Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen	Rosenborg
	Sigurd Rushfeldt	Tromsø

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	149,837	23,000	7,667	11,526	+35.0%†
2	Rosenborg	143,875	23,071	6,307	11,067	+7.7%†
3	Viking	96,727	14,919	4,874	7,441	−6.5%†
4	Vålerenga	80,651	16,738	2,542	6,204	−4.0%†
5	Lillestrøm	74,852	12,281	2,853	5,758	+18.8%†
6	Molde	55,198	8,365	2,352	4,246	−14.9%†
7	Bodø/Glimt	51,669	6,162	2,378	3,975	−9.7%†
8	Strømsgodset	48,131	6,452	1,495	3,702	n/a1
9	Tromsø	45,814	6,294	1,802	3,524	−16.3%†
10	Stabæk	40,304	4,976	1,392	3,100	−6.1%†
11	Moss	40,280	5,052	1,101	3,098	n/a1
12	Skeid	39,720	6,852	909	3,055	n/a1
13	Start	32,936	4,530	1,222	2,534	−48.1%†
14	Kongsvinger	32,347	4,788	1,876	2,488	−5.1%†
	League total	932,341	23,071	909	5,123	+2.2%†

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