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Norwegian Premier League
Season	2011
Champions	Molde 1st title
Relegated	Start Sarpsborg 08
Champions League	Molde
Europa League	Aalesund Tromsø Rosenborg Stabæk
Matches played	240
Goals scored	708 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mostafa Abdellaoue (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 7-0 Odd Grenland (29 August 2011)
Biggest away win	Stabæk 0–7 Lillestrøm (20 March 2011)
Highest scoring	Rosenborg 3-6 Brann (30 October 2011)
Longest winning run	5 games^[1] Molde Odd Grenland
Longest unbeaten run	10 games^[1] Molde Tromsø
Longest winless run	21 games^[1] Sarpsborg 08
Longest losing run	7 games^[1] Sarpsborg 08
Average attendance	7,994^[2]
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Norwegian Premier League season was the sixty-seventh season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011. Rosenborg were the defending champions, having secured their twenty-second League Championship on 24 October 2010.^[3]

At the end of the season, Sarpsborg 08 and Start were relegated to the 2012 First Division, due to having finished in the bottom two positions in the standings. There was no two-legged promotion playoff this season.

On 30 October 2011, Molde FK became champions after their only remaining challenger, Rosenborg, lost 3-6 to Brann in the 28th round of the series. The trophy is their first ever league championship.^[4]

Contents

1 Teams
- 1.1 Managerial changes
2 League table
- 2.1 Positions by round
3 Results
4 Statistics
- 4.1 Top goalscorers
- 4.2 Top assistants
5 See also
6 References

Teams

Kongsvinger and Sandefjord were relegated at the end of the 2010 Premier League season after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. Sandefjord ended a two-year tenure at the highest football level of Norway, while Kongsvinger returned to the First Division after just one season. They were replaced by 2010 First Division champions Sogndal and runners-up Sarpsborg 08. Sogndal returned to the Premier League after a six-year hiatus, while Sarpsborg 08 made its debut at the Norwegian top-level league.

Hønefoss as 14th-placed Premier League team had to compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the First Division teams ranked third through fifth (Fredrikstad, Løv-Ham and Ranheim) for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. This spot was taken by Fredrikstad, who defeated Hønefoss 8–1 on aggregate in the playoff finals and returned to Norway's top flight after just one season. In turn, Hønefoss had to return to the First Division, also after just one season.

Team	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity	Manager
Aalesunds FK	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778	Kjetil Rekdal
SK Brann	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,824	Rune Skarsfjord
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	Natural	13,300	Tom Freddy Aune
FK Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund stadion	Natural	5,000	Jostein Grindhaug
Lillestrøm SK	Lillestrøm	Åråsen stadion	Natural	11,637	Henning Berg
Molde FK	Molde	Aker Stadion	Natural	11,800	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Odd Grenland	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	13,500	Dag Eiliv Fagermo
Rosenborg BK	Trondheim	Lerkendal stadion	Natural	21,850	Jan Jönsson
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	5,000	Roar Johansen
Sogndal	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	Natural	5,402	Harald Aabrekk
Stabæk Fotball	Bærum	Telenor Arena	Artificial	15,500	Jörgen Lennartsson
IK Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	Natural	14,300	Mons Ivar Mjelde
Strømsgodset IF	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	7,500	Ronny Deila
Tromsø IL	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	7,500	Per Mathias Høgmo
Viking FK	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,600	Åge Hareide
Vålerenga Fotball	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	25,572	Martin Andresen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Rosenborg	Nils Arne Eggen	End of contract	31 December 2010	Pre-Season	Jan Jönsson	1 January 2011^[5]	Pre-Season
Stabæk	Jan Jönsson	Signed by Rosenborg BK	31 December 2010	Pre-Season	Jörgen Lennartsson	1 January 2011^[6]	Pre-Season
Molde	Uwe Rösler	End of contract	31 December 2010	Pre-Season	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	1 January 2011^[7]	Pre-Season
Start	Knut Tørum	Resigned	22 June 2011	15th	Mons Ivar Mjelde	12 July 2011	14th
Lillestrøm	Henning Berg	Sacked	27 October 2011	12th	Petter Belsvik (caretaker)	27 October 2011	12th

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Molde (C)	30	17	7	6	55	38	+17	58	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Tromsø	30	15	8	7	56	34	+22	53	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Rosenborg	30	14	7	9	69	44	+25	49	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Brann	30	14	6	10	51	49	+2	48
5	Odd Grenland	30	14	6	10	44	44	0	48
6	Haugesund	30	14	5	11	55	43	+12	47
7	Vålerenga	30	14	5	11	42	33	+9	47
8	Strømsgodset	30	12	9	9	44	43	+1	45
9	Aalesund	30	12	7	11	36	38	−2	43	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
10	Stabæk	30	11	6	13	44	50	−6	39	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ²
11	Viking	30	9	10	11	33	40	−7	37
12	Fredrikstad	30	10	6	14	38	41	−3	36
13	Lillestrøm	30	9	7	14	46	52	−6	34
14	Sogndal	30	8	10	12	24	31	−7	34
15	Start (R)	30	7	5	18	39	61	−22	26	Relegation to Adeccoligaen
16	Sarpsborg 08 (R)	30	5	6	19	31	65	−34	21	Relegation to Adeccoligaen

Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Aalesund is qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2011 Norwegian Football Cup.
² Stabæk is qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings.^[8]^[9]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team \ Round
Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Molde	15	13	14	10	8	10	7	4	5	5	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tromsø	3	4	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Rosenborg	9	14	15	15	12	11	12	11	13	14	12	9	11	11	10	9	7	8	8	8	7	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	5	3
Brann	6	2	3	5	9	4	2	5	8	6	6	7	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	3	4
Odd Grenland	12	7	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	13	15	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	14	11	9	8	6	7	6	5	4	5
Haugesund	12	8	11	11	14	15	14	15	10	7	9	6	9	10	8	11	8	6	6	7	8	5	7	7	7	5	8	8	7	6
Vålerenga	3	3	4	6	10	13	13	13	11	11	13	11	7	9	11	10	11	11	12	9	9	8	5	5	4	3	3	6	8	7
Strømsgodset	6	11	7	3	1	1	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	8	8	7	7	6	8
Aalesund	9	15	13	13	11	6	5	8	4	3	4	3	3	4	5	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	9
Stabæk	16	12	8	8	6	3	6	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	9	7	5	7	7	4	4	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Viking	12	10	10	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	12	12	12	11	13	10	10	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	11
Fredrikstad	6	9	6	2	5	5	3	7	6	8	8	12	8	6	7	6	9	9	9	12	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12
Lillestrøm	1	5	9	9	7	7	9	10	9	10	10	8	10	8	6	5	6	5	4	5	6	9	10	10	12	11	12	12	13	13
Sogndal	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14
Start	3	1	2	1	3	8	10	9	12	12	11	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sarpsborg 08	2	6	5	7	4	9	8	6	7	9	7	10	13	13	16	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 27 November 2011
Source: rsssf.no

Results

Home \ Away¹	AaFK	SKB	FFK	FKH	LSK	MFK	ODD	RBK	S08	SIL	STB	IKS	SIF	TIL	VIK	VIF
Aalesund		3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Brann	1–1		0–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–4
Fredrikstad	3–1	4–2		1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1
Haugesund	1–0	3–3	3–2		2–0	5–0	2–1	2–2	4–2	4–0	3–4	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
Lillestrøm	1–1	1–4	0–0	5–0		0–3	1–1	2–5	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–2	2–1	0–1
Molde	5–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	5–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–1
Odd Grenland	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0		3–3	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	3–1	4–2	1–1
Rosenborg	2–2	3–6	2–0	0–1	4–4	3–1	7–0		4–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0
Sarpsborg 08	2–0	3–5	1–4	0–3	2–4	3–0	3–2	0–6		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
Sogndal	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Stabæk	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–7	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–1		4–1	2–0	2–4	0–1	1–0
Start	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–4	3–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–4		5–1	1–6	4–0	0–2
Strømsgodset	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	3–0		1–1	2–2	2–1
Tromsø	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–3	2–0	2–0		3–1	4–1
Viking	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1		0–2
Vålerenga	2–0	0–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0

Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: NRK Sport (Norwegian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals	Games	Average
1	Mostafa Abdellaoue	Tromsø	17	29	0.59
2	Rade Prica	Rosenborg	16	27	0.59
2	Ole Martin Årst	Start	16	30	0.53
4	Kim Ojo	Brann	15	28	0.54
5	Anthony Ujah	Lillestrøm	13	12	1.08
5	Tarik Elyounoussi	Fredrikstad	13	28	0.46
7	Pape Paté Diouf	Molde	12	14	0.86
	Mushaga Bakenga	Rosenborg	12	26	0.46
	Nikola Đurđić	Haugesund	12	27	0.44
	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	Vålerenga†	12	29	0.41
11	Espen Hoff	Start	11	29	0.38
11	Alexander Søderlund	Haugesund	11	29	0.38

†Veigar Páll Gunnarsson scored nine goals in sixteen games for Stabæk.

Source: Alt om fotball

Top assistants

Rank	Scorer	Club	Assists	Games	Average
1	Øyvind Storflor	Strømsgodset	12	28	0.43
2	Thomas Drage	Tromsø	11	30	0.37
3	Nikola Đurđić	Haugesund	9	27	0.33
	Daniel Bamberg	Haugesund	9	28	0.32
	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	Vålerenga†	9	29	0.31
	Diego Guastavino	Brann	9	29	0.31
7	Björn Bergmann Sigurdarson	Lillestrøm	8	20	0.40
	Kim Ojo	Brann	8	28	0.29
	Mikael Lustig	Rosenborg	8	30	0.27
10	Etzaz Hussain	Fredrikstad	7	20	0.35
	Karim Essediri	Lillestrøm	7	28	0.25
	Remi Johansen	Tromsø	7	29	0.24
	Jo Nymo Matland	Aalesund††	7	29	0.24

†Veigar Páll Gunnarsson assisted five goals in sixteen games for Stabæk.

††Jo Nymo Matland assisted three goals in seventeen games for Sarpsborg 08.

Source: Alt om fotball

References

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v t e Tippeligaen teams

Current (2012)	Aalesund Brann Fredrikstad Haugesund Hønefoss Lillestrøm Molde Odd Grenland Rosenborg Sandnes Ulf Sogndal Stabæk Strømsgodset Tromsø Viking Vålerenga

Former	Bodø/Glimt Bryne Djerv 1919 Eik-Tønsberg Frigg Fyllingen Gjøvik/Lyn HamKam Haugar Hødd Kongsvinger Lisleby Lyn Mjølner Mjøndalen Moss Os Pors Raufoss Sandefjord Sandefjord BK Sarpsborg Sarpsborg 08 Skeid Start Steinkjer Strindheim Strømmen Vard Haugesund

v t e Top division football seasons in Norway

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v t e 2011 in Norwegian football

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League competitions	Tippeligaen Adeccoligaen (D1) Fair Play ligaen (D2) 3. divisjon (D3) Toppserien (W)

Cup competitions	Norwegian Football Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League '10–'11 '11–'12 Europa League '10–'11 '11–'12

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying (Group H) Egil "Drillo" Olsen

Club season articles

Tippeligaen	Aalesund Brann Fredrikstad Haugesund Lillestrøm Molde Odd Grenland Rosenborg Sarpsborg 08 Sogndal Stabæk Start Strømsgodset Tromsø Viking Vålerenga

Adeccoligaen	Alta Asker Bodø/Glimt Bryne Ham‑Kam Hødd Hønefoss Kongsvinger Løv‑Ham Mjøndalen Nybergsund‑Trysil Randaberg Ranheim Sandefjord Sandnes Ulf Strømmen

v t e 2010–11 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '10 '11 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '10 '11 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '10 '11 Faroe Islands '10 '11 Finland '10 '11 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '10 '11 Latvia '10 '11 Lithuania '10 '11 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '10 '11 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Romania Russia '10 '11–'12 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '10 '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '10 '11 Finland '10 '11 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '10 '11 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '10 '11 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '10 '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '10 '11 France Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Scotland Wales

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

v t e 2011–12 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '11 '12–'13 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '11 '12 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '11 '12 Faroe Islands '11 '12 Finland '11 '12 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '11 '12 Latvia '11 '12 Lithuania '11 '12 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '11 '12 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '11 '12 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '11 '12 Finland '11 '12 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '11 '12 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '11 '12 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '11 '12 France Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Scotland Turkey Wales

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

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